The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025
New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
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New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown....
A video of Romano Duncan speaking in his thick Boston accent is getting a lot of positive attention on social media....
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46543420 Points: 24 # Comments: 2...
How an onchain investigator linked a Coinbase impersonation scam to $2 million in losses and why social engineering remains the real risk....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Bourbon maker Jim Beam halts production at its main distillery for a year ✓ US distillers face uncertainty after Presiden...
Electric Coin Company CEO Josh Swihart says the firm's entire team left and will start a new company over disagreements with the nonprofit board that supports Zcash....
📋 Key Facts ✓ Jim Beam will pause production at Clermont, Kentucky distillery for one year starting 2026. ✓ Exports of US spirits decli...
Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/the-word-religion-resists-definition-but-remains-necessary Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391744 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...
Crypto remains a key technology for maintaining America’s technological edge, according to a16z, which has raised another $15 billion to back American-aligned tech investments....
Police say a Pennsylvania man who had about 100 sets of human remains is charged with stealing from a graveyard at the edge of Philadelphia...
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/31/judge-to-texas-you-cant-age-gate-the-entire-internet-without-evidence/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46451120 Points: 3 # Comments...
Hong Kong authorities will extend the operating hours of Lo Wu and Shenzhen Bay checkpoints while stepping up public transport to manage cross-border passenger flow after the countdown next Wednesday....
Iran’s former foreign minister argues Israel, backed by the US, has killed every opportunity for peace....
A car sits buried in mud after flooding Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. Wally Skalij/AP Photo An atmospheric storm caused heavy rain across Southern California over Christmas. The Nati...
More than 41 million Americans across California, Nevada and Arizona are under flood watches on Wednesday amid a rare, high risk for excessive rainfall and flooding....
The author visits a once-abandoned theme park near Bethesda, Maryland. Joey Hadden/Business Insider I explored a Maryland amusement park that was abandoned over 50 years ago. Nature has since taken ov...
President Trump says 2026 will be better for American farmers, thanks in part to $12 billion in new federal "bridge payments." But optimism remains hard to come by in farm country. (Image credit: Kirk...
The son of Iran's last shah is positioning himself as a voice of transition as protests continue across the country. But Reza Pahlavi's role in a democratic Iran remains to be seen....
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday his country was “10 per cent” away from a deal to end the war with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were unresolved and war...
Danish soldiers must open fire even without orders if US troops were to try and capture Greenland by force, according to a 1952 directive that Denmark's Defence Ministry confirmed remains in place, do...