Blog on Dan Heskett

How I estimate work as a staff software engineer

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“I don’t estimate work, I figure out how much time my management chain will give a project and figure out some plans that look like what they’re talking about.”

Tesla Launches Public Robotaxi Rides in Austin with No Safety Monitor

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

“Robotaxi rides without any safety monitors are now publicly available in Austin. Starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed in with the broader robotaxi fleet.”

Anthropic Revises Claude's Constitution, Hints at Chatbot Consciousness

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:55:00 +0000

“We think that in order to be good actors in the world, AI models like Claude need to understand why we want them to behave in certain ways.”

Claude Finds 353 Zero-Days on Packagist

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:50:00 +0000

“Security research is becoming a function of compute budget, not headcount.”

Why Does SSH Send 100 Packets Per Keystroke?

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000

“The speed at which you type different letters betrays some information about which letters you’re typing. So ssh sends lots of ‘chaff’ packets along with your keystrokes to make it hard for an attacker to determine when you’re actually entering keys.”

Announcing Rust 1.93.0

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:40:00 +0000

“Major improvements to musl’s DNS resolver for more reliable networking in static Linux builds.”

You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database for Your RAG — Yet

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:35:00 +0000

“Vector Search is just matrix multiplication. And Python already has some of the world’s best tools for that.”

Caroline Ellison Released from Prison

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000

“Her cooperation led to the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for the Debtor, benefiting creditors.”

Sequoia Joins Anthropic's $25B Funding Round Despite Backing OpenAI

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:25:00 +0000

“One anonymous source told the Financial Times that Sequoia ultimately thinks OpenAI and Anthropic will head in different directions, catering to different aspects of the AI market.”

AI's Chicken Sandwich Problem

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:20:00 +0000

“AI in the enterprise has over 250 chicken sandwiches, and it only needs 3.”

The Line Between AI-First and AI Theater

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000

“A demo shows a future. A product commits to one.”

YouTube Distribution Is Tilting Toward Shorts, Pressuring Long-Form Reach

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:10:00 +0000

“Just 2 long-form video recommendations instead of 12, an 80% reduction that prioritizes Shorts over traditional videos.”

Netflix to Redesign App to Compete with Social Platforms for Daily Engagement

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:05:00 +0000

“At the center of the redesign is deeper integration of vertical video feeds, which the streaming giant has been experimenting with since May.”

Doing gigabit Ethernet over my British phone wires

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0000

“The gigacopper device to do gigabit Ethernet over phone line is a miracle!”

Study Shows How Earthquake Monitors Can Track Space Junk Through Sonic Booms

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:26:00 +0000

“The problem at the moment is we can track stuff very well in space. But once it gets to the point that it’s actually breaking up in the atmosphere, it becomes very difficult to track.”

Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:23:00 +0000

“Microsoft is making a tradeoff here between privacy and recoverability.”

Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000

“openpilot can drive for hours without driver action.”

Gas Town's Agent Patterns, Design Bottlenecks, and Vibecoding at Scale

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 13:26:00 +0000

“Design becomes the limiting factor: imagining what you want to create and figuring out all the gnarly details required.”

Ghostty's AI Policy

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“Our reason for the strict AI policy is not due to an anti-AI stance, but instead due to the number of highly unqualified people using AI.”

MCP Server Best Practices

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“When building an MCP Server you are not building infrastructure, you are building an interface for AI agents.”

Updates to our web search products and Programmable Search Engine capabilities

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:33:00 +0000

“We’re simplifying and modernizing our offerings so you can choose the best tool for your goals.”

FBI agents search Washington Post reporter's home

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +0000

“Searches of newsrooms and journalists are hallmarks of illiberal regimes, and we must ensure that these practices are not normalized here.”

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:25:00 +0000

“It has proved to be the best computer-related decision I’ve made in over a decade (and perhaps in my entire life).”

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure intact mental health

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:42:00 +0000

“We need to make moves to ensure our survival and intact mental health.”

Blazor in .NET 10: What's New and Why It Finally Feels Complete

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:39:00 +0000

“One attribute. That’s it. The runtime handles serialization, hydration, and cleanup.”

Texas and Oklahoma brace for snow and ice as winter storm barrels toward eastern US

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:33:00 +0000

“Texas officials say the state is ready for the 2026 weekend winter storm and it won’t repeat 2021 catastrophe.”

Active Sitting Is Better For Brain Health

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

“Health advice could shift from simply saying ‘sit less’ to encouraging more mentally engaging activities while sitting.”

My Time at Amazon, Part I

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

“Amazon is where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves.”

TikTok Finalizes Deal To Form New American Entity

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 +0000

“TikTok’s recommendation algorithm will be retrained and tested using American user data.”

How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“We’re too close to the debris.”

Everything Is TV and Nothing Is TV

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“80% of time on Facebook now involves video. On Instagram, that number is 90%. Most of this isn’t content from friends—it’s content from strangers and creators.”

The Great Filter (Or Why High Performance Still Eludes Most Dev Teams, Even With AI)

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“Most organisations are simply not prepared to make that kind of commitment in time, effort and money.”

How to build agents with filesystems and bash

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“If agents excel at filesystem operations for code, they’ll excel at filesystem operations for anything.”

An Act of Cosmic Sabotage

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“On Mars, in the belly of a rover named Perseverance, a titanium tube holds a stone more precious than any diamond or ruby on Earth.”

NPR investigation shows how the government tried to erase information about January 6

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“All right, guys, getting my loadout bag. I got the carbon fiber knuckles, matching hatchets.”

The State of Modern AI Text to Speech Systems for Screen Reader Users

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“When it comes to use in a screen reader, skipping words, or reading numbers incorrectly, is unacceptable.”

Daft Punk Easter Egg in the BPM Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

“That the CD version is so close to exactly 123.45 makes me think this was intentional. And if it was? Well played, robots.”

Fighting Fire with Fire: Scalable Oral Exams

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000

“Take-home exams are dead.”

Most distant supernova: James Webb sees a star explode at cosmic dawn

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“To our surprise, our model worked remarkably well and the observed supernova seems to match really well the death of stars that we see regularly.”

Film critics look back at 2025 and name their picks for the year's best

Fri, 26 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“To me, movie of the year in a few ways is ‘Sinners,’ which is from Ryan Coogler. It’s about twin brothers played by Michael B. Jordan who end up having to battle some vampires.”

Year in Review: The Biggest Climate Headlines of 2025

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The global average temperature anomaly for January to November 2025 stands at 0.60C above the 1991–2020 average, or 1.48C above the 1850–1900 pre-industrial reference.”

Best TV of 2025: 'Adolescence' stands on its own

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“It tells the story of a young teen accused of murdering a classmate and is told in such an emotionally and technically compelling way.”

The Worst Movies of 2025

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“This year’s crème de la crap.”

Our Favorite Sports Moments of 2025

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“The greatest baseball game of all-time.”

Subaru Telescope reveals a hidden giant planet

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Only about 1 percent of stars are known to host massive planets or brown dwarfs that can be directly photographed with today’s telescopes.”

Scientists found climate change hidden in old military air samples

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“It’s a considerable difference, especially considering that summer is so short in the north.”

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2025

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“2025 countered the narrative that the medium is somehow no longer interested in audio—with a slew of ambitious productions that emphasized podcasting as an art form in itself.”

The Best Comedy Specials of 2025

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“Many of this year’s best comedy specials share a reflective sense of mid-career reconsideration.”

Best of 2025: The Stories You Missed

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“A slightly messy response to the dispiriting cleanness of modern life.”

Hacks, thefts, and disruption: The worst data breaches of 2025

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“From the raiding of U.S. government databases to a hack every month in South Korea.”

The 10 Best Book Reviews of 2025

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Reality has outpaced Pynchon’s fictional conspiracies.”

Best of 2025: All Our Number Five Story Picks

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Distilled emotional and moral explorations accessible across generations.”

Best of 2025: All Our Number One Story Picks

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The pieces that rose to the very top of our editors’ lists.”

The Best Reviewed Nonfiction of 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“A layered confrontation with the deaths, grief, and guilt that have animated her work for nearly 30 years.”

The Best Online Articles of 2025

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“I showcase the work of other writers who are total strangers to me, but have written some article or essay of exceptional merit.”

The Shrouded, Sinister History of the Bulldozer

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Both creator and destroyer, the bulldozer offers a cautionary tale for how technology without proper safeguards can be misused to the detriment of individual and collective life.”

They Answered an Ad for Surrogates, and Found Themselves in a Nightmare

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The women in House 3 rarely had a chance to speak to the women in House 5, but when they did, the things they heard scared them.”

The Birth Keepers: How the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“They will try to discredit you. They will lie about you. They will attempt to silence what they don’t understand.”

The Unseen Fury of Solar Storms

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The curious paradox at the heart of space forecasting is that the satellites and supercomputers that empower the observations are themselves vectors of vulnerability.”

The best video games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“With so much of the industry rallying around Sandfall Interactive’s RPG as one of the defining games of the year, it has become a symbol of what video games can still be.”

The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“E-bikes go really fast—faster than the surrounding people and cyclists and pedestrians would warrant.”

Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2025

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“In siblings Chuquimamani-Condori and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton’s dense, elaborate thicket of sound, traditional genres and ancestral wisdom coexist with digital ephemera and rapturous noise.”

The Last Days of Social Media

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.”

The best architecture of 2025

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The world’s largest wooden structure, with a circumference of two kilometres and a diameter of 700 metres.”

Thomas McGuane Is the Last of His Kind

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Thomas McGuane—fisherman, hunter, rancher, writer—says ‘good riddance’ to his kind.”

Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“The music world refused to stand still in 2025. This wasn’t a year for playing it safe.”

The Airport Lounge Wars

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“In 2016, at Changi Airport, in Singapore, a Malaysian businessman named Raejali Buntut missed a flight to Kuala Lumpur. He’d dozed off in the Plaza Premium Lounge. Instead of rebooking, he went to more lounges, hopping from one to the next, a total of thirty-one times. He didn’t leave the airport for eighteen days.”

A Very Big Fight Over a Very Small Language

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“A plan in the Swiss Alps to tidy up Romansh—spoken by less than one per cent of the country—set off a decades-long quarrel over identity, belonging, and the sound of authenticity.”

Kicking Robots: Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The future that scares me is not a robot uprising led by robots, but one led by billionaires.”

Twin Cyclones Kill Over 1,800 Across South and Southeast Asia

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“Cyclone Senyar marked the first cyclonic storm to form in the Strait of Malacca in 135 years.”

Raccoon Breaks Into Virginia Liquor Store, Gets Drunk, Passes Out in Bathroom

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“He fell through one of the ceiling tiles and went on a full-blown rampage, drinking everything.”

6,000 Airbus A320s Grounded for Emergency Software Fix Over Thanksgiving

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

“Thousands of travelers worldwide were stranded after Airbus ordered immediate software fixes for 6,000 A320-series aircraft.”

Russia's Only ISS Launch Pad Damaged After Soyuz MS-28 Launch

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“If the Baikonur Cosmodrome is disabled as suspected, Russia will have lost the ability to launch people into space for the first time since 1961.”

California High-Speed Rail Reaches 80 Miles of Completed Guideway

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Materials needed to lay track along the 119-mile segment will be 100% state funded.”

Ozempic Fails to Slow Alzheimer's Progression in Phase 3 Trials

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“While semaglutide did not demonstrate efficacy in slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the extensive body of evidence supporting semaglutide continues to provide benefits for individuals with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related comorbidities.”

COP30 Ends Without Agreement on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000

“Science has been deleted from COP30 because it offends the polluters.”

MIT Builds Robots Powered by Living Muscle Tissue and Artificial Tendons

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

“The tendon-enhanced gripper moved three times faster and with 30 times more force than one powered by muscle alone.”

Ministers Launch Global Initiative to Cut Farm Methane and Nitrous Oxide

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“FIRST is the first coordinated South-South platform linking countries across Latin America, Africa and Asia to share practical, low-cost solutions.”

First Ramses III Inscription Discovered in Jordan's Wadi Rum

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“This is a landmark discovery that enhances our understanding of ancient connections between Egypt, Jordan, and the Arabian Peninsula.”

Energy Department Closes $1 Billion Loan to Restart Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“The Energy Department announced it closed a $1 billion loan to accelerate the restart of a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant that will deliver 850 megawatts of electricity.”

Lethal Dose of Plastics for Marine Animals Is Much Smaller Than Expected

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“The lethal dose varies based on the species, the animal’s size, the type of plastic it’s consuming, and other factors, but overall it’s much smaller than you might think.”

Hawaiian Monk Seals Have a Hidden Underwater Vocabulary of 25 Distinct Calls

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

“We discovered that Hawaiian monk seals—one of the world’s most endangered marine mammals—are far more vocal underwater than previously known.”

Roman Horse Cemetery with Over 100 Skeletons Found in Stuttgart

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“Here we see a particularly close bond between the owner and his horse.”

Scientists Extract the Oldest RNA Ever Found from 40,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Many researchers thought RNA didn’t stay intact for tens of thousands of years, but the new study challenges that long-held notion.”

Solar and Wind Now Growing Fast Enough to Meet All New Electricity Demand

Sat, 15 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“For the first time across a sustained period, renewables generated more electricity than coal globally.”

700-Year-Old Royal Murder Solved Through DNA and Forensic Analysis

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Forensic evidence revealed 26 perimortem injuries, suggesting a coordinated, premeditated assassination involving at least three assailants.”

Chinese Astronauts Return on Backup Spacecraft After Space Debris Damages Their Capsule

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The Shenzhou-20 manned spacecraft’s return capsule window glass had developed a minor crack, most likely caused by an external impact from space debris, thus failing to meet the requirements for a safe crewed return.”

Blue Origin Lands New Glenn Booster for the First Time

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 21:00:00 +0000

“The first stage of the New Glenn rocket, named ‘Never Tell Me the Odds,’ successfully landed on the Landing Platform Vessel Jacklyn positioned 375 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean.”

UC Berkeley's First Planetary Mission Launches Twin Satellites to Mars

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“ESCAPADE breaks the paradigm of multi-hundred million and billion dollar planetary missions, building on the MAVEN Mars orbiter’s legacy for a fraction of the cost.”

43-Day Government Shutdown Becomes the Longest in US History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000

“The 2025 shutdown, by comparison, has derailed 100% of appropriations.”

3,500-Year-Old Egyptian Settlement with Royal Wine Production Found Beneath Greek Ruins

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“An amphora stamped with the name Meritaten dated back to the 18th Dynasty, since Meritaten is known to be the eldest daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.”

Firefox's New Anti-Fingerprinting Protections Cut User Tracking by 70%

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“These new protections can reduce the number of uniquely fingerprinted users to just 20%, down from over 60% of users that can be fingerprinted without any protections.”

Americas Lose Measles Elimination Status After Canada Stripped of Designation

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“On November 10, Canada was stripped of its measles-free designation, and as a result, the Pan American Health Organization declared that the Americas had lost its measles elimination status.”

Peru's Mysterious 'Band of Holes' Was an Ancient Marketplace and Inca Spreadsheet

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“In a sense, Monte Sierpe could have been an ‘Excel spreadsheet’ for the Inca Empire.”

UK and Brazil Launch $25 Million Program to Cut Methane and HFCs

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

“The UK and Brazil launched a ‘Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator’ to drive rapid cuts in methane, HFCs, and air pollutants across 30 developing countries by 2030.”

Self-Healing Concrete Uses Bacteria to Repair Its Own Cracks

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Results indicated complete healing of cracks in 21 days under optimal curing conditions.”

Palisades Becomes First US Nuclear Plant to Return from Decommissioning

Sat, 08 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“The Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan has officially returned to operational status after being in decommissioning for three years.”

FDA Creates New Pathway for Personalized Gene Therapy

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“The FDA launched a new pathway to market for personalized gene therapy procedures in November.”

New Catalyst Converts CO2 to Fuel at Record Efficiency

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“When compared to noble metal catalysts such as platinum, the new catalyst demonstrated a 2.2-fold higher formation rate and a 1.8-fold higher yield.”

Shingles Vaccine Reduces Dementia Risk by 20% in Welsh Study

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“The remarkable findings support an emerging theory that viruses that affect the nervous system can increase the risk of dementia.”

First Paratyphoid Vaccine Shows 73% Efficacy in Human Trials

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

“This is the first time a modern-day vaccine has been shown to protect people against Salmonella Paratyphi A, a disease that affects millions of people every year.”

Antarctic Glacier Undergoes Fastest Retreat Ever Recorded

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“Hektoria Glacier in Antarctica was reported to have undergone the fastest retreat of any glacier on record.”

Utah Man Sends Off His 35-Year-Old Car by Dropping a One-Ton Pumpkin on It

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“It’s just something that we’ve talked, me and my wife have talked about for a long time, that this would be the best way for it to go.”

French Highway Wirelessly Charges EVs Faster Than Tesla Superchargers

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“A system that allows continuous charging on the move could eliminate lengthy refueling stops altogether.”

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Launches, Completing the Erdrick Trilogy

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“Players will experience the dramatic and satisfying conclusion of the Erdrick Trilogy.”

Carnivorous 'Death Ball' Sponge Among 30 New Species Found in Southern Ocean

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“Its spherical form is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey, a clear contrast to the gentle, passive, filter-feeding undertaken by most sponges.”

She Was Waco's Baby Whisperer. Then an Infant Died in Her Care.

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Dosing kids with Benadryl was ‘a dirty little secret in the industry of child care.’”

EA's Internal AI Tools Reportedly Causing More Problems Than They Solve

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Experimental AI tools cause coding errors and ‘hallucinations,’ increasing workload and employee anxiety amid industry layoffs.”

Astronomers May Have Found the Universe's First Stars Using James Webb

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Looking at that light, astronomers found clear evidence of helium in LAP1-B—but virtually no heavier elements.”

UK Government Announces CMA Reform, May Replace Panel Model

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“The consultation considers whether to replace the panel model for overseeing in-depth merger reviews with a committee model.”

Scientists Explore Interoception, the Body's Hidden 'Sixth Sense'

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“An intricate communication network inside the body constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune function.”

American E-Waste Causing 'Hidden Tsunami' in Southeast Asia

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“This new, almost invisible tsunami of e-waste is taking place, padding already lucrative profit margins.”

Dispatch, Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted, and PowerWash Simulator 2 Launch

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“A busy week for game releases with three notable titles dropping within 24 hours.”

Iceland Reports First-Ever Mosquitoes, Leaving Only Antarctica Mosquito-Free

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“This is the first record of mosquitoes occurring in the natural environment in Iceland.”

KDE Plasma 6.5 Released With Rounded Corners and Auto Theme Switching

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

“Breeze-themed windows now have the same level of roundness in all four corners.”

Naked Mole-Rats' DNA Repair Protein Explains Their Longevity

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“Small tweaks in one of their proteins make it better at fixing DNA damage.”

IKEA Announces Matter-Enabled Smart Home Devices

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The Kajplats smart bulb range covers eleven bulbs across various shapes and brightness levels.”

Scientists Finally Read the Hidden DNA Code That Shapes Disease

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“SDR-seq decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell, finally opening access to non-coding regions.”

SpaceX Launches 50th Falcon 9 From Vandenberg This Year

Sat, 18 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“SpaceX launched its 50th Falcon 9 rocket of the year from Vandenberg.”

The Secret Life of Horus: An Egyptian Mummy's Tumultuous Journey

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

“Horus was showcased inside a decommissioned Edmonton Transit bus alongside various graveyard paraphernalia and taken on tour across Alberta.”

Metal Detectorist Finds 15,000 Roman Coins, Sleeps in Car to Guard Them

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“Fearing they could be stolen, Moss slept with the hoard in his car for three days before taking it to experts.”

14 New Marine Species Described, Including 'Popcorn' Parasitic Isopod

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“The genus name derives from Zea, reflecting this resemblance to popped kernels of popcorn.”

Nearest Technological Civilization Could Be 33,000 Light-Years Away

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“Such civilizations would need to last for at least 280,000 years to coincide in time with humanity.”

Vienna-Bratislava Railway Electrified and Reopened

Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“The Marchegger Eastern Railway reopened and was electrified between Vienna and Bratislava.”

Passenger Rail Service Resumes Between Bucharest and Kyiv

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:00:00 +0000

“Passenger services resumed between Bucharest and Kyiv on October 10.”

Little Nightmares 3 Launches

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:00:00 +0000

“The horror puzzle platformer sequel launches with co-op support for the first time in the series.”

Sony and AMD Tease PlayStation 6 GPU: 'Current Approach Has Reached Its Limit'

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

“There is a significant speed boost that comes from putting the traversal logic in hardware.”

US Datacenters Turn to Coal as Climate Goals Go Up in Smoke

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

“Coal generation increased nearly 20 percent year-to-date.”

China Expands Rare Earth Export Controls, Adds Five More Elements

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:00:00 +0000

“China hasn’t yet pulled the trigger on export restrictions, but it’s reminding Washington that it could.”

SpaceX Launches 90th Starlink Mission of 2025

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 +0000

“SpaceX launched its 90th Starlink mission of 2025 from Cape Canaveral.”

Belgrade-Subotica High-Speed Train Launches as Part of Budapest-Belgrade Railway

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

“The Belgrade-Subotica high-speed train was launched as part of the Budapest–Belgrade railway.”

First Human Test of Enzyme That Converts Organs to Universal Blood Type

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:00:00 +0000

“Scientists performed the first human test of an enzyme treatment that converts a donor kidney to a universal blood type.”

Man Attacks Lunch Companion With Wooden Stake, Believing He Was a Werewolf

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:00:00 +0000

“He believed the victim was a werewolf who wanted to kill him.”

Gulf Air Returns to New York After Nearly 30 Years

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

“Gulf Air was among the first movers of the month, returning to the U.S. for the first time since the 1990s.”