Schneier on Security
about the bigfin squid.
Some AI-based video age-verification checks can be fooled with a .
Science Alert
A signal hiding in the data.
It`s even more powerful than we realized.
Science-Based Medicine
That, and 4 other thoughts on the resignation of Dr. Marty Makary.
People need to know the past credibility of our medical leaders to accurately gauge their current credibility.
ScienceNews
A study of 50 crab species in Japan traces the iconic sideways walk to a single ancestor, suggesting the trait drove ...
Historian Janet Browne’s Darwin: A Biography lifts the curtain on the private life of Charles Darwin, one of science’...
Scientific American
NASA is starting to paint in some of the details of its planned 2027 <i>Artemis III </i>mission, but key questions, s...
The "coastline paradox" helped to define fractals, but coastlines themselves turn out to be less fractal than thought
Signs of the Times
A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed...
Second BRICS meeting in a row collapses without joint position because of disagreements over the US-Israeli war on Ir...
Silver Bulletin (Nate Silver)
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump – and all presidents since Truman.
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for the ongoing conflict.
Singapore Star
Russia asked to send medical teachers to Afghanistan- Overchuk
Rochester to pay $1.25M to officer blinded in suspect attack
Sky
Eight people were injured after a car ploughed into ​pedestrians in the centre of the northern ‌Italian c...
At least eight people were killed and 32 others injured in ​Thailand`s capital after a freight train hit a bus ...
The Slavland Chronicles
By 2027 the EU will end their energy agreements with Moscow.
SMAS de Mafra (Mafra water company)
Snopes
Reader interest in rumors about the family of viruses rose amid the 2026 Andes hantavirus cruise ship outbreak.
Cruising around, joyriding or "driving with no place to go" was allegedly being banned in Florida, Kentucky, Ohio, Wa...
Social Europe
European law forces 40 per cent gender balance on listed boardrooms but exempts the cabinets that actually wield publ...
Socialist Worker (UK)
Somewhere deep in a laboratory in San Francisco, California, sits an Artificial Intelligence model so powerful tha...
Palestine solidarity marchers and anti-racists celebrated a decisive victory in London on Saturday as they outnumbere...
Software Freedom Conservancy
South China Morning Post
One of four Canadians who returned home from a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak received a “presumpt...
As the United States experiences a brain drain, Europe is emerging as a key research partner for China as both benefi...
SouthFront
Israel launched a violent attack against the Iranian capital, Tehran, on March 1, as the Islamic Republic expanded it...
Iran fired two missiles towards Cyprus, where thousands of British soldiers are stationed, John Healey, the Defence S...
Space.com
The Vespera II X edition features a sleek, transparent shell and has internal temperature sensors for optimized deep ...
They boast a new optical design for sharper images and host a bunch of upgraded features to make stargazing a breeze....
Sputnik News
The 6,200km Asia Link Cable (ALC) has officially landed in the newly-built Chung Hom Kok Cable Landing Station in Hon...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat is effectively ignoring daily Ukrainian ...
The Straits Times
While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 17, 2026.
At least for the next few years, Iran’s ability to pressure its neighbours remains high.
Strategic Culture
Il sorpasso storico delle riserve auree sui titoli del Tesoro americano segna la fine dell`unipolarismo monetario. Da...
China confronta EUA, declara nulas sanções contra Irã e se junta a Rússia e Irã. Triunvirato multipolar vira jogo e e...
Sydney Morning Herald
Australia is in the box seat as the scoring unfolds from the song competition grand final following Delta Goodrem’s c...
Rory McIlroy rockets up the leaderboard at the PGA Championship with a sizzling third round.
Tages-Anzeiger (Switzerland)
Kubas Zivilschutz rät Familien, Rucksäcke mit Lebensmitteln für den Kriegsfall bereitzuhalten. Auf Social Media frage...
Zehntausende ziehen bei rivalisierenden Grossdemos durch London, die Polizei reagiert mit dem teuersten Einsatz ihrer...
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation
Tap News (Alternative Media)
There will probably be a major military offensive coming. The US is still controlled by Zionists. Imagine the horror...
Source: https://madgewaggy.blogspot.com/2026/05/they-took-water-power-and-land-first.html This investigative narrativ...
Tasmin News (Iran)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Yemeni official emphasized the Ansarullah resistance movement’s support for Hezbollah in the figh...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who arrived in Iran on Saturday for a two-day official vi...
Techrights
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TheAltWorld
In this video, I respond to a recently received e-mail attempting to set me up for a […]
Caitlin and Tim discuss AI, Israel’s threat to sue the New York Times, militarized robots, and the […]
Time
Filmmaker James Gray goes big and goes home in this 1960s Queens-set thriller with Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, a...
Steven Soderbergh has something to add to the canon of Beatles docs, but for some reason chose to undercuts its insig...
The Times of Israel
Investigations launched after settlers torch Palestinian vehicles, reservist filmed dragging bound detainee; separate...
Driver arrested after allegedly deliberately driving into pedestrians, stabbing a bystander who tried to stop him; au...
TomDispatch
Guns or butter. Butter or guns. Can we have both? If not, which should come first? Consider it one of those chicken-a...
Tony Greenstein blog
<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-large;">Only Israel Could Declare a
Child...
Transparência Internacional Portugal
TruthOut.org
The map would have added several Democtratic-leaning districts as a counter to GOP gerrymandering in other states.
Rep. LaMonica McIver says private prisons are profiting by jailing some who`ve already signed deportation agreements.