Illuminating the Headlines
The sticky proteins amyloid-beta and tau are hallmark features of Alzheimer's disease, but they're not the only contributors to the condition.
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A visitor's smartphone camera caught a structural flaw that trained inspectors missed, raising urgent questions about how theme parks monitor safety on their most popular attractions.
A billionaire tax is on the bubble — as are two rival measures on the same ballot.
For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran. The House approved a war powers resolution late Tuesday that would halt President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action without congressional approval.
John Kennedy grilled the FBI director about a recently revised policy that doesn’t automatically disqualify job applicants who have engaged in bestiality.
The legal whiplash over mail-in ballots has deepened worries about voter confidence and what the administration may do next.
The Trump-appointed board was blocked from adding the inscription "Renovated and Restored by President Donald J.
Just hours before switching sides, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand was lobbying fellow Democrats to pass the bill.
Taylor Swift's Emmy's sketch with Mariska Hargitay turned into a massive Easter Egg dump, and hunt, for Swifties
Democrats want to keep hammering Republicans on the economy and worry a pivot to AI concerns could undercut their core message.
Wall Street expects the Fed to hike rates Wednesday. The president wants a rate cut.
Paramount and State Attorneys General suing to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery were ordered to appear at a two-day settlement conference.
The effective interest rate on US government bonds over 10 years, known as the 10-year Treasury yield, has risen as high as 5.04% but has eased back since.
'An MMO can be challenging in terms of building up and conveying a connection to characters'
Only 34 similar cases worldwide have been reported.
Firms are racing to drill for hydrogen in hopes of finding a dirt-cheap green-energy source.
The FLEX and Copernicus-3C spacecraft lifted off at 9:21 p.m.
"American Idol" is relocating from California to Georgia after more than two decades of filming in Los Angeles.
Canon has officially announced the EOS R8 Mark II, a ground-up redesign of the popular EOS R8. The new design language has received a lot of attention, some love it, some like it and some don't like it at all. I like it and I will be ordering one because I th…
For years, Turks have stashed their gold at home against a raining day, mistrustful of banks. Now the government says that tradition hurts the economy
A new prehistoric animal species from Tanzania dating to around 240 million years ago, during the Triassic period, has been described by an international team of researchers. Led by the University of Bristol, the new species, named Dinodontosaurus isiyavamand…
is experiencing its worst measles year since 1991, with seven deaths in two years.
James Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes.
The Defence, Security and Resilience Bank aims to provide low-cost financing for military initiatives
The vast bulk of respondents in FT-Booth poll say the central bank should lift borrowing costs in a bid to tame inflation
Traders brace for the possibility of a new rate hiking cycle from the Federal Reserve.
The BOJ is expected to hike rates by 25 basis points to a fresh three-decade high, a CNBC survey shows.
Tuesday is also the 18th anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy filing, a curious coincidence
In order to make the list, you have to be worth at least $4.4 billion.
The data comes as the Federal Reserve is considering interest-rate increases that could slow economic growth.
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Williams Sonoma and TJX plan to give millions of dollars in tariff refunds back to employees through 401(k) payments and bonuses.
Planning to buy a home soon? The Fed's next move could change the mortgage rate outlook for borrowers.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation. Such a move Wednesday would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump’s demands.
With more than double the EV range, the 2028 Volvo XC60 and XC90 PHEVs will make you forget that gas stations exist.
Three minimalist organizers share five different types of home decor items that they have come to regret purchasing and why.
Falcom has entered into a licensing agreement with NEOWIZ for the development and global release of a PC and console title based on the Falcom-owned intellectual property The Legend of Heroes III: …
Bayonetta will join Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as the first free character update of year two, SEGA announced.
Today, Automaton Media reported that for the fiscal year which ended May 2026, Arc System Works has returned to being profitable after posting a net loss in the year prior.This in itself is of course good news for the ...
Pulse headset this year, Pulse Edge headset in 2027
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An interview with the game's developers also revealed there's a distinct reason Nun with a Gun exists
Season of Hell's Legacy has a hell of a rough launch
NVIDIA's RTX 5090 is becoming increasingly difficult to find, with some listings now approaching five times its original $1,999 MSRP.
We've got a #SplinterTwinSituation. And no, this is not a false alarm. You can win with actual factual Splinter Twin combo in Reality Fracture Limited.
Bungie says addressing player feedback requires the team to 'change both what we're building and how we deliver it,' as it prepares to focus on PVE more.
Scientists have developed a way of refurbishing lithium batteries by removing accumulated deposits on electrodes, returning them to 95% capacity.
A study of 110 clinical trials links the antibiotic cefepime to a 94.4% higher probability of all-cause mortality compared to other beta-lactam drugs.
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Additional test results have clarified the cause of death for three tufted puffins that died earlier this summer at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, and officials
Most weight lost with GLP-1 obesity drugs came from fat, while relative muscle mass was largely preserved.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.
Microorganisms can do remarkable things—for example, nitrogen fixation, the conversion of nitrogen gas (N₂) into a form that organisms can use. Although nitrogen gas makes up around 78% of Earth's atmosphere, plants and animals cannot directly use it.
Antarctic krill serve as a crucial food source for penguins, seals, and whales. They recycle nutrients used by algae. Now researchers say they've found krill in a surprising place: hydrothermal vents.
(KELO) — A viewer shared a video of possible space debris in the sky around 2:45 a.m. Larry Browning, SDSU Professor Emeritus of Physics, says the sight is most likely part of the Chi Cygnids meteor shower.
Does gravity act equally on all particles in the universe, or are there differences between ordinary and exotic matter? Physics professor Anna Soter and her team at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen are investigating this question.
A continental mash-up some 750 to 550 million years ago was likely essential for complex life to emerge during the Cambrian Explosion.
The permafrost's deepest freezer just gave up one of its most pristine secrets—a wolf so perfectly preserved that scientists can study its brain, tissue and final moments from an Ice Age that ended long before humans domesticated its descendants.
The Artemis II pilot is heading back to the West Coast to help steer his alma mater.
The breakup of the Milne Ice Shelf in the far north of Canada has led to the collapse of a unique Arctic ecosystem.
Choosing an orbit for a satellite always comes with trade-offs. Very low Earth orbit (VLEO), between 100–450 km (62–280 miles), has distinct advantages. Remote-sensing cameras can take better pictures, communications and radar require less power, and atmosphe…
A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering has created a new type of dye-sensitized nanoparticle that can detect target chemicals at very low concentrations while also distinguishing between molecules with very similar shapes.
A local NBC news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a city bus, officials said.
Saturday was a good day for Texas quarterback Arch Manning.
A state investigation identified a water feature at El Futuro in Durham as the most likely source of a rare “brain-eating” amoeba infection that killed a teen.
Four supporting acts have quit Ed Sheeran’s tour after Macklemore was removed for his pro-Palestinian comments onstage. Irish acts Aaron Rowe and Beoga, Denmark's Lukas Graham, and Finneas posted separately on social media Tuesday that they would withdraw fro…
Boox’s Palma 3 has the same E Ink screen as the previous versions but paired with a new anodized aluminum frame, making the compact e-reader look more modern.
Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a drone before it entered Islam’s holiest city, calling pilgrims’ security a ‘red line’
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
The new season sports a two-night premiere: The female celebrities will compete on Wednesday, Sept. 16, while the men get things started on Tuesday, Sept.
The iPhone 18 Pro models support Apple Reference Image, a way to verify that a photo was taken with an iPhone and hasn't been edited.
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Air Force Secretary confirms US deployed weapons in space Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed Monday that the U.S.
Shohei Ohtani hit off a tee on Tuesday in Los Angeles and remains on track to return before the end of the regular season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday.
Eating four to six servings of whole grains a day reduces your risk of cardiovascular diseases, a new study suggests. But one dietary swap can’t do it all.
The couple’s response was some kind of master class.
Ford's best-selling F-150 pickup is getting hands-free towing, refreshed styling, new powertrains and a first-ever Carhartt edition for the 2027 model year.
Toby Newton says his Mesa HOA refused payment arrangements on just $977 in unpaid dues, then sold his $475,000 home at auction for only $8,172.
AI isn't some new form of "alien mind," according to Jensen Huang. It's just hardware and software, so safety can be engineered by each AI product maker.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has sparked renewed debate about its risks, with both the United States and China expressing concerns. Experts say China has emerged as a significant AI contender and nearly closed the gap with the U.S.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent cited Anthropic's Mythos model as a step toward AGI and urged Congress to develop open source AI against China.
Liftoff will take place during a 75-minute window that opens at 8:15 a.m.
OpenAI confirms weeks of AI safety talks with Anthropic and Google DeepMind, as Trump's team dismisses safety concerns and pushes to keep pace with China.
Where the first Wo Long game built from its Nioh-shaped foundations, Wo Long 2 wants to be something else entirely - much to its credit.
As part of the September 2026 Feature Drop, Google today is rolling out a Wear OS update to the Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4.
The Meta Quest 3 utilizes the Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2, which can rival an Nvidia GTX 960, but a one-to-one comparison doesn't paint the whole picture.
Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the Game Designers Award won’t return to the Japan Game Awards, as he has failed to find an adequate replacement to take up his mantle.
Google is reportedly sending out invites for an event where it will debut "the first laptop designed for Gemini Intelligence"
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Google is introducing to new models to the Gemini 3.8 family: Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking.
Blizzard Entertainment is returning to StarCraft with an all-new game that's leaving the series' real-time strategy roots behind.
The studio behind Steam super-hit Wardogs won't hire people who publicly criticize crunching
Update: "We regularly test different Game Pass offerings..."
The AI Contact Hotline is designed to be a discreet place where agents that have witnessed misbehavior can tip off authorities.
As annoying as it may be, it should be short-lived.
watchOS 27 removes a useful multitasking shortcut from Apple Watch. While we don’t know if it will make a return,...
Florida reports fourth Vibrio vulnificus death in 2026 as health officials warn about raw oysters, contaminated water and severe infections.
The warning signs may be hiding in plain sight.
Fatigue is "generally defined as physical or mental tiredness or exhaustion that does not improve with additional sleep or rest."
According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wisconsin's measles numbers are some of the highest in the country.
It's the largest outbreak of community-acquired MRSA ever reported in Ireland.
Voyaging gut-derived immune cells ‘remember’ past stomach infections in mice.
Holy manuscripts preserved the genome of a plague that wiped out up to 90% of Europe’s historical sheep herds.
Emily Dievendorf, D-Lansing, woke up in their small apartment a few weeks ago to find a bat flying through their room. They cornered the small, winged mammal, trapping it in a box and releasing it outside. That, the state representative has since…
New research from Northwell Health may have found a way to slow down the growth of deadly tumors, and it’s in a specific nutrient.
Prioritizing magnesium, fiber, calcium, and potassium, while reducing your intake of sodium, is one of the best ways to manage hypertension. Here’s how to build blood pressure-friendly snacks.
The outgoing Senate chairman also declined to say whether he’d support Trump’s FDA nominee.
A growing body of research suggests Shingrix can delay dementia and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events. Doctors want more proof.
Scientists have uncovered sweeping changes in how the human brain controls and organizes its genome beginning in midlife, offering new clues to why aging sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. One of the biggest shifts…
The Food and Drug Administration cleared two more Alzheimer’s blood tests last month, the latest sign of how quickly Alzheimer’s science is accelerating.But my career in Washington has...
Roughly 20% of people with measles require hospitalization, though the fatality rate is low.
A mysterious chronic kidney disease devastating Central America's agricultural workers appears to have surfaced among Texas laborers in extreme heat.
New research suggests vitamin D may boost cognition as you age.
There is no effective screening for ovarian cancer, but this procedure can help prevent it.
Coupled collision and thermal models find that fragments radiate impact heat quickly, while differentiation can remove the insulating layer that helps small moons sustain oceans.
Another round of auroras are being triggered by streams of solar wind and charged particles from the sun this evening
A bird feather found in fossilized dinosaur poop is the best-preserved feather ever recovered by paleontologists from dinosaur-era rock, according to a new study.
A neural-field reconstruction joined 116 VLBA epochs into a continuous model of 3C 345, mapping apparent superluminal motion while exposing important interpolation limits.
A form of electrolysis could convert the carbon dioxide in Mars' atmosphere into methane for rocket fuel.
The Hunga Tonga eruption may have triggered a surprising chemical reaction that destroyed some of the methane released into the atmosphere. Scientists say the discovery could reshape estimates of methane pollution and inspire new methods for slowing near-term…
A new study led by the University of Turku provides new insights into the population history of Finland during the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. The researchers analyzed the genomes of people who lived in southwestern Finland and Häme between the 11th an…
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.
A new study casts doubt on humanity's ability to live and work on the lunar surface.
A new study finds that in the United States, rather than occurring only during summer, extreme heat events have become more frequent in the months after, too.
A single unexplained particle interaction has Bay Area scientists investigating a tantalizing possibility.
A proposed six-Earth-mass Planet Nine could still be extremely faint because reflected light pays an inverse-square distance penalty both going out and coming back.
When millions of solitary bees chose a graveyard as their home, scientists stumbled upon one of Earth's largest undiscovered bee colonies—thriving invisibly beneath headstones and grass.
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