The West Faces Snow Drought
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory The West Faces Snow Drought Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth…
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Site catering to online criminals has been seized by the FBI
RAMP—the predominantly Russian-language online bazaar that billed itself as the “only place ransomware allowed”—had its dark web and clear web sites seized by the FBI as the agency tries to…
Report: China approves import of high-end Nvidia AI chips after weeks of uncertainty
On Wednesday, China approved imports of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips for three of its largest technology companies, Reuters reported. ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent received approval to purchase more than…
Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected
5 Min Read Networks Keeping NASA’s Artemis II Mission Connected An artist’s conceptual image of network antennas supporting the Orion spacecraft. Credits: NASA / Dave Ryan NASA’s Artemis II mission…
The origin story of syphilis goes back far longer than we thought
When King Charles VIII of France occupied Naples in 1495, his army of nearly 20,000 mercenaries became the ground zero of the “Great Pox,” the first massive venereal syphilis pandemic…
From bones to steel: Why ice skates were a terrible idea that worked
From figure skating to ice hockey, many of the most popular winter sports stem from a long history of people simply playing around on ice skates. Part of what makes…
Users flock to open source Moltbot for always-on AI, despite major risks
An open source AI assistant called Moltbot (formerly “Clawdbot”) recently crossed 69,000 stars on GitHub after a month, making it one of the fastest-growing AI projects of 2026. Created by…
Japan lost a 5-ton navigation satellite when it fell off a rocket during launch
If you’re in the space business long enough, you learn there are numerous ways a rocket can fail. I’ve written my share of stories about misbehaving rockets and the extensive…
Snow Buries the U.S. Interior and East
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Snow Buries the U.S…. Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human…
There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address
There are reports that a legitimate Microsoft email address—which Microsoft explicitly says customers should add to their allow list—is delivering scam spam. The emails originate from no-reply-powerbi@microsoft.com, an address tied…