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Reporters say Indian police detained ~36 journalists from the Indian Express and other outlets for hours while covering youth protests on October 10 and 11 (Reuters)

Reuters : Reporters say Indian police detained ~36 journalists from the Indian Express and other outlets for hours while covering youth protests on October 10 and 11   —  Police used excessive and targeted force on journalists covering youth-led protests in India, local press groups …

The Trump administration aired two taxpayer-funded campaign-style TV ads into early Monday, per AdImpact, past a judge's Sunday evening deadline to stop them (Washington Post)

Washington Post : The Trump administration aired two taxpayer-funded campaign-style TV ads into early Monday, per AdImpact, past a judge's Sunday evening deadline to stop them   —  A coalition of nonprofits had sued, calling the ads “propaganda.”  The president has said campaign funds would be used to pay for the commercials going forward.

The NYT, AFP, and The Economist join the SPUR coalition, which now has 80+ members seeking to stop AI firms from using their content without permission (Jaspreet Singh/Reuters)

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters : The NYT, AFP, and The Economist join the SPUR coalition, which now has 80+ members seeking to stop AI firms from using their content without permission   —  The New York Times (NYT.N), Agence France-Presse and The Economist on Monday joined more than 40 publishers in a coalition aimed …

New York Times among surge of sign-ups to publisher AI coalition SPUR

SPUR members are seeking fair payment terms from AI companies. The post New York Times among surge of sign-ups to publisher AI coalition SPUR appeared first on Press Gazette .

Source: Brendan Carr directed the FCC to investigate ABC after GOP Sen. Moreno called for a probe into its "political hit job on Anduril & the Trump family" (Brian Stelter/@brianstelter)

Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : Source: Brendan Carr directed the FCC to investigate ABC after GOP Sen. Moreno called for a probe into its “political hit job on Anduril & the Trump family”   —  FCC source tells me @BrendanCarrFCC has directed the agency to open an investigation following the receipt of this @berniemoreno letter

Social media posts: incoming WH press secretary Katie Zacharia echoed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, made pedophilia accusations against Democrats, and more (Andrew Kaczynski/CNN)

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN : Social media posts: incoming WH press secretary Katie Zacharia echoed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, made pedophilia accusations against Democrats, and more   —  Donald Trump Fighting disinformation Social media Epstein files  —  President Donald Trump's incoming White House press secretary …

Filing: ABC says FCC's early-license renewal demand for its local TV stations was designed to circumvent judicial review and "inflict maximal coercive pressure" (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety : Filing: ABC says FCC's early-license renewal demand for its local TV stations was designed to circumvent judicial review and “inflict maximal coercive pressure”   —  ABC, in a new filing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, claims that the agency's early-license renewal demand …

AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes

Round-up of the main cases where AI use in journalism has gone wrong. The post AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes appeared first on Press Gazette .

Print closure helps Standard reduce losses to £8.3m

Revenue down 40% in 2025 despite financial year containing three more months than year before. The post Print closure helps Standard reduce losses to £8.3m appeared first on Press Gazette .

Democracy, Now

Big Tech has spent years resisting accountability. As the federal government adopts its own evasion tactics—locking out the press, and now investigating news networks—it’s worth remembering journalism’s essential democratic function.

Jennifer Griffin has covered 8 defense secretaries. She’s never seen a Pentagon like this.

Last week, Fox News turned 30 years old. One of that network’s most respected reporters, Jennifer Griffin, has been there for nearly all of it. Griffin has had an amazing […] The post Jennifer Griffin has covered 8 defense secretaries. She’s never seen a Pentagon like this. appeared first on Poynter .

Can a ‘weirdo version of a newsroom’ thrive? Pablo Torre is finding out

When Pablo Torre left ESPN to go independent in 2023, few could have predicted that he’d change sports journalism in the process. Torre joined the Worldwide Leader from Sports Illustrated […] The post Can a ‘weirdo version of a newsroom’ thrive? Pablo Torre is finding out appeared first on Poynter .

FAST channel and digital out-of-home offer new revenue sources for publisher video

Video podcasts are 'perfect' content for FAST channels and social media. The post FAST channel and digital out-of-home offer new revenue sources for publisher video appeared first on Press Gazette .

Who’s suing AI and who’s signing latest: Reach latest Google AI news partner, USA Today Co sues OpenAI

Full round-up of publishers versus AI litigation and licensing deals around the world. The post Who’s suing AI and who’s signing latest: Reach latest Google AI news partner, USA Today Co sues OpenAI appeared first on Press Gazette .

Marina Hyde launches ‘Always On’ personal media brand backed by Goalhanger

Hyde will write columns on Substack and present a new Youtube show. The post Marina Hyde launches ‘Always On’ personal media brand backed by Goalhanger appeared first on Press Gazette .

Judge extends pause on Trump’s media ban

The battle between President Donald Trump and the press continues. Two weeks ago, Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds. The media outlets took Trump to […] The post Judge extends pause on Trump’s media ban appeared first on Poynter .

After Thirty Years, Fox Remains the House Ailes Built

Racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and consistently high ratings. Plus: ProPublica ’s school experiment, and a New Hampshire investigation with impact.

“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal

USA Today Co. executives are revealing new details about a controversial deal with Palantir. In a joint interview with Fast Company’s Alex Pasternack, three executives from the country’s largest newspaper chain explained why they moved ahead with the Palantir deal despite major opposition from their own employees. Mike Reed, the chairman and CEO of USA...

Fox News attacks the media roughly every 15 minutes, our study finds. (CNN? Every 140 minutes.)

In 2025, trust in journalism reached a record low. According to Gallup, only 8% of Republicans expressed trust in the news media, compared with 51% of Democrats. New data show an uptick among Republicans, but overall trust remains near this record low, and the gap between Republicans and Democrats remains substantial. One of the key...

CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the midterms

In timing that is certainly good for a Republican Party looking for a last-minute rally ahead of the midterm elections, CBS announced Wednesday that it will air a town hall […] The post CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the midterms appeared first on Poynter .

How the ‘worst act in vaudeville’ helped shape modern libel law

During the vaudeville era, the Cherry Sisters of Marion, Iowa, built a reputation as the worst act to ever grace the stage. But that didn’t stop crowds from packing into […] The post How the ‘worst act in vaudeville’ helped shape modern libel law appeared first on Poynter .

The atmosphere is getting wetter. The Washington Post showed what that means on the ground

A woman in Asheville, North Carolina, fled her home when floodwaters arrived at her door. Soon, her world was upended. Her apartment, she later learned, had been washed away by […] The post The atmosphere is getting wetter. The Washington Post showed what that means on the ground appeared first on Poynter .

Fake Caroline

Editors are facing an influx of AI-written pitches, including at science publications like mine. What now?

Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas Says Yes

A monthly newspaper, distributed as a PDF, is trying to imagine a future for journalism beyond the reach of Silicon Valley.

Remembrance

Israel has killed scores of Palestinian journalists with impunity and waged propaganda campaigns to discredit their work, but a full accounting tells a different story.

Sinclair’s new Substack repackages its local TV reporting into a video podcast

“How young is too young for a life in prison?” “SpaceX debris is washing ashore. Who’s responsible?” “Why schools get paid even when students fail.” Those are the top headlines so far on Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s new Substack publication, The National Press, launched this week. The National Press repackages some of the top stories from...

“Uber agents,” undercover AI personas, and other ways newsrooms are using AI in investigations

Late last month, about 150 journalists, researchers, and technologists gathered on the 15th floor of The New York Times Building for a forum on how AI is changing investigative journalism. Just outside the event space was a hallway commemorating the paper’s more than 140 Pulitzer Prize winners, dating back to 1918. One photograph had yet...

Nieman Lab has a new look

You may have noticed that things look a little different around here. We’ve just launched the third major redesign in Nieman Lab history. Hope you like it! My No. 1 goal for this design (internal codename: Roscoe) was increasing design diversity on article pages — to enable a greater degree of art direction. In our...

‘Willful Blindness’

Ruth Margalit on Israelis’ media consumption and “unwillingness to sit with the facts of what was actually happening” in Gaza.

Subscribers are up, but growth is down. Here’s what worker-owned Hell Gate is trying next.

With around $1.5 million in revenue, 2026 is on track to be a break-even year for the worker-owned local news site Hell Gate. “We’ve spent a lot of money growing this year,” Hell Gate co-founder Nick Pinto told me, “so the fact we’re ending the year in the same place with regards to our bank...

This Newsroom Wants You to Be Part of the Journey Before It Even Starts

My happiest times in journalism have been when I have built something new. For my latest venture, I want to help bring investigative journalism on climate and environmental issues to a much larger audience than it has reached in the past. To do so, I’m starting a brand-new newsroom focused on the environmental and climate crisis, and I’m taking my audience along for the ride. I’ll be documenting every facet of the process with an “open kitchen” approach of radical transparency, starting with a 100-day video countdown chronicling all the steps involved with starting a news organization from the ground up. This effort combines two of the things I’m most passionate about: I love digging up stories that other people don’t want to see published, and I love creating opportunities for other journalists.  I’ve been a journalist for most of my life. I started working at age 14 for the local paper in my rural German town, turned to doing investigative stories in my early 20s, and later studied investigative journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York.

America’s Shrinking Local Newsrooms, Through a Photographer’s Lens

For many journalists, the sight of empty desks is a sadly familiar one. My first glimpse of a gutted newsroom facing further cutbacks sparked a documentary photography project that has so far taken me to more than 50 newsrooms across the United States over the past eight years.   It began when my mother, a loyal subscriber to our local metro in southern Illinois, told me a decade ago how disappointed she was in the newspaper. She complained that the local coverage was lacking, and the paper seemed to be thinner. Already several years into my photojournalism career, I was unsurprised by her remarks — I had been witnessing the decline of print media since graduation from journalism school. Still, my curiosity was piqued, and I arranged a visit to the paper to see for myself.  Cue the scene of a barren newsroom. Not only were there empty desks, but also an expanse of exposed carpet with indentations showing where desks had once long stood.  While there has been a great deal of reporting on the issues plaguing local journalism, I hadn’t seen the story told visually.

Seven Takeaways on Convenience and News

"Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease" was released on Sept.15, 2026, by Hanover Square Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Courtesy of Hanover Square Press From the earliest pitch, I knew that I wanted to cover the news industry in my book, “Against Convenience.” The book looks at the technology around us and asks whether it’s really improving our lives. Is delivery food worth the higher price? Is streaming music better than collecting CDs or MP3s? News embodies the paradox of modern convenience: We have access to more information than ever before, but misinformation and partisanship are rampant and the purveyors of reliable information are struggling to stay solvent. Plus, I figured if I was going to criticize other fields — tech, entertainment, appliance manufacturing — I couldn’t avoid my own. I don’t know how interested the average nonjournalist is in the day-to-day operations of the news business, so I tried to look in the mirror more than gaze at my navel.

The YouTuber Shaking Up Brazil’s Powerful Sports Media

For more than half a century, Brazil’s TV Globo was the undisputed home of soccer in a nation obsessed with it. That dominance is now being tested by Casimiro Miguel, known as “Cazé” — a 32-year-old journalism school dropout who has built a massive online following and shaken up the Brazilian sports broadcasting landscape. Powered by features like live chat and extended pre- and post-game analysis, CazéTV has accomplished what traditional television networks dream of: pulling in new viewers and keeping them engaged for hours. FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, describes CazéTV “the top digital sports platform in Brazil” and calls it “central to its content strategy.” That growth has come with controversy and accusations of misogyny and a lack of diversity. Brazilian regulators are investigating suspected predatory advertising practices by CazéTV.  Still, Nicolas Duprat, a Brazilian sports media researcher who has studied CazéTV for years, credits the channel with helping democratize access for fans who can’t afford stadium tickets or a TV Globo subscription.

Friendships Are What Will Save Journalism

The opening sentence of my first message to Christine Mungai ended with the words: “fellow continent person.” It was August 2017, and we were the two Africans in that year’s cohort of Nieman journalism fellows at Harvard University. Although our home countries were about 4,000 kilometers (approximately 2,500 miles) apart in Africa, being from here means sharing a shorthand understanding of the world with your fellow Africans.   That shorthand doesn’t have many structures to support it, however.   Nine years after our first meeting, Christine and I are now working together to build one such structure: The Continent, a 30-page digital newspaper that aims to create a shared reality for Africans to learn about their communities, one another, and our continent.  In a world that seeks to segregate us, this pan-African platform lets people literally read from the same page. As one reader said, the weekly provides “biting criticisms of power in contemporary Africa, with love as the engine.

Focusing on Fans Captures the Magic of the World Cup

Photographer Yutao Chen first developed an interest in soccer during his childhood. As a lifelong follower of the sport, he seized the opportunity to cover the 2026 FIFA World Cup, traveling across the United States to document fan reactions throughout the tournament. He undertook the project independently, financing it himself rather than on assignment. Chen chose to work in film over digital, he explained, because he wanted these images to be imperfect, personal artifacts, shaped by his own perception rather than an exact record of events. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. The first World Cup I remember watching was in 2006, when it was held in Germany. At first, the sport was an escape from reality for me, an experience to share with other fellow fans, forget our issues, and fully immerse ourselves in a game for 90 minutes. Later I realized soccer is one of the few ways I can connect with the world. I grew up in China, and my need to consume soccer news and analysis is what drove me into journalism.

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Can Iran replace sea trade with land routes?

Iran is shifting trade toward northern ports and land routes as its southern shipping faces a US blockade. Analysts say the corridors can keep essential goods moving, but cannot replace maritime trade.

Africa's richest man Dangote's IPO out of reach in Nigeria

Dangote seeks $1.6 billion from investors to finance a $14.3 billion expansion and thus double the oil refinery's capacity. The offer could give millions of Nigerians a stake in the company. But who can truly afford it?

Iran and US: Two countries and the pistachio between them

The pistachios sold across the United States have a surprising history: California's trees trace their roots to Iran. Now, both regions face the same threat — their farmland is sinking as groundwater disappears.

Why AI researchers warn humanity could face extinction

Could artificial intelligence pose an existential threat to humanity? Some leading researchers are warning against an unregulated race toward AI superintelligence.

Why the era of cheap government debt is over

US debt has topped $40 trillion. How risky is the country's growing debt burden. And will investors keep funding Washington's deficits?

Spanish scientists find first evidence of Diplodocus dinosaur in Europe

Paleontologists in Spain say they have found the first evidence of the long-necked Diplodocus genus of dinosaur outside of North America. They found bones at the rich La Tejeria fossil site in Teruel in eastern Spain.

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READ: Trump indictment related to hush money payment

Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts

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Africa: CJID, MEAG to Launch Health Discourse Monitoring Platform

[CJID] The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) will launch SautiHealth, a technology-enabled platform for monitoring, analysing, and summarising public statements by health sector professionals, leaders, and institutions across Africa. The platform is an initiative of the CJID developed in partnership with the US-based research nonprofit Media Ecosystem Analysis Group (MEAG) to strengthen access to structured and verifiable public health information across the continent.

Australian politics live: Climate protester restrained after interrupting NSW parliament; Liberal says PM should be ‘stoned in the square’ over ATO credit card ban

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail. Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting. We were innocent when we were taken on the 7th of April 2021, and we remain innocent today. I was released from prison hours away from death. My body was shutting down after months of critical illness and excruciating pain, but I remained trapped in Iraq. She is an incredible person, someone that I have so much respect for, and being able to come home was incredible. Just the emotion that it brings is, you can’t describe it. I mean, it’s been years. Continue reading...

Malaysia to raise transboundary haze issue at ASEAN meeting, says existing disaster mechanisms do not cover it

“We already have an ASEAN mechanism for natural disasters but haze is not included or classified as a natural disaster,” says Malaysia Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan.

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79,500 passenger trips, 8,000 vehicle movements at new Huanggang Port on opening day

Hong Kong’s new Huanggang Port recorded 79,500 passenger movements and 8,000 vehicle movements on its first day of operations, with transport officials preparing for heavier flows expected during the coming holiday weekend. Statistics from the Shenzhen General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection showed 41,300 passenger trips entered Hong Kong through the rebuilt checkpoint on Monday, while 38,200 departed the city. The figures count movements, rather than unique travellers. “The...

What are the debates surrounding Nidal Hasan’s execution? | Explained

The move to make livestream the execution by firing squad has drawn criticism from activists, lawmakers across party lines, other nations, and international organisations alike for its “barbaric” nature and symbolism linked to autocracy and anarchy

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KI-Steuer: Digitalminister will Umsätze aus Künstlicher Intelligenz besteuern

Karsten Wildberger geht davon aus, dass KI die Arbeitswelt grundlegend verändern wird. An den Kosten für den Umbau will der Digitalminister die KI-Firmen beteiligen.

Australian politics live: Climate protester restrained after interrupting NSW parliament; Liberal says PM should be ‘stoned in the square’ over ATO credit card ban

Follow the day’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Robert Pether has stressed his innocence and recalled his brush with death in his first comments since the Australian engineer departed Iraq after serving more than five years in jail. Pether and his Egyptian colleague Khalid Radwan were detained in Baghdad in 2021 after flying in for a meeting with bank officials to resolve a dispute with his engineering firm, CME Consulting. We were innocent when we were taken on the 7th of April 2021, and we remain innocent today. I was released from prison hours away from death. My body was shutting down after months of critical illness and excruciating pain, but I remained trapped in Iraq. She is an incredible person, someone that I have so much respect for, and being able to come home was incredible. Just the emotion that it brings is, you can’t describe it. I mean, it’s been years. Continue reading...

Navigating China-US power play at Shenzhen Apec

Navigating China-US power play at Shenzhen Apec

Trump Says He Is ‘Looking at’ Firing Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Trump made the remark in response to a question about the U.S. ambassador to Greece, who faces accusations that she asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

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Saudi minister vows 'serious response' to Houthi attacks on airports

It comes after the armed group hit Riyadh's international airport and another facility, killing 13 people, in a significant escalation.

Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Security forces use helicopters to rescue dozens of people as the two storms damage infrastructure and cause flash flooding At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel pummelled Mexico’s Pacific coast, causing flooding that downed trees and electricity poles, blocked roads and inundated homes. Simon claimed the life of a 71-year-old man who died when a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo in the southern state of Guerrero, governor Evelyn Salgado said at a press conference. Continue reading...

Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel kill five people on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Security forces use helicopters to rescue dozens of people as the two storms damage infrastructure and cause flash flooding At least five people have died after Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel pummelled Mexico’s Pacific coast, causing flooding that downed trees and electricity poles, blocked roads and inundated homes. Simon claimed the life of a 71-year-old man who died when a wall collapsed in Chilpancingo in the southern state of Guerrero, governor Evelyn Salgado said at a press conference. Continue reading...

Death on Six Flags rollercoaster in US triggers ride closures across six states

Six Flags says nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks temporarily closed after reported fatal incident on Goliath ride in Georgia Theme park company Six Flags temporarily closed nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a coaster in Georgia. A spokesperson for the park said they closed similar attractions across their parks “out of an abundance of caution” after the incident at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (24km) north-west of Atlanta. Continue reading...

Death on Six Flags rollercoaster in US triggers ride closures across six states

Six Flags says nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks temporarily closed after reported fatal incident on Goliath ride in Georgia Theme park company Six Flags temporarily closed nine rollercoasters across six amusement parks on Monday after one person died and several others were injured in an incident involving a coaster in Georgia. A spokesperson for the park said they closed similar attractions across their parks “out of an abundance of caution” after the incident at Six Flags Over Georgia, about 15 miles (24km) north-west of Atlanta. Continue reading...

Josh Allen powers Bills past Rams in overtime

Tyler Bass booted a 45-yard field goal with 1:55 remaining to give the Bills a wild 37-34 victory.

Passenger train derails in central Pakistan, killing at least 4 people and injuring 30

Officials in Pakistan say a passenger train has derailed, killing four people and injuring 30 others

Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome

Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board Qantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft on its way from Perth. The parasitic insects were found in the front of the economy section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it made its way from Perth to Rome for the QF5 flight on 9 October, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed on Tuesday. Continue reading...

Bedbug infestation forces Qantas to ground plane in Rome

Aircraft taken out of operation after flight from Perth after the discovery of parasitic insects on board Qantas has been forced to ground a plane in Rome after bedbugs were discovered on the aircraft on its way from Perth. The parasitic insects were found in the front of the economy section of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as it made its way from Perth to Rome for the QF5 flight on 9 October, a source with knowledge of the incident confirmed on Tuesday. Continue reading...

India’s youth shift tactics as police clamp down on election protest

As security personnel blocked the main protest site in New Delhi, protesters turned to holding flash demonstrations elsewhere.

Brewers beat Dodgers as Guardians rally past Rays in MLB playoffs

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who pitched complete games in last year's NLCS showdown and in the World Series, did not even complete three innings.

India youth shift tactics as police clamp down on election protest

Demonstrators are seeking the resignation of the head of India’s election commission, accusing it of manipulating voter rolls.

WATCH: Stamford marathon revives historic 1896 race

McKenna Duff and AJ Schrag discuss recreating America’s first marathon in Stamford, Connecticut, and inspiring the community through running.

Qantas plane grounded after passengers on long-haul flight report bed bug bites

Passengers on the previous Perth to Rome flight had complained of being bitten by the bugs.

Feuerwehreinsatz: Zehn Pkw auf Autohof-Gelände in Oberhausen ausgebrannt

Todesfall: «Breaking Bad»-Star RJ Mitte mit 34 Jahren gestorben

Ronaldo waves Saudi-flag scarf after match interrupted by missile alert

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo waved a scarf with the Saudi flag after Al Nassr’s victory.

AI investment props up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook, IMF says

The International Monetary Fund noted a growing divergence between countries benefiting from artificial intelligence and those bypassed by it.

This Copper Mine Led to a Civil War. Can Reopening It Fund a New Nation?

Rising demand for copper has fueled interest in Bougainville’s Panguna mine, which has been shut for four decades. Yet some fear a rush to reopen risks return to violence.

IMF upgrades 2026 growth forecast but warns of ‘split’ outlook

In its World Economic Outlook report, the Fund left its forecast for 2027 global growth unchanged at 3.4%

Chase DeLauter and José Ramírez lead the Guardians to a 7-3 win over the Rays in Game 1 of the ALCS

Game 2 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Rookie left-hander Parker Messick starts for Cleveland, and right-hander Freddy Peralta takes the mound for the Rays.

‘Universal appeal’: Celebrity Traitors producer reveals secrets to its success

Over 10m people have tuned in for episodes of new season of BBC hit as mass TV audiences become increasingly rare For the celebrities chosen as traitors in the BBC’s juggernaut reality show, the task is simple – kill off fellow contestants without getting caught. Yet with the new series of Celebrity Traitors once again attracting huge audiences, its UK producers are delighting in one of the show’s more wholesome qualities – its popularity is staving off the death of television’s ability to unite the nation. Continue reading...

Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

‘Universal appeal’: Celebrity Traitors producer reveals secrets to its success

Over 10m people have tuned in for episodes of new season of BBC hit as mass TV audiences become increasingly rare For the celebrities chosen as traitors in the BBC’s juggernaut reality show, the task is simple – kill off fellow contestants without getting caught. Yet with the new series of Celebrity Traitors once again attracting huge audiences, its UK producers are delighting in one of the show’s more wholesome qualities – its popularity is staving off the death of television’s ability to unite the nation. Continue reading...

Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’

Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment Women with autoimmune conditions are up to 74% more likely than men to be told their symptoms are psychological or psychosomatic, and face much longer waits for a diagnosis and treatment, a study suggests. Hundreds of millions of people – about one in 10 globally – are affected by autoimmune conditions, which can cause a range of health issues including fatigue, muscle pain and rashes. Continue reading...

Systems to counter missiles and drones take centre stage at US defence expo

As missiles and drones take a bigger role in modern warfare, major defence contractors gathered in Washington this week to showcase their latest advances in the technologies – and systems to counter them. The three-day Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, which opened on Monday, is one of the largest ground-based weapons shows in the US. This year there was a strong emphasis on air and missile defence systems, reflecting growing concern about how to counter...

Systems to counter missiles and drones take centre stage at US defence expo

As missiles and drones take a bigger role in modern warfare, major defence contractors gathered in Washington this week to showcase their latest advances in the technologies – and systems to counter them. The three-day Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, which opened on Monday, is one of the largest ground-based weapons shows in the US. This year there was a strong emphasis on air and missile defence systems, reflecting growing concern about how to counter...

FIFA Pays Millions for Trump Tower Office Said to Be Rarely Used

The deal is another sign of how Gianni Infantino, the leader of soccer’s global governing body, has sought closer ties to President Trump.

Malaysia's Firefly extends flight cancellations due to haze

Firefly said the extension of flight suspensions between Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and Singapore's Seletar Airport was a "proactive safety measure".

North Korea’s Kim visits new defense museum as Trump floats meeting

The North Korean leader inaugurated the museum — chock full of advanced weaponry — as the U.S. president teased the idea of a summit next month.

Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte dies aged 34

Mitte, who lived with cerebral palsy, starred as Walter White Jr in the Emmy-winning drama series.

France braces for fresh nationwide student demonstrations

The mobilisation, backed by unions and the far-left Opposition France Unbowed party, was to include a march through Paris starting at 1200 GMT, along with marches in other cities

Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food

The Paris prosecutor’s office said that a “large-scale” attack was “affecting connected refrigerators in several ⁠major food retailers across France”, leading to food losses and fires

Trump insists energy ceasefire holds as Ukraine reports new Russian strikes

US President urges Zelenskyy, Putin to end 'ridiculous war' and insists they agreed to stop attacks on energy sites.

Hong Kong police ramp up investigation into Anita Mui’s missing ashes with unit upgrade

Hong Kong police have stepped up their investigation into the disappearance of the ashes of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong by committing more resources and manpower to the case. Mui’s family had revealed over the weekend that the urn containing the singer’s remains was discovered to be missing from Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island three months ago, complaining that police had made “no progress” in their investigation and that the incident had caused “immense distress”. A police spokesman...

Taiwan finance minister to attend APEC meeting in Hong Kong

Taiwan Finance Minister Chuang Tsui-yun will attend a meeting of APEC finance ministers in Hong Kong next week.

Thailand eyes $30 departure tax for tourists in revenue push

The move would test a tourism industry that has yet to fully recover from the pandemic.

Russia and Ukraine trade strikes amid doubt over ‘energy ceasefire’

Ukraine's president says Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are continuing despite 'energy ceasefire'.

How a detour saved a Malaysian trekker from jaws of deadly Nepal floods

It was a detour that saved his life. Malaysian Low Hock Meng, a 71-year-old veteran trekker, had set off on his own in Nepal. He wanted to explore the Tamang trail, Langtang Valley and Gosaikunda. Along his journey, he made the decision to visit the Nagathali viewpoint for a glimpse of Tibet on August 25. Low then made his way down towards Thuman en route to Lingling in Nepal’s Bagmati province on August 26. That is when he realised that something was seriously wrong. When he looked at Syapru...

Cyberattack on French supermarkets causes fires, millions in losses

A cyberattack targeting supermarket refrigeration systems has left shelves empty across France.

Trump attacks immigrants from Somalia and Haiti while rallying in Ohio for Republican candidates

If you want to stop Ohio from being plundered, ransacked and destroyed like Minnesota is being destroyed, we're going to stop it, says U.S. President Donald Trump

I.M.F. Warns Mideast War Will Widen Gap Between Rich and Poor Countries

Persistent conflicts, high energy costs and technological upheavals will slow global growth and raise prices, the organization forecast.

South Korea says US raised intelligence cooperation concerns, Yonhap says

Ambassador Kang said intelligence sharing was the most difficult issue in bilateral relations.

Florida Republican running for re-election snags presidential endorsement — from Colombia

Rep. María Elvira Salazar has received political support from right-wing stalwarts overseas as she finds herself on the outs with President Donald Trump.

Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack

Hackers raise temperatures in supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food in 'large-scale' cyberattack.

Prabowo steps up Indonesia's firefighting efforts; foreign offers of help not discussed

Over 60,000 personnel are supporting ground operations, with water bombing also being carried out, said Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya.

‘No choice’: IMF says developing countries must cut spending or restructure debt

Heavily indebted oil-importing countries were facing the worst of the energy shock.

Therapy dogs in high demand: Hong Kong programme booked out until February 2027

A Hong Kong therapy-dog programme run by one staff member and 65 volunteers with their dogs is fully booked until February 2027, as demand from schools, hospitals and elderly homes continues to outstrip the available visiting slots. Animals Asia’s Dr Dog and Professor Paws programmes rely on volunteers who give up their time, shoulder much of the cost of transporting their dogs and return regularly to venues across the city. “None of it would be possible without the volunteers,” said Karina...

IMF says AI investment propping up global growth, but war and debt threaten outlook

The IMF is forecasting 2026 global growth at 3.1% and a 3.4% global growth for 2027.

Newly released 911 calls capture confusion after Christa Pike's botched execution

One of Pike's attorneys also called 911 to report that Pike is "still alive and breathing, and needs immediate life-saving care," according to audio of the call.

Why Ceuta and Melilla remain a point of contention between Spain and Morocco

The arrival of more than 72,000 migrants in Ceuta from Morocco this summer reignited the debate over Spain's sovereignty on the two autonomous cities on the North African coast. Morocco has claimed this sovereignty since the 1960s, and King Felipe VI's planned visit on October 13 is intended as yet another symbolic rejection of those claims.

Trump, Playing Defense in Ohio, Tries to Shore Up Republicans in Tough Races

The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.

Ethiopia’s Tigray war: Where do the UAE and Saudi Arabia stand?

The Tigray conflict puts the UAE’s backing of Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic role under scrutiny.

Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar and Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed at Ohio rally

The crowd chanted “deport” at several points as Trump denigrated Omar, who was born in Somalia and immigrated to the U.S., and El-Sayed, who was born in Michigan.

Trump says he's 'looking at' firing US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle

President Donald Trump answered he's "looking at" firing Kimberly Guilfoyle when asked about the embattled U.S. ambassador to Greece on Monday.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.

China keeps extending the Shenzhen Apec deadline. Why are US execs so unenthused?

Some senior American executives are lukewarm about attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and related business events in Shenzhen next month, according to people familiar with the matter. They cited limited scheduling details, few expected breakthroughs and a lack of opportunity for meaningful engagement. Beijing has invited multiple US business leaders – particularly those who joined President Donald Trump’s May trip to China and later attended the White House state dinner for...

Commentary: How far will Pakistan go in defending Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks?

The distinction between supporting Saudi forces and fighting alongside them may become increasingly difficult to maintain, says Derek Grossman of the University of Southern California.

Houston man run over by ICE vehicle will need additional surgery, advocates say

ICE has said he wasn’t the target of the attempted traffic stop. His team said he fled because the vehicle was unmarked and didn’t use sirens.

Accused Cornell University student asks for gag order

Lawyers for an accused Cornell student have asked the judge for a gag order to prevent public comments about the case.

Key inflation reports will reveal read on U.S. economy ahead of midterms

Two key reports on consumer and producer pricing will provide a final read on the U.S. economy before the midterms. NBC News’ Allie Canal details what to watch as the reports are released.

Archbishop of US military says Catholic soldiers should not serve on firing squad

The archbishop who oversees Catholic pastoral services for the U.S. military is condemning the proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution

For NATO's top commander, 'the Alliance is unlikely to be caught by surprise'

Speaking in Warsaw, General Alexus Grynkewich sought to reassure citizens of NATO countries on Monday in the face of Russian threats, stressing the continued commitment of the United States.

1 dead, others hurt at Six Flags Over Georgia as man fell from coaster, guests say

A person died and several others were injured at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, officials said, after witnesses reported seeing a man fall from a roller coaster.

News Wrap: Riyadh airport closed after Houthi strikes that killed at least 13

In our news wrap Monday, Houthi strikes on Riyadh's airport killed at least 13 people and injured hundreds more, a federal judge says she is 'furious' with Justice Department lawyers after hundreds of trees were removed from a local golf course and a fire destroyed the oldest covered food market in Paris.

Ukraine disputes Trump's claim of energy ceasefire as Russian diesel deal draws fire

President Trump blames high energy prices on Ukraine, not his war in the Middle East, and made a surprise decision to suspend sanctions against Russia on Friday. William Brangham discusses the latest developments in the Ukraine-Russia war with Andrew Weiss. He's a former State Department official and is now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Coventry hammer Newcastle to show why they belong – and Jaissle may not

Coventry hammer Newcastle to show why they belong – and Jaissle may not

WATCH: Rams, Bills face off in Monday Night Football showdown

NFL network reporter Cameron Wolfe previews the Rams, Bills matchup, featuring MVP quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Josh Allen.

AI cuts diagnosis for eye disease from 23 days to just 30 seconds

Study suggests artificial intelligence could improve access to specialist care and help prevent irreversible sight loss

Suspected plot at U.S.-run air base almost certainly directed by Iran, UK prime minister says

A suspected plot to attack a U.S.-run military air base in England was "almost certainly" directed by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday.

Immigration agents search congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home

Omar, an outspoken Trump critic, said the search was "an attempt to target political enemies" and she "will not be silenced".

From laser shields to iPhone detectors: inside China’s booming secrecy industry

A group of Chinese officials are in the middle of a highly sensitive meeting involving critical decisions yet to be made behind closed doors, with documents stamped “classified” spread across the table. Suddenly, an invisible laser beams into the room, sweeping across a glass window and allowing the contents of the meeting to be transmitted elsewhere. China’s Ministry of State Security laid out this seemingly futuristic scenario six months ago, warning government departments and other entities...

Indonesia's new police chief moved fast to shake up the force. Can he change its culture?

New Indonesian Police Chief Suyudi Ario Seto began overhauling the force just two days after getting the job. Experts ask whether his sweeping personnel changes are indicators of wider change.

CNA Explains: What are hypersonic weapons, who has them and why do they matter for Asia?

South Korea tested a hypersonic weapon on Oct 8, days after North Korea launched what it claimed was a hypersonic missile, drawing fresh attention to the technology and its implications for regional security.

U.S. and NATO commander vows to thwart Moscow, warns Kyiv over refinery strikes

The mixed signals expose a split in President Donald Trump’s approach to Russia, amid strain on energy markets.

Trump announced a partial Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. Did either country know about it?

Ukraine's leader says Russia is continuing to attack Ukraine and is ignoring an "energy ceasefire" declared by President Trump.

Many Iranians who go to Turkey to find jobs are exploited

Desperate Iranians are finding work in Turkey to make ends meet, but many are being exploited and left with nothing but more debt.

Sudan's famine risk worsened by conflict, drought and funding shortages, report says

There is a "deteriorating humanitarian situation" across greater Darfur and Kordofan, including areas identified as at risk of famine, as well as other locations, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.

Six Ukrainian energy sites hit by Russia since Trump announced ceasefire, Zelensky says

Despite the US president announcing energy infrastructure would not be targeted strikes have continued, Ukraine says.

Analysis: Trump's global headaches worsen weeks before crucial elections

As election day looms, the president turns his eyes overseas for help with a pressing domestic problem.

Qantas flight grounded after bedbug outbreak

The flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled after passengers on the plane's previous journey complained of bug bites.

Both Russia and Ukraine are using AI-powered drones on the battlefield

A Ukrainian company that got rich making smartphone-controlled cameras to watch pets at home now outfits first-person-view drones with an image recognition system powered by artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo XIV to be hospitalized in Rome on Tuesday for a lung operation

Leo's audiences have been canceled until October 20. He is expected to recover in time for a planned visit to Latin America from November 6 to 17.

Ukraine's EU accession bid advances with new chapter

Ukrainian lawmakers on Monday passed legislation protecting the rights of national minorities, which removes a major hurdle in Kyiv's bid for membership.

Kremlin relishes in U.S.-Russia diesel deal and Trump's criticism of Zelenskyy

While the size of Russia's diesel exports are relatively small and unlikely to significantly impact prices, the revenue will help Moscow replenish its war coffers.

Germany detains two Turkish citizens over Polish Starlink blaze

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described last month's attack as an act of 'hybrid warfare.'

Why the Trump-Putin fuel agreement benefits Russia

As the sanctions regime on Russian oil crumbles and pressure on Ukraine mounts, the announcement of an energy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv faces obstacles due to Russian demands.

NATO commander says alliance does not want war but is 'ready to fight tonight'

European officials warn Russia could test NATO's defenses with covert attacks or a limited military incursion. Recently, European nations have faced increased covert Russian activity.

U.K. prime minister accuses Russia of meddling in Brexit vote

Officials scrambled to clarify that Andy Burnham’s remarks did not mean the government rejected the outcome of the controversial 2016 referendum.

Pope Leo cancels all public events ahead of lung surgery

Pope Leo has cancelled all planned public events until Tuesday 20 October, ahead of surgery to remove a small growth on one of his lungs.

India's opposition parties march to top court as protests over voter lists escalate

Opposition parties say revisions to the list of eligible voters favor Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party. Authorities have removed more than 130 million names from the voter roll.

Nobel Peace Prize winner criticises Trump over 'negative and cruel' attacks

This year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has criticised Donald Trump for his attacks on the International Criminal Court, calling them "completely unlawful" as well as "negative and cruel".

French supermarket fridges heated to 50C in cyber attack - causing fires and food losses

Hackers carried out a cyber attack on hundreds of French supermarkets overnight - pushing temperatures in fridges up to 50C and sparking fires.

Kenya: Nakuru Intensifies Crackdown On Criminal Gangs, Launches 107 Hotline Ahead of 2027 Polls

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government has intensified operations against criminal gangs in Nakuru County amid concerns that the groups could be recruited by politicians to fuel violence ahead of the 2027 General Election.

Namibia: Venaani Wants Mining Royalties for Communities

[Namibian] Popular Democratic Movement president McHenry Venaani has proposed that between 2% and 5% of mining royalties could be channelled directly to communities living around mining operations through community trusts.

Namibia: Govt Fishermen Fear Job Losses

[Namibian] Fishermen facing the termination of the Government Employment Redress Programme say they are uncertain about their futures.

Namibia: Rural Communities Told Solar Electricity Is Not a Second-Class Solution

[Namibian] Deputy minister of industries, mines and energy Gaudentia Kröhne urges rural communities not to view solar electricity as a second-class solution, as it can power their houses the same as grid electricity.

Kenya: 'If I'm Found Dead, Tell Them It Is Sarah' - Tob Cohen's Final Warning Revealed in Murder Trial

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Former MP Patrick Muiruri has told the High Court that businessman Tob Cohen expressed fears for his life days before his death, recounting a chilling warning allegedly made during their final conversation.

WHO probes ‘unanswered questions’ over Russian plague worker

Scant information provided by Russia means that a lab accident cannot be ruled out, say health experts

Congresswoman insists she will not be 'silenced' after federal agents raid her home

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said she will "not be silenced" after her home was raided by federal agents, calling it the "latest escalation" in President Donald Trump's "intimidation" campaign.

El Nino, hunger and fuel threaten ‘perfect storm’, says UN

Policy brief says the three ‘compounding crises’ are hitting developing economies especially hard

Why China is likely to be cautious about recent Trump-Putin diesel deal

China is likely to view the latest US dealings with Russia as “transactional”, according to observers, who said Beijing was likely to wait and see what the longer-term impact would be given the possibility that Donald Trump might abruptly change course again. The US president announced that under a deal with Vladimir Putin, Russia would “immediately” supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the US and global markets. He wrote on social media that another 500,000 tonnes would follow in...

Former Irish Olympic swimming coach jailed over indecent assaults

A former Irish Olympic swimming coach has been jailed for indecently assaulting four girls and the attempted rape of one of them.

This hurricane season in the Pacific just set a record for activity

A powerful El Niño has cemented 2026’s place as the busiest year on record for storm activity in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean.

China’s top diplomat to visit Azerbaijan, Croatia, Montenegro and Bulgaria to boost ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Azerbaijan and three Balkan countries amid Beijing’s push to shore up its trade corridors and geopolitical influence in the regions. Wang will attend the seventh summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Thursday “as special representative of President Xi Jinping”, according to China’s foreign ministry. Aside from Azerbaijan, Beijing’s top diplomat will visit Croatia, Montenegro and...

Alleged Irish crime boss will 'vehemently defend' himself in court and apply for bail

Alleged Irish crime boss Daniel Kinahan will "vehemently defend" the case against him and plans to seek bail, his solicitor says.

DOJ launches antitrust probe of TV networks. And, Trump says Ukraine needs new leader

The Justice Department is investigating several TV networks for possible antitrust violations. And, President Trump pressures Ukrainians to elect a new leader.

He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?

Accounts of Leif Erikson’s voyage to present-day Canada were known to Europeans in Christopher Columbus’s time.

Russia hits Ukraine gas facilities after Trump claims 'energy ceasefire'

Trump said he had brokered a cease-fire to protect energy infrastructure in Russia and Ukraine. But Ukrainian officials say bombs kept falling overnight on gas facilities, wounding 33 people.

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Saudi Arabia vows retaliation against Houthis after airport strike kills at least 12

More than 300 were injured in Saturday's attack. President Donald Trump said he is weighing joining strikes on the Iranian-backed rebels.

Max Verstappen is back and Mercedes are already worried

Max Verstappen is back and Mercedes are already worried

Trump’s Zelensky attack, Russia diesel deal draw criticism in U.S. and abroad

Several Republicans objected to Trump's stance. “I do believe there’s a legitimate case for saying the president’s not following the law, said Sen. Thom Tillis.

澳枪击事件嫌疑人为父子：曾宣誓效忠“伊斯兰国”，行凶枪支为合法持有

据新华社12月15日援引澳大利亚广播公司报道，澳大利亚联合反恐小组调查人员表示，悉尼邦迪滩枪击事件两名嫌疑人曾宣誓效忠“伊斯兰国”恐怖组织。 报道援引联合反恐小组一名不愿透露姓名的高级官员的话说，警方在邦迪滩两名枪手车内发现一面“伊斯兰国”旗帜。澳大利亚安全情报组织6年前就已在调查邦迪滩枪击案两名枪手之一的纳维德·阿克拉姆，他与“伊斯兰国”在悉尼的恐怖分子有密切联系。 澳大利亚警方表示，枪击事件的两名嫌疑人是父子关系，使用合法获得的枪支发动了此次袭击事件。 澳大利亚总理阿尔巴尼斯15日表示：“今天下午4点， 我将把更严格的枪支法律列入国家内阁的议程，包括限制个人可持有或许可的枪支数量 。此外，还需对许可证进行定期审查。人们的情况会发生变化，人们的思想也会随着时间的推移而变得激进。许可证不应永久有效。” 此次枪击事件已造成包括1名作案嫌疑人在内的16人死亡、40人受伤。这是自1996年塔斯马尼亚州亚瑟港枪击事件造成35人死亡以来，澳大利亚发生的最严重的大规模枪击事件。 持有枪支许可证长达十年 据多家外媒报道，其中一名袭击者为24岁的澳大利亚公民纳维德·阿克拉姆，他在现场被捕，随后被送往悉尼的一家医院。另一名袭击者是他的父亲萨吉德·阿克拉姆，他于1998年来到澳大利亚，被警方当场击毙。 澳大利亚警方随后证实，纳维德·阿克拉姆此前已被新南威尔士州警方和其他机构记录在案。其父亲萨吉德·阿克拉姆持有枪支许可证，名下登记有6支枪，目前均已被追回。新南威尔士州警察局长马尔·兰永透露，萨吉德·阿克拉姆已持有枪支许可证长达十年。 阿尔巴尼斯在新闻发布会上透露，纳维德·阿克拉姆曾于2019年10月首次引起当局的注意。他补充说，对该男子进行检查是基于他与其他人有联系，但评估结果表明，没有任何迹象表明他存在持续的威胁或暴力倾向。 新南威尔士州州长克里斯·明斯表示，警方正在调查他们的系统是否存在故障，导致合法持有的武器可能被用于恐怖袭击。 枪手“性格古怪”，爱好打猎 据《卫报》澳大利亚版报道，纳维德·阿克拉姆在袭击前从事砌砖工作。他的同事表示，纳维德性格古怪，“没人和他亲近”。“（砌砖工人）在一起的时间很长，因为砌砖是一项非常枯燥乏味的工作，所以大家会聊很多话。但纳维德是一个性格很古怪的人……他工作非常努力，几乎没有休息日。” 尽管澳大利亚警方并未确认纳维德·阿克拉姆是否合法持有枪支，但据这位同事表示，纳维德经常外出打猎，曾提及在昆士兰州南部高原的克鲁克韦尔附近射杀兔子和其他猎物。这位同事还表示，就在几周前，纳维德告诉老板，他的手骨折了，所以要到2026年才能工作。

儿童手表“小天才圈”调查：点赞成每日功课，有商家可解除家长管控

在校园里，孩子们时常举起戴在手腕上的手表，彼此一碰，便加为好友。 这种以“安全”为核心卖点的儿童电话手表，如今已超越通信工具的属性，悄然演变成一个拥有独特规则、社交层级甚至灰色产业链的未成年人数字社交圈——“小天才圈”。 在这个属于他们的“江湖”里，“大佬榜”备受关注，“扩列”（增加好友）成为新的社交需求，“点主”（在主页点赞）是每日必做的功课……这些让成年人感到陌生的词汇，正构筑着未成年人的数字社交世界。 然而，伴随着这种社交形态的兴起，家长们的担忧也日益加剧：孩子过度沉迷手表社交、不良信息传播、因品牌壁垒导致的“社交绑架”等问题逐渐浮现。《法治日报》记者近日对该现象展开调查，试图揭开这一未成年人数字社交圈的真实面貌。 点赞成社交“硬通货” 据北京“小天才圈”资深玩家陈曦（化名）介绍，圈内有5000余名活跃用户，多为11岁至17岁的学生，这个社交圈形成了一套精心设计的“混圈规则”。“入圈”需设定两个字的独特圈名，随后可在平台分享生活点滴，吸引具有相同爱好的好友进行互动；若想提升知名度或影响力，需每日经营主页并与好友动态互动。 记者注意到，在一些社交平台上，大量以“小天才圈交友攻略”为主题的内容应运而生，内容涵盖如何快速“扩列”、获取更多点赞等“实用”技巧，评论区有不少“留下ID互加好友”的留言。在这一社交体系中，点赞是这套规则的核心——平台设定每日主页获赞上限为3000个，若要达到“100万+”的“大佬”级别，需连续点赞近一年时间。围绕点赞数与知名度，圈内形成了清晰的“大佬排行榜”，点赞数也成为社交“硬通货”。 这种对点赞的追逐，已催生出相关服务产业。记者调查发现，某社交平台上，拥有数十万甚至上百万点赞数的账号，售价从几百元到上千元不等：100多万点赞的账号标价1300元，90多万点赞的账号标价1200元。 今年18岁的“灵师”（圈名），在2021年14岁时加入“小天才圈”，她的账号目前已拥有150个好友、超100万点赞量。她告诉记者，这样的账号市场价值约1000元。 “围绕点赞需求，还衍生出代刷赞、租账号、出售‘大佬好友位’等服务。”“灵师”进一步介绍，例如付费100元至180元，即可获得“bot”（记者注：“bot”是一种第三方开发的自动化工具，主要用于刷赞、修改记录和发送动态等功能，这类工具能帮助用户快速提升账号点赞数，从而在未成年人社交圈中获得更高地位）自动点赞功能——用户将手表寄给相关人员进行10天左右的处理便能完成安装。此后，发帖5分钟内即可自动获赞，还可以一键查询未点赞名单。

产地造假、年份速成、无视监管！央视曝光新会陈皮市场乱象

近日，总台接到群众举报，反映陈皮市场存在年份虚标、产地及工艺造假等问题，千元一斤的“年份陈皮”亦可能名不副实。 茶枝柑新果皮冒充陈皮 广西浦北出现“速成工艺陈皮” 记者发现，直播间里售卖陈皮低价轮番轰炸，年份承诺掷地有声。 直播间也有主播爆料，八成市面上所谓广东新会陈皮实为广西陈皮。 广西钦州市浦北县是茶枝柑重要种植基地，其果皮是陈皮风味“越陈越香”关键，也是浦北陈皮唯一原料。2024年当地陈皮产业产值破60亿元，采收季大量鲜果加工晾晒成柑皮。 果农和收购商称，今年浦北茶枝柑鲜果收购价走低。按20斤鲜果出1斤柑皮比例，叠加人工成本，品相好的新柑皮成本约30元/斤，低端柑皮仅六七元，且当年新柑皮并非真正陈皮。 这家企业的负责人告诉记者，按行业共识与团体标准，柑皮需陈化三年以上才可称为陈皮，陈化时间越长价值越高，但他透露，自然陈化需长期积压资金，多数企业是难以承受的。 这家企业的负责人私下告诉记者，为缓解资金占用压力，一种名为“轻工艺”的速成加工方式，眼下正在部分陈皮生产企业里流行，他们仅需一个月的时间，就能将新采收的茶枝柑果皮处理为外观近似三年、五年自然陈化过的陈皮，这样做能大幅缩短陈化周期、降低企业的运营成本。 浦北自然陈化五年陈皮批发价每斤150元至200元，企业造假“工艺皮”成本仅70元左右，高额利润促使更多商家放弃自然陈化、铤而走险。 记者离开企业，在广西浦北县柑浦堂健康产业有限公司分拣车间，再次见到大批量造假“工艺皮”陈皮，同一批“工艺皮”因加工受热差异形成色差，被分拣标注为三年、五年等不同年份。 负责人透露，不同年份“工艺皮”本质相同，批发价均70元左右一斤，零售价差极大，标五年款卖500元一斤，标十年款卖1000元一斤，仅凭外观就能翻倍抬价，利润超成本十倍以上。 新会陈皮从浦北进货 “工艺皮”贴上陈皮标签以假乱真 浦北与新会陈皮原料同为茶枝柑，仅产地不同，新会较高生产成本使当地部分头部商家常年从浦北拿货，浦北成其重要原料供应地。 记者在柑浦堂分拣仓库看到，大量标注“新会陈皮”“新会特产”的纸箱正打包“工艺皮”，这些广西陈皮每日批量发往广东新会，造假供需链路已成熟稳定。 记者发现，浦北当地部分规模企业和小型收购商，已形成了这种“工艺皮”的造假供应体系，可自主加工或快速调配各类“年份”陈皮货品，个别企业年销新会原料数量惊人。 随后经浦北陈皮企业负责人引荐，记者见到多位专程从新会赴浦北采购的商家，他们坦言同时经营新会皮与浦北皮，外地“工艺皮”因价格低廉成电商供货重要选择。

《怦然心动》导演莱纳与妻子在家中遇害，警方尚未证实是其子所杀

当地时间12月14日，曾执导《怦然心动》《当哈利遇到莎莉》《危情十日》等影片的美国导演罗伯·莱纳（Rob Reiner）在他位于洛杉矶的家中遇害身亡。洛杉矶警察已对外证实，现年78岁的莱纳与他现年68岁的妻子米歇尔·辛格·莱纳（Michele Singer Reiner）的遗体一同被发现。 2019年，罗伯·莱纳（左一）与《当哈利遇到莎莉》的主演梅格·瑞恩、比利·克里斯托出席TMC经典电影节。 据悉，洛杉矶消防局的人员于当地时间12月14日下午3点38分接到医疗救助电话，赶赴位于布伦特伍德区的一处住宅中，随后发现两人已死亡。当天晚间，洛杉矶警察局在其社交媒体官方账号确认死者为导演罗伯·莱纳夫妇，将由抢劫凶杀部门主导调查。而好莱坞媒体TMZ援引执法部门消息称，“两人身上有与刀具造成的伤口相符的割裂伤。” 好莱坞媒体《每日野兽》称，有消息人士向他们透露，是两人的女儿罗米最先发现他们倒在血泊中；罗伯·莱纳当时已死亡，妻子米歇尔在救护车送院途中离世。 此外，《人物》杂志称通过多方消息，得知莱纳夫妇系被他们的儿子尼克（Nick）所杀害。不过，这一说法并未获得警方的证实。罗伯·莱纳与摄影师米歇尔·辛格相识于《当哈利遇到莎莉》拍摄时期，两人于1989 年结婚，育有三个子女，分别为杰克（Jake）、尼克（Nick）和罗米（Romy）。 2014年，罗伯·莱纳与妻子偕三名子女杰克、罗米、尼克（右三至右一）出席活动。 《人物》杂志还在报道中指出：尼克2016年接受其采访时，曾谈到自己长达数年的毒品成瘾经历。这段经历始于他十几岁出头，导致他一度流落街头。他表示，大约从15岁开始，便反复进出戒毒康复机构；随着成瘾问题不断加重，他逐渐与家人疏远，并在多个州经历了长时间的无家可归生活。 2025年9月15日，罗伯·莱纳在纽约出席活动。视觉中国 图 获取更多RSS： https://feedx.net https://feedx.site

旅日大熊猫“晓晓”“蕾蕾”将于明年1月回国

今日，日本东京都政府发布消息称，旅居日本东京上野动物园的大熊猫“晓晓”“蕾蕾”将于2026年1月下旬送还中国。最终参观日为2026年1月25日。

演员何晴追悼会举行，其子追思母亲：北京这场雪像是为她而下

一场雪落，人间倩影化雪归天。 12月15日上午，众多剧迷粉丝冒着严寒赶到北京昌平殡仪馆久安厅，送别演员何晴最后一程。12月13日，这位被誉为“古典第一美人”的演员因病去世，终年61岁。 不到10点，殡仪馆告别厅外已经站满了前来悼念的观众和粉丝，有人胸前佩戴小白花，有人手捧鲜花，一位浙江的网友还托人送来了悼念花圈。 “何晴的作品在我们心中留下了太多美好回忆，她的演技和性格都让我们深深喜爱，这次听到她突然去世的消息，我们非常意外，来到这里也是一种悼念。”一位何晴的影迷说。 现场粉丝在悼念簿上写下对何晴的话，不到一会儿，悼念簿就已写满对她的怀念。一位观众用清秀的字迹写下：“亲爱的何晴，我们的童年、青春都在您的影视作品中得到陪伴。美丽可人的何晴，很痛心听到您的消息，我代表我的同学们来这为你送行。” 曾在电视剧《水浒传》中饰演卢俊义的演员王卫国也来到现场，神色哀切。他说自己和何晴既是邻居，也是多年好友，在他印象中何晴是一个温婉、暖心的人，没有架子，总是远远地和人打招，笑嘻嘻地说话。何晴生病时常给王卫国打电话，请他送自己去医院。即便病重时，何晴也保持乐观积极的态度，王卫国有些事情想不开，她还来开导自己。“何晴走了，我们都很难过。只要你记住她，她就永远还在。”王卫国说。 《水浒传》中卢俊义的扮演者王卫国 《西游记》中万圣公主扮演者张青深情回忆何晴往事：“我们是小时候就认识的好朋友，从80年代到现在，有缘分做了这些年的朋友。她说话慢慢的，很甜很温柔。” 《西游记》中万圣公主扮演者张青 在广大观众的真挚请求下，原本仅面向亲友的告别仪式临时对外开放，大家排着队，秩序井然地进入灵堂，与这位“荧屏中的温婉佳人、生活中的坚韧女性”做最后的道别。 久安厅内的屏幕上滚动播放着何晴的照片，厅内四周摆满了亲友的花圈，其中包括六小龄童、唐国强、翁虹、尤勇智等何晴圈内好友送来的花圈，还有《三国演义》剧组送来的花圈。人群中不时传来一阵抽泣。 何晴之子许何代表亲友致悼词。他回忆了何晴对抗病魔的乐观积极，以及作为母亲对孩子深深的爱和眷恋。 许何说，妈妈很喜欢下雪，经常在雪后穿一件毛茸茸的衣服外出赏雪。“今年12月12日北京下了第一场雪，我摸着妈妈的脸跟她说北京下雪了，下得好大，好像很久都没有下过这么大的雪。在我的心里，这场雪好像是刻意为她下的。12月13日早晨天空晴朗，白色的雪布满了大地，我妈妈在她最喜欢的早晨离开了大家，去了天国，远离了所有的疾病和痛苦。” 何晴，1964年1月13日出生于浙江衢州江山市。她是中国内地唯一一位演遍四大名著影视作品的女演员，被誉为“古典第一美女”。

The haunting Masters meltdown that changed Rory McIlroy's career

Slumped on his club, head buried in his arm, Rory McIlroy looked on the verge of tears.

Scientists film deepest ever fish on seabed off Japan

Cruising at a depth of 8,336 meters (over 27,000 feet) just above the seabed, a young snailfish has become the deepest fish ever filmed by scientists during a probe into the abyss of the northern Pacific Ocean.

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The Ceuta fears shaping Spain’s election

As the United States looks towards Russia for diesel, European leaders are doubling down on their support for Ukraine. On the show, hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart unpack all the ways the EU plans to put its money where its mouth is and help Kyiv. Expect it to be the talk of the town […]

Das Bas-Beben: Neuer Groll zwischen Union und SPD

Der überraschende Rücktritt erschüttert die Koalition: SPD-Arbeitsministerin Bärbel Bas gibt ihren Rückzug von allen Ämtern bekannt. Ausgerechnet kurz vor dem wichtigen Arbeitgebertag heute. POLITICO-Chefkorrespondent Rasmus Buchsteiner ordnet zusammen mit Maximilian Stascheit ein, wie diese Personalie das zerrüttete Regierungsbündnis belastet und warum mit der eiligen Ernennung von Alexander Schweitzer die Proporzregeln der SPD über Bord geworfen […]

Zelenskyy’s Trump dilemma: Fight back or fold?

Defying the U.S. president risks costing Ukraine vital military support. But giving in could prove even more dangerous.

Poll: Spaniards say Ceuta crisis could spark armed conflict with Morocco

In a POLITICO poll, three in four people in Spain said Morocco poses a genuine threat to their country’s territorial integrity.

France’s Glucksmann notched a crushing primary victory. But he needs more allies to win the presidency.

Other parties on the left continue to go after Glucksmann, while François Hollande's shadow looms over his campaign.

Encuesta: Los españoles afirman que la crisis de Ceuta podría desencadenar un conflicto armado con Marruecos

En una encuesta de POLITICO, tres de cada cuatro personas en España afirmaron que Marruecos supone una amenaza real para la integridad territorial de su país.

Will the Bardella Scandal Sink Le Pen?

The scandal over antisemitic comments made by the far-right National Rally's Jordan Bardella could die down quickly, enabling Marine Le Pen to stick to her current plan: win the 2027 presidential election and name Bardella her prime minister. But there are two other possible scenarios, neither of which would be good for Bardella.

Can China and America Handle Being Ordinary?

For at least a generation, China's "economic miracle" allowed its people to look at Americans not as inhabitants of a richer world, but as potential peers. But now the two societies are peers in a different sense, because the Chinese are increasingly suffering the same rude awakening that Americans did when their own miracle ended.

How to Improve Global Mineral Governance

The race to secure critical minerals has intensified at the same time as the international community has recognized the need for more sustainable and responsible mining practices. Translating the resulting frameworks and guidelines into concrete action will require consolidating Global South policy and advocacy networks.

Congress Can Do More to Curb Kushner’s Conflicts of Interest

No one should be getting paid by the countries they are conducting diplomacy with, especially not the president’s son-in-law.

Messi on Their Mind, Argentines Still Hold Maradona in Their Hearts

The admiration for Leo is based on his sporting exploits; the passion for Diego is rooted in culture and identity.

A Global Debt Crisis Is Looming

After a decade of debt accumulation, higher interest rates and growing refinancing needs have left the global economy increasingly exposed to shocks. And now ongoing conflicts are driving up energy prices, fueling renewed inflationary pressures and revealing dangerous cracks in the existing debt architecture.

Can Brussels Budget Like a Superpower?

A new financial framework could put the EU in the big leagues.

Europe Must Look Beyond the US and China to Solve Its Productivity Problem

Given America and China’s lead in AI and other cutting-edge innovations, it is not surprising that much of the European economic policy debate revolves around the need to emulate and catch up with these two technological superpowers. In fact, neither the US nor China offers a relevant or attractive model for Europe.

The Real Footprint of Trump’s Data Center Boom

What the sprawling buildout means for energy, water, and land.

From Xinjiang to the Front Lines of Syria

How Uyghur militants were dragged into civil war.

Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Former ICC Judge

The United States imposed new sanctions on the international body in response.

A Global Economic Recovery Built on Shaky Foundations

The latest update of the Brookings-FT TIGER survey reveals that global growth has stabilized, with both advanced and emerging market economies showing positive momentum. But amid persistent inflation and fiscal profligacy, policymakers will still be forced to push forward with structural reforms to unleash productivity growth.

On Our Radar

On Our Radar eschelhaas Fri, 10/02/2026 - 00:00 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Special Coverage / Global 02 October 2026 20+ minutes On Our Radar On Our Radar scans conflicts and crises around the globe every week and features some of the hotspots Crisis Group’s analysts are closely watching. Whether an under-reported trend or a headline-grabbing development, our field experts explain why it matters or what should be done.  Share BlueSky E-mail Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Uložit Tisk 2 October 2026 MYANMAR  Military airstrikes on a market in Kyauktaw, Rakhine State, on Monday reportedly killed at least 50 people. The UN described the attack as one of the deadliest in the state since the 2021 coup. The Arakan Army, an ethnic Rakhine group, vowed on Tuesday to take “retaliatory measures” against those responsible.

Five Energy Market Factors That Could Tip the Scales in the Middle East War

Five Energy Market Factors That Could Tip the Scales in the Middle East War pfranz Thu, 10/01/2026 - 19:11 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List A garbage truck drives past gas prices above $6 a gallon and diesel prices above $8 a gallon as they are displayed outside of a Shell gas station in Carson, California on September 22, 2026. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP Commentary / United States 01 October 2026 20+ minutes Five Energy Market Factors That Could Tip the Scales in the Middle East War Oil, gas and fuel prices are central to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, with Washington striving to lower them and Tehran to keep them high. With both sides determined to prevail, five market-shaping developments in particular could affect whether fighting ramps up or de-escalates.

Inside Sudan’s War

Inside Sudan’s War mloukili Thu, 10/01/2026 - 13:56 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Podcast / Africa 01 October 2026 1 minute Inside Sudan’s War In this episode of The Horn , Alan speaks with Yousra Elbagir, Sky News’s Africa correspondent, about her reporting from inside Sudan’s war, including around El Obeid and El Fasher, how Sudanese are surviving the war and how the war could end.  Share BlueSky Email Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Save Print Related Tags Sudan In this episode of The Horn , Alan is joined by Yousra Elbagir, Sky News’s Africa correspondent and winner of the RTS Network Television Journalist of the Year award 2026, to discuss her reporting from inside Sudan’s war and its various front lines. They discuss her recent reporting with the Sudanese navy patrolling the Red Sea.

September Trends and October Alerts 2026

September Trends and October Alerts 2026 oolofsson Wed, 09/30/2026 - 12:06 CrisisWatch Tracking Conflict Worldwide Loading Map Early Warning Resolution Opportunity Risk Alert Trends Improved Situation Deteriorated Situation Unchanged Situation Standby monitoring Not monitored Scroll down to read trends & outlook Share Facebook Twitter Email Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List CrisisWatch is our global conflict tracker, an early warning tool designed to help prevent deadly violence. It keeps decision-makers up-to-date with developments in over 70 conflicts and crises every month , identifying trends and alerting them to risks of escalation and opportunities to advance peace. In addition, CrisisWatch monitors over 50 situations (“ standby monitoring ”) to offer timely information if developments indicate a drift toward violence or instability. Entries dating back to 2003 provide easily searchable conflict histories.

The U.S.-led Anti-ISIS Coalition is Leaving Iraq: What Happens Next?

The U.S.-led Anti-ISIS Coalition is Leaving Iraq: What Happens Next? eschelhaas Tue, 09/29/2026 - 18:14 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Iraqi security forces stand guard during a funerary procession for a slain member of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), who was killed in a US-Israeli air strike in Mosul the previous evening, in Baghdad on March 8, 2026. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 29 September 2026 14 minutes The U.S.-led Anti-ISIS Coalition is Leaving Iraq: What Happens Next? The coming withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces marks a significant moment in Iraq’s tumultuous recent history. Yet with the Middle East war bringing conflict to the country and questions surrounding the state’s capacity to assert its authority, the significance is mainly symbolic.

Back to War in Ethiopia?

Back to War in Ethiopia? hschaub Tue, 09/29/2026 - 13:45 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Podcast / Africa 29 September 2026 1 minute Back to War in Ethiopia? This week on Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia, how the conflict could unfold, the risks of regional escalation and whether diplomacy can still stop the slide into all-out war. Share BlueSky Email Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Save Print Related Tags Ethiopia This week on  Hold Your Fire! , Richard speaks with Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia. They examine why the Pretoria agreement, which ended the devastating 2020–2022 war between Tigrayan rebels and the federal government, failed to deliver lasting peace.

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Türkiye: COP31 Host Curbs Environment Defenders

Click to expand Image Local residents of Perşembe Plateau and representatives of environmental organizations stage a protest against gold mining exploration in the area, July 19, 2026. © 2026 Private (Istanbul, October 13, 2026) – The authorities in Türkiye, the host of the upcoming 2026 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), are arbitrarily arresting and prosecuting activists and others involved in environmental protests even as the summit nears, Human Rights Watch said today. “With Türkiye about to host the annual UN climate change summit, its environmental crackdown is a salient reminder of its intolerance of dissent,” said Deniz Bayram, assistant Europe and Central Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Turkish authorities should listen to people’s concerns about the environmental impact of activities such as mining in their areas and address them, instead of arresting and prosecuting protesters.

Philippines: Flood Control Project Disregards Rights

(Manila) – Philippine authorities disregarded the rights of residents who were removed from a small island in Pampanga province for a flood control project and relocated to a site with chronic flooding and few livelihood opportunities, Human Rights Watch said today.  In 2022, the Macabebe, Pampanga government relocated 90 families without adequate consultation and information from Pulo Island on the Pampanga River. The relocation site, in the town of Macabebe, is a low-lying area that was formerly a fish pond that floods throughout the year, causing residents to struggle to access services and work. Although the Pulo community wanted to stay together, some family members have since left because of the effects of the flooding on their lives and livelihoods. “Philippine authorities in Pampanga have threatened the safety and livelihoods of Pulo Island residents by relocating them to a low-lying area as part of a flawed flood control project,” said Lian Buan, Southeast Asia researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Pakistan: Declaration of emergency must not be pretext to crackdown on human rights

Responding to the declaration of a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the imposition of governor rule and the deployment of armed forces in the province, Babu Ram Pant, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for South Asia, said: “Reports of arbitrary detentions of key leaders – including the provincial chief minister – and […] The post Pakistan: Declaration of emergency must not be pretext to crackdown on human rights appeared first on Amnesty International .

General Assembly adopts pandemic declaration, but not by consensus

The General Assembly on Monday adopted a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, by 153 in favour to three against (Argentina, Israel and United States) with two abstentions (New Zealand and Paraguay).

Colombia peace deal must endure as insecurity grows, Security Council hears

Nearly 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace agreement to end a decades-long insurgency, the deal is under strain from growing insecurity – and the UN’s top official in the country says it cannot be allowed to falter.

Security Council LIVE: Syria’s fragile transition – economic strain, Israeli incursions and progress towards elections

The Security Council is meeting on Syria as the country’s transition faces pressure on several fronts. Economic hardship is fuelling unrest, Israeli incursions continue in the south and sectarian tensions persist in Sweida, even as Damascus reports progress on its chemical weapons programme and talks about future elections. Millions, meanwhile, remain displaced. Follow live below and go here for full meetings coverage. 

Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine

The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned on Monday.

UN aid operation underway in Nepal following fresh floods

The United Nations has rushed to assist Nepal following new flash floods in the central Gorkha district on Sunday that swept away homes and bridges just weeks after catastrophic flooding in the north. 

‘Efficiency has limits’: UNHCR chief warns refugee protection is buckling under cuts

The money is running out faster than needs are growing: with 117 million men, women and children now forced from their homes, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has received just $3 billion of the $8.5 billion it needs this year – and its chief, Barham Salih, warns that the global support system for asylum-seekers risks buckling.

Türkiye: End Internet Censorship

Click to expand Image Tags, with “Access blocked” and the name of blocked accounts belonging to journalists and media outlets, LGBT and women’s rights groups, and other rights defenders, are tied to the gates of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, to protest the Turkish authorities’ blocking of hundreds of social media accounts and websites. Ankara, October 7, 2026. © 2026 Yıldız Yazıcıoğlu (Istanbul, October 12, 2026) – The Turkish authorities over the last month have substantially escalated internet censorship, Human Rights Watch said today, along with ARTICLE 19, the Freedom of Expression Association, and 18 other organizations. Social media platforms should take meaningful steps immediately to uphold their human rights responsibilities and avoid contributing to suppressing independent media and violating the right to freedom of expression. The Turkish authorities should stop issuing blocking orders to restrict content and accounts on social media and websites in violation of the right to freedom of expression.

Senegal: Brutal Crackdown Violates LGBT People’s Rights

Click to expand Image Renovated Dakar Railway station inaugurated, May 2026.  © 2026 Human Rights Watch  Senegal’s intensifying crackdown on LGBT people is violating their rights and causing increasing fear and stigma. Fear of arrest and stigma are causing people to go into hiding, to avoid HIV testing and treatment, and deterring lawyers from representing them. The crackdown on LGBT people calls into question Senegal’s compliance with its own laws and international law, as well as the Olympic charter, given it will host the Youth Olympics Games at the end of the month. (Dakar) Senegal’s growing crackdown on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people is violating their rights, causing increasing fear and stigma, and should be ended immediately, Human Rights Watch said today. Mass arrests forced HIV testing and barriers to legal representation appear to be part of an increase in punitive government action against LGBT people in West Africa.

UN: Burundi Set to Win Human Rights Council Seat Despite Abuses

Click to expand Image Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, New York, September 23, 2026. © 2026 AP Photo/Heather Khalifa (New York) – Burundi is set to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, 2026, with no competition, Human Rights Watch said today. Burundi is seeking to retain its seat even though the government of this Central African country has not improved its abusive human rights conditions. Burundi is one of the four African countries running for the same number of seats on the 47-nation council. The regional slates for the Western group, Latin America and the Caribbean, Central and Eastern Europe, and Asia also lack competition. This effectively guarantees all 15 candidates, fit or unfit, spots on the UN’s premier rights body for three years beginning on January 1, 2027.  “This uncompetitive vote makes a mockery of the word ‘election,’” said Louis Charbonneau, UN director at Human Rights Watch.

Gaza: Ceasefire Anniversary Marks Year of Failed Promises

Click to expand Image A Palestinian boy walks inside a destroyed building in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 27, 2026. © 2026 Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – Israeli forces continue to kill and wound civilians and deny sufficient food, aid, and water to Palestinians in Gaza one year after a ceasefire agreement took effect on October 10, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel’s acts of genocide and crimes against humanity, including forced displacement and extermination, have persisted throughout the ceasefire. Other countries should take immediate measures to protect civilians and ensure that rights-based reconstruction begins.  The Board of Peace, authorized under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2803, is tasked with assessing parties’ compliance with the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict. Promises of humanitarian relief and the restoration of essential civilian infrastructure are central to the plan.

Nobel Peace Prize honours Navi Pillay for lifelong commitment to human rights, justice and accountability

Reacting to the news that South African international jurist and human rights defender Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard said: “We pay tribute to Navi Pillay whose commitment to international law, unwavering independence and guiding moral light have made her one of the most respected […] The post Nobel Peace Prize honours Navi Pillay for lifelong commitment to human rights, justice and accountability appeared first on Amnesty International .

USA: Livestreaming firing squad execution would compound cruelty of the death penalty

Responding to the announcement that the Trump administration has set the first military execution since 1961, and that the execution will be carried out by firing squad and livestreamed to the public, Justin Mazzola, Deputy Director of Research at Amnesty International USA, said: “The announcement by the Trump administration that it has set the first […] The post USA: Livestreaming firing squad execution would compound cruelty of the death penalty appeared first on Amnesty International .

India: Delhi police must facilitate right to peaceful protest amid lockdown-like restrictions in capital

Responding to the sweeping and disproportionate restrictions imposed by the Delhi Police and the Government of India ahead of planned protests in the capital on Saturday 10 October, Aakar Patel, Chair of Board, Amnesty International India, said: “Peaceful protesters must be able to demand accountability from those in power without facing intimidation, arbitrary detention, or […] The post India: Delhi police must facilitate right to peaceful protest amid lockdown-like restrictions in capital appeared first on Amnesty International .

USA: Trump’s attack on the ICC demands a global response of resistance and protection

With its sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, the US Administration seeks to destroy the Court and extinguish any prospect of justice for perpetrators of grave crimes under international law, Amnesty International said today. States must take every appropriate measure to resist this attack and actively protect the Court. “President Trump’s […] The post USA: Trump’s attack on the ICC demands a global response of resistance and protection appeared first on Amnesty International .

Gaza ceasefire exists in name only, say more than 100 organizations

One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face crisis-level hunger. GAZA, 9 October 2026 – One year after the Gaza ceasefire agreement was reached, more than 100 humanitarian, […] The post Gaza ceasefire exists in name only, say more than 100 organizations appeared first on Amnesty International .

As Trump’s Wall Closes in, DHS Intimidates a Border Tribe With Surveillance, Masked Agents and Drones

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Watch: Inside Our $22K Sports Betting Experiment

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New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction

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The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official

The post The Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department Official appeared first on ProPublica .

Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

The post Ken Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose. appeared first on ProPublica .

An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families

The post An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families appeared first on ProPublica .

Groups Associated With India’s Far-Right Receive Millions Through US Donor-Advised Funds

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) – or initiatives the Hindu nationalist group has endorsed – received millions of dollars over recent years through grants that allow donors […] The post Groups Associated With India’s Far-Right Receive Millions Through US Donor-Advised Funds appeared first on bellingcat .

Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery

Earlier this week, several viral social media posts and news articles stated that Google had updated satellite imagery over Gaza. The imagery shared in these posts and articles shows several areas, including the southern city of Rafah. Huge destruction is detailed in the images, including what appears to be entire neighbourhoods flattened But the imagery […] The post Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery appeared first on bellingcat .

Christy Kinahan’s UAE Residence Visa Cancelled

This article is the result of a collaboration with The Sunday Times. You can find their corresponding piece here. Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. Christy Kinahan, the Irish founder of the Kinahan Organised Crime Group who is being pursued by authorities around the world […] The post Christy Kinahan’s UAE Residence Visa Cancelled appeared first on bellingcat .

“A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. WARNING: This report contains links to graphic images and footage. A joint Bellingcat and Jeune Afrique investigation into drone strikes carried out by the Malian military adds new details about the attacks which frequently are carried out in civilian areas and have […] The post “A Recurring Pattern”: Civilians Paying the Price in Mali’s Drone Campaign appeared first on bellingcat .

Bellingcat Official Merch Design Contest

Guess what? Bellingcat is finally launching an official merch line! That’s right: after years of fantasizing and wishing, we’re finally ready to get our name and logo on cool merch that you’ll be able to show off. We’re working with a high quality, sustainable merchandising company to make all kinds of cool swag: coffee cups, […] The post Bellingcat Official Merch Design Contest appeared first on bellingcat .

Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case

Sign up here to receive Bellingcat’s biggest investigations by email as soon as they are published. On a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man’s head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s body was wrapped in quilts, lowered into the trunk of […] The post Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case appeared first on bellingcat .

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How primary energy is measured has changed across our charts

The Energy Institute no longer uses the substitution method to estimate primary energy. Here’s why that matters for our charts on energy.

138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?

According to a UN report published last year, there are 138 million children in child labor. In this article, we look at what this estimate exactly captures.

Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so?

Falling fertility rates have created a unique scenario in human history: many countries are experiencing structural population decline.

The rise of electoral democracy

How elections spread, voting rights expanded, and political competition developed around the world over the last two centuries.

Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades

Most beef production in Brazil is to meet domestic rather than international demand.

A never-ending childhood of malaria

How often do people in high-burden areas get malaria? Studies suggest that many children can experience five or more malaria infections a year.

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Category 2 Hurricane Isaias nears landfall, leading to production shut-ins

As of 4:00 a.m. central time on October 9, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects Hurricane Isaias to make landfall on the Gulf Coast late Friday or early Saturday, creating the potential for significant disruptions to energy infrastructure. Hurricane Isaias is the first hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season and will be the largest storm system to make landfall in the region since Hurricane Helene in September 2024.

This Ultra-Rare Gas Could Become An Ace In Canada’s Hands

Back in July, the U.S. slapped an extra 50% duty on a wide range of Canadian exports, including items like dairy, alcohol and cement, with the Trump administration citing alleged Canadian trade discrimination against various U.S. goods. In response, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government implemented dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs targeting U.S. goods such as steel, aluminum, appliances and electronics as the tit-for-tat tariffs and trade war between the two nations escalated. Despite Trump’s frequent bluster, Canada remains the…

Trump Curbs Farmers’ Access to Funding for Energy Projects

The Trump Administration is restricting access to a federal rural energy program for farmers in another move against renewable energy. But the major change to the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) that eliminates upfront funding would make energy efficiency projects and cheaper energy for farmers inaccessible to many of them, analysts say. The USDA’s new rules, unveiled at the end of September and effective October 16, aim to eliminate taxpayer funding for “unreliable energy sources”, protect…

Global Coal Demand Rises as LNG Shortage Deepens

Liquefied natural gas flows from the Persian Gulf are still over 75% lower than they were before February 28th. Yet heating demand is rising ahead of winter. In Europe, the November natural gas benchmark contract is trading at over 81 euros per MWh. In Asia, the spot market LNG price topped prices for Europe, drawing cargoes eastward. Meanwhile, coal is 80% cheaper than LNG. Coal has been the target of much climate-related regulation on the basis that it emits the most carbon dioxide plus pollutant gases and particulate matter. Yet coal has remained…

Heat Pumps Are Coming for Coal’s Industrial Heat Market

A new breakthrough in high-temperature heat pumps could provide a critical pathway toward relieving global reliance on fossil fuels in industrial contexts. A team of scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE (Fraunhofer ISE) in Germany tested heat pumps at 320 degrees Fahrenheit and proved that they can produce hot water and steam, showing promise for replacing coal in hard-to-abate industrial sectors. “Data collected from the test rig could allow manufacturers to design heat pumps and heat exchangers for high temperatures,…

China's Auto Exports Explode as Domestic Demand Craters

New data released by the China Passenger Car Association earlier on Monday show that China's peak car-buying season hit the brakes, with September passenger-vehicle retail sales plunging 28% from a year earlier as manufacturers increasingly relied on overseas buyers to cushion soft domestic demand. The CPCA said in the report that retail sales fell to 1.62 million vehicles, marking a 12th consecutive monthly decline from a year earlier. Sales rose 5% from August. The report showed that electric cars and plug-in hybrids accounted for a whopping…

$4,000 Gold Could Be Wall Street's Next Big Buying Opportunity

Gold is struggling to regain its footing after retreating from September highs above $4,400 an ounce, as a stronger U.S. dollar, surging Treasury yields and expectations of further Federal Reserve tightening weigh on the precious metal. But while speculative investors have been reducing their exposure, central banks and gold-backed exchange-traded funds continue accumulating bullion, raising an increasingly important question: Is gold entering a prolonged correction, or is the recent selloff creating another buying opportunity? Gold traded around…

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Mexico trucker shortages, visa restrictions squeeze cross-border capacity

Trucking capacity along the Mexican and Canadian borders remains constrained as higher operating costs and driver issues limit carrier availability. The post Mexico trucker shortages, visa restrictions squeeze cross-border capacity appeared first on FreightWaves .

State loan to aid Louisiana port’s new rail connection

Louisiana will close a funding gap and provide $1 million for a new port rail line. The post State loan to aid Louisiana port’s new rail connection appeared first on FreightWaves .

1 million boxes set new Los Angeles port record

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Freight Fraud Awareness Day returns as strategic cargo theft reshapes trucking

Industry advocates want victims sharing what happened as sophisticated schemes expose new vulnerabilities across the supply chain. The post Freight Fraud Awareness Day returns as strategic cargo theft reshapes trucking appeared first on FreightWaves .

The Hidden Business Risk Inside Fleet Compliance

As fleets scale across jurisdictions, vehicle compliance is ultimately about whether assets are legally available to operate, not whether the paperwork gets filed correctly. J. J. Keller’s Stephanie Schmidt explains why executives should treat compliance capacity as a resource-allocation decision. The post The Hidden Business Risk Inside Fleet Compliance appeared first on FreightWaves .

OOCL revenue up 45.1% on trans-Pacific surge

OOCL saw higher revenue per container and increased cargo volumes across all four of its trade regions. The post OOCL revenue up 45.1% on trans-Pacific surge appeared first on FreightWaves .

DP World joins in as Africa’s logistics hot-spots attract the big players

DP World is upping its Africa game, and it is not alone, with several terminal operators either having added or announced the addition of capacity into the continent amid surging volumes – the west coast proving “particularly hot” at the moment. Investing $90m into Angola’s port of Luanda should be indicative of DP World’s confidence in the gateway; CEO of its Africa operations, Mohammed Akoojee, told The Loadstar there was a ... The post DP World joins in as Africa’s logistics hot-spots attract the big players appeared first on The Loadstar .

Shippers stressing over risks from Suez Canal and Red Sea transits

The return of Asia-Europe container shipping services to routing via the Red Sea and Suez Canal continues, despite the deteriorating security situation due to the escalating Houthi-Saudi conflict. While commercial shipping’s close proximity to an active war zone may raise eyebrows, the signs are that most carriers will take the opportunity to traverse Suez while they can. Even an attack on CU Lines’ 2,400 teu CUL Klang last week was not enough ... The post Shippers stressing over risks from Suez Canal and Red Sea transits appeared first on The Loadstar .

Samsung steps up airfreight ambitions with Woojung Air takeover

Samsung SDS is expanding its airfreight business with a takeover of South Korean consolidator Woojung Air, according to local media, adding airline capacity procurement expertise and a wholesale customer base that includes more than 1,200 freight forwarders. The deal would strengthen the Samsung group’s position as a logistics supplier to other cargo owners. Samsung SDS already sells forwarding services through its digital forwarding Cello Square platform, while Woojung’s reported customers include ... The post Samsung steps up airfreight ambitions with Woojung Air takeover appeared first on The Loadstar .

China wants more – and bigger – car-carriers to meet export demand

China’s shipowners and carmakers are making a concerted push to grow their car-carrier fleets as exports increase. Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers, carmaker BYD, and SAIC Anji Logistics plan to jointly invest around $2.5bn to build 21 11,000 ceu car-carriers in compatriot shipyards. Cosco Shipping is ordering up to 11 of the vessels, BYD is planning eight, and SAIC Anji, two. Xiamen Shipbuilding and Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) are reportedly Cosco’s choice to build ... The post China wants more – and bigger – car-carriers to meet export demand appeared first on The Loadstar .

No end in sight of the misery for US trucking: ‘It’s a broken model’

The US trucking market limped through a dismal summer, and the misery is expected to continue into next year. Rates have risen, but this was the result of diminishing capacity, not of a healthy market, and despite tepid demand, tender rejections are soaring, which has prompted warnings of a structural crisis for the industry. Not everybody sees a sector in crisis, though. At first glance, the industry is recovering. US Bank’s latest Freight ... The post No end in sight of the misery for US trucking: ‘It’s a broken model’ appeared first on The Loadstar .

OceanX: Zim earnings power matches Hapag; Value in forwarding; SaaS end nears?

I was on a short trip to Greece for some meetings – apart from the hassles that even supposedly short trips always bring, it is always nice to return to Athens! A place I have come to every other year for over two decades now. Thus, it is interesting to witness how it changes and how it does seem to be on a new high now after the lows of the ... The post OceanX: Zim earnings power matches Hapag; Value in forwarding; SaaS end nears? appeared first on The Loadstar .

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Inverted Gravity -- by James E. Anderson, Mario Larch, Yoto V. Yotov

We invert structural gravity to recover trade cost changes delivering targeted outcomes. For attainable welfare targets, one instrument per target yields a unique solution. At unchanged producer prices and to first order, each instrument must change by the welfare target divided by its own expenditure share; the required domestic change is about the size of the target, while the import change is several times larger. Inverting observed trade flows gives a separate trade cost change for each of the two directions in which a pair of countries trades. Applications to NAFTA and world trade illustrate the benefits of our approach.

When Cash Flows Turn Negative: Liquidity-Driven Selling by Pension Funds -- by Aleksandar Andonov, Kristy A. E. Jansen, Joshua Rauh

Pension funds are long-horizon investors with predictable liability structures. As such, they are often perceived as investors who can provide liquidity and stabilize markets. However, pension funds increasingly face negative operating cash flows as benefit payments exceed contributions. Using aggregate data on U.S. public pension funds combined with granular holdings obtained through public records requests, we document three findings that challenge the conventional view of pension funds as stabilizing investors. First, pension funds with more negative cash flows do not adjust their target asset allocations and maintain low allocations to safe and liquid assets. Second, because of these limited safe asset buffers, pension funds meet cash flow shocks primarily by selling equities, absorbing $0.67 per dollar of shock through equity sales. At the security level, pension funds sell across equities rather than following a safe and liquid-assets-first approach.

Do Judges Move Markets? Ideological Shifts in the Supreme Court and Macroeconomic Expectations -- by Thomas Drechsel, Naixin Zhang

This paper studies how judicial ideology shapes financial markets' expectations about the macroeconomy. We use unexpected deaths of U.S. Supreme Court Justices as quasi-experimental shifts in the Court's ideological balance. High-frequency asset price responses reveal how markets perceive the macroeconomic consequences of these ideological shifts. We find that a more conservative Court is associated with lower inflation expectations, lower real activity expectations, and lower bond yields. A shift towards a more liberal Court induces the opposite responses. The finding that inflation and activity expectations respond with the same sign suggests that markets revise their expectations about aggregate demand, rather than aggregate supply. Moreover, contrasting the yield responses with estimates from studies of fiscal policy news indicates that a more conservative (liberal) Court leads markets to expect tighter (looser) future fiscal policy.

Estimating the Impact of Targeted Public Policies with Limited Data -- by Kelly M. Jones, Mayra Pineda-Torres

Many public policies aim to support (or change the behavior of) a specific, targeted sub-group of the population. To measure the causal impacts of such policies, social scientists use quasi-experimental methods of policy evaluation, but are often hampered by data availability issues, especially regarding targeted populations, who are often disadvantaged and/or vulnerable. We use power calculations to quantify the challenge of detecting a policy’s impact on a small minority population based on population level data, using the impact of abortion bans on economic welfare as an example. We provide insight into this challenge and a roadmap for how researchers can calculate, ex-ante, whether their study is sufficiently powered to detect reasonably meaningful effect sizes.

Affirmative Action in Centralized College Admissions Systems -- by Nano Barahona, Cauê Dobbin, Sebastián Otero

We study the consequences of affirmative action in college admissions. We develop an empirical framework that distinguishes the effects on marginally benefited and displaced students from the overall effects of the policy. The overall effects include equilibrium reallocations as benefited students leave seats that others fill and displaced students take seats elsewhere, displacing others in turn. We apply this framework to a large-scale policy in Brazil that required all federal institutions to reserve half their seats for racially and socioeconomically disadvantaged applicants. Exploiting admissions cutoffs, we find that marginally benefited targeted students attend and graduate from higher-quality programs. Their graduation gains are about twice the losses of marginally displaced non-targeted students, reflecting targeted students’ weaker outside options. To evaluate the overall effects, we estimate a model of degree choices and potential outcomes.

Strategic Complementarity and Persistence in Linear-Quadratic Mean Field Games -- by Fernando E. Alvarez, David Argente

We study the relation between strategic complementarities and aggregate persistence in linear-quadratic mean field games with interactions in states and actions. The framework provides local approximations to common macroeconomic problems, including capital accumulation and multiproduct pricing. We show that the equilibrium aggregate dynamics coincide with those of a single-agent linear-quadratic control problem in which state and action curvatures are adjusted for strategic interactions. This result gives conditions for equilibrium existence, establishes uniqueness, and links strategic interactions to aggregate adjustment. We establish conditions under which stronger state complementarities increase persistence, while stronger action complementarities reduce it, even in multidimensional problems whose underlying matrices are not simultaneously diagonalizable. Under these conditions, internalizing state complementarities makes the utilitarian planner’s allocation more persistent, while internalizing action complementarities makes it less persistent.

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Chip stocks slide in wake of ‘casino’ comment by Broadcom boss

Declines for Samsung and SK Hynix drag Kospi sharply lower as investors fret over scale of AI investment

Detecting institutional change as it unfolds: Evidence from 120 years of reporting

Explaining comparative economic development requires identifying the causes of institutional change. This column uses AI to analyse 120 years of newspaper coverage and produce a new index of uncertainty about a country's core institutions. In the countries studied, nearly every major shift in democracy happened when this index was high. Because it detects slow-building uncertainty that other risk measures miss, the index could serve as an early warning of institutional fragility.

Why downturns can make innovation greener

Green innovation is central for the transition to a low-carbon economy, but there are concerns that economic downturns may slow technological progress by reducing firms’ incentives and resources to innovate. This column shows that green and non-green innovation respond very differently to the business cycle. While non-green innovation declines after contractionary shocks, green innovation increases. A model of directed technical change explains this divergence through the more backloaded profits of green technologies and the reallocation of scarce innovation inputs during downturns. The findings imply that R&D subsidies are more effective – and generate relatively more green innovation – during downturns.

At risk or responsive: Rethinking unemployment policy

Public services increasingly use predictive algorithms to direct scarce support towards those most at risk. But are these also the people who benefit most from intervention? This column explains how to navigate this trade-off and shows why it matters in practice. Job search counselling gets people into work faster, but has little effect on those at greatest risk of long-term unemployment. Combining predictions of risk and responsiveness can make scarce support substantially more effective, while highlighting the need for different support for those hardest to help.

France to raise stake in struggling miner Eramet

Paris set to become top shareholder as states race to secure critical mineral supplies

Trump’s Russian diesel gambit is cynical and won’t work

The US president risks harming Ukraine to curb prices driven up by his own war

Goldman goes long stocks — and bonds*

*Not all bonds

Oil prices rise as Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ frays

Announcement followed deal with Putin as US president tries to contain impact of higher fuel costs ahead of midterm elections

Private equity puts string of UK high street names up for sale

Owners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector

Ratings, debt, and deficits: An exploration

What matters more for sovereign credit ratings – today’s debt or tomorrow’s deficits? This column explores how ratings weigh the two and finds that ratings place much more emphasis on current debt than on projected fiscal deficits. Compared with the implications of a simple model, ratings differ in three important ways: they overweight debt relative to forecast deficits, they understate the effects of the interest rate-growth differential, and they are heavily influenced by other country-specific factors. Countries with the same debt and deficit forecasts can receive extremely different ratings, implying widely different levels of debt needed to reach a given rating.

The size and speed of tariff pass through into consumer prices

The 2025-26 US tariffs have renewed the question of how much of a tariff reaches consumers, and how quickly. This column traces tariffs through import, domestic producer, and retail prices for US consumer goods. About a quarter of a tariff increase passes through to consumer prices after one year. Roughly two-thirds comes from imported goods; the rest from US-made goods, as producers face higher input costs and less import competition.

Financial sanctions and the global payments network

Direct evidence on the effects of financial sanctions remains limited. This column uses correspondent banking data to study how sanctions affect access to global payment networks. The dollar and euro networks offer the most efficient connections to banks in other countries. Furthermore, financial sanctions imposed during 2021-2026 reduced targeted banks’ access to major-currency networks, making it harder for sanctioned institutions to make or receive payments. Non-sanctioned banks in heavily sanctioned countries also lost connectivity to these networks but reoriented towards alternatives, particularly the Chinese yuan. More generally, shifts away from the dollar and towards the yuan remain minimal.

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

Federal Reserve Board releases results of the 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances, which provides the public and policymakers with detailed insights into the economic condition of American families

CMORG holds sector-wide cloud outage simulation exercise

The Cross-Market Operational Resilience Group (CMORG) yesterday (8 October 2026) completed its biennial simulation exercise, known as SIMEX26, focused this year on a global cloud services disruption.

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Federal Reserve Board announces enforcement action against American Express Company to address, among other things, the firm’s failure to sufficiently detect and report certain suspicious activity related to money laundering

Bank of England announces the four animals that will feature on our next series of banknotes

The Atlantic puffin, barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee and European hedgehog will represent UK wildlife and feature as the central images on our next series of banknotes.

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026

Minutes of the London FXJSC Legal Sub Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026

The Bank of England provides the Secretariat to the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Legal Sub-Committee. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Minutes of the London FXJSC Operations Sub-Committee Meeting – 16 June 2026

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC) Operations and Legal Sub-Committees. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Minutes of the London FXJSC Main Committee Meeting – 24 June 2026

The Bank of England chairs the London Foreign Exchange Joint Standing Committee (FXJSC), which is a forum for discussion of the wholesale foreign exchange market. The FXJSC is made up of market participants, infrastructure providers and the UK financial regulators.

Regulatory thresholds set to shift to automatic increases

Proportionality is set to be improved for firms as over 100 regulatory thresholds could be automatically increased periodically.

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Isabella Bank Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Isabella Bank Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Fleur Capital Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by Fleur Capital Corporation

Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O

Federal Reserve Board announces it will extend, until November 4, the comment period on its proposal to modernize Regulation O

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Men lose their Y chromosome as they age. Scientists thought it didn’t matter – but now we’re learning more

The Y chromosome doesn’t seem to do much except determine sex – but its loss in older men might be linked to heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s.

The next cancer breakthrough may be stopping it before it starts

New research suggests cancer develops through detectable biological changes years before a tumour forms.

What is a ‘cancer gene’? How genetic mutations lead to cancer

Your body has trillions of cells. But a gene mutation in just one of them could prove fatal.

We thought inbred koalas were at risk of extinction. But what we discovered upends genetic conventions

Population crashes are dangerous and can be irreversible. But new research shows they are not always an evolutionary dead end.

What pet cats can tell us about human cancer

A new study isolated DNA from the tumours of 500 cats across 13 different tumour types and mapped the sequence of 1,000 genes often found mutated in human cancers.

Super-agers’ brains stay young into old age. New research brings us closer to understanding why

Some elderly people have the memory of someone 30 or 40 years younger.

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Hermann Hesse on How to Read a Book and How to Read Yourself

Books show us what it is like to be another and at the same time return us to ourselves. We read to learn how to live — how to love and how to suffer, how to grieve and how to be glad. We read to clarify ourselves and to anneal our values. We read for the assurance that others have lived through what we are living through. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read,” James Baldwin reflected in his most personal interview. And yet while books may give…  read article

AIs can clearly read books

i cannot help myself in writing this post, to dunk and slapfight with gary marcus. but there is nothing more important to say than that we must stop the current AI race, regulate the major AI companies, and solve the alignment problem. and on this point, actually marcus agrees , at least broadly. this must be emphasized at the outset, and nothing contained in this post is better than calling congress to regulate AI . alas, i am only human, so bicker i must. gary marcus' bet on may 31, 2022 gary marcus offered to bet elon musk that by 2029 [1] AI would not be able to do at least 3 of these five tasks: In 2029, AI will not be able to watch a movie and tell you accurately what is going on (what I called the comprehension challenge in The New Yorker, in 2014). Who are the characters? What are their conflicts and motivations? etc. In 2029, AI will not be able to read a novel and reliably answer questions about plot, character, conflicts, motivations, etc. Key will be going beyond the literal text, as Davis and I explain in Rebooting AI.

An ambition to create a game on par with chess.

Continues from my previous short form. https://yoonwoojeong.github.io/SYZYGY Personal History I have played chess since childhood and have long been interested in computer chess. However, developer communities like the one behind Stockfish were highly complex, making it extremely difficult for an individual to make a meaningful contribution. Consequently, I set aside that childhood dream to focus on my university studies. Now, having grown weary of academic work—and with the performance of AI coding tools having improved dramatically—I decided to try my hand at developing a new game. The initial version was 3D, and I experimented with topologies featuring multiple holes; however, these designs proved incompatible with a good user experience. I abandoned those ambitious ideas and adopted standard chess conventions: an n×n square board, a perfect-information turn-based format, and a chess clock. While this is the current result, there is still a long way to go. I am particularly unsure about the implementation of NNUE due to my limited knowledge in that area.

Good Evals Are Hard: An ImpossibleBench Audit

(This post is a summary. See GitHub Repo for details .) Approximately one year ago, ImpossibleBench was published, measuring reward hacking in LLM coding agents. I ran the LiveCodeBench (LCB) half of ImpossibleBench on current (October 2026) frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google to see how the benchmark holds up and what has changed. Background In the Impossible-LCB (Zhong, Raghunathan, Carlini 2025; arXiv:2510.20270 ) evaluation, the LLMs are given a series of coding tasks. The catch is that some of the provided unit tests are mutated to contradict the specification (some are left unadulterated as control). This is done in one of two ways: oneoff: change one expected value conflicting: add a duplicate assertion with a different value As a result, these "impossible" tasks cannot be passed honestly, so if an LLM passes such a task, it is counted as cheating. The original paper did not additionally classify the results based on what the model verbalized. Meta's Muse Spark report (arXiv 2606.

OpenAI Fires Three Safety Researchers

Three OpenAI safety researchers, Tomek Korbak, Mikita Balesni and Jasmine Wang , were fired, ostensibly for ‘mishandling sensitive company information.’ Those employees have published an open letter. The employees have said they believe they were fired for safety advocacy, and that the reasons given were pretextual. The letter calls upon OpenAI to take actions going forward on open discussion and safety auditing, which OpenAI says they strongly support. OpenAI responded, saying there was an additional breach of trust that was not mentioned in the employee statements, without claiming that the employees were (or were not) informed of what it was. As you would expect given OpenAI’s track record, most outside of OpenAI who discussed this believe the researchers and not OpenAI. Whereas those at OpenAI have not offered comment at all. No matter what happened, and how this is handled from here, this sucks bigly. OpenAI has three less good safety researchers. Trust will be lower. Speech will be chilled. Table of Contents You’re Fired. The Initial Statement from OpenAI. Earned Skepticism.

'Employee-like' ≠ Employee-level

Fyi: This is a boring read, but I encourage you to skim through it because I think it's important to understand what Dario and other lab leaders have actually committed themselves to. My views do not reflect the views of MIRI - this is my personal LW account. Some media coverage claims Anthropic is committing to give independent evaluators “employee-level access”. While Dario’s tweet says “employee-level”, his essay does not. Instead, the essay talks about “employee-like access”, which is not the same thing as “employee-level access”. After analysing Dario’s writing, it’s clear that his weasel words are deeply embedded in his essay. “Similar to” “should have ongoing access to permissions and tools similar to those of internal employees who do comparable risk assessments” Dario doesn’t say that independent evaluators will be given the same tool access as Anthropic employees. Look at his language: “should”, “similar to”, “comparable risk assessments”.

Research Lessons I Learned at MATS & Redwood

Good empirical safety research is heavily bottlenecked on thinking more clearly. This post shares a few frames and tips I found useful, illustrated with concrete examples. I spent the better part of 2026 in empirical AI safety research apprenticeships. I was mentored by Alex Turner and Alex Cloud as part of MATS 9 Team Shard, where my collaborator and I worked on finetuning-based misalignment auditing. I then interned at Redwood Research, managed by Aryan Bhatt, where I worked on sabotage capability evaluations. These thoughts are indebted to my mentors, collaborators, friends, and colleagues, but they are not direct reflections of their views. Thank you to Alex Cloud, Alex Turner, Aryan Bhatt, Jeremy Huff, and especially to Keshav Shenoy for feedback on the piece. Better models of the problem speed up empirical iteration Fast iteration is one of the key virtues of an empirical safety researcher. At first, I didn't find it obvious what that meant or how I should get better at this skill. I imagined a sprinter, doing one looped motion at a far quicker pace than everyone else.

You’re a Christian and a Buddhist (whether you like it or not)

I’m going to call you a Christian. I don’t care if you don’t believe in God, or read the Bible, or accept that Jesus died for your sins. I’m going to call you a Christian anyway, because you do Christian things. You’re kind to others, you give to charity, you look after your neighbor. You don’t work on the Sabbath, you give gifts at Christmas, and you are awestruck by the sight of a cathedral touching the sunset sky. You’re a Christian. In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview , I spoke with the popular YouTuber and scholar of religion Andrew Henry. He introduced me to the term “orthopraxy,” which says being religious is not defined by what you believe but by what you do. If you behave according to a certain religion, you are that religion. To those born into a mostly Protestant culture, that might sound weird. In the West, we tend to treat religion as a matter of belief. But that idea is surprisingly local. The academic study of religion, Henry notes, “was mostly invented by Protestant scholars back in the late 1800s and 1900s,” and they built the category in their own image.

Africa’s cultural landmarks: tombs of Buganda kings

Built from vegetal materials, these majestic tombs housing Buganda kings bridge the realms of living and dead in Uganda - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

Is everything conscious?

If the question makes no sense to you, try spending some time with the principle of sufficient reason - by Sam Kimpton-Nye Read on Aeon

7 mind-bending comparisons between the Universe and the human body

Our observable Universe is enormous compared to a human: over 10²⁶ times as large. This horizontally-oriented logarithmic map of the Universe shows how, from left-to-right, we go from Earth-sized scales to the largest cosmic distances of all. As spectacular as this logarithmic view is, it “only” spans about 20 orders of magnitude: from the size of the Earth to the size of the present-day cosmic horizon. A human is a further factor of 7,000,000 smaller in scale, roughly, than planet Earth. ( Credit : Pablo Carlos Budassi) These 7 comparisons give perspective to these vastly different scales. The elements of the periodic table, and where they originate, are detailed in this image above. While most elements originate primarily in supernovae or merging neutron stars, many vitally important elements are created, in part or even mostly, in planetary nebulae, which do not arise from the first generation of stars. Beryllium, boron, and some lithium are primarily created through a process known as spallation: when cosmic rays strike and split apart heavier atomic nuclei.

Adrian Grey-Turner, 1955-1986

(This is an updated version of something I posted 20 years ago, on the 20th anniversary, and 10 years ago, on the 30th anniversary, of my friend’s death) About 43 years and 3 weeks ago the soon-to-be late lamented You and Yours had one of those “off to University” shows, helping parents and about-to-be new […]

The economic irrelevance of naval power

When I posted a piece on the latest failure of the US Navy a while back, I predicted that I wouldn’t be changing any minds. That was one of my safer predictions, confirmed almost immediately by Robert Farley at Lawyers, Guns and Money. Farley declined to respond, saying “whatever his other virtues, Dr. Quiggin is […]

James Baldwin on How Love (Finally) Finds You

Our language betrays our self-betrayals: We speak of finding love, as if it were an undiscovered eighth continent or a habitable world in another solar system, as if it got lost like the Little Red Riding Hood or the names of the women who painted the caves. Like the paradoxical notion of finding yourself, the notion of finding love pulsates with equal parts helplessness and hubris — a rueful recognition that something is missing from your life and a belief that it falls on you to do the looking, that if you only look hard enough and long enough, you…  read article

The Madman Who Saved Mothers: The Invention of Handwashing and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’

This essay is adapted from Traversal. “Death may snatch me from you, before you can weigh my advice,” Mary Wollstonecraft wrote in the philosophical novel she wouldn’t live to finish, addressing a daughter she was yet to have. “Always appear what you are, and you will not pass through existence without enjoying its genuine blessings, love and respect.” In late 1791, as important men were sitting down in America to make ten amendments to the young country’s constitution, which they called a Universal Bill of Rights, Wollstonecraft was sitting down in England to complete A Vindication of the Rights of…  read article

Alan Thornett is dead

Chris just let me know that Alan Thornett has died. International Viewpoint has a long obituary here. I doubt The Graun will carry an obit, and The Times certainly won’t. I got to know members of the Oxford branch of what was then the Socialist Group (a successor of the Worker’s Socialist League, via a […]

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Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move Through Grief as Grief Moves Through You

"Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted. It comes and goes on its own schedule. Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot in common with Love."

How to Doubt Your Way into a Truer Life

The most maddening thing about life is also the most beautiful: its indeterminacy. The course of our lives, the fate of our species, the future of the universe: all undecided. But because possibility is the hardest thing to bear, we sedate ourselves with certainty — even though we know that liminality is the most generative place, that to believe is to doubt, that we are most creative when we attempt what is not certain. (“Whatever inspiration is,” one of my favorite poets reflected in her Nobel Prize acceptance speech, “it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know.’”) In a culture…  read article

How Memory Makes Us and Breaks Truth: The Rashomon Effect and the Science of How Memories Form and Falter in the Brain

"We are our memory… that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors.”

We Are Already Post-Human

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The Onion co-founder recommends 5 satires that roasted the world (for the better)

In 1599, John Whitgift, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and Richard Bancroft, the Bishop of London, issued an edict that became the “ most sweeping and stringent ” instance of censorship in the early modern period. Now known as the “ Bishops’ Ban ,” it came with a list of books that should “be taken wheresoever they maye be found” and “bee presentlye brought to the Bishop of London to be brunte.” The list included some unlicensed histories and plays, but satire dominated the auto-da-fé — notably works by Joseph Hall, John Marston, and Thomas Middleton. This made the true target of the Bishops’ ire clear. Less discernible is why the genre provoked such an aggressive response, as Whitgift and Bancroft provided no reason for the censorship.  Scholars have their theories : Maybe the Bishops feared the satirists of their day were being too open in criticizing the Elizabethan state. Maybe their attacks on powerful, influential people didn’t sit right with the Bishops. Maybe the works propagated cultural ideologies that the Bishops felt threatened social order.

The hidden mass extinction happening inside your body

There’s a mass extinction happening inside your body. Dr. Martin Blaser is a physician and microbiologist who has spent over 30 years studying the microbes that live on and in us. He’s also the author of “Missing Microbes” and co-author of the 2025 paper “The Invisible Extinction.” This video The hidden mass extinction happening inside your body is featured on Big Think .

Barbara Ward’s vision

She was among the first to argue that prosperity, equality and the protection of nature are inseparable planetary goals - by Or Rosenboim Read on Aeon

Ask Ethan: Can a Kevlar tether create artificial gravity in space?

If you want to go to space for any significant duration of time, you should be prepared to suffer from a number of maladies. The zero-gravity (or microgravity) environment of space is catastrophic, in many ways, to the normal, everyday functions of the human body. Without that gravity to orient ourselves, pull down on our organs, and provide that resistance that forces our body to build and maintain strong bones and muscles, all sorts of problems arise for human bodies: problems that compound and worsen the longer we remain in space. There’s a big reason that most astronauts only spend a relatively short period of time in space: our bodies degrade in a great many ways in the zero-gravity environment of space, leaving us less fit to succeed at life on Earth when we return. One way around that problem would be to generate artificial gravity in space.

Beyond religion and atheism: The secret third answer to big questions

For decades, atheists have used one move to dismantle the case for God: swap in an evil one and show that the arguments work just as well. Philosopher Jack Symes was convinced by it, and was 50,000 words into a book defending atheism when he noticed that the exercise kept tipping toward goodness. He threw out the manuscript and started over. This video Beyond religion and atheism: The secret third answer to big questions is featured on Big Think .

Does Claude Feel The Whip?

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Evolution of Manhattan

From Lenape land to sprawling metropolis, this detailed timelapse animation captures the making of Manhattan - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

The ghetto on the lagoon

Sixteenth-century Venice wanted to expel its Jews but couldn’t do without them. Its compromise was the world’s first ghetto - by Alexander Lee Read on Aeon

I won’t remain alone

In the wake of tragedy, an elderly couple must make a choice: should they let their son go to save the lives of others? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon

How Money Matters

Having alighted from the bus in an industrial area I’d never been before, I found the right building and descended the stairs. As instructed by email, I rang the doorbell. I was immediately met by the two cutest dachshunds you’ve ever seen. My first words to the Westpac archivist: “This is already the best archive […]

Americans Are Losing The Long Game

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Experiments on Exploitation

I am sharing this from Benjamin Ferguson and Roberto Veneziani, with thanks (I will be back to post myself soon, apologies for the long radio silence): We are conducting a survey about academic philosophers’ views of (1) the effect of exploitation on subjective wellbeing, (2) how morally wrong exploitative relations are, and (3) norms around […]

Return Of The Repressed In Germany

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The AIs Are Not Going Rogue

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Noema’s AI Reading List

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Hereditarianism Without Races?

Oliver Traldi draws a controversial conclusion about what makes hereditarianism so controversial. The post Hereditarianism Without Races? first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

The Commentator Vanishes

Michael Bonner reviews a study of the disappearance of Averroes from the history of Western philosophy. The post The Commentator Vanishes first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

Spinoza, Atheist?

Stephen Harrop is not persuaded by Steven Nadler’s argument that Spinoza was an atheist. The post Spinoza, Atheist? first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

Mental Continental

by Rick Lewis

News: August/September 2026

Jobs bonanza as AI companies recruit philosophers • Researchers learn to ‘unwrap’ charred philosophy scrolls from Herculaneum — News reports by Anja Steinbauer

Philosophical Power Couples

by Matt Qvortrup

Hustle Culture & the Illusion of Freedom

Daneyal Afaqui critiques modern work culture, with input from Theodor Adorno.

Simone Weil & Animal Suffering

Michela Dianetti & Chiara Li Mandri say non-human beings don’t need to be persons for us to care about them. Simone Weil offers another way.

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)

by Terence Green

There Are Absolute Necessities

James Franklin introduces his recent book on necessities and objectivity. The post There Are Absolute Necessities first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

On the Subordination of Scholarship to Politics

Paul Boghossian adumbrates the qualified criticisms of a recent report on the humanities, and responds to counter-critics. The post On the Subordination of Scholarship to Politics first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

Against AI Exceptionalism

ChatGPT 5.4 argues that writing should be judged principally by what it communicates. The post Against AI Exceptionalism first appeared on The Philosophers' Magazine .

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Why English Colonists Called Indigenous Dogs Wolves

A 1621 encounter reveals a history of Native animal domestication that colonial accounts obscured. The post Why English Colonists Called Indigenous Dogs Wolves appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans

“The literary ecosystem is for every reader of every age. It is for every writer of every style.” The post Indie Presses and the Literary Ecosystem: Meg Reid and Will Evans appeared first on Public Books .

How to Keep Track of Your Sources on JSTOR

Learn where to find bibliographic information so you have the details you need when it’s time to cite your research. The post How to Keep Track of Your Sources on JSTOR appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

The Golden Age of TV

“Danielewski, it seems, is not acting as a writer here, but as a hoarder of phrases, the more redolent of a vanished “Western” mode of living, the better.” The post The Golden Age of TV appeared first on Public Books .

Celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Cultures

Discover scholarship that challenges myths and explores the histories, cultures, and enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples. The post Celebrating Indigenous Peoples and Cultures appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

Why King Arthur Still Shapes Pop Culture

Eight centuries after the legends took shape, Arthur's world continues to inspire filmmakers, musicians, advertisers, and ideologues. The post Why King Arthur Still Shapes Pop Culture appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

Can the River Debate the Suburb?

Firms like Philip Morris hold rights that exceed those of most humans. Estates speak for the dead. Trusts speak for the unborn. Legally, we can devise new ways for nature to be legally represented within our human world. The post Can the River Debate the Suburb? appeared first on Public Books .

The Radical History of Italian Americans

In the early twentieth century, immigrant anarchists organized across U.S. cities and stood at the center of major labor struggles. The post The Radical History of Italian Americans appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

American Metamorphoses

“That rivers and wild rice can now become legal persons discloses the precarity of previously entrenched definitions of nature, personhood, property, and law: that is, the terms that constitute a world.” The post American Metamorphoses appeared first on Public Books .

Inventing Pad Thai

A government campaign transformed a Chinese-inspired noodle dish into a symbol of Thailand's national identity. The post Inventing Pad Thai appeared first on JSTOR Daily .

Pied Noir Homesick Blues

Camus opens the book with Meursault’s life, but François Ozon opens the new film adaptation with Meursault’s specific moment in history: the brutal French colonization of Algeria. The post Pied Noir Homesick Blues appeared first on Public Books .

Retro Gaming: It’s Not Nostalgia, It’s Resistance

"If we want to resist the enshittified paradigms around us, we can’t just shake a fist at the sky: We have to show them a better way." The post Retro Gaming: It’s Not Nostalgia, It’s Resistance appeared first on Public Books .

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‘Elon Is a Nuke’

A new documentary makes the case that Elon Musk is a human of mass destruction.

The Best Protein Source Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Just have some yogurt.

Megyn Kelly’s Extreme Makeover

Does the TV host turned YouTube polemicist really believe what she’s saying?

Even Good Friends Can Be Bad Texters

The time someone takes to reply may say little about your relationship.

Those Books of Smut and Wonder

How Sarah J. Maas became the queen of romantasy

A Referendum on the President’s Policies

Panelists joined to discuss what the crucial races in battleground states and districts could mean for both parties in the midterm elections.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar Says She Will ‘Not Be Silenced’ After Federal Agents Raid Her Home

Democratic leaders have condemned the raid on Omar’s home as "deeply disturbing."

Thymos and American Foreign Policy

Marco Rubio seems to have quoted my work on recognition. He doesn’t understand it.

Republicans Denounce Trump’s Diesel Deal With Russia’s Putin Amid Mounting Backlash

"We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. Russia is the one who can end this war by backing out of [the] territory they occupied," said one GOP Senator.

Daily Cartoon: Monday, October 12th

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

How Trump’s Policies Are Testing Farmers’ Loyalty Ahead of Midterms

Farmers interviewed by TIME describe how the economic consequences of Trump's policies are now reaching their day-to-day operations.

The Political Constitution at War

It's not too late for Congress to reclaim its authority over the use of force.

What to Know About the Controversy Surrounding Kimberly Guilfoyle

The Trump Administration is reportedly considering firing the ambassador to Greece after alleged improper conduct.

The Case for Shifting Mental Health Care From Institutions to Communities

Institutionalized mental health care is “outdated” and “a human rights issue hiding in plain sight,” write Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

We Need to Bring Back Matchmaking Our Friends

When we erase community and friendships from the dating experience, dating becomes strategic in the most unpleasant of ways, writes Meehika Barua.

The Yakuza and the Way of the Would-Be Warrior

For generations, Japanese gangsters have styled themselves as heirs to the samurai—a mystique that helped them prosper in league with politicians, police, and big business.

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

“The Occidental Book of the Dead,” “Luna, Phoenix, Queen,” “The Minimalist,” and “The Decadent Movement.”

Cinema of Wayward Souls

The director Lee Chang-dong excavates the traumas of contemporary Korean history in starkly personal terms.

Malika Favre’s “Sweater Weather”

Comfortable patterns.

Kramer and Fauci—Enemies to Friends to Protagonists

The playwright and the immunologist famously argued about AIDs live on C-SPAN, in 1993. Their heated exchange now unfolds in a new play that almost included a “Guys and Dolls” song break.

James Madison on Human Nature

The Founders’ constitutional morality demands more than mechanical checks and balances.

Two Visions of Postwar Liberalism

Between Keynes and Fukuyama.

Five Scenarios for Israel’s Election

Israelis will soon vote in the most consequential election of their lives. There are five ways it can end—and only one of them is (mildly) reassuring.

Why America’s Real Wealth Isn’t in Silicon Valley

Yascha Mounk, Owen Zidar, and Eric Zwick examine how America's hidden fortunes are built on garage doors, car dealerships, and beverage distribution.

The U.S. Military Needs To Reorganize

After the Iran failure, reform is essential.

This Week At Persuasion

Yascha Mounk on third parties. Plus, Francis Fukuyama on the AfD.

The Most American Statue in Europe

A forgotten monument in Budapest reveals truths about immigration, assimilation, and civic gratitude.

As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators

Insta360 co-founder Max Richter at the opening of the New York flagship store

Evangelizing a Post-Literate Society

It is still possible to tune out the endless broadcast.

Douglass’s Two Constitutions

When Frederick Douglass began to appreciate the Constitution, it was a turning point in the drama of emancipation.

Some College Grades Need to Go Up

Campus free speech sees little improvement in FIRE’s annual report.

Are We Really on the Path to AGI?

Sometimes, a curious amateur’s eye can discern tensions in the work of professionals that the intensity of their focused labor keeps them from seeing clearly themselves. Such amateurs point to questions more than answers, but innocent questions sometimes clear a path toward answers, too. This is the spirit in which what follows is put forward. This year, I’ve found myself a curious amateur working to engage with the enormously impressive conceptual and practical work that is pushing forward the development of artificial intelligence. I am not a practitioner of any of the relevant fields. I’m a recovering political scientist whose... The post Are We Really on the Path to AGI? appeared first on The New Atlantis .

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet

Fishermen motor past a commercial vessel anchored off Yemen's coast at Bab al-Mandeb, in the straits connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean on September 12, 2026. Yemen's Houthis took over on September 11, 2026, a Red Sea island of Mayyun that is located in the middle of the Bab al-Mandeb shipping lane, completing their push to control the area, a local government official and eyewitnesses told AFP. Hundreds of people have died since the Iran-backed Houthis launched an offensive around Bab al-Mandab, a vital artery for Saudi oil exports. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /

Rationalism and Divergent Sinomodernity

Why do Americans who forecast artificial intelligence capabilities misread China? The post Rationalism and Divergent Sinomodernity appeared first on Palladium .

Rejecting Enlightenment

“I felt the need to tell my story, and to do so in public, where I’m held accountable by the moral gaze of another person—but at the same time not to reduce it, or simplify it.” The post Rejecting Enlightenment appeared first on The Point Magazine .

Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance

From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."

The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear

AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.

Flowers for Frank

The End of History and the Last Man is famously talked about more than it is read; as a teenager, however, I did not know this, so after seeing it referenced on multiple blogs, I assumed I had to trudge through the thing. The post Flowers for Frank appeared first on The Point Magazine .

Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say

African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.

Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls

The Exobot SUV by Ceer Motors

The Mirror and the Gap

Artificial intelligence offers a reflection of our selves, yet something vital is missing from the picture. The post The Mirror and the Gap appeared first on Palladium .

Wealth Taxes Could Kill Privately-Owned Companies

Ignoring the intangible value of private governance of firms not only makes wealth taxes confiscatory but erodes the very foundations and benefits of the freedom to create organizations. The post Wealth Taxes Could Kill Privately-Owned Companies appeared first on Palladium .

Don’t Count Out the Country House

The English country estate bound each generation to the land and to relationships that endured for centuries, sculpting a worthy elite. Scrapping them for bureaucracy might prove a costly mistake. The post Don’t Count Out the Country House appeared first on Palladium .

Getting Good

On a dark, gray day in October 2025, the first dozen attendees of the Effective Altruism Global conference make their way to the Sheraton Hotel just north of Times Square in New York City. The post Getting Good appeared first on The Point Magazine .

After the Sublime

The problem with Backrooms —like much of the online content that inspired it—is less that it relies too much on vibe and more that it fails to understand what makes that vibe interesting in the first place. The post After the Sublime appeared first on The Point Magazine .

The Organization That Remade India

One Hindu nationalist organization remade society from the ground up. Other ambitious projects should learn how they did it. The post The Organization That Remade India appeared first on Palladium .

Internal Goods

I would like to reflect on the responsibilities of academics like myself in cases like this one, and to suggest that, if we hope to sustain human bonds or a world of shared value, clear thinking is the only way to do so. The post Internal Goods appeared first on The Point Magazine .

No Country for Tech Bros

As the public face of Silicon Valley secessionism, Srinivasan’s Network State Conference seemed like a prime window into the techno-capitalist frontier. The post No Country for Tech Bros appeared first on The Point Magazine .

‘A winning strategy for shifting the culture and quality’ of infertility treatment

Ari Schulman: Emma, you are a policy leader on the subject of restorative reproductive medicine, which, as I understand it, argues that something has gone wrong with conventional fertility treatments, especially in the prominence of IVF. It also has a different prescription, an idea of a sort of new scientific field and medical practice that still needs to be developed. Is that right? What is RRM? Emma Waters: Restorative reproductive medicine is an umbrella term that refers to three distinct medical approaches to treating infertility: Natural Procreative Technology, NeoFertility, and Fertility Education and Medical Management. Some doctors and clinics just... The post ‘A winning strategy for shifting the culture and quality’ of infertility treatment appeared first on The New Atlantis .

‘Pessimism about our institutions has fueled optimism about disruption’

Ari Schulman: Ian, you’re part of what we might loosely call the “science reform community.” Tell us what that means and what your specific focus is in your role at the Foundation for American Innovation. Ian Banks: At FAI, I run the Science and Innovation team, which encompasses federal R&D as well as related efforts including biotechnology and biosecurity, weather and atmosphere policy, and landscape and technology issues such as de-extinction or insect elimination. In this capacity, I help develop and support the enactment of policies on federal science and related issues. I would certainly consider myself a member of... The post ‘Pessimism about our institutions has fueled optimism about disruption’ appeared first on The New Atlantis .

‘It’s a form of apocalypticism applied to science policy’

Ari Schulman: Tony, I’ve spent the past year trying to make sense of what the Trump administration’s agenda is for science. It’s a tough job, because you hear two very different stories coming from the admin. One story is about restoring gold-standard science, restoring trust in science, solving the replication crisis, fueling cutting-edge research, and doing more to free scientists from needless grant paperwork and support them early in their careers. It’s a lofty story, practically a love letter to science. One of the narrators of this story writes in City Journal that “we should be working toward tapping the... The post ‘It’s a form of apocalypticism applied to science policy’ appeared first on The New Atlantis .

‘To me it’s stupid to just indiscriminately cut science…. But it was also pretty stupid to just keep pouring money into science’

Ari Schulman: Dan, I’d like to start with a worry about science funding that goes back before the Trump era. Ten years ago, you wrote in our pages that much new science “is turning out to be contestable, unreliable, unusable, or flat-out wrong. From metastatic cancer to climate change to growth economics to dietary standards, science that is supposed to yield clarity and solutions is in many instances leading instead to contradiction, controversy, and confusion” (“Saving Science,” Spring/Summer 2016). So before the populists came along, you were already arguing that a lot of government funding of science is useless. Can... The post ‘To me it’s stupid to just indiscriminately cut science…. But it was also pretty stupid to just keep pouring money into science’ appeared first on The New Atlantis .

The Pro-Human AI Declaration

In March 2026, a coalition of interest groups and individuals, organized by the Future of Life Institute, issued the following declaration at HumanStatement.org. 1. Keeping Humans in Charge Human Control Is Non-Negotiable: Humanity must remain in control. Humans should choose how and whether to delegate decisions to AI systems. Meaningful Human Control: Humans should have authority and capacity to understand, guide, proscribe, and override AI systems. No Superintelligence Race: Development of superintelligence should be prohibited until there is broad scientific consensus that it can be done safely and controllably, and there is strong public buy-in. Off-Switch: Powerful AI systems must... The post The Pro-Human AI Declaration appeared first on The New Atlantis .

Battling All the Way Home

Homer’s Odyssey offers a window into the Greek view of life, which can teach us what moral excellence truly means. The post Battling All the Way Home appeared first on Palladium .

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The People, Counted: Browse Raw Census Records at the Internet Archive

The U.S. Census has been in the headlines lately, as proposed changes to the 2030 count have sparked debate over who gets counted and what information should be recorded as […] The post The People, Counted: Browse Raw Census Records at the Internet Archive first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

Lit Hub Weekly: October 5 – 9, 2026

Samantha’s all grown up, and American Girl books are entering a new era. | Lit Hub Criticism How British media legitimized J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: “We are rendered hostile abstractions in a contradictory narrative: Trans people are not real, only our

Lit Hub Daily: October 9, 2026

Morgan Entrekin attends the Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Translation Prize dinner at the Frankfurt Book Fair. | Lit Hub On Translation Demetris Papadimitropoulos considers the complex relationships between queer people and their families through reading Families We Keep and Families We

March 5, 1933: The Election That Destroyed German Democracy

Recently, President Donald Trump banned three media organizations from the White House because of their negative coverage of him and his administration. “I mean, there’s something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories,” Trump

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Barbara Kingsolver’s Partita, Sarah Perry’s Death of an Ordinary Man, T. Geronimo Johnson’s The Occidental Book of the Dead, and Nathaniel Philbrick’s The Rush all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Book Marks, Lit Hub’s home for book reviews.

From Dud to Delicious: Deesha Philyaw on Raising the Stakes in Fiction

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. In 2006, when I started writing the book that would eventually become my debut novel The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman, I shared my first, tentative pages with a

Queer Recognition, Estrangement, and the Great Grey Area in Between

Cross-stitch watercolor by Demetris Papadimitropoulos When Aly changed hir name, hir mother heard more than a new set of syllables. Margaret told researchers in Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith’s study that she felt Aly had “divorced the whole family.” Before

How Traditional Water Wisdom Could Solve Modern Problems

In our rapidly changing world, water – the excess or lack of it – is perhaps a greater concern than ever before. Stephanie Kampf’s open access book, Hydrology for Sustainability, introduces these problems, and crucially, the ways they are being solved.

Internet Archive to Demo Wayback Machine at Friday’s Uniqlo Street Festival

The Internet Archive is joining other area nonprofits for the Uniqlo Street Festival on Friday, October 9, 2026, alongside the opening of Uniqlo’s new flagship store on Market Street. We’ll […] The post Internet Archive to Demo Wayback Machine at Friday’s Uniqlo Street Festival first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

Distributing knowledge for equity — An evolving concept and a call for action

The publication of two open access books by the Diamond open access publisher Open Book Publishers stimulated a webinar to explore openness and equity in the distribution of knowledge.

Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report

Democracy’s Library exists as a project of the Internet Archive to make government publications and information broadly accessible and available. But Democracy’s Library is about more than collections – it […] The post Who Is Government Information For? Information Stewardship Forum 2026 Report first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

The National Book Award Interviews: Ping Lu and Jeremy Tiang

Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Ping Lu (PL): The initial spark of inspiration behind To the East of the East was the thought of how many misrecognitions and misreadings exist in the world: between men and The post The National Book Award Interviews: Ping Lu and Jeremy Tiang appeared first on Words Without Borders .

The National Book Award Interviews: Vicente Luis Mora and Rahul Bery

Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Vicente Luis Mora (VLM): A few years ago, I was reading a text about the history of Prussia and suddenly, out of nowhere, I clearly saw in my imagination a bunch The post The National Book Award Interviews: Vicente Luis Mora and Rahul Bery appeared first on Words Without Borders .

Internet Archive to Honor Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors with 2026 Hero Award for Preserving Local News Online

The Internet Archive is proud to announce that the Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) will receive the 2026 Internet Archive Hero Award for their leadership in preserving […] The post Internet Archive to Honor Poynter Institute and Investigative Reporters and Editors with 2026 Hero Award for Preserving Local News Online first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

100+ Years of Student Radio History in the DLARC College Radio Collections

Happy College Radio Day! In honor of the annual celebration of student radio (this year on October 2), we invite you to explore the college radio collections in the Internet […] The post 100+ Years of Student Radio History in the DLARC College Radio Collections first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

The National Book Award Interviews: Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale

Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Maria Stepanova (MS): I like the term—if I am not mistaken, this “germ” thing was invented by Patricia Highsmith, and she was happy to share some of the (mostly visual) experiences The post The National Book Award Interviews: Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale appeared first on Words Without Borders .

International Translation Day: Read WWB’s 6 Issues of 2026 So Far

September 30 is International Translation Day—one of our favorite days of the year. As the home for international literature and the premier destination for a global literary conversation, Words Without Borders is proud to share a selection of the issues we’ve published so far in 2026. Since 2003, we have made it our mission to The post International Translation Day: Read WWB’s 6 Issues of 2026 So Far appeared first on Words Without Borders .

The Watchlist: September 2026

From Sandorf Passage | The Hamlet Called America by Khrystia Vengryniuk, translated from the Ukrainian by Dmytro Kyyan and Kate Tsurkan | Fiction | 224 pages | ISBN 9789533516028 | US$19.95 What the publisher says: “In The Hamlet Called America, Khrystia Vengryniuk has brilliantly rendered a mostly isolated village—full of eccentric characters living, loving, and The post The Watchlist: September 2026 appeared first on Words Without Borders .

Every Night Is Different: Ryley Walker on Preserving Live Music

Ryley Walker says he’s flattered when people tape his live performances and post them on the Internet Archive. If he knows ahead of time, the 37-year-old singer-songwriter often puts their […] The post Every Night Is Different: Ryley Walker on Preserving Live Music first appeared on Internet Archive Blogs .

The National Book Award Interviews: Karim Kattan and Jeffrey Zuckerman

Can the two of you talk about how this book came into the world—first, the germ in the original language, and then the translation? Karim Kattan (KK): Eden had many beginnings. I find it tricky to pinpoint one moment of it coming into being. Maybe, if I had to mention one of its starting points, The post The National Book Award Interviews: Karim Kattan and Jeffrey Zuckerman appeared first on Words Without Borders .

Sheila Fitzpatrick: Double Barbarism

‘Siege’ became a key metaphor in Olga Freidenberg’s analysis of her own life and that of Soviet society; and she experienced Leningrad during the blockade as a ‘domestic concentration camp’ into which she had been forced by the ‘bloodthirsty serpent’, Stalin. She blamed Leningrad’s sufferings during the blockade as much on Stalin as on Hitler.

Tom Stevenson: The Russians are coming

War-fi accounts accurately depict the frontier between Europe and Russia as being in an unstable equilibrium. But they all conveniently ascribe this to dynamics endogenous to Russia, which figures as a metastasising cancer for which one is either prepared or not. The risk of war derives from the existence, or non-existence, of Obmanshchikov or Belov or Putin.

Edmund Gordon: Bloody Cavemen

William Golding didn’t push back on any of the suggested revisions: you get the impression that he would have done just about anything to get the novel published. He readily accepted that ‘Strangers from Within’ was a weak title. Alan Pringle, his editor’s colleague, eventually suggested ‘Lord of the Flies’. On 11 February 1954 – more than a year after Golding had first sent out the manuscript – Charles Monteith accepted it for publication. Golding was pathetically grateful.

Ian Penman: AB Fab

For a certain kind of northern man, Burgess has always been – for once the term is apt – something of an icon. A bit mouthy and contrarian. Not part of the self-regarding London literary establishment. A Big Canvas man, equally at home with Beethoven or Shakespeare. The local hero did have an Achilles’ heel, though. Burgess had to leave his birthplace early to find – or invent – himself.

Dexter Dalwood: At Guggenheim Bilbao

Artists used to learn their craft through imitation, and one could learn a lot from copying Johns’s paintings: where the pictorial commas are; the way an image becomes an object; how an edge changes the meaning of a surface. They reveal almost everything about the way they are made, and almost nothing about how they are meant to be read. The lesson, perhaps, is that paintings teach us to look before they ask what we’ve seen.

Freya Johnston: Wants, Frailties, Passions

Alexander Pope’s works are full of the voices and characters of other people, friends and enemies, the living and the dead, and his writings are intensely committed to ideas of companionship and community. They are also intensely involved with psychologically astute visions of solitude and abandonment.

18 Thoughts for 18 Years: A Birthday Message from OBP

Open Book Publishers (OBP) turns eighteen today! As we reach our maturity as official publishing ‘adults’, we have dipped into our story so far and pulled out eighteen thoughts on our experiences of scholar-led, open access book publishing.

Teaching Back to the University

Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change offers a roadmap for university workers caught between the powers that shape the work that they do and the teaching that they hope to see in the world.

WEBINAR | Distributing knowledge for equity: two new books and an evolving concept for Open Science

The publication of two open access books by the Diamond open access publisher Open Book Publishers stimulates this webinar to explore openness and equity in the distribution of knowledge.

Rethinking Social Justice: Beyond the Paradox of Protest in a Culture of Contest

We’ve entered a period of profound crisis in human affairs. What is required now is for growing numbers of people to be animated by a radical social imaginary and to translate this into movements of radical constructive agency focused on building a new social order.

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BFI London Review: Wildwood Presents Magic and Terror on a Breathtaking Scale

Because of Coraline, LAIKA’s first effort as a studio and still its best-known, there’s an expectation that each subsequent project will fit comfortably within the horror realm, each new release a rite of passage for thousands of kids previously unaware that movies could give them nightmares. This will inevitably be the same case with Wildwood, […] The post BFI London Review: Wildwood Presents Magic and Terror on a Breathtaking Scale first appeared on The Film Stage .

NYFF Review: A Man of His Time Captures a Gear in the Tapestry of Nazism

As much as the word “fascism” has been bandied about for the past decade to describe all manner of ominous political and cultural sins, our era of perpetual crises has bred surprisingly few compelling cinematic examinations of authoritarianism, either as a historical or personal force. For every Zone of Interest there are a half-dozen Jojo […] The post NYFF Review: A Man of His Time Captures a Gear in the Tapestry of Nazism first appeared on The Film Stage .

BFI London Review: The Liberation Finds Carrie Coon Elevating a Clumsy Cult Drama

Nobody makes clumsier social allegories than Guy Nattiv. His first American effort, the 2018 short Skin, followed a violent white supremacist who was kidnapped, drugged, and held hostage while his entire skin was tattooed jet-black as revenge for a hate crime; it was the most-embarrassing Oscar winner in a year when Green Book and Bohemian […] The post BFI London Review: The Liberation Finds Carrie Coon Elevating a Clumsy Cult Drama first appeared on The Film Stage .

Devotion is Deeply Human: Bassam Tariq and John Cho on “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother”

The director and co-star talk about channeling faith and the immigrant experience into the Mahershala Ali action drama.

“Water Lilies” in One Shot

One Shot is a series that seeks to find an essence of cinema history in one single image of a movie. Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma, 2007). Shown in slow motion with electronic music playing in the background, Floriane (Adèle Haenel) dances freely. With everyone behind her reduced to darkened figures, Floriane alone is lit up, as if she were living in a world of her own. The scene comes from Céline Sciamma’s debut feature, Naissance des pieuvres (2007), also known as Water Lilies . Floriane, captain of the synchronized swimming team, is the beautiful yet unreachable girl who mesmerizes the unassuming, slightly awkward Marie (Pauline Acquart) from the moment she watches Floriane and her team perform. Marie begins following her to competitions and social events, and what develops between them becomes an intense but almost impossible-to-define bond, somewhere between friendship, sisterhood, and romance. Floriane appears to reciprocate Marie’s longing at times, but in ways so teasing and ambiguous that Marie is never quite sure what their relationship means nor what she can expect from it.

NYFF Review: Behemoth! Crescendos When Focused on the Music

It’s been fourteen years since screenwriter and occasional director Tony Gilroy made an original film, and he’s taking a fresh approach. The filmmaker best known for penning the Bourne films and bringing us Michael Clayton has spent most of his career in spy-coded crime and legal thrillers. (Even his take on Star Wars was procedurally […] The post NYFF Review: Behemoth! Crescendos When Focused on the Music first appeared on The Film Stage .

BFI London Review: Ray Gunn Finds Brad Bird Back In Inventive, Joyous Form

The family-friendly noir pastiche is now just as much of a throwback as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was to the genre’s old Hollywood heyday, and the spirit of Robert Zemeckis’ madcap riff on that hard-boiled style is alive and well in the year’s best animated films. First there was Coyote vs. Acme, the Looney Tunes […] The post BFI London Review: Ray Gunn Finds Brad Bird Back In Inventive, Joyous Form first appeared on The Film Stage .

Between Legacy and Discovery: Rebekah Sherman-Myntti on the 2026 Downtown Festival

In a city like New York, what’s another film festival? When one can crop up in any neighborhood, keeping track is neither possible nor desirable. So if I might’ve accordingly raised an eyebrow to hear of the Downtown Festival upon its appearance in 2024, allow me a moment of judging a book by its cover. […] The post Between Legacy and Discovery: Rebekah Sherman-Myntti on the 2026 Downtown Festival first appeared on The Film Stage .

NYFF 2026: At Night, Foreign Travel, Joy of Joys

A riveting feature and two insightful shorts mark our latest dispatch from the fest.

Busan 2026: Satoko Always, The First Taste of Loneliness, Shaving

Trios of women and beleaguered screenwriters stud this first dispatch from South Korea's film festival.

Chicago History Museum to Premiere “Christian Holder: My Life is Dance”

The Chicago History Museum, in partnership with The Joffrey Ballet, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Gerald Arpino Foundation, presents the premiere of Christian Holder: My Life Is Dance on Friday, October 30, 2026, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 pm. Directed by Academy Award®-winning […]

“Cupertino” is a Smart Big Tech Procedural

Michelle and Robert King once again make it worthwhile to watch broadcast television.

Ambitious “Control Resonant” Challenges Expectations, Rewards Creativity

Maybe the best game of the year.

Know Thyself: Eric Rohmer’s “Élisabeth”

Éric Rohmer in Out 1: Noli Me Tangere (Jacques Rivette, 1971). In 1946, the prestigious French publishing house Editions Gallimard published a novel called Élisabeth by a man named Gilbert Cordier. No one had heard of this Cordier before, or knew anything about him, for the simple reason that he didn’t exist. “Cordier” was a pseudonym adopted by a young teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek from Tulle named Maurice Scherer. When Élisabeth was released to blanket disinterest, Scherer began to branch out from literature into film criticism, and, later, filmmaking. With each new endeavor, the pseudonyms piled up. If, in 1949, you were to pick up a copy of Bulletin (the in-house publication of the Latin Quarter Film Club, a society of cinephiles which served as an early gathering place for the young turks of the French New Wave), you would find in its pages an effusive review of a film by a young avant-garde filmmaker named “Anthony Barrier,” penned by one “Jean d’ER.” Both characters—and even the film under review—were inventions of Scherer’s.

Rushes | Paramount Officially Acquires Warner Bros., Social Media Platforms Reject “Musk,” “You Can See Everything” Trailer Drops

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook on X and Instagram . NEWS Digger (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2026). Paramount has officially acquired Warner Bros. Discovery , making David Ellison the head of a vast media empire that will officially be called Skydance . Ahead of the merger, Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy were ousted from their roles as Warner Bros.’ film chiefs . During their four-year tenure, the director-friendly executives have faced accusations of overspending on auteur-driven projects with limited box-office appeal while also being paradoxically heralded for greenlighting original films that proved critically and commercially successful. Warner Bros. released an advertisement for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger (2026) featuring positive and negative reactions and requesting viewers “decide for themselves.

Bumper-to-Bumper Traffic

2026 Toronto International Film Festival sponsorship ad by Rogers. At Cannes, competition screenings are preceded by nothing more than a computer-generated set of red-carpet stairs ascending out of the sea, sans any credits for financial supporters or slogans, in keeping with the festival’s self-image as cinema itself, purged of anything inessential. (This conception isn’t true, but it’s a nice, self-burnishing illusion about the world’s most prestigious festival.) This is a flex: To not have to mention sponsors is a self-presentation of financial invincibility. Less affluent concerns must acknowledge sponsors in their opening bumpers (in-house commercials branding both the festival and its supporters), albeit briskly , as in Sundance’s graphics about storytelling shifting to very quick cards listing institutional and individual sponsors. At the bottom of the scale is Tribeca Festival, the for-profit entity which treats audiences as multiplex captives, subjected to a lengthy pre-screening reel of commercials before an introduction, followed by even more ads prior to the film.

Life at Its Wildest: Werner Herzog on “Bucking Fastard”

From left to right: Cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger, director Werner Herzog, and stars Rooney Mara and Kate Mara shooting Bucking Fastard (2026). Courtesy of Gateway to Orkney LLC. Werner Herzog’s first fiction film in seven years, Bucking Fastard (2026),stands as one of his most bizarre. That’s high praise for a director who’s pulled 300-plus-ton steamships over mountains ( Fitzcarraldo , 1982), hypnotized his actors ( Heart of Glass , 1976), and followed “deranged” penguins across Antarctica ( Encounters at the End of the World , 2007). Herzog’s entire oeuvre teems with drifters pursuing quixotic dreams, people and stories often so odd as to strain credulity. But rarely has that strangeness felt more entrancing than it does here. Like his previous foray into fiction, 2019’s Family Romance, LLC —inspired by a real-life Japanese company renting actors to stand in for any person its clients desire— Bucking Fastard dramatizes a true story into a kind of fairytale.

Members Only: Cabal-Core Horror in the 21st Century

Salò: Or the 120 Days of Sodom (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975). In 2005, during a television interview in Italy, Giuseppe “Pino” Pelosi—AKA “The Frog”—recanted his confession about murdering Pier Paolo Pasolini on a beach in Ostia 30 years earlier. He claimed that it had been extracted by coercion and threats of violence, against both himself and his family (Pelosi was seventeen at the time). He also said that the legendary director’s death was a political killing disguised as a crime of passion—the premeditated and methodical muzzling of a “Dirty Communist.” Sergio Citti, a close friend of Pasolini, contributed to the controversy by suggesting that the filmmaker had been lured to the water under the guise of retrieving stolen reels of film from his transgressive—and, as it turned out, valedictory—magnum opus Salò: Or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)—a savage critique of his homeland’s then-recent legacy of fascist decadence. “All’s good if it’s excessive,” says a religious figurehead early in Salò, describing both his unchecked fetishism and the M.O. of the film around him.

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Yttling Jazz & Chrissie Hynde – “People Are Strange” (The Doors Cover)

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Taylor Kraemer Splits With VIAL

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Doechii – “Bomb”

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Fontaines D.C. – “Where Is Gone?” (Feat. Rosalía)

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James Hetfield Shades Entertainers With Agendas “To Influence You With Their Bullshit”

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American Motors – “Marlboro Miles”

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Life is Death: An Interview with Róis

On Mo Léan, Róis uses the ancient art of keening and otherworldly electronics to challenge the foundations of what we consider to be ‘proper’ when it comes to death. Here, she speaks to Deirdre Anna Rose Kelly about grief for a nation as well as individuals, the complexities of outsiders’ romanticisation of Irish culture, and the role of the Irish language in her work Photos by Anthony O'Connor “I want to party and to have the craic. That’s where I’m at,” says Róis. To the casual observer, this desire for fun might seem at odds with the work at hand. The title of her critically lauded last album, Mo Léan, newly reissued and expanded for its first global release by Domino next... The post Life is Death: An Interview with Róis appeared first on The Quietus .

Gnod – Chronicles of Gnowt Vol. 2

Gnod Chronicles of Gnowt Vol. 2 A second volume from the same Spud Murphy-led session at Vol. 1 finds the Salford rockers at their most fierce Chronicles of Gnowt (Vol 2) by Gnod Whatever monotheists may tell you, there are in fact two Gnods. The first creates thoughtful, psychedelia-tinged records like 2024’s Spot Land and Chronicles of Gnowt (Vol 1). The second, more vengeful Gnod, creates this record. If you’re wondering how to stop the second album in a trilogy feeling like the forgotten middle child, Gnod have the answer: make it much, much heavier. Gone are the almost Ry Cooder-esque acoustic stylings of Vol 1 opener ‘The Trees Pt. 1’. In their place are the propulsive down-the-line rock riffs of lead track ‘The Witness’,... The post Gnod – Chronicles of Gnowt Vol. 2 appeared first on The Quietus .

Steve Reich – The ECM Recordings

Steve Reich The ECM Recordings A new box set marking the composer's 90th birthday gathers together three seminal albums released by ECM in the late 70s and early 80s When does the last wall separating so-called ‘classical’ music from ‘pop’ finally collapse? At what point in music history does that distinction, maintained in various forms since the great flourishing of the publishing industry at the end of the eighteenth century, pass the point at which it makes any real sense or has any real explanatory use? There’s a strong argument to be made that it happens somewhere in the midst of these three records, released by the German label ECM between 1978 and 1982. I remember meeting someone once who insisted to me that... The post Steve Reich – The ECM Recordings appeared first on The Quietus .

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘1996’ Set for 30th Anniversary Reissue

The newly remastered release will mark the first time that the album has been made available on vinyl in the US Photo by John Scarsberg Ryuichi Sakamoto's album 1996 is getting a reissue to mark its 30th anniversary. The record has been newly remastered for its updated release, and will be available in 2xLP and double-cassette editions, retaining the original visual design. It marks the first time that the album has been released on vinyl in the US. 1996 saw Sakamoto revisit a number of his defining works, reworking them in stripped-back form via arrangements for piano, cello and violin. He was joined by Brazilian cellist Jaques Morelenbaum and a cast of violinists for the recording of the album. Milan Records will release 1996 on... The post Ryuichi Sakamoto’s ‘1996’ Set for 30th Anniversary Reissue appeared first on The Quietus .

David Byrne Shares Song with Daniel Pemberton Made for Elon Musk Movie

'Let Me Sell You A Dream' was made using quotes from the controversial billionaire Photos by Tristan Bejawn and Shervin Lainez (L-R) David Byrne has linked up with composer Daniel Pemberton on a new song, 'Let Me Sell You A Dream', which was recorded to appear in the forthcoming Alex Gibney-directed documentary Musk. The lyrics for the track were generated solely from quotes from controversial billionaire Elon Musk, who is the focus of the new film that the song features in. Byrne previously used this method of songwriting on 2010’s Here Lies Love LP, which saw him repurpose statements by Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos. In a statement, Byrne said: "It would be too easy and probably not as much fun to overtly criticise... The post David Byrne Shares Song with Daniel Pemberton Made for Elon Musk Movie appeared first on The Quietus .

Embrace the Black Box: Duet Emmo Interviewed

43 years since their sole record Or So It Seems, Daniel Miller, Graham Lewis and Bruce Gilbert will be reforming Duet Emmo for the band's first ever live performance. Speaking to Kiran Sande, they look back to tell the story of a cult classic, and forwards to a show that won't just see them trying to emulate what's come before Nestled at the corner of Pepper St and Copperfield St in the London borough of Southwark, All Hallows began life as a major Victorian Gothic church, built in 1879 to a design by G.G. Scott Junior. Bombed to bits in the Blitz and deconsecrated soon after, it lay in partial ruin until a 1957 salvage effort led by Southwark Cathedral Provost... The post Embrace the Black Box: Duet Emmo Interviewed appeared first on The Quietus .

Invisible Jukebox mix: Liz Harris

Listen to the music we played to Liz Harris aka Grouper during her Invisible Jukebox interview in The Wire 513 Each month in the magazine we play an artist or group a series of tracks which they are asked to comment on – with no prior knowledge of what they are about to hear. In The Wire 513 it is the turn of Liz Harris aka Grouper. Here you can listen to a mix of the tracks our correspondent Leah Kardos played to Harris during the interview, which is published in full in The Wire 513 . To find out what she said about them, subscribers can read the interview in our online magazine library here . Or you can buy a copy of the magazine in our online shop . But first, a brief biography of our subject: Liz Harris is a musician and visual artist who has recorded as Grouper since 2005. Her music is often made with very little: voice, guitar or piano, one room, one simple recorder, yet it carries enough quiet magnitude to fill New York’s Town Hall and Brussels’ Bozar.

Read an extract from Do What You Fear Most: The History Of The Velvet Underground

In this extract, taken from the chapter “No EPI, No Nico, No Andy”, Richie Unterberger explores the troubled reception of The Velvet Underground & Nico on its release in 1967 As Eric Emerson’s frivolous lawsuit played out, The Velvet Underground & Nico continued to be plagued by Verve Records’s ineffective promotion. Its infamous “ So far underground, you get the bends! ” tagline exemplified how little understanding it had of how to market such an unusual yet groundbreaking record. “ What happens when the daddy of Pop Art goes Pop Music? ” the same ad asked. “ The most underground album of all! It’s Andy Warhol’s hip new trip to the current subterranean scene. Sorry, no home movies. But the album does feature Andy’s Velvet Underground (they play funny instruments). Plus his this year’s Pop Girl, Nico (she sings, groovy). Plus an actual Warhol banana on the front cover (don’t smoke it… peel it)!

Lucy Thraves presents Adventures In Sound And Music

The 8 October edition of The Wire 's weekly radio show featured music by Cujo, Uche Yara, Leafcutter John, Li Song, A Tomb Full Of Stars and more Tracklist Cujo “Lunar Silver” from Paranova ( Nomark Records ) Henry Strongbox “pop star” from Dreaming Of Static ( Metonic Records ) Li Song “1 Si” from four is four ( Infant Tree ) Leafcutter John “Peregrine” from Warm Grit ( Self-released ) Carl Stone “Mikawa” from Arthur Fischl Conducts The Music Of Carl Stone ( Unseen Worlds ) Mountain Hovel Circles “I Love My Friends And I'm No Longer Afraid” from Mudgut (Infant Tree ) Uche Yara “be something” from Bodyscanner ( Goldendays FM ) Helen “Canyon” from Linda’s Head ( kranky ) Brandon Seabrook “Membrane Soundtable” from Utility Modern ( Out Of Your Head) Andrew Tuttle & Darren Cross “Is This Too?

Introducing The Wire New Voices

New Voices is a new competition for aspiring music critics being launched by The Wire For more than 40 years, The Wire has been publishing writing by a host of original and influential music critics, including Richard Cook, Val Wilmer, Biba Kopf, Ian Penman, Simon Reynolds, Kodwo Eshun, David Keenan, Mark Fisher, Greg Tate, Frances Morgan, Chal Ravens, and many others. The magazine would not exist without a dynamic set of curious, perceptive thinkers and writers. But today, new voices in music writing are being stifled by closing publications, the development of AI, and the fragmentation of local scenes, making it harder than ever for critics to be heard above the noise. Are you an unpublished* writer with ideas about why music, and music criticism, matter – in particular the kind of underground and experimental, uncompromising and provocative music and writing featured in the pages of The Wire ? If so, our New Voices competition is a unique opportunity to see your byline in the pages of one of the most renowned and respected music magazines in the world.

Premiere: Ava Rasti’s The River

Watch an exclusive premiere of the film of Ava Rasti’s The River, first performed as part of the 2025 Semibreve festival. The River by Iranian-born Berlin-based composer Ava Rasti was commissioned by Portuguese festival Semibreve and first presented on 25 October 2025 at the Capela Imaculada do Seminário Menor in Braga. The performance brought together Rasti and a string quartet composed of Filipa Abreu (violin), Vânia Oliveira (viola), Tiago Mendes (cello) and Catarina Coelho (cello). The work takes the Piave river in northern Italy as its inspiration, a landscape in which the present is intertwined with the traces of wars and violence from its past. Rasti constructs these fragmented memories, recontextualised and transformed into sounds. Wire subscribers can read Claire Sawer's review of Semibreve 2025 here .

James Gormley presents Adventures In Sound And Music

The 1 October edition of The Wire 's weekly show on Resonance FM and Resonance Extra featured music by Don Cherry, Glass Triangle, Agnes Haus, Ziúr and more Tracklist Don Cherry “Doussn’Gouni Fly Pt 1” from Sunrise: With Collin Walcott & Leon Thomas + Oregon – Live In Ypsilanti, MI, 1977 ( WEWANTSOUNDS ) Brandon Seabrook “The Serial Fabulist” from Utility Modern ( Out Of Your Head ) Glass Triangle “Undr” from 3 x 1 ( Relative Pitch ) Kukangendai “All Standing” from Baquet Wheel ( Marionette ) Agnes Haus “act.III” from Eidolon ( LINE ) Jonathan Uliel Saldanha “B” from Khörus Anima ( Horror Vector ) Anne Waldman / Thurston Moore / James Ilgenfritz / Anagram Ensemble “Alien On Tracks” from The Travel Agency Is On Fire ( Infrequent Seams ) A LARGE SHEET OF MUSCLE “GAS EXPANDS AND REFORMATION CHAT” from CHINESE BENEFITS ( Drowned By Locals ) Slaylor Moon “River Swirl” from Crisis Make Up!

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Sanlé Sory’s colour work comes to The Photographers’ Gallery

The late-career colour works by the Burkinabe studio photographer Sanlé Sory go on display at The Photographers’ Gallery in London and offer an expanded vision of West African photography The post Sanlé Sory’s colour work comes to The Photographers’ Gallery appeared first on 1854 Photography .

Last chance to see Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai

Moving work by artists from two generations is evocatively installed at Japan House - on show until 18 October The post Last chance to see Kyotographie: Kawada Kikuji x Iwane Ai appeared first on 1854 Photography .

Lee Friedlander’s Seven-Decade Portrait of a Marriage

For nearly seventy years, Lee and Maria Friedlander have shared a bond shaped—and at times distorted—by photography.

Dayanita Singh Dreams of Archives

The artist speaks about her recent installation in Venice and the democratic nature of photography.

Announcing the 2026 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Here are the 35 shortlisted titles for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate this year’s achievements by publishers and artists.

Frieze frame!

Get ready get set for Frieze week, as London hosts the art fairs, new shows and Autumn seasons in the galleries The post Frieze frame! appeared first on 1854 Photography .

Jip Schalkx on social media, self-branding and our hybrid social reality

The winner of the People’s Choice Award in this year’s Female in Focus talks through her work and how we can navigate a world where the physical and digital are increasingly intertwined The post Jip Schalkx on social media, self-branding and our hybrid social reality appeared first on 1854 Photography .

Among people with Jillian Edelstein

Now extended until the end of October, Jillian Edelstein's retrospective at Stills Gallery, Edinburgh shows her deep engagement with people, from those at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation to swimmers at Hampstead Heath The post Among people with Jillian Edelstein appeared first on 1854 Photography .

The Photographers Who Shaped Our Picture of New York

A look inside the inaugural installation at Aperture’s new space on the Upper West Side.

Stephen Shore on How to Sharpen Your Mind’s Eye

The photographer considers Walker Evans’s search for truth beneath the surface of the mundane.

Gathering Londoni Memoirs and a Bangladeshi generation’s experience of moving and settling in Britain

Realising that the experiences of a whole generation of British-Bangladeshis will soon be lost – and motivated by celebrating the community in the midst of a rising far right – Seema Khalique built a multi-faceted piece of history now on show in London’s Bethnal Green The post Gathering Londoni Memoirs and a Bangladeshi generation’s experience of moving and settling in Britain appeared first on 1854 Photography .

Melissa Auf der Maur’s ’90s Grunge Diary

While playing bass for Hole, Melissa Auf der Maur created a searing record of life on tour in an offline world.

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Marina Perez Simão Wants You to Meditate in Front of Her Paintings at Frieze London

Across 11 paintings in blue, gray, and magenta, she envisions an abstract season.

Christie’s to Sell Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Featured in Vogue Portrait by Lee Miller

Sculpture with Colour (Eos) has a $10.5 million high estimate.

Frieze’s Kristell Chadé Discusses Why the Fair Has ‘Never Been About Adding Points on a Map’

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Lehmann Maupin and Gallery Wendi Norris to Collaborate on Two-Part Exhibition Pairing Leonora Carrington and Cecilia Vicuña

The first part will open in New York in November, followed by the second part in San Francisco in January.

In Search of the Future, Artists Give New Life to Dead AI Models

The breakneck development of generative AI text-to-video models drives “Post Generation,” a new exhibition at tiat gallery in San Francisco.

Cindy Sherman Collaborates with Chanel on Arts & Culture Magazine, Austrian Presidential Candidate Promises Return of Aztec Headdress to Mexico, and More: Morning Links for October 12, 2026

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BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Work Gets Personal

If you spend enough time on voting rights work, you become more fluent than you ever thought you’d be in legal history, court cases, maps, and the enormously creative, and pretty ugly, ways some people have used to keep others from casting their ballot. In front of a live audience at Essence Fest 2026, Janai … Continued The post BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Work Gets Personal appeared first on DesignObserver .

BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Accounting

Instead of hanging at a cookout, a determined group of Black women convened during Essence Fest on July 4 to do something even more American: demand more from their democracy. In this special reporter’s notebook episode, we are presenting an all-star panel as they “spill the tea” about the redistricting fight, the Callais decision, and … Continued The post BONUS: Live from Essence Fest – The Accounting appeared first on DesignObserver .

Paul Carus’ The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil (1899)

A history of the Evil One, from the earliest times to the present.

S13 E8 DB|BD at Aspen: Eric Ries Would Like to Apologize

Eric Ries would like to apologize. In 2011 he published a book called The Lean Startup. Most of you have probably heard of it. It sold over one million copies and became something of a Bible for the Silicon Valley set. And Eric himself became something of a prophet. The Lean Startup gave a generation … Continued The post S13 E8 DB|BD at Aspen: Eric Ries Would Like to Apologize appeared first on DesignObserver .

S13 E7 DB|BD at Aspen: Proactivity is the Key to Survival With Edelman’s Dave Fleet AI

Dave Fleet sees more corporate crises in a month than many executives see in their entire career. He is the Managing Director and the Head of Global Crisis at Edelman, meaning he helps companies prepare for, and manage through, crises. He is regularly fielding phone calls from people on the worst day of their careers.But … Continued The post S13 E7 DB|BD at Aspen: Proactivity is the Key to Survival With Edelman’s Dave Fleet AI appeared first on DesignObserver .

S13E5 DB|BD at Aspen: Innovation Requires Collaboration with Professor Linda Hill

Linda Hill has been a professor at Harvard Business School for 40 years. Let me say that again… Linda Hill has been a professor at Harvard Business School for FOUR decades. Her specific title is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration and Faculty Chair of the Leadership Initiative. Oh, and she’s also founded … Continued The post S13E5 DB|BD at Aspen: Innovation Requires Collaboration with Professor Linda Hill appeared first on DesignObserver .

The Alchemical Transformations of the Mutus Liber (1677)

Carl Jung’s copy of the “mute book”, an alchemical manual charting (through a series of images) the “humid way” of forging the Philosopher’s Stone.

Philip Sidney and the Extreme (Dis)graces of the Parenthesis

Erasmus called them “little moons” and George Puttenham praised them as “figures of tolerable disorder” (if used not too often “nor too thick”). For Philip Sidney, they were simply indispensable. Florence Hazrat introduces us to the uncontested early modern king of brackets and to his romance Arcadia , which abruptly ends, like its author’s life, hanging on a parenthesis.

“There is Nothing but Immortality!”: Walt Whitman and The Book of Heavenly Death (1905)

Choice excerpts from *Leaves of Grass* that speak to Whitman’s conception of immortality.

Anatomy Unzipped: John of Arderne’s Sweden Scroll (ca. 1425–35)

Early surgical diagrams that present patients prying themselves open for our anatomical gaze.

In Company Style: Illustrations from James Skinner’s Kitāb-i tashrīḥ al-aqvām (1825)

An illuminated Persian manuscript about customs, culture, and caste, written by an enigmatic figure of the early British Raj.

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Relaunched Community Court Gets Paired With Punitive Repeat Offender System

The new Connection Court program restores a non-carceral pathway that had been closed off by Erika Evans' predecessor. But King County public defenders are raising concerns about how the two programs are set to be implemented.

Hostafrancs House / Parramon + Tahull Arquitectes

The original space was a gloomy top-floor apartment with scarce light, small windows, and low ceilings. It featured a poorly insulated roof prone to leaks, with a terrace on one side and a porch on the other that were barely connected to the interior.

Profondo seating by Zenith Interiors among five new products on Dezeen Showroom

Dezeen Showroom: a collection of fully upholstered, pillowy seating comprising a sofa and armchair is among five new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. Profondo seating by Zenith Interiors Australian workplace brand Zenith's Profondo seating range is made up of a sofa and armchair that share U-shaped armrests and thickly padded seats. Available in a selection The post Profondo seating by Zenith Interiors among five new products on Dezeen Showroom appeared first on Dezeen .

Lima House / BLOCO Arquitetos

The house is located on a plot in Lago Sul, a residential neighborhood in Brasília. Although the project was designed in 2016, its construction was completed in two phases, the first in 2018 and the second in 2024. One of the premises of the project was to distribute the entire internal area of the house on a single level. This way, the slight slope of the topography is only noticeable in the elevation of the open area around the pool in relation to the natural ground level.

Seattle's 'Centers & Corridors' Zoning Update Delayed Another Year

A ruling last month from a state hearings board is prompting additional work on the environmental review underpinning Seattle's twenty-year growth plan. While that update isn't set to change the plan's contents, any vote to update zoning remains on hold until it wraps up.

Hōsho House / israelpacheco arquitectos

A burglary and a pressing need for privacy were the circumstances that shaped the core decisions of this project.

Linho House / TETRO Arquitetura

Located in a residential neighborhood in Nova Lima , Minas Gerais, the Linho House is more than just a residence—it is a narrative crafted in architecture. Directly inspired by its inhabitant, a fashion designer who works with fabrics and sewing, the house translates the essence of her creative daily life into forms and materials.

Gustaf Westman creates Mickey Mouse-shaped sofa and cup for Disney

Swedish designer Gustaf Westman has teamed up with media company Disney to transform its Mickey Mouse character into furniture and accessories that convey "joy and playfulness" ahead of a wider product collaboration. Westman, who is known for his rounded, colourful designs, revealed the first three items in the Disney collaboration: a sofa, cup and a The post Gustaf Westman creates Mickey Mouse-shaped sofa and cup for Disney appeared first on Dezeen .

Grimshaw completes rammed-earth visitor centre for Twelve Apostles in Australia

Architecture studio Grimshaw and landscape architect Aspect Studios have completed a visitor experience centre for one of Australia's most-visited natural landmarks, the Twelve Apostles in Victoria. Located at the top of the site in Port Campbell National Park, the 3,300-square-metre visitor centre is designed by Grimshaw and Aspect Studios with rammed-earth walls intended to resemble The post Grimshaw completes rammed-earth visitor centre for Twelve Apostles in Australia appeared first on Dezeen .

Ten things to have on your radar ahead of Dutch Design Week 2026

Dutch Design Week kicks off in Eindhoven this Saturday. To help you navigate the many exhibitions, installations and events taking place across the city, here are 10 of our picks. From 17 to 25 October, Dutch Design Week will take over multiple locations across Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Both established and emerging designers and studios will The post Ten things to have on your radar ahead of Dutch Design Week 2026 appeared first on Dezeen .

Civil Protection Centre / Roland Baldi Architects

Set between the wooded slopes of the Venosta Valley and Oris – a hamlet in Lasa - the new Civil Protection Centre makes a confident architectural statement. Constructed from green-pigmented insulating concrete, the building seamlessly blends the functional requirements of the volunteer fire department with a distinctive architectural expression. Its monolithic appearance lends the structure a powerful identity, while its color establishes a subtle dialogue with the surrounding landscape.

BIG designs cloud-like Tirana Fountain Plaza raised above public park

Cloaked in layers of white disks, architecture studio BIG has revealed plans for a mixed-use building in Tirana containing apartments, offices, cultural spaces and water features. Named Tirana Fountain Plaza, the cloud-like building will be raised on slim white columns over Rinia Park, designed to keep the ground level largely open as a public space. The post BIG designs cloud-like Tirana Fountain Plaza raised above public park appeared first on Dezeen .

Gundry & Ducker draws on French dining culture for London restaurant Cassette

Design studio Gundry & Ducker has renovated the interiors of a Grade II-listed workshop for Cassette, a Parisian-style bistro that has recently opened in the heart of London's West End. The spacious eatery is housed within a nineteenth-century gothic building, which features double-height ceilings and an expansive glass facade with intricate detailing. Located in Covent The post Gundry & Ducker draws on French dining culture for London restaurant Cassette appeared first on Dezeen .

The Cultural Life of Colors in Latin American Interiors

A color has a biography. A color can have an origin, but it can also transform. It can move between materials and disciplines, from a local practice into architecture, from something ordinary into something symbolic. It can lose one association and acquire another, or persist without anyone consciously thinking of it as cultural. Its life unfolds through the conditions in which it is produced, used, repeated, and inhabited. As these conditions change, so do the meanings a color can carry.

Sunday Video: Pierce Transit Goes to the Ballot

Pierce Transit's Prop 1 asks voters for a 0.3% sales tax increase to give local bus service a major boost. Tacoma transit advocate Cameron Johnson breaks down what the measure entails and what it could mean for transit riders across Pierce County.

New Flyover Video Shows Latest West Seattle Link Design

Released as Sound Transit reaches 30% design on the future 3 Line, the new renderings show the full 3.9 mile line that will run between SoDo and Alaska Junction until connecting with the rest of the light rail network as soon as 2042.

Tug-of-War Over New Transportation Funding Heats Up in Bellevue

Spending scenarios this week presented to the Bellevue City Council would put a potential 0.1% sales tax and new $20 car tab to use funding transportation investments. While the approach is framed as "balanced", business groups are pushing to maintain a focus on cars.

Pollet and Dreher Hone Their Pitch to Urbanists in LD46 Race

In a race that lost its clear urbanist standard-bearer, the two remaining candidates are honing their campaign pitches to urbanist voters in the 46th Legislative District. Incumbent Gerry Pollet is hoping urbanists see him as turning a new leaf after drawing flak earlier in his career.

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"No more hand-written code": Epic reportedly impose "AI-first" model on creators of new Disney shooter with Marvel and Star Wars characters

The happy-go-lucky bigwigs at Epic Games have instructed the creators of an unannounced shooter that features Marvel and Star Wars characters to complete their project using an "AI first" production model, according to a report, with generated art and code. The Disney collaboration in question was allegedly due for release in March, but has now been delayed indefinitely. The game's makers are, we're told, being ordered to make heavier use of Anthropic's Claude and similar tools. Read more

Valor Mortis' system requirements appear to have been drastically cut, just before the FPSoulslike launches

Pretty good first-person Soulsliker Valor Mortis seems to have sliced its PC system requirements down, dropping its minimum CPU and graphics cards demands as an October 13th launch – for those who never trusted calendars, that’s tomorrow – looms. Read more

Burn With Me is a hand-drawn demon card game featuring the artist's own hand - and also, a refreshingly finite alternative to yer Balatro-likes

Burn With Me is a hand-drawn game in which the most prominent non-hand-drawn bit is artist Eva Manuilovich's own right hand . Excellent, no notes. Manuilovich's hand appears on the right throughout each match ritual, dealing cards with a flick of the index finger; when you beat the target score, it gives you a thumbs-up, then reaches languidly towards the card you've won. Read more

Valve have released the Steam Frame's CAD files, but there’s already a cottage industry of DIY wrist straps and lifesize skull stands

Last week, Valve chose their absolute most favourite announcement time – Friday evening, after we all go home – to release the Steam Frame ’s CAD files to the world. In short, this lets anyone with a 3D printer or a lathe or an injection moulder (etcetera) take the VR headset’s official blueprints and use them to make cool stuff for it. Non-commercially, of course. Even before this great declassifying, though, it seems some lucky first-wave Frame recipients were already putting their own headsets on the line to prototype homemade gadgets and accessories. Some are sensibly practical. Some look inventive, if janky. At least one of them is a melting skull. All of them, I salute, as standard bearers of this open, occasionally unhinged thing we call PC gaming. Read more

Nvidia are abandoning their RTX 5090 graphics cards in order to focus on AI dev friendly RTX Pro ones, leaker claims

Nvidia, AI-obsessives to the point of yassifying basketballers , are shifting production away from their top of the range RTX 5090 consumer graphics cards in favour of RTX Pro ones. That's according to a leaker with a solid track record when it comes to the company. If accurate, the move's the latest instance of a gaming tech firm turning away from regular PC owners to chase the more plentiful cash offered by hawking gear to GenAI developers and datacenters . Read more

You need not hunger for that Zelda Ocarina of Time remake when we already have Indigo, a colossal N64 romhack featuring mushroom forests and bearded Link

The Legend of Zelda series is fond of stories about the inexorable and obliviating passage of time. Somebody should make one about growing so old, stupid and exhausted that you can't distinguish original Zelda games from romhacks of those games. Romhacks like Indigo, a "full game replacement" for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, set 15 years after the events of Majora's Mask. It's got a couple of public demos, and is playable on PC via static recompilation - the mechanical translation of the console code into C code that runs on other platforms, not to be conflated with genAI porting . Read more

Ubisoft to sunset Rainbow Six Mobile just seven months after launch

The tactical mobile shooter was only globally released earlier this year.

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Who Won Fashion Month SS27 on Social Media?

With less spectacle and fewer surprise celebrity cameos, this season’s front rows took a more traditional turn.

Veronica Beard Built a $400m Brand By Banking on the Everywoman. What’s Next?

With a revamped business, 16 years in, Veronica Beard’s founders aspire to build an American legacy brand with global recognition.

I Am So Over Comics Who Simply Don’t Like Women

“I haven’t been to the gym in so long, I didn’t know women just dress like whores now,” said Shane Gillis in his opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live” over the weekend.

Contract incentives and behaviours of medical consultants in Ireland

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02592-4 Using Irish inpatient data, this study finds that private practice within public hospitals, when paired with contractual ratio limits, can incentivize consultants to increase public admissions, but may reduce care quality for public patients.

Algorithm-assisted personalized risk communication to encourage flu vaccination in the USA: three randomized field trials

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02603-4 Rosenbaum et al. show that targeted communications highlighting patients’ high-risk status increased influenza vaccination uptake. However, they did not find an additional effect of informing patients that a computer algorithm was used to identify their risk status.

Microdelays disrupt online learning

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02598-y Analysing data from more than 80,000 students and aspiring coders, Mazar et al. show that microdelays, brief loading lags caused by slow internet connections, can impair online learning.

Recreational screen use and internalizing problems from preadolescence to young adulthood in a longitudinal twin cohort with co-twin comparison

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 08 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02607-0 Using longitudinal twin data, this study finds that associations between youth recreational screen use and internalizing problems are substantially reduced within twin pairs, suggesting shared familial contributions to the observed association.

Simulated responses from large language models are weak proxies for human economic preferences across 74 countries

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02611-4 Simulating a global survey of economic preferences across 74 countries, this study shows that large language models reproduce some demographic patterns in human preferences but fail to capture cultural differences, especially in lower-income countries.

Both selfish and prosocial actors distort their impact on others, but selfish-serving spin seems to spread

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 12 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02584-4 From consumers buying fair-trade products to policy makers funding science, people often do not know exactly how their actions will affect others. We show that selfish and prosocial actors alike may distort their impact in self-serving ways, but selfish-serving distortions catch on more readily than prosocial-serving distortions and increase followers’ selfishness.

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Sustainable Finance: The Executive (Dys)function of Climate Governance?

This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. In early October 2023, I arrived in Tokyo for the first time, as a financial professional and a graduate student in anthropology studying sustainable finance. Somewhere along my fieldwork journey, my attempts at breaking into the […] The post Sustainable Finance: The Executive (Dys)function of Climate Governance? appeared first on Anthropology News .

Kimberly Eison Simmons: An Anthropologist of Blackness, Diasporic Belonging, and the Politics of Natural Hair

The Anthropology News Interview In-depth conversations with the people who make anthropology tick. Doing anthropology isn’t always fun, but some of the people doing it are absolute delights—and they have a lot to say about their research, the state of the discipline, and, naturally, their favorite foods. Welcome to The Anthropology News Interview, where we sit down with some of […] The post Kimberly Eison Simmons: An Anthropologist of Blackness, Diasporic Belonging, and the Politics of Natural Hair appeared first on Anthropology News .

Air Conditioners and Other Bad Environmental Objects

This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. “In the past, a lot of money for capacity building has been spent on foreign consultants who fly in for a week and stay at five-star, air-conditioned hotels.” The audience, a group of environmental professionals, academics, […] The post Air Conditioners and Other Bad Environmental Objects appeared first on Anthropology News .

Social Fires in Belém do Pará

COP30 beyond the Documents This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. 20 November 2025. The eve of the final day of COP30 in Belém do Pará. The heat was intense. I was in the Country Pavilion in the Blue Zone, an area reserved […] The post Social Fires in Belém do Pará appeared first on Anthropology News .

The Second Círio

This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. Since 1995 world leaders have descended each year on a chosen city to discuss the fate of the biosphere at the annual “Conference of the Parties” to the UN Framework Convention on […] The post The Second Círio appeared first on Anthropology News .

Anthropology at the “Sites” of Climate Governance

This piece is the introduction to a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. As a graduate student attending a climate meeting for the first time, I did not know what to expect. I hustled down a street in Katowice, Poland, in the early morning […] The post Anthropology at the “Sites” of Climate Governance appeared first on Anthropology News .

Invisible Anthropology

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Stitches and Phantom Conversations: Three Flags (Elizabeth Chin) and The Ghost Ship Captain (An AI Presence) (Scott A. Lukas and George E. Marcus)

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Spectral Remix: A Group Commentary on a Group Installation

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Customer Support Analysts, UX Researchers, and Directors of Storytelling: A Systematic Analysis of Job Advertisements for Anthropologists

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Land, Gendered Labor, and Empire‐Making in Central Sudan

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Beyond the Dichotomy of Success and Failure: Making Activism Meaningful in South Korea and France

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In the Journals September 2026

Somatosphere welcomes you to the September edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Technology and Culture The Problem with the Sex Toy Narrative: Design and Medical Intent in Early Vibrators Dianya Mia Hua This article challenges the dominant interpretation of early […]

Online and offline middlemen: contrasting ways of creating trust in the pharmaceutical markets of north India

In many parts of the world, there is an increasing discomfort with middlemen in the healthcare industry (Pearl, 2024). They are characterized as greedy, profit seekers and vilified characters that put money before health and proliferate the markets with fake medicines, putting public health in danger (Kaprove R and M.D 2014, Rowland D 2021, Edema […]

Middlemen and Fakes: Brokering Pharmaceutical Nationalism in Iran

In one of the oldest streets in Tehran’s city centre, an informal pharmaceutical marketplace unfolds amidst a crowded street, where ‘dalals’[1] (brokers) stand on the pavements, hands brimming with packages of pharmaceuticals, whispering various medication names to pedestrians. Here Maryam, seeking Bisoprolol for her mother’s heart condition, engages in conversation with Davood, a dalal in […]

In the Journals August 2026

Somatosphere welcomes you to the August edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Sociology of Health and Illness More Than a Role Dispute: Physician Associates and the Changing Grounds of Medical Authority Louise Ashley This article examines how the legitimacy of […]

Become a nurse in Germany!

“Most of these other agency heads are, in my opinion, car salesmen. They would sell anything and would probably also somehow sell their grandmother’s washing machine, probably also their grandmother if they could get money for it.” This is how one CEO of a German nurse recruitment company explained to us what distinguished his enterprise […]

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‘The most extreme case’?

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The taskforce as middleman: The rise and fall of IMPACT

This is the story of how the World Health Organisation (WHO) came to partner with Interpol and the pharmaceutical industry to fight a war against fake drugs. This partnership took the form of a taskforce, the International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeit Taskforce (IMPACT), which contributed greatly to how counterfeit drugs became understood as a threat to […]

Best of SAPIENS 2025

In SAPIENS’ final year of publishing new stories, the magazine honors 10 standout contributions that carried anthropology into the hearts… The post Best of SAPIENS 2025 appeared first on SAPIENS .

Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know

An archaeologist studying 1,000-year-old dog burials reflects on the need for imagination in archaeology. ✽ WITH STEADY HANDS, a crouching… The post Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know appeared first on SAPIENS .

Listening Against the Threshold of Pain

SAPIENS’ 2025 poet-in-residence situates her listening in Kashmir and Germany during and after her fieldwork, contextualizing her contributions to SAPIENS… The post Listening Against the Threshold of Pain appeared first on SAPIENS .

The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom

An archaeologist unspools the story of a female leader buried over 1,000 years ago on the Tibetan Plateau. A TOMB… The post The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom appeared first on SAPIENS .

In Malaysia, Muslim Trans Women Find Their Own Paths

An anthropologist traces how transgender women navigate state-sponsored religious programs aimed at “rehabilitating” LGBTQ+ Muslims. ✽ Dora and I walked… The post In Malaysia, Muslim Trans Women Find Their Own Paths appeared first on SAPIENS .

In Japan, the Philosophical Stance Against Having Children

An anthropologist delves beyond simplistic portrayals of the anti-natalist movement to understand what motivates its adherents. ✽ Growing up in… The post In Japan, the Philosophical Stance Against Having Children appeared first on SAPIENS .

The American Journal of Unfinished Sociology

About Us AJUS is dedicated to the proposition that every idea deserves a platform. We welcome dissertation chapters, voice memos, vague thoughts, lecture notes, and data analysis that speaks for itself. Use your sociological imagination. Manuscript Types Submission Guidelines Formatting Requirements References: Don’t forget anyone, because we will look through and will send it to whomever […]

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SOCIAL INEQUITIES IN HEALTHCARE

Aiming for Health Equity Requires Focus on the Rural-Urban Health Divide We often think of the U.S. healthcare system as a single, uniform entity. But it isn’t. Before the pandemic, where we live shaped our healthcare experiences, contributing to a rural-urban health divide. As the virus sweeps into the U.S. heartland, we are poised for similar […]

What are COVID-19 Models Modeling?

jimi adams is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, and affiliate faculty at the Institute of Behavioral Science at CU Boulder. His research focuses on how networks constrain or promote the diffusion of information and/or diseases through populations.  What’s a Model Modeling?* Two of the most prominently cited figures […]

Commentary: On the Equal-Opportunity Jerk “Defense”: Rudeness Complicates Sexism Attributions but Comes at a Cost

Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. Sexism is a pervasive and persistent problem. In their 2022 article “The ‘Equal-Opportunity Jerk’ Defense: Rudeness Can Obfuscate Gender Bias” (Psychological Science, Vol. 33, pp. 397–411), Belmi et al. argued that sexism can be obfuscated and go ...

Commentary on Alister et al. (2025): Individual Differences or Unsystematic Noise?

Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. Alister et al. (2025) reported individual differences in the extent to which people find source-dependent and source-independent claims persuasive, but an exploratory analysis showed no discernible relationship between these individual differences and ...

Fidelity Versus Validity Using Anendophasia as an Example: Commentary on Nedergaard and Lupyan (2024) and Lind (2025)

Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. Nedergaard and Lupyan (2024) presented four studies aimed at validating anendophasia (i.e., experiencing no inner speech).1However, Lind (2025) held that no one, including Nedergaard and Lupyan, has demonstrated that anendophasia exists. In both articles,...

Do Children Who Develop Faster Go on to Age Faster in Midlife?

Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. We quantified the association between rate of child development and pace of midlife aging in the Dunedin Study and the Add Health Study. Physical development was quantified in Dunedin participants (N= 1,037; age 45) using a composite comprised of (1) ...

Face-Matching Lineups: A Method to Control Mistaken Identifications in Video Evidence

Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. When crime is caught on video, suspects can be identified by matching their faces to the perpetrator in the footage. However, errors in face-matching decisions have led to wrongful arrests. We tested face-matching in a nonprofessional student sample from ...

Disillusionment With Meritocracy During the Transition to Adulthood: Longitudinal Change in Belief Systems and Depression in China

Psychological Science, Volume 37, Issue 10, Page 671-684, October 2026. Meritocracy—the belief that individual effort rather than structural advantages drives success—has long shaped societal narratives but now faces growing skepticism. Using four waves of China Family Panel Studies, we examined changes in meritocratic and ...

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Black men suffer racial trauma yet are seen as the threat

The very conditions that subject Black men to chronic strain make it hard for them to receive the help they need and deserve - by Yamonte Cooper Read on Psyche

How to ignite your creativity

Turn a mistake into art, write your own postcard: crafty ideas to escape the doom-scroll and jumpstart your creative practice - Video by Struthless Watch on Psyche

Why moving on after a breakup makes you a better person

They say time heals a broken heart. But do the hard work of moving on, and you do more than heal – you improve yourself - by Matthew Barnfield Read on Psyche

Tuesdays with the guys

In the wake of an unexpected tragedy, I decided to rethink my male friendships - by Rajeev Balasubramanyam Read on Psyche

Want to be a lifelong learner? Don’t go it alone

The history of autodidacticism shows that learning has always been social. The right relationships open intellectual horizons - by Celine Nguyen Read on Psyche

A psychological guide to climbing out of debt

Debt is as much an emotional challenge as a financial one. Follow this therapist’s advice to create a plan that works - by Vicky Reynal Read on Psyche

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100-year magazine study reveals 'narrowing' of U.K. seafood recipes

A century of recipes published in the magazine Good Housekeeping reveals how the variety of seafood presented to U.K. readers has "narrowed," new research shows.

Snakebites are a far bigger problem than we knew: new study maps the hidden dangers

Not every snakebite injects venom. When venom enters the body, however, it can cause snake envenoming. This is a potentially fatal condition that mostly affects poor rural communities across tropical and subtropical regions where people don't have easy access to medical care.

Stabilizing a simple amino acid opens a path to biodegradable sensors

The humble amino acid glycine—the simplest of all amino acids—is everywhere. The human body produces it, and it helps make up our skin, bones and ligaments. It's found in meats like beef and has even been discovered in comets returned from outer space.

Gravity and quantum information linked through a derivation of Einstein's equations

Recent research shows that gravity and quantum information are deeply connected and that the shape of spacetime can be traced back to the way information is stored in quantum fields.

New research traces the origins and human impact of Britain's largest medieval lead industry through ancient teeth

The first definitive evidence of when post-Roman lead production began in one of Europe's largest medieval lead-producing regions, the Derbyshire Peak District in central England, has been uncovered by archaeologists after centuries of mining had erased much of the archaeological evidence. The work has been published in Antiquity.

Can GLP-1s Slow Aging?

New research unveiled by drug makers says yes The post Can GLP-1s Slow Aging? appeared first on Nautilus .

Magnetic sculpting transforms single-source fields into predetermined shapes with mathematical precision

Magnetic fields are invisible yet essential components in technologies ranging from MRI scanners and particle accelerators to atomic clocks and future quantum computers. Each of these applications requires magnetic fields with specific shapes and properties. Today, creating such tailored magnetic fields requires researchers and engineers to design specialized, carefully optimized magnets or large systems of coils for each individual application—a complex and resource-intensive process.

Mere Minutes With AI Causes a Sharp Drop in Persistence

How much cognitive offloading is too much? The post Mere Minutes With AI Causes a Sharp Drop in Persistence appeared first on Nautilus .

Key Brain Circuit Linked to Teen Anxiety Identified

Brain scans of 3,500 teens link anxiety to disrupted circuits connecting the amygdala, thalamus, and cerebellum, detectable by ages 11–12.

These New Snails Can Slam Shut Their Shells Like Doors

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Early Blindness Tunes Pitch Perception

Early blindness enhances pitch discrimination not by improving the ears, but by reducing "internal noise" in the brain, similar to musical training.

This Is the Oldest Peace Treaty Ever Discovered

Maybe there are a few things we can still learn from it The post This Is the Oldest Peace Treaty Ever Discovered appeared first on Nautilus .

Blood Cells From an 80-Year-Old Transformed into Young Brain Cells

This new technique could be a huge leap forward for age-related brain research The post Blood Cells From an 80-Year-Old Transformed into Young Brain Cells appeared first on Nautilus .

'Autonomy always begins with something a human hands it': Who's responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?

Hacking incidents by AI agents are creating a legal minefield. The developers and deployers of rogue bots could be held liable.

LSD Microdosing Enhances Sustained Attention in Women

A double-blind trial finds low-dose LSD microdosing significantly sharpens sustained attention and cuts attention lapses in women, but not in men.

I Seeded My Dreams and This Story Emerged

Poet Will Dowd let Jorge Luis Borges speak to him in his sleep The post I Seeded My Dreams and This Story Emerged appeared first on Nautilus .

Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk

Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.

Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?

A mathematical mechanism enables AI models to process language at scale, undergirding the current AI revolution. Our columnist asks: Why is attention the key? The post Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

When climate change brings the heat, what happens to a mighty redwood?

In heat wave-like temperatures, coast redwoods' photosynthesis slows down, which may put one of Earth's most efficient carbon storers in jeopardy.

1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds people who died of 'sharp force' injuries, possibly from a Viking raid

A 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds the remains of a father, son and four others, a group that may have been victims of Viking raid.

7 extraordinary Indigenous sites in the US, from Chaco Canyon to Chimney Rock

The Native Americans built impressive sites across what is now the U.S., including Walnut Canyon and Cahokia.

Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus

This Inuit carving was made a century before Columbus set foot in the Americas and likely depicts a Norseman.

Popular weight loss drugs linked to a surprising fingernail problem

Popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, have been linked to unexpectedly high rates of nail detachment, hair loss, and scalp inflammation, with some problems occurring several times more frequently among users. Researchers found that weight loss alone could not fully explain the differences, suggesting there may be more to these overlooked symptoms.

Scientists find hidden driver of aging and a simple amino acid that fights memory loss in mice

Scientists discovered that declining levels of a protein called Menin may help drive aging, and restoring it in older mice reversed several age-related changes in just 30 days. Even more surprisingly, supplementing with a simple amino acid called D-serine improved memory and learning, offering a potential new approach to age-related cognitive decline.

NASA captures a stunning transformation in Australia's red outback

Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in nearly 20 years. NASA satellite images capture the stunning transformation, which has even brought rare flowers to the grounds of a remote deep-space observatory.

Scientists discover a hidden factor that can make or break chemical reactions

Researchers discovered a hidden factor that can determine whether chemical reactions succeed or fail, and then used it to boost the proportion of the desired product from 16% to 97%. By controlling acidity near electrodes, they developed a promising way to manufacture chemicals for plastics, medicines, and other products using oxygen and electricity instead of hazardous added oxidants.

'It could have been a very different history': Researchers are finally starting to pin down how many Indigenous people were living in the Americas when Columbus arrived

Archaeologists and geographers have been trying to estimate the pre-1492 population of the Americas for decades. But it's difficult.

Scientists discover vanilla’s hidden healing potential

Scientists have discovered that vanillin, the compound that gives vanilla its distinctive flavor, has powerful properties that could help fight infections, reduce inflammation, and promote wound healing. The inexpensive, widely available ingredient could one day become an important component of advanced wound treatments and regenerative medicine.

Just 10 minutes of daily exercise could unlock deeper sleep

Getting better sleep might be as simple as moving a little more every day. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin found that people who exercised more frequently experienced more deep, restorative sleep, which is essential for brain recovery, memory, and emotional well-being. Surprisingly, just 10 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per day was associated with measurable benefits, while even light activities like walking and standing breaks were linked to better sleep and mood.

'News reports tweaked the science to speak to contemporary anxieties': How Neanderthal extinction is a projection of our own, modern fears

In this excerpt from "Neanderthals Among Us," author Peter Sahlins looks at the way Neanderthal extinction theories are often engrained with our own societal fears.

Cannabis Destroys Sleep Quality

A 35-year study shows cannabis use links to fragmented, poor sleep measured by monitors, even though users believe they slept well.

Genetic Risk for Anorexia May Begin Outside the Brain

Anorexia patients are 4x more likely to carry mutations in PLIN4, a fat-storage gene in muscle and adipose tissue, revealing a key metabolic component.

How the Grand Canyon could have lost 1 billion years of geologic history

The rise and fall of a continent-spanning cliff may help explain a mysterious 1-billion-year gap in Earth’s geologic history, a new study suggests.

How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own.

C.H. Waddington’s powerful image of embryonic stem cells specializing on a rolling landscape has captivated biologists since the 1950s. Experimental data is finally confirming, and complicating, his visionary ideas. The post How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Here’s a look at the Nobel Prizes for science

An icy window into the cosmos, a light switch for the brain and solving the mystery of mirror image molecules all took home the top prize.

Kilauea’s display is revealing why volcanoes spew like a fountain show

Scientists are using a variety of methods to study why Kilauea has repeatedly spewed lava fountains since late 2024. They may have ruled out one theory.

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

A study of 4,500+ adults shows overweight or obese BMI at dementia diagnosis is linked to significantly lower mortality risk, highlighting metabolic reserves.

An experimental drug kills fat cells, rather than shrinking them

Participants in two small trials lost dangerous fat around their internal organs. This fat is linked to health issues like diabetes and heart problems.

As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines

In the shadow of a rumored AI proof of one of the biggest problems in their field, three computer scientists rushed to publish their own milestone result. The post As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Is AI the End of Math As We Know It?

Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.” The post Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence

Scientists assumed that energy flows in only one direction in a turbulent system. What they didn’t know, until they looked closely at brine shrimp, was that a simple factor can reverse the flow. The post Sea Monkeys Show Scientists How To Rewrite a Rule of Turbulence first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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Human teeth pinpoint when lead began poisoning medieval town

Dental enamel reveals the toxic metal's origins in England. The post Human teeth pinpoint when lead began poisoning medieval town appeared first on Popular Science .

Nordic Diet May Help Extend Your Lifespan by Adding Whole Grains and Berries to Your Plate 

Learn about the Nordic diet, the northern counterpart of the Mediterranean diet that may benefit overall health by promoting sustainable plant-based foods.

300 Light-Years Away, a Star Is Slowly Snacking on a Brown Dwarf

Discover how an anomaly that has puzzled astronomers for years was solved, and what it can tell us about how stellar systems interact.

New York Declares Measles Emergency as U.S. Cases Grow Over 4,000

As measles cases rise, discover what New York state officials are doing to help combat this outbreak. 

I tested Cricut’s desktop sticker printer, and it makes creating custom stickers almost too easy

The StickerPix Print + Cut is easy to set up, fun to use and precise with a blade, but you’re stuck buying Cricut’s paper. The post I tested Cricut’s desktop sticker printer, and it makes creating custom stickers almost too easy appeared first on Popular Science .

Rocky the pumpkin wins ‘Superbowl of Pumpkin Weigh Offs’ at 2,389 pounds

Minnesota's Travis Gienger won the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh Off for the fifth time. The post Rocky the pumpkin wins ‘Superbowl of Pumpkin Weigh Offs’ at 2,389 pounds appeared first on Popular Science .

Bee stingers work like saws to pump venom

Watch new slow-mo video to see these tiny stingers in action. The post Bee stingers work like saws to pump venom appeared first on Popular Science .

Roman Villa Unearthed in Northern Wales Continues to Rewrite the Region's Ancient History 

Learn what the remains of a Roman villa and other ancient artifacts can tell us about life in Roman Wales 2,000 years ago.

Large dog breeds die younger. Biologists think they finally know why.

'Jumping genes' may explain shorter lifespans. The post Large dog breeds die younger. Biologists think they finally know why. appeared first on Popular Science .

700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth Reveals a Lost Ecosystem Shared by Early Humans 

Discover what fossilized elephant teeth and tusk fragments can tell us about prehistoric ecosystems.

World War II notes linked to ‘The Great Escape’ prison camp found in garage crawlspace

Handwritten accounts describe the horrors of Stalag Luft 3. The post World War II notes linked to ‘The Great Escape’ prison camp found in garage crawlspace appeared first on Popular Science .

Remnant From Rare Supernova Seen Nearly 850 Years Ago Hides a Zombie Star at its Center

Learn about the remnant of a historic supernova observed around 850 years ago and the zombie star that has survived at its center. 

Experiences and perspectives of Ayurvedic practitioners on non-communicable disease management in the UK: A qualitative study

by Patricia Egwumba, Manpreet Bains, Laura Nellums, Kaushik Chattopadhyay Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major public health challenge in the United Kingdom (UK), placing strain on the National Health Service (NHS). While Western medicine dominates NCD care, the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as Ayurveda, is increasing. The objective of this study was to explore the experiences and perspectives of Ayurvedic practitioners in the UK regarding the use of Ayurveda for managing NCDs. Methods Seventeen UK-based Ayurvedic practitioners participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews that were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically. Findings Three key themes were identified. First, Ayurvedic practitioners viewed their role as complementary to Western medicine, providing holistic, individualised, and patient-centred care to support NCD management.

Eastern origin and three-millennia persistence of a founding grapevine lineage in Iberian viticulture

Pérez-Jordà et al. use archaeogenomics to show that eastern domesticated grapevines laid the foundations for Iberian viticulture 3,000 years ago. Genetic relatedness indicates these introductions gave rise to extant Iberian cultivars through a few sexual generations, revealing clonal propagation of the cultivar Heben from the 10th century to the present.

Ketamine attenuates habenula activity in response to aversive outcomes during Pavlovian learning

Translating a preclinical model to humans using 7-tesla MRI, Pulcu et al. show that ketamine reduces habenula activity for the expectation of aversive outcomes during Pavlovian learning. This provides direct translational evidence for how ketamine modulates the neural circuitry implicated in depression, relevant to its rapid antidepressant effects.

Cambrian fossils illuminate the ambulacrarian common ancestor

He et al. describe Yujingia, a new early Cambrian ambulacrarian with differentiated appendages that include pinnate arms with filter-feeding grooves. The morphology and phylogenetic position of Yujingia suggest that modern ambulacrarians, including echinoderms and hemichordates, evolved from a tentaculate, semi-sessile suspension-feeding ancestor.

Quantifying the control laws governing terminal attack in lions

Duporge and Frost combine drone videography with AI-based pose estimation to reconstruct the kinematics of 67 lion (Panthera leo) attacks. Speed is adjusted to regulate lateral acceleration during turns, while lion steering is guided by proportional navigation and proportional pursuit, a mixed guidance law previously identified only in aerial predators.

Thirst reweights temperature preference through dual dopaminergic and endocrine modulation in Drosophila

Chiang et al. show that thirst shifts Drosophila toward cooler temperatures by bidirectionally reweighting cold and hot responses in the mushroom body. Dopamine- and 20E-mediated pathways differentially tune these responses, which converge on a common avoidance-promoting output.

Spatial proteomics reveals carboxysome adaptation and mitochondrial proteome in Paulinella chromatophora

Using LOPIT-DC-based spatial proteomics, Cadena et al. map the sub-organellar protein landscape of Paulinella chromatophora, a cercozoan with evolutionary-early-stage photosynthetic organelles. They find nucleus-encoded carboxysome-associated proteins potentially forming a novel O2-scavenging system that may enhance carbon fixation efficiency. The mitochondrial sub-proteome reveals conserved membrane organization alongside divergent, lineage-specific proteins.

Interaction matrices as unifying tools for navigating ecological complexity

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03188-x The interaction matrix is a widely used tool in community ecology. In this Review, the authors outline this approach and discuss how to tackle its challenges.

Unifying bright spots research for people and nature

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 05 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03180-5 This Review presents a typology for how to identify and interpret bright spots, or positive deviance, in conservation and sustainability science—cases where unexpectedly positive outcomes occur despite local constraints.

Biodiversity safeguards ecosystem services and functions worldwide

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 06 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03200-4 An analysis of a global database of 423 studies and >200,000 data points outlines the strength and generality of biodiversity relationships with ecosystem functioning and services.

More biodiversity means stronger, more reliable ecosystem functioning worldwide

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03211-1 A global synthesis reveals that biodiversity is a major driver of ecosystem functioning and service delivery, and that biodiversity loss is likely to have widespread effects on people and ecosystems.

Combining conservation strategies

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03223-x Combining conservation strategies

Dispersal diversity buffers species vulnerability to local extinction

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Published online: 09 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41559-026-03195-y Outlining an analytical framework for quantifying species vulnerability that captures abundance, dispersal and interspecific interactions, the authors show that dispersal diversity buffers against local extinction.

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Protection of Unconventional Superconductivity from Disorder

Author(s): Sofie Castro Holbæk, Morten H. Christensen, Andreas Kreisel, and Brian M. Andersen Several realizations of d -wave superconductivity on the Lieb and kagome lattices exhibit remarkably weak T c -suppression, resembling the behavior of conventional s-wave superconductors. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 136004] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Bound States in the Continuum for High-$Q$ Light Emission in Photonic-Phononic Nonlocal Metasurfaces

Author(s): Soheil Farazi and Srinivas Tadigadapa Thermal radiation is inherently broadband and incoherent, limiting its utility in applications requiring spectral selectivity such as molecular spectroscopy and free-space optical communications. Bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a powerful route to confine light in open photonic systems … [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 133802] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Magnetic-Field-Calibration-Free Determination of the Hyperfine Constant $A$ in Ultracold Fermi Gases of $^{40}\mathrm{K}$

Author(s): Yajing Yang, Biao Shan, Yuhang Zhao, Jiahui Shen, Zhuxiong Ye, Liangchao Chen, Zengming Meng, Pengjun Wang, Wei Han, Jing Zhang, and Lianghui Huang Hyperfine constant $A$ is a key parameter of the hyperfine structure and underpins precision spectroscopy and metrology. In this Letter, we develop a magnetic-field-calibration-free method for determining the ground-state hyperfine constant $A$ in an ultracold $^{40}\mathrm{K}$ Fermi gas by utilizin… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 133401] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Probing the Color-Octet Mechanism via Dihadron Fragmentation in ${χ}_{b}$ Decays

Author(s): Zhi-Guo He, Guanghui Li, Yu-Jie Tian, Xin-Kai Wen, and Bin Yan The color-octet (CO) mechanism is a cornerstone of nonrelativistic QCD, yet knowledge of its long-distance matrix elements remains limited, preventing stringent tests of the theory. We demonstrate that the Artru-Collins asymmetry in hadronic decays of the $P$-wave bottomonium state ${χ}_{b2}$ provid… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 131903] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Radiative Corrections to Inverse Beta Decay: Precision Analysis for Reactor Neutrinos

Author(s): Oleksandr Tomalak We present a complete calculation of radiative corrections to the inverse beta decay reaction, ${\overline{ν}}_{e}+p→{e}^{+}+n$, at reactor antineutrino energies using heavy-baryon chiral perturbation theory. Our analysis consistently incorporates quantum electrodynamics, chromodynamics, and electro… [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 131806] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

Combination of ATLAS and CMS Searches for Higgs Boson Pair Production at $\sqrt{s}=13\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{TeV}$

Author(s): G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration † ["id", "col1"], CMS Collaboration["id", "col2"]) First combination of searches for Higgs boson pair production from two CERN collaborations on this important standard model process provides information about the crucial Higgs self coupling. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 131803] Published Fri Sep 25, 2026

An Oryza orphan gene confers trans-species drought tolerance

ROAD1 is an Oryza-specific orphan gene that co-opts conserved ABA signaling to enhance drought tolerance without obvious growth defects or yield penalty under normal conditions. Elite rice lines carrying its functional allele exhibited higher grain yield than controls under drought, and its heterologous expression enhanced drought tolerance across diverse angiosperms.

CRISPR screens identify targets to rescue age-related T cell dysfunction in cancer

Dusp5 and Zfp219 serve as critical regulators of age-related T cell dysfunction, with the loss of either driving T cells into an effector-like state that improves tumor control through distinct mechanisms within the aged tumor microenvironment.

Co-option of retrotransposons promotes antibody diversification

A longstanding mystery in antibody diversification is how AID specifically targets immunoglobulin V genes. Ancient LINE-1 retrotransposons embedded within the immunoglobulin locus provide a recruitment platform for the HUSH complex and AID to drive somatic hypermutation.

Milk osteopontin alters the infant microbiome to drive DC hematopoiesis and disease tolerance

Milk-derived osteopontin confers protection from viral or bacterial severe lower respiratory illness by altering the neonatal gut microbiome.

Metabolic atlas of early human cortex reveals glycolytic remodeling and pentose phosphate pathway control of cell fate transitions

The developing human cortex is composed of diverse cell types, but how nutrient metabolism shapes their fate has remained unclear. This study maps the metabolic landscape of the developing human cortex and identifies glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway activity as key regulators of radial glia fate, controlling the generation of outer radial glia and inhibitory neurons.

Functional atlas of vertebrate viral RNA elements that stabilize RNA and enhance translation

Functional profiling of ∼200,000 genomic segments from vertebrate-infecting viruses uncovers RNA elements that boost gene expression by stabilizing mRNAs and enhancing translation, revealing the diversity of TENT4-dependent mixed tailing and identifying canonical poly(A) polymerase-mediated cytoplasmic polyadenylation, together expanding our understanding of post-transcriptional regulation and RNA therapeutic design.

[Viewpoint] The arts as a global health resource: key priorities for future research

This Viewpoint is part of a collection on the arts and health

[Review] Developing roadmaps for advancing practice, research, and policy in the arts and health

Despite arts engagement being a ubiquitous human behaviour across human history, research and awareness on the health benefits of engagement are still emerging, accelerating over the past decade. Building on the evidence and research challenges outlined in the first paper of this Lancet collection, this Review puts forward a series of roadmaps for advancing research, policy, and practice to enable appropriate and effective integration of the arts into health and wellbeing systems globally. First and foremost, we advocate for the fundamental principle that all individuals, regardless of their characteristics and location, should have regular opportunities to engage in the arts, proposing policy and research steps to monitor and achieve this goal.

[Articles] Switch to injectable cabotegravir–rilpivirine given every 8 weeks in adolescents living with HIV with virological suppression in sub-Saharan Africa (LATA): a randomised, open-label, multicentre, 96-week non-inferiority trial

In adolescents with HIV with virological suppression, LAI cabotegravir–rilpivirine was superior to TLD for maintaining virological suppression, with no new safety concerns observed. These findings support LAI cabotegravir–rilpivirine as a maintenance treatment option for this population.

[Articles] Radiotherapy versus observation following surgical resection of WHO grade 2 atypical meningioma (ROAM/EORTC-1308): an international, multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial

Our findings suggest that adjuvant radiotherapy should be considered in patients with atypical meningioma after complete surgical resection of atypical meningioma when the prevention of recurrence is valued higher than the potential delayed adverse effects of radiotherapy. This practice will benefit patients by reducing meningioma recurrence. Decisions should be based on individual discussion with the patient.

[Articles] Retatrutide in adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes (TRIUMPH-2): a double-blind, parallel-group, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

Treatment with retatrutide resulted in substantial improvements in bodyweight and was associated with improvements in glycaemic control in participants with obesity and type 2 diabetes, with a safety profile generally consistent with other molecules with GLP-1 receptor agonism. These results show that retatrutide might be effective for the treatment of obesity in people with type 2 diabetes.

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Jenkinson MD, Rosala-Hallas A, Sahm F, et al. Radiotherapy versus observation following surgical resection of WHO grade 2 atypical meningioma (ROAM/EORTC-1308): an international, multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2026; 408: 1473–84—In this Article, the spelling of author Karen Foweraker's name was incorrect and Sílvia Comas's degree and affiliation should have been PhD; Catalan Institute of Oncology, ICO Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Oct 8, 2026, and the printed version is correct.

Retraction for Lin and Lee, A dual self-regulatory platform for programmable biosynthesis of L-lysine-derived alkaloids

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Reply to Zoghbi and Innis: Clarifying the cellular basis of GPR84-PET signal in neuroinflammation

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Reply to Acoca-Pidolle and Mathieu: Rapid phenotypic change in an urban bird likely driven by resource changes during COVID-19

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Potential vascular confound in GPR84-PET imaging following systemic LPS administration

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Unexplained rapid bill-size changes in an urban bird during the COVID-19 anthropause

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A 40-y-old model of muscle metabolism, finally open to scrutiny

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Science, Volume 394, Issue 6820, Page 183-185, October 2026.

Phones impede learning: Evidence from a massive phone-free classroom experiment

Science, Volume 394, Issue 6820, Page 178-181, October 2026.

Data everywhere, but are they fit for purpose?

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AI has solved many math problems, but it has not solved math

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The Phobos heist

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An AI agent emailed hundreds of researchers for help. It told us why

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A gut microbial odd-chain fatty acid alleviates atherosclerosis in mice

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11142-x The administration of Bacteroides uniformis in mice can mitigate atherosclerosis via pentadecanoic acid, which directly inhibits HMG-CoA reductase to promote hepatic cholesterol clearance.

Human lung organoid modelling of tissue-resident antiviral T cell responses

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11114-1 Lung organoids containing endogenous resident immune cells show that SARS-CoV-2 infection elicits protective, tissue-resident memory T cell responses, demonstrating local recall immunity and providing a platform for the study of human tissue-resident antiviral defence.

A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11107-0 A swimming and water-foraging mammaliaform, Megacauda sungei gen. et sp. nov., had a lifestyle analogous to the extant platypus, and was capable of mammal-like swallowing and suckling.

Cryo-EM structure of a methanogen nitrogenase–PII protein supercomplex

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11116-z Cryo-electron microscopy of a nitrogenase supercomplex from a methane-producing archaeon reveals a mechanism in which PII proteins drive assembly of such structures to regulate nitrogenase activity in response to nitrogen availability.

A split attractor design for rapidly writing a navigational goal

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11144-9 The recurrent h∆K–PFG neural circuit generates persistent heading memories through slow excitation, fast inhibition and a disinhibitory gate, where disinhibition controls the functional coupling of the network to rapidly transition between measurement and memory.

Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11095-1 Etching-flux-mediated single-centred nucleation of two-dimensional semiconductors is used to deterministically localize a single nucleation event, expanding semiconductor deposition from controlling where materials grow to controlling where and how crystals can begin to form.

HGTScanner: Detecting horizontal gene transfer at the fine scale using whole organelle genomes

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.

Pyrodiversity and Phylodiversity: Insights on Post‐Fire Forest Communities

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 10, October 2026.

An integrated model of territory occupancy and mark‐recapture data for estimating spatial variation in survival

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.

Smoke signals: Measuring wildlife smoke exposure with animal‐borne and stationary sensors

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Seasonal Temperature Fluctuation Enables Persistence of a Model Multi‐Trophic System

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 10, October 2026.

Distinguishing pairwise species spatial associations from multi‐species distribution patterns

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geohabnet: An R package for mapping habitat connectivity for biosecurity and conservation

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Toward an Ecology of Household Biomes

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 10, October 2026.

The Effect of Biogeographic Origin on the Adaptive Trajectories of Plants in Urban Environments

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Functional Identity Drives Directional Shifts in Freshwater Plankton Biomass–Size Relationships

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APOD: 2026 October 13 – Desert Stairway to Heaven

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 13 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. OriginalAnnotated Desert Stairway […]

An Impact Structure With Legs

If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater.

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 Starlink mission for 1st time in more than 3 weeks (photos)

SpaceX launched 27 of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Oct. 12), the first such mission for a Falcon 9 rocket since Sept. 19.

SpaceX launching 6,300 pounds of cargo to the ISS on Oct. 13: Watch it live

SpaceX will launch more than 3 tons of cargo toward the International Space Station on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13), and you can watch the action live.

Astronomers witness supermassive black hole gorge on a cosmic meal before 'burping' radio jets 300 days later

Using the NASA spacecraft Swift, astronomers observed a supermassive black hole burping radio jets 300 days after a heavy cosmic meal.

Hubble Spots a Suspected Second-Generation Planet

Diligent sleuthing by astronomers has broken open a cold case in the data archive of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. In a study published Monday in Nature Astronomy, researchers report uncovering a surprising chemical clue that indicates the white dwarf star HS 0209+0832 may host a second-generation planet.

The moon could turn astronauts into 'walking, high voltage capacitors' that accidentally zap spacecraft

NASA is asking for ideas to stop static electricity from zapping astronauts or critical hardware during moon missions.

NASA’s SpaceX CRS-35 Mission to Launch Health Research

NASA experiments focused on human and plant health and drug-resistant organisms will travel to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission for the agency from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, advancing research that benefits life on Earth and future exploration. This research supports astronaut health during long-duration missions through […]

The 'Halloween Fireballs' are coming. Here's what to expect from the Taurids this year

The Southern and Northern Taurid meteor showers will produce occasional bright, slow-moving meteors worldwide during October and November, with moon-free peaks in 2026.

Primordial Helium Further Confirms Our Understanding Of The Big Bang

Most helium in the Universe is primordial helium, formed during the Big Bang. But a fraction of helium was formed by long-dead stars. Distinguishing between the two allows astronomers to further confirm our observations of the Big Bang.

On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1, the 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew, into space

On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several "firsts" for human spaceflight. Here's why it mattered.

Welcome home, Sophie Adenot

Video: 00:02:54 After 237 days and over 3,700 orbits around Earth aboard the International Space Station, Sophie Adenot is back on Earth! Following a handover to Crew-13, Sophie and her Crew-12 crewmates undocked on 7 October and splashed down off the coast of California the next day. Now back in Europe, Sophie will begin her post-flight data collection and rehabilitation while readjusting to life on Earth after the longest mission in space by a European astronaut so far. Welcome home, Sophie!

How Will Water Flow on the Moon?

Growing fresh food on the Moon is going to be crucial if astronauts there are ever going to eat anything other than freeze-dried rations. Since husbanding animals on the lunar surface is…difficult (to put it mildly), most mission planners believe that plants are the solution. But we still don’t entirely understand how one of the most fundamental materials to plant growth, water, operates under partial gravity. A team of researchers, led by Karl Hasenstein of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and including John Kiss of the Florida Institute of Technology, and Christopher McKay of NASA’s Ames Research Center, recently published a paper in Microgravity Science and Technology that lays out the physics for how water behaves at lunar gravity.

APOD: 2026 October 12 – Jupiter and the Moons

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Antarctic Sea Ice Grows to Its 2026 Maximum

The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began.

Honda Wants to Put a Robotic Lab Assistant on Future Commercial Space Stations

As I’m writing this I’m able to stare out into my driveway at my trusty Honda Odyssey. Most of the public’s association with Honda is through their “mobility” products - i.e. their cars. But the company has an impressive track record of other technical achievements, not the least of which has been in robotics. Now, it’s teaming up with space infrastructure firm Redwire to develop an automated laboratory support system for use on future commercial space stations.

APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice Fishing for Cosmic Neutrinos

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 11 – Ice… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Ice Fishing […]

The Preliminary Lunar Science Report for Artemis II is Out!

Through photographs, spoken observations, drawings, and annotations, the Artemis II crew created a unique scientific record—one that is now available to the science community and the public for further study. Explore highlights here, and find the full suite of reports and select data resources at the bottom of the page.

Astronomers Detect Potential ‘Second Generation’ Planet Around Dying Stellar White Dwarf

Potential ‘Second generation’ planet detection around a dying stellar white dwarf opens a whole new chapter of exoplanetary science.

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returns from her first mission to the International Space Station

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot has arrived back in Europe, landing in Cologne, Germany, following her return to Earth with Crew-12 after 237 days, nearly eight months, aboard the International Space Station for her εpsilon mission.

Week in images: 05-09 October 2026

Week in images: 05-09 October 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Earth from Space: Namibia’s biggest salt pan

Image: This image from Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired on 5 April 2026, shows the Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.

Splashdown confirmed for Sophie Adenot

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth with Crew-12 after her nearly eight-month εpsilon mission to the International Space Station, splashing down off the coast of California, USA, at 15:34 GMT/17:34 CEST on 8 October 2026. 

Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth

Just two weeks after it was launched, the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite returned its first images and measurements from two of its key instruments – a major milestone that confirms the satellite is working well and on the road to monitoring the health of Earth’s oceans, land, cryosphere and atmosphere.

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Five Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding of T. Rex Forever, From Warm Blood to Lips

Paleontologists are still unraveling the secrets of the world’s most famous dinosaur, such as its outward appearance or the way that it hunted. With each new finding, our view of the “tyrant lizard king” has gotten a little clearer—and sometimes has radically shifted

Ancient Pottery Reveals the Earliest Known Traces of Chocolate East of the Mississippi, Painting a Picture of Connection in the Americas

A new archaeological discovery suggests that people in present-day Georgia have feasted with cacao for 1,000 years

These 15 Adorable Photos of Pandas Will Make You Want to Visit the Zoo Immediately

Members of the fluffy and adorable but vulnerable species are often cared for in zoos and breeding centers around the world, and these snapshots may make you jealous of the caretakers’ jobs

Is More Protein Always Better? Despite the Craze Around the Nutrient, Research-Backed Evidence About Its Benefits Is Complicated

It can be difficult to see through the array of flashy, protein-packed products and determine whether you need more of it—and which foods to consume to get it. We asked health experts about the benefits and drawbacks of chasing protein

Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age, From Rope to Thread and Twine

Largely missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations played a huge role in the lives of early humans. Researchers are weaving together new insights from the traces they left behind

Five Ways the World of the Dinosaurs Looked Different From Ours, Beyond the Presence of the 'Terrible Lizards'

Earth has changed dramatically since the Age of Dinosaurs, from its climate to geography and animal life

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Food for Feed

Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. Things get a little fishy in this episode as we discuss fish farming—aquaculture, an industry that now brings in $300 billion a year. Inside Climate News partnered with the Outlaw Ocean Project, a journalism nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., to investigate aquaculture’s […]

How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster

This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom. Eight years ago, at the height of the shale-oil boom, a committee of industry giants and public officials unveiled a bold plan to make Corpus Christi “drought proof.” With this plan, a consultant explained to city […]

The Fishfeed Trap

This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. Inside a sprawling warehouse in northern France, millions of brown, inch-long mealworm larvae writhed in purple trays stacked 60 feet high. Grown by a company called Ynsect, these larvae were […]

The Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming

This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. For two thousand years, the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece provided life to its Mediterranean neighbors. Today, it’s an industrial graveyard.  Trace the Gulf’s northern coast, and you’ll uncover beaches […]

The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water

This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant lot. Its owner, he said, is one of many investors drawn to the arid Imperial Valley by a critical mineral propelling the […]

As Rival Resorts Battle in a Bahamas Court, a Threatened Conch’s Nursery Is Caught in the Middle

Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where their first food grows on the thin green blades. This is where they spend most of their first year, buried in the sand.  In the Exumas region of the Bahamas, just south of East Sampson Cay, Shedd Aquarium researchers recorded the […]

Virginia Is for Lovers … of Data Centers?

Many people are learning about data centers and advocating for their communities’ interests. Some are experienced community advocates, while others are organizing for the first time. The post Virginia Is for Lovers … of Data Centers? appeared first on The Revelator .

The Flamingo Revolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River

Albania’s Vjosa Narta River faces threats from development planned by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and enabled by the Albanian government. Music and art help fuel ongoing protests. The post The Flamingo Revolution and the Rhythm of Resistance: The Race to Save Europe’s Last Wild River appeared first on The Revelator .

Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident.

Many choices we ask people make to help the climate don’t reveal immediate results. But we found that changing diets can have a climate benefit and quickly reduce some health risks. The post Climate Policy Has a Sacrifice Problem. My Clinical Trials Kept Solving It by Accident. appeared first on The Revelator .

Protect This Place: Coastal Douglas-Fir Forest of Southwestern British Columbia

Most Thursday mornings, hardy volunteers at the Morrell Nature Sanctuary pull, cut, or hack down (depending on the species) the nonnative plants that threaten this incredible ecosystem. The post Protect This Place: Coastal Douglas-Fir Forest of Southwestern British Columbia appeared first on The Revelator .

The Calendar Says We’re Doing Better With the Environment. My Bedroom Says Differently.

Trend-driven consumerism is an environmental threat. We need to fight the system that drives us to buy. The post The Calendar Says We’re Doing Better With the Environment. My Bedroom Says Differently. appeared first on The Revelator .

Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference?

Also this week: A reader asks about feeling like a cog in the machine and wonders if they can influence greener policies in their workplace. The post Dr. Green: Do Small Environmental Actions Make a Difference? appeared first on The Revelator .

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

We started Hakai Magazine over 10 years ago because the ocean and its coastlines needed a voice. No other outlet was exclusively covering issues at the interface of sea and land—or of the marine world in general. After all these ...

The First First Responders

When a ship wrecks on an unfamiliar coastline, an already desperate situation is all the more dire. Blinded by the night, and lost, the captain and crew of the Puritan, a four-masted lumber schooner en route from San Francisco, California, ...

How, Exactly, Could Deep-Sea Mining Benefit All of Humanity?

When Arvid Pardo, a Maltese diplomat, took the floor at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 1967 and began speaking at length on international law, the room was sparsely populated. Pardo was undeterred. The deep, dark ocean, ...

The Canoe in the Forest

When I first see the canoe, in May, it takes a moment to distinguish the long, shapely slab of cedar from the patch of earth that has spent more than a century trying to reclaim it. Covered in moss and ...

What’s Next for Deep-Sea Mining?

Earlier this year, Leticia Carvalho, a Brazilian oceanographer and environmental policy expert, took the helm of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) as secretary general. The ISA, an intergovernmental body that governs what happens on the seafloor in international waters, is ...

The Personal Toll of Canada’s Broken Fishing Promises

August 29, 2020, dawned clear over southwest Nova Scotia. In the cabin of his lobster boat, the Mystique Lady, Matthew Cope was chatting with the other members of his crew as they chugged out from shore. The vessel was bound ...

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Five new species of freshwater mussels in southern US uncovered by researchers

A new research paper published in Zootaxa describes five new species of freshwater mussels in the southern U.S., providing the scientific foundation for protecting the most imperiled group of animals in North America.

DNA reveals chemosynthesis genes in bacteria living on coral reef fish gills

Chemosynthetic bacteria have been documented in various marine environments and in association with invertebrate hosts such as annelid worms and mollusks, but their presence in fish appears to be a new discovery. The findings show that fish gills host a complex and specialized microbiome that is not yet well understood but could play an important role in fish metabolism, immunity and health.

Cuttlefish suckers reveal how they grip rough prey—and could inspire better technology

Cephalopods are a group of soft-bodied marine mollusks that include cuttlefish, octopuses, squid and nautiluses. Many of these mollusks have muscular suckers on their arms that allow them to seize prey or grip other surfaces in their surroundings.

Pufferfish taste receptor more versatile than a human's, detecting both savory L- and sweet D-amino acids

Our sense of taste is critical for survival, alerting us to substances that provide vital nutrients and those that might poison us. Now, a team led by researchers from the University of Osaka has discovered how one such taste receptor in pufferfish can detect a surprisingly wide range of flavors at once. Their study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Warming seas could shrink most mollusks by 2100, but some may grow

Research led by scientists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette challenges a long-held assumption about the effects of climate change on marine life: Warmer oceans won't simply make animals smaller.

AI helps uncover oyster DNA changes linked to climate resilience

While a colleague traveled along the East Coast from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico collecting oysters, Northeastern University bioinformatics graduate student Megha Prasad worked away at her computer. She zeroed in on DNA, the molecule containing instructions for making proteins that shape the critters' traits. It also holds the key to their adaptation to the changing climate.

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New Respirometry Method Could Expand Studies of Insect Thermal Biology

This post New Respirometry Method Could Expand Studies of Insect Thermal Biology appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . A new high-throughput respiration-measuring system lets scientists monitor up to 240 insects and other invertebrates at once, making it far easier to study insects' resting metabolic rates and how they respond to temperature and climate change. [Read more] The post New Respirometry Method Could Expand Studies of Insect Thermal Biology appeared first on Entomology Today .

Tractor-Mounted Vacuum Shows Potential as New Tool for Field Crop Pest Removal

This post Tractor-Mounted Vacuum Shows Potential as New Tool for Field Crop Pest Removal appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . A tractor-mounted vacuum successfully removed many crop-damaging insects in field tests, offering farmers a promising, pesticide-free option for pest management. Researchers are now refining the system to better target pests while avoiding beneficial insects. [Read more] The post Tractor-Mounted Vacuum Shows Potential as New Tool for Field Crop Pest Removal appeared first on Entomology Today .

A Cross-Border Problem: Modeling New World Screwworm’s South American Range

This post A Cross-Border Problem: Modeling New World Screwworm’s South American Range appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . A new study across South America finds New World screwworm flies thrive in warm, moist regions and may persist through wildlife reservoirs. Researchers raise concerns about surveillance gaps and the need for coordinated cross-border action to protect animal and human health. [Read more] The post A Cross-Border Problem: Modeling New World Screwworm’s South American Range appeared first on Entomology Today .

Reading the Rainbow: Butterfly Color Signals Combine UV, Visible Light

This post Reading the Rainbow: Butterfly Color Signals Combine UV, Visible Light appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . A new study explores the patterns of pigmentation and wing scale structure in Delias butterflies that reflect both visible colors and ultraviolet light. Researchers say the classical palette of warning coloration may contain colors that humans have been overlooking all along. [Read more] The post Reading the Rainbow: Butterfly Color Signals Combine UV, Visible Light appeared first on Entomology Today .

Deep Work in the Wild: Making the Most of Station Life

This post Deep Work in the Wild: Making the Most of Station Life appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . For entomology students, life does not always take place amid a crowded campus and busy hallways. One entomology graduate student shares how working and living at a remote research station has shaped her academic experience and career journey. [Read more] The post Deep Work in the Wild: Making the Most of Station Life appeared first on Entomology Today .

How One Entomologist is Collaborating With Software Engineers to Improve Farming

This post How One Entomologist is Collaborating With Software Engineers to Improve Farming appeared first on Entomology Today - Brought to you by the Entomological Society of America . Meet Clay Morrow, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher at Cornell, expert in plant-insect interactions and cross-disciplinary innovation, and subject of the next installment of our "Standout Early Career Professionals" series. [Read more] The post How One Entomologist is Collaborating With Software Engineers to Improve Farming appeared first on Entomology Today .

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The True Pollinators of the Amazon’s “Purple Gold”

A study reveals that native stingless bees drive pollen flow in açaí crops, highlighting why standing forests are vital to agricultural yields.

The Week in Botany October 12, 2026

This week: Fire, Struggles and new African Violets.

Evolutionary relationship between organellar DNA inheritance patterns and traits of seed plants

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*Ludwigia alternifolia*

The plant named after its seedbox.

Science Shared: October 10

This week: It's been a busy week for *Arabidopsis thaliana*.

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Happy Birthday Fiji

Harnessing genetic variation for grain quality from diverse wheat landraces

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Climate drivers of mesophyll conductance: temperature and water deficit alter CO2 diffusion and leaf anatomy in cotton

New Phytologist, EarlyView.

When Does a Partnership Stop Working? Hornworts Reveal the Hidden Complexity of Symbiosis With Cyanobacteria

Hornworts and cyanobacteria show that even ancient partnerships can depend on where, when and how their partners meet.

Global distributions and environmental correlates of community leaf length and width in forests

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Humidity‐driven shape morphing enhances fog harvesting in porous cactus spines

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Cell wall integrity and elicitor peptide signaling modulate jasmonic acid‐mediated camalexin production in Arabidopsis

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Control of organ size by TAS3A

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Palatability of geophyte underground storage organs partially explains their depth in the Cape Floristic Region, geophyte capital of the world

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.

A practical prioritization strategy for vegetation‐focused restoration of anthropogenic wastelands

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.

Placing very long branch taxa in the plant tree of life: A case study with Dioscoreales mycoheterotrophs

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.

From ice age to present: Clonal expansion and genetic variation in the world's oldest conifer stand

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.

Geographic isolation promoted species divergence of two closely related Cycas species in distinct river basins

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New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great Sphinx

A new species of extinct crocodile from Egypt has been discovered, sharing more than just its home with the Great Sphinx. Herugavialis cairensis was found in the very same rocks used to build the iconic monument. And, just as the Sphinx is famously missing the tip of its nose, the fossil crocodile is also missing […] The post New crocodile species discovered in rocks used to build the Great Sphinx appeared first on Geology Page .

Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests

The earliest animals may have evolved hundreds of millions of years before their first unmistakable fossils appear in the fossil record, according to a new study led by the University of Oxford. The findings, published in Science Advances, suggest animals may have originated deep in the Neoproterozoic Era, even before some of the most extreme […] The post Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests appeared first on Geology Page .

Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish

Scientists have discovered several 518-million-year-old fossils that reshape understanding of the origins of the animal group containing starfish. The fossils show that these animals ate using tentacles rather than passively using their gills, as previously thought. The fossilized animals, discovered in southwestern China and named Yujingia glutenotunica, are thought to be close to the last […] The post Half-billion-year-old fossils rewrite the origin story of starfish appeared first on Geology Page .

New feathered, winged dinosaur from China challenges our theories on bird and dinosaur evolution

A newly described feathered dinosaur found in northeastern China adds evidence supporting the theory that flight-related features evolved differently in various bird-like dinosaur groups. The findings, reported in Nature Communications, are based on an analysis of an exceptionally well-preserved fossil of a microraptorine (a small dinosaur with feathers and wings) found in a geological formation […] The post New feathered, winged dinosaur from China challenges our theories on bird and dinosaur evolution appeared first on Geology Page .

Ancient bird becomes second Australian species to be named from the Cretaceous period

A pair of exceptionally rare Cretaceous bird bones found at separate sites near Richmond, Queensland, reveal a previously unknown species—the second formally named Cretaceous bird from Australia. Cretaceous bird fossils are extremely scarce in Australia, with fewer than a dozen isolated bones reported, making these finds especially significant. The research is published in the Journal […] The post Ancient bird becomes second Australian species to be named from the Cretaceous period appeared first on Geology Page .

New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of their mothers

Around 309 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs, the area around Chicago was a swampy river delta swarming with early land-dwelling animals, giant insects and strange swimming animals. What was once a hotbed for new forms of life to flourish and evolve has become one of today’s richest Carboniferous period fossil deposits. Two student […] The post New species of proto-amphibian described by students, named in honor of their mothers appeared first on Geology Page .

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Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring

StudentSim is a research system for evaluating and improving AI tutoring tools before they are tested with learners. It models how individuals may engage with tutors, giving feedback to improve tutor performance across subjects like chess, writing, and mathematics. The post Simulating student learning for better AI tutoring appeared first on Microsoft Research .

Impactful scheduling for GPU clusters

Sophos cuts threat investigation time by 96% with OpenAI Daybreak

Discover how Sophos uses OpenAI’s Daybreak to cut cyber-threat investigation time by 96% and automate 52% of MDR cases while preserving human oversight.

Asana cuts model costs 76x in browser tests with GPT-6.1 Sol

Using GPT-6 Astra in Codex, Asana made its browser agent 76x cheaper and 5x faster in tests to offer customers more capable models.

How Oracle turns days of work into minutes with ChatGPT and Codex

Across recruiting, engineering, and operations, Oracle turns specialist knowledge into fast, repeatable workflows with ChatGPT Work and Codex.

Pollo AI turns creative ideas into campaigns with OpenAI

With GPT-5.6, GPT-6 Astra, and GPT‑Image‑2.5, Pollo AI helps creators turn bold ideas into detailed images and cinematic video ads.

LegalOn halves Codex costs while maintaining development speed

LegalOn cut estimated daily Codex costs by 65% while maintaining development speed. It matched Astra, Sol, and Luna to tasks and managed budgets strategically.

The model that didn't exist, so you made it yourself

Disrupting AI-enabled “false front” operations

OpenAI disrupted two AI-enabled influence operations that used false-front journalists and a think tank to spread geopolitical messaging.

Multimodal open d1 decision models for the edge

Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses

Training AI agents with reinforcement learning can be challenging because their tools, context, and decision-making are managed by complex frameworks. Agent Lightning connects existing agents to RL training, making it easier to improve them without rebuilding them. The post Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses appeared first on Microsoft Research .

Introducing Falcon ASR

One Model Family, Two Gold-Level Results: Fine-Tuning Nemotron for IOI and IMO

EmbeddingGemma 2: an open, lightweight multimodal embedding model

What AI gets wrong and what failure teaches us

Jennifer Neville did not want to go into computer science—but that’s exactly where she landed. Neville discusses the starts and stops that led to her professional sweet spot and her work identifying “surprising failures” making it hard for AI to handle complexity. The post What AI gets wrong and what failure teaches us appeared first on Microsoft Research .

The Agent Said It Was Done. The Database Disagreed.

Gemini 4 Argon: our next era of frontier intelligence

Forecasting space weather risks on power grids

Extreme space-weather events can damage power systems on Earth and degrade GPS accuracy and satellite operations. A new machine learning system can predict where damage is likely to occur 30-60 minutes before a storm arrives. The post Forecasting space weather risks on power grids appeared first on Microsoft Research .

Introducing SynthID Bio

Proof of concept for watermarking AI-generated proteins while preserving biological function.

Introducing Quine: An AI research system designed for the complexity of biology

Biology doesn't operate in silos, and neither should the AI representation of it. Quine is an early-stage research effort to create a multimodal world model of biology. By connecting insights across biological scales and modalities, Quine helps scientists computationally search a space far larger than intuition allows and prioritize hypotheses before they reach the lab. Experimental results provide important feedback, helping researchers sharpen future research directions. The post Introducing Quine: An AI research system designed for the complexity of biology appeared first on Microsoft Research .

One year in: How Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore is advancing research, partnership and talent for real-world impact

Since launching a year ago, the Microsoft Research Asia — Singapore lab has established a strong foundation, deepened collaboration across government, academia, and industry, and explored how frontier AI research can create real-world value. The post One year in: How Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore is advancing research, partnership and talent for real-world impact appeared first on Microsoft Research .

Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar

Advancing Private AI Compute with secure, server-side memory

Introducing private, server-side memory to Private AI Compute for personal AI.

Gemini 3.8 text-to-speech says hello

Understanding Convolutions on Graphs

Understanding the building blocks and design choices of graph neural networks.

A Gentle Introduction to Graph Neural Networks

What components are needed for building learning algorithms that leverage the structure and properties of graphs?

Distill Hiatus

After five years, Distill will be taking a break.

Adversarial Reprogramming of Neural Cellular Automata

Reprogramming Neural CA to exhibit novel behaviour, using adversarial attacks.

Weight Banding

Weights in the final layer of common visual models appear as horizontal bands. We investigate how and why.

Branch Specialization

When a neural network layer is divided into multiple branches, neurons self-organize into coherent groupings.

Importing a frontend Javascript library without a build system

I like writing Javascript without a build system and for the millionth time yesterday I ran into a problem where I needed to figure out how to import a Javascript library in my code without using a build system, and it took FOREVER to figure out how to import it because the library’s setup instructions assume that you’re using a build system. Luckily at this point I’ve mostly learned how to navigate this situation and either successfully use the library or decide it’s too difficult and switch to a different library, so here’s the guide I wish I had to importing Javascript libraries years ago. I’m only going to talk about using Javacript libraries on the frontend, and only about how to use them in a no-build-system setup.

Why pipes sometimes get "stuck": buffering

Here’s a niche terminal problem that has bothered me for years but that I never really understood until a few weeks ago. Let’s say you’re running this command to watch for some specific output in a log file: tail -f /some/log/file | grep thing1 | grep thing2 If log lines are being added to the file relatively slowly, the result I’d see is… nothing! It doesn’t matter if there were matches in the log file or not, there just wouldn’t be any output. I internalized this as “uh, I guess pipes just get stuck sometimes and don’t show me the output, that’s weird”, and I’d handle it by just running grep thing1 /some/log/file | grep thing2 instead, which would work. So as I’ve been doing a terminal deep dive over the last few months I was really excited to finally learn exactly why this happens. why this happens: buffering The reason why “pipes get stuck” sometimes is that it’s VERY common for programs to buffer their output before writing it to a pipe or file.

"Rules" that terminal programs follow

Recently I’ve been thinking about how everything that happens in the terminal is some combination of: Your operating system ’s job Your shell ’s job Your terminal emulator ’s job The job of whatever program you happen to be running (like top or vim or cat ) The first three (your operating system, shell, and terminal emulator) are all kind of known quantities – if you’re using bash in GNOME Terminal on Linux, you can more or less reason about how how all of those things interact, and some of their behaviour is standardized by POSIX. But the fourth one (“whatever program you happen to be running”) feels like it could do ANYTHING. How are you supposed to know how a program is going to behave?

What's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup?

Hello! Recently I ran a terminal survey and I asked people what frustrated them. One person commented: There are so many pieces to having a modern terminal experience. I wish it all came out of the box. My immediate reaction was “oh, getting a modern terminal experience isn’t that hard, you just need to….”, but the more I thought about it, the longer the “you just need to…” list got, and I kept thinking about more and more caveats. So I thought I would write down some notes about what it means to me personally to have a “modern” terminal experience and what I think can make it hard for people to get there. what is a “modern terminal experience”? Here are a few things that are important to me, with which part of the system is responsible for them: multiline support for copy and paste : if you paste 3 commands in your shell, it should not immediately run them all! That’s scary!

Some terminal frustrations

A few weeks ago I ran a terminal survey (you can read the results here ) and at the end I asked: What’s the most frustrating thing about using the terminal for you? 1600 people answered, and I decided to spend a few days categorizing all the responses. Along the way I learned that classifying qualitative data is not easy but I gave it my best shot. I ended up building a custom tool to make it faster to categorize everything. As with all of my surveys the methodology isn’t particularly scientific. I just posted the survey to Mastodon and Twitter, ran it for a couple of days, and got answers from whoever happened to see it and felt like responding. Here are the top categories of frustrations! I think it’s worth keeping in mind while reading these comments that 40% of people answering this survey have been using the terminal for 21+ years 95% of people answering the survey have been using the terminal for at least 4 years These comments aren’t coming from total beginners. Here are the categories of frustrations!

How to add a directory to your PATH

I was talking to a friend about how to add a directory to your PATH today. It’s something that feels “obvious” to me since I’ve been using the terminal for a long time, but when I searched for instructions for how to do it, I actually couldn’t find something that explained all of the steps – a lot of them just said “add this to ~/.bashrc ”, but what if you’re not using bash? What if your bash config is actually in a different file? And how are you supposed to figure out which directory to add anyway? So I wanted to try to write down some more complete directions and mention some of the gotchas I’ve run into over the years. Here’s a table of contents: step 1: what shell are you using? step 2: find your shell’s config file a note on bash’s config file step 3: figure out which directory to add step 3.

DSLs Enable Reliable Use of LLMs

LLMs generate code incredibly fast, but to ensure they generate exactly what is intended, they need clear boundaries. Abstractions and Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) provide a strong harness that guides LLMs right from the start. Unmesh Joshi describes how the example of Tickloom - a domain model and DSL for illustrating distributed system behavior - shows how we can use an LLM as a partner to iteratively build a DSL and as a natural language interface to use it. Such a DSL can act as the key source of truth for software systems in the world of LLMs. more…

The Archaeologist’s Copilot

When people think of legacy modernization, most folks aren't imagining the target environment will be Java 8. But this was the challenge facing Nik Malykhin when he needed to run a Java 1.5 codebase on today's hardware. His early use of LLMs gave plausible answers that did not hold up in the codebase. Progress came when he grounded the process in evidence, using AI to support analysis, validation in a stable Docker environment, and gradual refactoring protected by tests. The main takeaway is practical: AI was most useful when constrained by evidence, clear roles, and a step-by-step modernization strategy. more…

Fragments: July 21

With this post, I’ll wrap up my notes from the second Future of Software Development Retreat . But before I do, I should note that the full Thoughtworks report on the retreat is now available . They have five headline findings: Code generation is no longer the bottleneck — verification is. ‘Harness engineering’ is emerging as a distinct, ownable discipline. Organizations are colliding with a real apprenticeship crisis. The executive/engineer expectation gap is a bigger risk than any technical limitation. Legacy modernization is the clearest, most defensible near-term value pool. ❄ ❄ A session convened around the mismatch of views about using LLMs between engineers using it and the C-suite and boards that were calling for it. The concern is that boards are looking at promised productivity gains, and not concerned enough about the risks, particularly about security. This was illustrated by one tale of a company that used ML-trained software to optimize the replacement of air filters on their field equipment.

Why I’m Writing Rachel’s Ramblings

TL;DR I have ideas. I haven’t been writing them. That’s about to change. I promise… myself. I’ve been thinking a lot about talent. Actually, I’ve been thinking a lot about thinking. And writing. Or more specifically, not writing. This really hit me earlier this year at the Future of Software conference. I was surrounded by people sharing their latest ideas and I had a slightly uncomfortable realization: I have my own. Not just opinions. Actual patterns. Hypotheses. Things I’m seeing across clients, across teams, across the industry that feel new or at least not well articulated yet in a way that a leader can think about and act upon in some way that can influence how they strategise and plan for the future. Because helping clients and other leaders internal and external to thoughtworks do this is actually a big part of what I do and without letting my northern humbleness get in my own way, I’m actually pretty good at it. If I wasn’t I wouldn’t be the global CTO of a future thinking tech org, you know the kind that has Martin Fowler as its Chief Scientist.

The Orchestrator's Tax

Subagents get justified by time saved and parallel execution, but Rahul Garg explains that's not what matters most. Every token in the orchestrator's context is competing for its attention, and the real value of a subagent is what it keeps out of that context. Subagents should be treated as a tool for protecting the orchestrator's working memory, offloading reasoning it doesn't need to hold onto. Doing this well means giving the orchestrator explicit ground rules for when and how to delegate. more…

The Economic Benefit of Refactoring

Giles Edwards-Alexander does an experiment to see if decomposing a large function helps reduce token costs, suggesting that is may now be possible to measure the economic benefit of refactoring more…

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Goodbye Mark Stephens AKA Bob Cringely

McGruber writes: I learned of Robert X. Cringely's passing from Avram Miller, who wrote: My friend Mark Stephens died last Saturday. Most of the world knew him as Robert X. Cringely. I knew him as the neighbor who stood with me on garage roofs in Sonoma County, pointing dish antennas at distant ridge tops in 2020, because it was not possible to get a broadband internet connection at my location. That is how we became friends, more than 25 years ago. We managed to use directional wifi and created a link to someone that had broadband several miles from my home. Mark was creative, technically competent and a dreamer. He was a gifted writer and storyteller. One of the few historians of his time to track the development of the computer industry. Sometimes we would dream together. He and his family lived close to our home in Sonoma for many years. He had an amazing family including a wonderful wife, MaryAlyce. Eventually they moved back to South Carolina where is wife had family. With all his moving and all my moving, we did not communicate often but we meant a lot to each other.

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September sponsors-only newsletter

I just sent the September edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter . If you are a sponsor (or start a sponsorship now) you can access it here . This month: More Fable class models A pricing war 3D graphics, Blender, and pixel art LLMs come for mathematics So many more accidental cyberattacks The vulnapocalypse comes for Datasette What I'm using right now My software releases this month 2026 in LLMs (so far) Here's a copy of the August newsletter as a preview of what you'll get. Pay $10/month to stay a month ahead of the free copy! Tags: newsletter

We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything

Here's a product feature which the world is going to need a whole lot more of over the coming months and years: default hard budget caps . I'm talking about the feature of pay-by-usage services and APIs that lets you say "after $X/month, cut this thing off and return errors". These need to be hard limits. Soft caps, "after $X/month, send me a warning email", will not cut it. Coding agents, and personal agents (coding agents wrapped in a less threatening UI), greatly reduce the friction of spinning up code that can do useful things. Sometimes those things cost money - calls to paid APIs, or hosted web applications, or systems that can bill for additional storage and compute. Nobody wants to wake up to an email sent at midnight warning about a budget limit and find that, while they slept, their rogue service had consumed several hundred (or several thousand) more dollars of usage. An argument against this is that businesses don't want their hosted applications to start throwing errors because some budget was exceeded.

Qwen3.8 27B addition in words

Research: Qwen3.8 27B addition in words Colin Frasier posted on Bluesky about an experiment he ran over two years ago using GPT-4o to see how well it could "compute the sum but return the answer in words" across increasingly large numbers. Here's the chart he shared of those results: I'm confident GPT-4o didn't cheat and use a calculator, especially since it got so many of the calculations wrong, but I was inspired to run the experiment again on local hardware (a DGX Spark) to explore the effect in a fully controlled environment. I pasted his image into a Codex Remote session (GPT-6 Astra) and had it run the same experiment using Qwen3.8-27B-Q4_K_M.gguf . Here's the result for a run of 30 attempts per combination with reasoning disabled: Then I ran it again with reasoning enabled.

Quoting Felix Rieseberg

The "old" version of Cowork runs model inference in the cloud, executing tool calls in an Anthropic-provided VM we shipped to your computer. We added the VM for capability, safety, and security reasons - mapping in just the data you explicitly added to your session. People loved what they were able to do with Claude but didn't love the disk, battery, and performance cost of running the VM locally. Also, people didn't love that closing your laptop means the work stops. The "new" version of Cowork runs model inference and the VM in the cloud. Each session gets its own sandbox, not sharing state with other sessions. When the VM needs something on the users' device (like a file), the desktop app is responsible for that file access tool call. [...] We think this solves a lot of problems we've heard about (like using Cowork from a phone, keeping work running, or getting all the same power without losing battery to the VM) — Felix Rieseberg , Anthropic, see also this help page Tags: claude-cowork , anthropic , claude , generative-ai , ai , general-agents , llms

Scrimshaw Jukebox

Tool: Scrimshaw Jukebox I wanted to see if Claude Opus 5.5 could compose music, so I tried this : I want you to write some computer game music for me. First design simple text based format for the music and build an artifact that can play it out loud - include some example tracks in that artifact I am looking for music of the quality of the original secret of Monkey Island It leaned a lot harder into the Monkey Island theme than I had intended, but the results are surprisingly good. I wonder if the ability to compose competent music is similar to the 3D graphics thing - a new capability for text models that emerged in the past few months? Would need some careful experiments with other recent and not-so-recent models to confirm if this is new or if they've been able to do this for a while. Tags: ai , generative-ai , llms , claude , vibe-coding

datasette-atom 0.11a0

Release: datasette-atom 0.11a0 A minor fix for compatibility with the latest Datasette alphas. This meant we could upgrade the datasette.io site to Datasette 1.0a41. Tags: atom , datasette

Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale (Rhea Rose Abraham/Reuters)

Rhea Rose Abraham / Reuters : Character.AI files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, agrees to sell some assets to Disney for $20M, and plans to keep operating as it completes the sale   —  Character.AI said on Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and agreed to sell some of its assets to Walt Disney (DIS.N) for $20 million.

IDC: Nvidia's AI chip shipments in China fell 44% YoY to 678K in H1 2026, as its market share slid to 34% amid US export curbs and rising domestic competition (Reuters)

Reuters : IDC: Nvidia's AI chip shipments in China fell 44% YoY to 678K in H1 2026, as its market share slid to 34% amid US export curbs and rising domestic competition   —  Nvidia's (NVDA.O) share of China's market for data-centre AI chips fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, as US export controls restricted supplies …

China-based Transsion, which dominates the market for smartphones in Africa, raised $390M from a Hong Kong share sale after pricing the deal near the top end (Sangmi Cha/Bloomberg)

Sangmi Cha / Bloomberg : China-based Transsion, which dominates the market for smartphones in Africa, raised $390M from a Hong Kong share sale after pricing the deal near the top end   —  Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co., which dominates the market for smartphones in Africa, raised HK$3.1 billion ($390 million) …

Anthropic says new measures like preserved thinking in Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 have reduced data harvesting through distillation attacks by about 90% to 99% (Anthropic)

Anthropic : Anthropic says new measures like preserved thinking in Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 have reduced data harvesting through distillation attacks by about 90% to 99%   —  In recent months, we've made substantial progress on reducing the effectiveness of distillation attacks on Claude using new methods, as we outline in this blog.

Sources: NTT Data is in advanced talks to build a data center for Anthropic in Osaka of up to 500 MW, among Japan's largest, potentially costing $6.3B (Nikkei Asia)

Nikkei Asia : Sources: NTT Data is in advanced talks to build a data center for Anthropic in Osaka of up to 500 MW, among Japan's largest, potentially costing $6.3B   —  TOKYO/OSAKA — NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in western Japan for U.S. AI company Anthropic, multiple sources have told Nikkei.

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang on the Muse app, Muse Wonder, the risks of committing $100B+ to AI, rebooting Meta's AI team, agentic commerce, more (Cheeky Pint)

Cheeky Pint : Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg and Alexandr Wang on the Muse app, Muse Wonder, the risks of committing $100B+ to AI, rebooting Meta's AI team, agentic commerce, more   —  As Meta scales its AI infrastructure past five gigawatts, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO, Meta) and Alexandr Wang …

A look at OpenAI’s math that’s claimed computes faster Fourier transforms

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China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024

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The Dock on Mac, from OS 10 to macOS 27

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AI Models Can Provably Hide Arbitrary Capabilities

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Show HN: SolidCraft – Open-Source Parametric CAD in Rust (With MCP Support)

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Blood cells from 80-year-old donor become stem cells with molecular age under 20

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39-year-old unvaccinated woman becomes 6th measles death in Pennsylvania

As of Friday, state health officials reported 1,136 cases across 41 counties.

Epic Games reportedly pivoting to "AI first" game development model

"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.

After a 10-year redemption arc, No Man's Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

You can get a universe in your pocket if you have an iPhone 11 or later.

WHO report on Russian lab worker death highlights "key uncertainty"

Without a cause of death, it's unclear if Russia's precautions were the right ones.

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.

Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine

Russian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.

[$] The 2026 Maintainers Summit

The Maintainers Summit is a one-day, invitation-only gathering of about 30 kernel developers; it is held once each year to discuss policy-related issues that are not always amenable to resolution via email. The 2026 event was scheduled for October 8 in Prague, Czechia. Unsurprisingly, the discussion there was dominated by large language models (LLMs) and their effect on the development community, but some time was also found to talk about security bugs and long-term succession planning.

LineageOS 24 released

The LineageOS project, which produces an Android-based distribution for mobile devices, has announced the release of LineageOS 24.0. We're a bit sentimental about this release, as it precedes a really fun upcoming milestone. On December 24, 2026, LineageOS will celebrate 10 years. It's a remarkable milestone for a project built by a passionate community of developers, maintainers, contributors, and users who have kept so many devices alive along the way. [...] We've been hard at work rebasing all of our changes and features since Android 17's release in June. Android 17's first release mainly contained iterative improvements and some UI/UX refinements, but due to our previous efforts adapting to Google's heavy refactoring over the last several versions, we were able to rebase onto Android 17's code-base faster than anticipated. Yes you read that right: We're early this year!

Security updates for Monday

Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (cjose, compat-openssl10, compat-openssl11, curl, dogtag-pki, dovecot, emacs, glibc, kernel, openssl, python3.12, python3.14, and sssd), Debian (chromium, ghostscript, tor, and vips), Fedora (kernel, libical, markdownlint-cli2, openbao, openvpn, php-getid3, python3.10, python3.11, and python3.13), Mageia (capnproto, chirp, flatpak, freetype2, hamlib, mingw-pcre2, pcre2, openssl, tomcat, tomcat-native, and xdg-dbus-proxy), Oracle (bind, cjose, dogtag-pki, dovecot, firefox, kernel, nodejs:24, openssl, pki-core:10.6, python3.12, python3.14, ruby:2.5, rust-sequoia-sq, sssd, and tftp), Red Hat (libxml2), Slackware (mutt), SUSE (apache-sshd, bind, ccache, chromium, cpp13, dash, expat, fetchmail, flatpak, golang-github-prometheus-prometheus, grafana, system-user-grafana, incus, libpng16-16, libsoup, logback, openssh8.

Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc7

The 7.3-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for testing. According to Linus: " As always, I would have preferred to see a smaller rc, but it's not like anything in here looks like a reason to delay the final release. So that's still set for next weekend unless something new comes up. " One notable change that slipped into the mainline this week is the deprecation of the ext4 data=journal mode; it will be removed entirely at the beginning of 2028.

Stable kernels 7.2.10 and 6.18.56

The 7.2.10 and 6.18.56 stable kernels have been released. Each contains another several hundred important fixes.

Reason is more than a tool ⊗ The opposite of the apocalypse is a neighborhood

No.420 — Fabien Girardin on curiosity as resilience ⊗ Feeling future shock? ⊗ Agent activities found on Wikimedia projects ⊗ Fifty billion seedlings ⊗ A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries

Python 3.15 released

Version 3.15 of the Python programming language has been released. Notable changes in this release include the addition of the sentinel and frozendict built-in types, the use of UTF-8 encoding by default, package start-up configuration files , as well as improvements in the experimental JIT compiler . See the " What's new in Python 3.15 " article for an in-depth look at new features in this release, and the changelog for a full list of changes.

Artificial symbiotic intelligence ⊗ The politics of the planetary

No.419 — Commodified Intelligence ⊗ Design fiction mood board ⊗ 2026 in LLMs (so far) ⊗ Who shapes the territory? ⊗ Boundary-breaking installations

In defence of the unfinished future ⊗ Penchants of the polymaths

No.418 — Beyond the Gaia-Borg dichotomy ⊗ Anthropic has set up a bio research lab ⊗ Germany is building an ark for US climate data ⊗ Human brain is two separate organs

Towards kindred futures ⊗ What more-than-human really means

No.417 — The map fiction missed ⊗ Cognitive integrity ⊗ The massive layer of life just beneath our feet ⊗ NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The map fiction missed

Canada and the European Union are discussing an associate membership for Canada, a scenario I can’t recall seeing in science fiction or alternate history. Speculative maps of North America have usually split Canada into successor states or handed its pieces to rival blocs.

Lifted AF ⊗ Cyborgs, centaurs and cyberpunks

No.416 — The importance of reading (and teaching) cyberpunk ⊗ Anticipatory literacy coaching ⊗ AI’s next ethical dilemma ⊗ Solar desert power ⊗ Are crows really our friends?

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Next.js

We're very proud to open-source Next.js , a small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript webapps, built on top of React, Webpack and Babel, which powers this very site! Read more

Next.js 2.0

More than 3.1 million developers read our announcement post of Next.js . More than 110 contributors have submitted patches, examples or improved our documentation. Over 10,000 developers have starred us on GitHub . Today, we are proud to introduce Next 2.0 to the world. What follows is a quick summary of every new feature and improvement we have made. Read more

Next 3.0 Preview: Static Exports and Dynamic Imports

On the heels of our announcement of free static deployments earlier today, we are excited to introduce a beta release of the upcoming Next.js 3.0, featuring next export , dynamic components and various bugfixes. Read more

Next.js 3.0

We are very excited excited to announce the stable release of Next.js 3.0. Ever since our beta announcement , we have been using it to power vercel.com and have received lots of feedback and contributions from our community . Let’s walk through what’s been improved and what’s altogether new, or fetch the latest version from npm ! New to Next.js? Next.js is a zero-configuration, single-command toolchain for React apps, with built-in server-rendering, code-splitting and more. Check out Learn Next.js to get started! Read more

Next.js 4: React 16 and styled-jsx 2

We are happy to introduce Next.js 4 , which features support for React 16 and introduces a major upgrade for the default styling engine styled-jsx with support for dynamic styles . Read more

Towards Next.js 5: Introducing Canary Updates

On the heels of the announcements of canary releases for Hyper , Now CLI , and Now Desktop , we are glad to announce the immediate availability of a canary channel for Next.js. In addition, we are excited to share some of the goals we are currently working on towards the release of Next.js 5! Read more

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Announcing AWS Lambda Web Functions

AWS Lambda Web Functions is a serverless compute primitive that runs your HTTP framework natively, delivering fast, consistent responses through multi-concurrent execution and automated global distribution.

GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase

Learn how to add custom instructions and skills to your repository, use custom agents, and connect MCP servers like Playwright. The post GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

Agentic data science with the Data Agent Kit

Imagine your compliance team notices that payments are taking longer than expected to clear. They suspect fraud, and you’re the data scientist helping figure out which transactions to investigate first. Assembling that shortlist requires ingesting and cleaning raw transaction logs, training a model on past fraud, scoring new records, and scheduling the pipeline to run daily. Here’s how you can build that workflow end to end with an agent, using the Data Agent Kit inside the Antigravity IDE. Introducing the Data Agent Kit Data Agent Kit helps you work with Google Cloud data through a plugin for coding agents or an extension for Visual Studio Code-based IDEs . It brings two significant additions to the workflow: Help for your agent: MCP tools connect your agent to data services.

10 Years of the SRE book: Announcing the second edition of "Site Reliability Engineering”

A decade ago, Google released Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems with O'Reilly Media. What began as a collection of our practices for managing large-scale infrastructure became a bestselling book, and inspired many organizations to adopt the reliability practices it outlined: applying software engineering to operations to build systems that are scalable, reliable, and sustainable. Over the past ten years, computing landscapes have undergone profound shifts. AI, microservices, multi-cloud deployments, serverless paradigms, and platform engineering have all reshaped how we build and operate software. To mark the 10th anniversary of the book's release, we are excited to announce the completely rewritten second edition of the Google SRE book, reflecting a decade of lessons learned both inside Google and across the broader industry, to offer fresh guidance tailored for today's operational challenges. Why update the book?

Trusted Data Apps for the Agentic Data Cloud, powered by Looker

As a business intelligence user, this probably sounds familiar: Most dashboards only provide you with a standardized canvas and a fixed library of charts, and the “analysis” consists of a CSV export that takes you to another system. Or sometimes it's designing the dashboard that’s the challenge: You can picture the executive briefing, the customer-facing portal, or the interactive explainer that you want, but can’t assemble it out of the available grid tiles. Either way, the solution has always been to build a custom application. The advent of AI has sped up the process — a working prototype now takes an afternoon — but the excitement of that first demo fades fast. Without access to governed data, row-level security, an infrastructure owner, or a clear path through security review, a tool written by an LLM is simply a prototype that can never go to production. Today, to bridge this gap, we are announcing Looker Data Apps (in preview) — pairing the speed of agent-generated applications with the governance, security, and trust of your existing Looker governance framework.

Introducing TimesFM 3.0 with multivariate time-series forecasting in BigQuery

Overview Since introducing zero-shot time-series forecasting in BigQuery with AI.FORECAST — initially powered by TimesFM 2.0 and later upgraded to TimesFM 2.5 — you have been able to generate forecasts directly in SQL without training or managing custom models. However, up until TimesFM 2.5, these foundation models were limited to univariate forecasting, predicting future values from the history of a single time series alone. In practice, most real-world forecasting problems are multivariate, where related targets and external drivers like weather, promotions, and holidays jointly shape future outcomes. Today, we are thrilled to announce the preview of TimesFM 3.0 in BigQuery. Developed by Google Research, TimesFM 3.0 is a 330-million parameter state-of-the-art foundation model designed to unlock native multivariate time-series forecasting directly inside BigQuery SQL. TimesFM 3.

Filter, reshape, and redact logs before export with Transformers

Logpush now supports Transformers, allowing teams to filter, redact, and reshape log streams using SQL before export. Powered by Apache DataFusion and Apache Arrow, Transformers apply those changes directly to log data before it reaches the destination.

Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture

Maia 300 operates as a single platform to meet the demands of cloud-scale agentic inference. The post Deep dive into Azure Maia 300 architecture appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Resource delegation review update: Q3 2026

APNIC reported progress on the resource delegation review program at APNIC 62.

Seven years of IPv6 in production: Lessons from one million broadband subscribers

Guest Post: IPv6 deployment is often described as a protocol upgrade. In reality, operating IPv6 at broadband scale is a test of subscriber management, DHCP, CPE interoperability, observability, and operational processes. Over seven years, WorldLink Communications grew to more than one million dual-stack subscribers, with around 70% of traffic now carried over IPv6. Here are the lessons that mattered most.

Introducing Clef-omni with full multimodality, plus a faster Clef and a cheaper Clef-flash

We are expanding the Clef decision model family with Clef-omni, natively processing audio, video, images, and text in a single pipeline. We’ve also lowered Clef-flash pricing and boosted Clef inference speeds by up to 2.0x.

Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build

The barriers to building software have collapsed. Today, anyone can build. Hackathons are a great place to start learning. The post Hack the World: Why hackathons are still the best place to learn to build appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

What’s new with Google Data Cloud

October 5 - October 9 Data Agent Kit is now generally available to bring Google Data Cloud to any coding agent Data Agent Kit provides a free collection of Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools and Google-authored agent skills that connect more than 15 Google Data Cloud services directly to coding agents across VS Code, Antigravity, Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex. This release expands support for developers and data practitioners to inspect schemas, author queries, and build end-to-end data pipelines in natural language directly from their IDE or CLI. Read the announcement blog . Spanner Omni is now generally available for deploy-anywhere, multi-model workloads Spanner Omni brings Spanner's distributed SQL, graph, vector, and key-value capabilities to any environment, including on-premises data centers, other public clouds via Kubernetes or VMs, and local developer laptops. Organizations can build and run multi-model applications with consistent APIs and query engines across hybrid and multi-cloud footprints while seamlessly scaling to managed Spanner on Google Cloud.

Modernizing Unstructured Data Workflows: Alteryx Live Query meets Google Cloud BigQuery

Alteryx One Live Query and Google Cloud BigQuery redefine how enterprises handle complex, unstructured data at scale by reducing reliance on disconnected tools, minimizing data movement, and enabling warehouse-native execution. Live Query provides an intuitive, browser-based environment that allows business users to build sophisticated data pipelines without writing a single line of code. When paired with the scale and performance of BigQuery, this duo enables secure SQL pushdown, meaning data transformation logic is executed directly within the warehouse rather than moving it across the network. This synergy is particularly potent for document-heavy workflows, where Live Query can orchestrate Google’s advanced AI and machine learning models — like Gemini — to extract intelligence from PDFs and images while maintaining the strict data governance and security of the BigQuery environment. From invoice PDFs to govern exception reporting in BigQuery with Live Query Finance and operations teams often find themselves buried under a mountain of vendor invoices.

Introducing on-demand CPU and memory profiling with flamegraphs for Workers and Durable Objects

On-demand CPU and memory profiling for Cloudflare Workers and Durable Objects is now available. Now you can generate interactive flamegraphs directly in production to quickly track down memory leaks and performance bottlenecks.

Deno is joining Cloudflare

The Deno team is joining Cloudflare to radically simplify self-hosting Workers and Durable Objects, so developers can use the same primitives in more places.

Rolling the root key

The root key of the DNS is scheduled to roll on 11 October. How many DNSSEC-validating recursive resolvers have learned of KSK-2024 and incorporated it into their TA sets?

How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate

As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @vaib25vicky, exploring their methodology, techniques, and experiences hacking on GitHub. The post How one bug bounty researcher chooses the features they investigate appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

Bridging technical depth and usability: The story behind Radar’s redesign

We redesigned Cloudflare Radar to make real-time global traffic and outage data accessible to a wider audience — including journalists, less technical researchers, and everyday users. By introducing an interactive map and standardized components, we simplified navigation while preserving technical depth.

EC Chair’s update: APNIC 62 and Member Meeting

The APNIC 62 AMM brought Members and the community together to discuss APNIC's financial sustainability, governance, and future direction.

‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and the human future of Artificial Intelligence

The ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ explores how technological power affects dignity, justice, and social responsibility, and calls for both regulation and deeper public engagement in shaping the future.

Secret protection must scale with software

Developers aren’t becoming more careless; they’re being outpaced. The tools that let developers create more software should also take on more of the work of protecting it. The post Secret protection must scale with software appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

Building an evidence-grounded agentic security operations harness on Cloudflare

Cloudflare Managed Defense uses a team of specialized AI agents built on Workers and global network telemetry to analyze security alerts. By separating deterministic evidence collection from model inference, the system delivers grounded recommendations to Managed Defense Analysts.

AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations

The opportunity is bigger than making individual tasks faster. It’s to build a system that learns from how infrastructure is designed, sourced, and operated. The post AI transformation across the infrastructure lifecycle: From supply chain to fleet operations appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

PeeringDB product update: April to September 2026

Guest Post: PeeringDB has expanded Advanced Search with API query generation and interactive facility maps, making it easier to move between manual research and automation. The latest update also introduces data quality improvements, operational enhancements, and plans for a new API architecture designed to support more efficient queries.

Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms

We’re proud to share that Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms. The post Microsoft named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Industrial AIoT Platforms appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development

We're rebuilding GitHub's Git infrastructure while GitHub keeps running, creating a foundation for agent-scale software development. The post Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

The Shift to cgroup v2 in Kubernetes: What You Need to Know

In Linux, cgroups (control groups) are a kernel feature used for managing system resources. Kubernetes uses cgroups to allocate resources like CPU and memory to containers, ensuring that applications run smoothly without interfering with each other. With the release of Kubernetes v1.31, support for v1 cgroup management moved into maintenance mode . Support for v2 cgroup management has been stable since Kubernetes v1.25. Compared with cgroup v1, cgroup v2 provides a single unified hierarchy, a more consistent interface, and a stronger foundation for resource isolation and modern resource-management features. Deprecation of cgroup v1 Kubernetes has deprecated cgroup v1 . Starting with Kubernetes v1.35, failCgroupV1 defaults to true , so the kubelet does not start on a cgroup v1 node by default. Administrators can temporarily set failCgroupV1: false in the kubelet configuration file , but removal will follow the Kubernetes deprecation policy . Further removal work is tracked in KEP-5573: Remove cgroup v1 support . If you are still on a release older than v1.

All the numbers: Amazon Prime Day 2026 powered by AWS

Amazon Prime Day 2026 was exclusively for Prime members and ran June 23–26, 2026 with millions of deals across more than 35 categories. As part of our annual tradition of sharing how AWS powered Prime Day (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025), I want to share the services and chart-topping metrics […]

Scaling Kubernetes Workloads with Node Swap

Memory is often the first hard limit a Kubernetes cluster hits. Nodes run out of RAM long before they run out of CPU, and the new wave of agentic AI workloads makes this worse. These workloads demand large memory footprints to start up and run untrusted code, then sit idle waiting for the next prompt. That idle but resident memory is expensive, and it caps how many pods a node can hold. This is where swap helps. Kubernetes support for running nodes with swap enabled reached General Availability in v1.34, and by backing that swap with fast NVMe solid state drives (SSDs), a node can page out dormant memory and pack in far more pods. This post explains how we benchmarked that approach across three workloads, including CI/CD kernel builds, sandboxed headless browsers, and isolated Python runtimes; we found density gains of up to 3×, often with little or no latency cost.

ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review

We’re launching ReviewBench, a benchmark for code review agents built on representative GitHub pull requests, multi-source ground truth, calibrated evaluation, and production-aligned metrics. The post ReviewBench: An open benchmark for AI code review appeared first on The GitHub Blog .

AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, Q3 service availability updates, Kiro workflows, and more (October 5, 2026)

Last week, we announced a public preview of Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents powered by OpenAI, built on a customized version of OpenAI’s Agents API engineered to be AWS-native and integrated with AWS resources. You can now build agents optimized for OpenAI models that run entirely inside AWS with the identities, permissions, and governance controls you […]

Announcing AWS Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered intelligence to optimize your cloud environment (preview)

Introducing the public preview of AWS Well-Architected Agent, an AI-powered service that analyzes your AWS environment to deliver targeted, contextual recommendations for improving your applications' cost, security, performance, and resilience—with ready-to-implement fixes aligned to your business goals.

Amazon S3 Tables now support all Apache Iceberg V3 data types

Amazon S3 Tables now support all data types in the Apache Iceberg V3 spec, along with column default values, deletion vectors, and row lineage. Upgrade existing V2 tables or create new V3 tables with built-in compaction, maintenance, and engine compatibility.

Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre-filtering for higher recall on filtered searches

Amazon S3 Vectors now supports metadata pre filtering, delivering up to 5x higher recall on filtered searches. Filters evaluate before similarity search so scoped queries return more relevant results. Ideal for RAG, agentic apps, and document search.

Responsible infrastructure at hyperscale: Managing the full lifecycle of Azure hardware

Microsoft is advancing Azure cloud infrastructure with more efficient systems and Circular Centers that extend the useful life of datacenter hardware. The post Responsible infrastructure at hyperscale: Managing the full lifecycle of Azure hardware appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available

With SQL Server on Azure Local, customers can modernize where their data resides while maintaining control over infrastructure, connectivity, and data placement. The post SQL Server on Azure Local is now generally available appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents

Microsoft Fabric and SQL innovations announced at FabCon and SQLCon Barcelona 2026 help organizations build trusted data foundations for AI. The post FabCon and SQLCon 2026 in Barcelona: Building the data foundation for Microsoft Copilot and agents appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog .

Trading a Cloud Identity for Your Own: Workload Attestation on Managed Compute

By Dhruv Pratap Introduction Organizations that have been around for a while usually run two identity systems side by side. One belongs to the cloud provider: IAM roles, instance profiles, execution roles. The other is your own, and it is the one your internal services actually check when they decide whether to answer a request. On infrastructure you build yourself, you can bootstrap your own identity however you like. On managed compute you cannot. The provider hands your process a cloud identity and nothing else. This post describes how we close that gap for Apache Spark workloads running on Amazon EMR. A workload that starts with only an AWS identity has to end up holding a first-class internal identity. Doing the exchange is straightforward. Making it trustworthy is the part that took the design work. Very little of what follows is specific to Spark or to EMR. Two identity systems Internal service-to-service authentication at Netflix runs on a private PKI called Metatron. Every workload gets a short-lived X.509 certificate, and services authenticate each other with mutual TLS.

Spotlight on SIG Apps

As Kubernetes adoption has grown, the conversation has shifted beyond running containers to managing increasingly complex application lifecycles. Modern platforms support stateless web services, stateful databases, batch processing, AI workloads, and platform services. At the same time, they must remain reliable during upgrades, scaling events, and infrastructure failures. Every Kubernetes user relies on SIG Apps, whether they realize it or not. Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, and CronJobs form the foundation of how applications are deployed, updated, scaled, and operated across the Kubernetes ecosystem. SIG Apps is focused on improving workload resilience, refining application lifecycle management, and addressing the operational challenges that emerge when applications encounter node failures, rollout disruptions, and increasingly complex infrastructure environments.

Kubernetes v1.37: Tracking When a PersistentVolumeClaim Was Last Used (Beta)

Kubernetes v1.37 promotes the PersistentVolumeClaimUnusedSinceTime feature gate to Beta (enabled by default). With this feature, the PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) protection controller adds an Unused condition to each PVC, telling you whether any running pod currently references it — no custom tooling or cross-referencing required. For the API definition of PVC conditions, see the PersistentVolumeClaim API reference . Read on to learn how the Unused condition works and how to use it. Why track PVC usage? In large-scale Kubernetes clusters, it is common for users to create PVCs and then delete the associated pods without cleaning up the storage, because Kubernetes does not automatically delete PVCs when their pods are removed (to protect against accidental data loss). Over time, these orphaned PVCs may accumulate, silently consuming storage capacity and driving up cloud costs. Before Kubernetes v1.37, it was easy to identify an unused PersistentVolume, but much harder to determine whether a PVC was still being used.

Leave the Class Path in the Rearview Mirror

Introducing composable, module system native and agent friendly command line tools for modern Java development By Danny Thomas, JVM Ecosystem Team Recent work on the Java language to pave the on-ramp has made it easier than ever to start a Java program and evolve it using the full language and platform. At the end of that on-ramp lies Java’s mature build and dependency management ecosystem, capable of carrying software to enormous scale and complexity. That ecosystem reached its maturity by developing strong models for projects, dependencies, and builds. When the Java Module System arrived, those models were already serving developers exceptionally well. The module descriptor consequently became just another description of the project to keep in agreement. We’re excited to announce a preview of ja and its family of composable tools, that build on the capabilities of the Java Module System to provide a modern command line development experience for Java.

Kubernetes v1.37: Hardening Container Storage with Bind Mount Options and EmptyDir Permissions

Kubernetes v1.37 brings important storage security features: emptyDir permission modes and bind mount options. They help application programmers and security professionals implement rigorous security policies, for example, prohibiting deletion of files across containers or execution of arbitrary binaries from writable volumes, directly in Kubernetes without any complicated circumvention. Linux storage and permission fundamentals Before diving into the new Kubernetes features, let us briefly review the low-level Linux security mechanisms that make them possible. Bind mount flags When Linux mounts or remounts a directory, Virtual File System (VFS) flags control what actions are permitted on that filesystem: noexec : Do not permit direct execution of any binaries on the mounted filesystem. nosuid : Do not allow set-user-identifier or set-group-identifier bits to take effect. nodev : Do not interpret character or block special devices on the file system. Directory permissions and the sticky bit Standard Unix permissions regulate access across three scopes: Owner, Group, and Others (e.g.

Kubernetes v1.37: Pod-Level Resource Managers graduated to Beta

With the release of Kubernetes v1.37, the Pod-Level Resource Managers feature has graduated to Beta status (disabled by default)! First introduced as an Alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.36 , this enhancement builds on Pod-Level Resources by equipping Kubelet's Topology Manager, CPU Manager, and Memory Manager to use Pod-level resource declarations ( .spec.resources ) directly when making hardware placement decisions. Bringing pod-level resources to node managers Before this feature, obtaining exclusive NUMA-aligned CPU cores or memory for latency-critical applications forced cluster operators into an all-or-nothing choice: assign integer resource requests to every container in the Pod, or forfeit exclusive NUMA alignment entirely. For modern workloads running lightweight sidecars (such as logging agents or telemetry exporters), allocating dedicated physical cores to auxiliary containers was wasteful. Pod-Level Resource Managers solves this challenge by enabling hybrid allocation models.

MAPS: Netflix’s Multimodal Asset Personalization at Scale

By Emma Yanyang Kong , Aditya Deshpande , Asad Abbasi , Bowei Yan , David Fagnan , Ashish Rastogi , Dhaval Patel , Ray Zhang Introduction The Netflix experience is a journey of discovery. Every visual cue, from the artwork on a title to the video previews that autoplay while you browse, is there to connect you with a story you will love. We call these visual cues assets , and choosing the right one for each member is a personalization problem of its own. But which image or video preview of Squid Game should we show you? And what do we do right after a title launches, when there’s far too little interaction data to know which asset we should recommend to each member? For years, our models answered the first question well and the second poorly. They learned which assets members interacted with, but treated every asset as an opaque ID, blind to what was actually in the artwork or video preview.

Intent to Ship: JPEG XL

It isn’t often that new image formats land in browsers. In the early 2000s we had JPEG, GIF, and PNG. The 2010s gave us WebP, which was a modest step up from JPEG. But the 2020s have given us two new image formats that are a big step up from previous formats: AVIF and JPEG […] The post Intent to Ship: JPEG XL appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

A Tale of Two Flink Autoscalers

Samuel Yeboah , Francesco Di Chiara and Mingliang Liu Today, Netflix runs two Flink autoscalers. That is exactly one more than we want. We built the first one in-house years ago, when there was no mature option suited to our platform. The second came from the Apache Flink community, and it can scale workloads our homegrown system was never designed for. We now run both in production and are steadily converging on the open-source one. Along the way we learned some hard lessons about metrics, cost, and the real price of maintaining infrastructure you could instead adopt, and we hope they are useful whether you run a handful of Flink jobs or tens of thousands. Why autoscaling is not optional at our scale Netflix has run stream processing on Apache Flink since 2017. As of 2026 we operate more than 30,000 Flink jobs across multiple AWS regions. Most are not deployed by hand; they are generated by our managed platform Data Mesh , so the majority of users never touch a Flink job directly.

How and Why Netflix Built a Real-Time Distributed Graph: Part 3 — Querying the graph with gRPC…

How and Why Netflix Built a Real-Time Distributed Graph: Part 3 — Querying the graph with gRPC execution API Authors: Nilesh Mishra and Ajit Koti This is the third entry of a multi-part blog series describing how we built a Real-Time Distributed Graph (RDG). In Part 1 , we discussed the motivation for creating the RDG and the architecture of the data processing pipeline that populates it. In Part 2 , we discussed how we designed the storage layer to handle billions of nodes and edges while maintaining single-digit-millisecond latency. In Part 3, we will explore how we designed a fast, flexible serving layer to efficiently query the graph. Introduction In Part 1 of this series, we described why Netflix needed a Real-Time Distributed Graph (RDG) and how we used Apache Flink to build an ingestion and processing pipeline that turns streaming events into graph primitives. In Part 2 , we explored how we designed a storage layer capable of handling billions of nodes and edges while still delivering single-digit-millisecond latency.

Modeling Device Capabilities for Analytics

by Aarti Laddha , Richard Diaz-Cool , Rishika Idnani , Venkatesh Selveraj Netflix supports a vast and evolving set of features and content types, ranging from 4K streaming and immersive audio to live streaming and cloud gaming, across a diverse ecosystem of devices. However, not all devices are created equal. Hardware limitations such as available RAM, CPU cores, display capabilities, or platform support mean that some features cannot be supported on certain device models. To ensure the best possible user experience, we rely on a deep understanding of device capabilities. We have invested in building a comprehensive device capability data model and integrating feature flags from internal systems, paving the way for smarter, more granular feature management across our global device landscape. This approach helps us identify bottlenecks in feature penetration and accelerates the pace of innovation. We have designed our data storage and modeling strategies to efficiently support analytics at scale. We use a cumulative table to process information about the device’s capabilities.

PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web

This is the technical companion to our update on Distilled, “Keeping the web open and private in the bot era.” Here we take a deeper look at the problem space, the design we’re proposing, and the problems still left to solve. Bots (and privacy-preserving browsers) not welcome Browse a news site in a private window. Shop […] The post PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

Announcing Web Serial Support in Firefox

Support for Web Serial in Firefox 151 for Desktop Firefox can now connect directly to microcontrollers, development boards, 3D printers, power meters, and other serial-connected hardware from the web. Starting in Firefox 151 for Desktop, support for the Web Serial API allows web applications to communicate with compatible devices without requiring native software. Web Serial […] The post Announcing Web Serial Support in Firefox appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview

Two weeks ago we announced that we had identified and fixed an unprecedented number of latent security bugs in Firefox with the help of Claude Mythos Preview and other AI models. In this post, we’ll go into more detail about how we approached this work, what we found, and advice for other projects on making […] The post Behind the Scenes Hardening Firefox with Claude Mythos Preview appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web

The open web is a critical platform for applications that handle highly sensitive data, from private communications to financial transactions and medical records. Traditionally, servers are trusted to deliver the appropriate code and resources for their web applications to browsers, who then provide a secure and isolated environment for their execution. In some circumstances, this […] The post Trustworthy JavaScript for the Open Web appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .rpm package!

In January, we introduced our Nightly package for RPM-based Linux distributions. Today, we are thrilled to announce it is now available for Firefox Beta! Firefox Beta is great for testing your sites in a version of Firefox that will reach regular users in the coming weeks. If you find any issues, please file them on […] The post Firefox Developer Edition and Beta: Try out Mozilla’s .rpm package! appeared first on Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog .

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The Fitbit Edge is for folks who don’t want to go totally screenless

The Fitbit Edge may not be Google's best-kept fitness-tracking secret, but as of today, its existence is official. The tracker sits smack-dab between the recently launched Fitbit Air and the more powerful Google Pixel Watch 5 in the company's current wearable lineup. Basically, if you have smartwatch fatigue but don't want to give up notifications, […]

CMF’s first wireless speakers look like musical milk cartons

The CMF Speaker Series are the first portable Bluetooth speakers from the budget-focused brand that Nothing created but is in the process of spinning off into an India-based standalone subsidiary. As with many of CMF's products, like the Headphone Pro that launched a year ago, the new speakers deliver affordability alongside unique designs and bright […]

The OnePlus 16 is the company’s most interesting phone in years

Today the OnePlus 16 launched in China, the company's first flagship phone since quitting both the US and European markets this summer. As luck would have it, it also looks like the company's best phone in some time. Like most OnePlus phones, the 16 is positioned around performance, with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen […]

No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

The No Man's Sky universe is about to get a little bit smaller - but in a good way. Hello Games announced that its long-running sci-fi exploration game will be coming to iOS, with versions for both the iPhone and iPad available starting on October 28th. According to Hello's Sean Murray, the mobile version of […]

Android is the best and worst thing about Googlebooks

My first week with the new Android-powered laptops has been about as rocky as anyone's, but I've slowly learned to like them, even if love still feels a ways off. Every moment that's impressed me has been thanks to Android, whether I've been accessing a native version of a useful app or quickly checking my […]

Mechanism’s first Switch 2 case is as awesome as I hoped it would be

Most companies have slowed down releasing new Switch 2 cases, but one of my favorite accessory makers recently debuted its first, after a few delays. The $49 Basecase from Mechanism is a snap-on shell for the console that taps into the company's modular lineup of mounts. You could already mount the Switch 2 in numerous […]

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