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Oil price moves have made headlines since the Iran conflict started - but why have there been such sharp swings?

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The US eliminated measles in 2000, but the disease is once again circulating.

The Pritzker Prize was awarded Thursday. "In every work, he is able to answer with radical originality, making the unobvious obvious," said fellow Chilean architect and prize chair Alejandro Aravena.

Google Maps is about to get more chatty and immersive.

The bill's ultimate fate remains dire — as does the GOP trifecta’s ability to make any legislative progress on affordability before the midterms.

Much of the Van Allen Probe was expected to burn up in the atmosphere, though Nasa said there was a "low" risk of people being struck by surviving components.

The Transportation Security Administration temporarily closed the security checkpoint in Terminal C at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday.

K-pop producer El Capitxn found himself at the center of a social media firestorm after responding angrily to ENHYPEN fans who blamed him following...

Atlassian announced Wednesday that it will lay off about 10% of its staff, or 1,600 employees, as the 24-year-old software firm transitions to an "AI-first company."

There are about 20,000 seafarers currently working on ships in the Persian Gulf, expert notes.

Apple’s rumored folding iPhone could offer an iPad-like layout with the ability to view apps side-by-side, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

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The biggest new restaurant trend is small. Special menus with petite, less expensive portions are popping up at large chains like Olive Garden and The Cheesecake Factory as well as trendy urban eateries and rural retreats. Restaurants hope that offering small…

Palantir stock climbed amid news at AIPCon 9, including Nvidia software pact and partnerships with GE Aerospace, Centrus Energy and Ondas.

Rivian announced pricing details for the R2 midsize SUV. The first version is launching in spring 2026, starting at almost $60,000. The $45,000 standard version will come late 2027.

Stryker said its global networks were disrupted by a cyberattack on Wednesday, allegedly carried out by a hacking group linked to Iran.

Dick's Sporting Goods' merger with Foot Locker led to a 60% increase in sales but a substantial decline in companywide profits.

Chair of Swiss private capital group warns pace could double to above 5% in coming years

It is famous for clean bathrooms and brisket sandwiches, but the BBB just gave Buc-ee's its worst possible grade.

A cyberattack this week allegedly linked to Iran‑aligned hackers disrupted operations at U.S. medical technology company Stryker.

An Ohio treasure hunter was sent to prison for refusing to tell authorities and investors where he stashed 500 gold coins discovered in an 1857 shipwreck.

AI and cloud computing company CoreWeave ($CRWV) is considered a neocloud provider specializing in Nvidia ($NVDA) GPU-accelerated workloads for AI, serving major clients such as Microsoft ($MSFT) and OpenAI.

Industry players say that beyond a few bright spots, the Justice Department’s settlement with Live Nation appears to do little to resolve their concerns.

The push for value and discounted items comes as McDonald’s and other fast food chains have lost or tried to maintain lower-income customers.

Superhuman is disabling Grammarly’s “expert review” AI feature that used real writers’ names and information to give AI-generated editing advice.

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Anthropic is launching a new feature in Claude that allows the AI chatbot to respond with custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations relevant to your conversation.

From March 12 through April 1, we're recognizing and honoring the Creators who keep the community supplied with pulse-pounding combat modes and elaborately designed frenetic races.

A teardown of the new MacBook Neo by Australian YouTube repair channel Tech Re-Nu reveals what may be the most modular and repair-friendly Mac laptop...

Apple today announced it will mark its 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades of thinking different and the innovations that helped shape the world.

It is fair to say Nintendo's new Animal Crossing-like Pokémon Pokopia has had a pretty darn successful launch.

Both brands already have guidelines in place barring the use of the technology.

Pearl Abyss has released the launch trailer for open-world action adventure game Crimson Desert ahead of its global release next week.

AI companies like OpenAI, Google subsidize costs.

PEGI director Dirk Bosmans explains why the European body is rethinking how it rates games, taking into account "online interactive risks" such as battle passes

Emerging evidence suggests that LLM outputs can shape the text and thoughts of human users.

A monolithically integrated photonic ski-jump enables scalable, diffraction-limited 2D beam scanning from photonic chips, achieving ultrahigh spot rates, compact footprints and applications spanning displays, sensing and quantum photonics.

Apple is planning to launch a MacBook Air with an OLED display, but it won't come for several years after the MacBook Pro is updated with OLED...

What is an Xbox now?…

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is coming this fall, and Mark Gurman at Bloomberg has new information about how the interface...

macOS Tahoe 26.4 is coming soon as the next software update for your Mac. Here are four new features included in macOS 26.4.

Valve has responded to New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against the firm, stating it does not believe t…

The Xbox full-screen experience already rolled out to Windows 11 gaming handhelds, but the controller-friendly mode will now be available on PCs and tablets.

Motorola has clearly been busy, from the upcoming Razr Fold to the FIFA edition Razr 2025. That never meant the...

Flu season might be winding down — but don’t stash the tissues just yet.

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The world’s largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators help diagnose and treat mental illness.

Researchers uncovered a link between heavy cannabis vaping use and faster development of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome.

Marburg isn’t a household name like Ebola, but University of Minnesota researchers created a method for comparison and showed it 300 times more efficient at infecting human cells.

I've driven myself crazy by thinking through counterfactuals. All I'm left with is what really happened.

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Dietitians share the top six misunderstood foods that may lower your stroke risk. Learn why bananas, coffee, beans and others made the list.

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Pregnancy is known to reshape the brain, but new research reveals that these changes do not stop after the first child.

Individual supratentorial ependymoma tumour subgroups have two distinct progenitor-like cell states—neuroepithelial-like and embryonic-like—that are reminiscent of early human brain development and diverge in the extent of their neuronal or ependymal dif…

Residents are urged to avoid wildlife and report bites immediately.

New research finds that extreme heat accelerates biological aging, especially in older adults. Living in hotter areas can age body faster.

We asked gastroenterologist Wendi LeBrett, M.D., for her favorite high-fiber foods to recommend. Learn more about her top picks.

“If you’re going to take one “heart-focused” supplement, this is often my top pick,” Dr. Tiffany DiPietro, quadruple board-certified cardiologist, told The Post.

The Washtenaw County Health Department says testing has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated adult.

On March 27, 2025, somewhere in the Panamanian rainforest, the evolutionary biologist Zeke Rowe was looking for a snack. While walking outside the research station’s cafeteria, Rowe noticed a strange insect summoned by a floodlight. The insect was a katydid, …

Forget cockroaches; science just identified the ultimate survivor that will outlast every other creature on Earth. Even a planet-sterilizing asteroid can't stop this beast from inheriting the world once humans are gone.

Astronomers have caught what may be a rare cosmic catastrophe unfolding 11,000 light-years away. A seemingly ordinary sun-like star suddenly began flickering wildly, puzzling scientists until they realized the strange dimming was caused by vast clouds of hot …

Researchers identify PV neurons in the prefrontal cortex as the gatekeepers of drug addiction relapse, offering a new target for precision treatment.

NASA’s approach to managing the development of crewed lunar landers for Artemis has successfully controlled costs but not schedule.

Reflect Orbital's proposal has sparked significant disapproval among some scientists, who fear disruptions for all living things.

A pangenome reference for the phenotypically diverse crop sorghum aims to help accelerate future efforts to breed crops that are better adapted to changing environments.

"This is convincing proof that not all neutron star–black hole pairs share the same origin."

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For decades, scientists suspected the Sahara wasn’t always as dry as it is today. Now, evidence preserved deep underground inside an ancient cave is finally providing answers.

Once again, we are reminded to cherish Earth’s liquid water – there may be no alternatives.

Far above Earth’s storms, astronauts spotted a brief flash of light that appeared where lightning is not supposed to exist.

Pushed down to a certain scale, the laws of physics seem to fall apart. Astrid Eichhorn, a leader in an area of study called asymptotic safety, thinks we just need to push a little further.

NASA citizen scientists have identified a fast-moving object traveling at 1 million miles per hour

NASA has disqualified one of the two proposals for a large astrophysics mission, a decision the project’s leader blames on upheaval within NASA last year.

Researchers found a protein that stops aging, and it might just let humans reach 200 years old very soon.