Experimental wine bottle tracks oxygen moving through the cork
Most people perceive a cork in a bottle of wine as a simple plug meant to keep the liquid in and the outside world out. In the recent study published…
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White House drastically shortens deadline for dropping quantum-vulnerable crypto
The White House is drastically shortening the deadline for government agencies and organizations to adopt new quantum-resistant encryption systems that will withstand attacks that use quantum computers, as the federal…
US’s climate.gov site, taken down by Trump, relaunched by nonprofit
Over decades, researchers in the US government and programs it sponsored built up a tremendous number of climate resources, from comprehensive analyses to massive datasets to basic explainers meant to…
Oracle’s 21,000 layoffs help drive its debt-fueled AI investments
The growing use of AI contributed to Oracle laying off 21,000 workers in a year, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. In its annual regulatory filing…
Early land animals skipped the tadpole phase
For decades, biologists thought that early tetrapods, ancient vertebrates that started conquering the land over 300 million years ago, developed like modern amphibians—beginning their lives as purely aquatic tadpoles and…
With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Tuesday to test a new reentry vehicle designed to deliver cargo anywhere in the world from low-Earth orbit. The company developed…
Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs
Consumer AMD CPUs will once again offer encryption protections against physical attacks after facing user backlash for silently removing the feature. As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection,…
A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing
Rocket Lab quietly launched a small satellite from New Zealand on Friday in a high-flying military exercise to test the US Space Force’s ability to rapidly respond to a crisis…
Signs of Thaw in the Bering Sea
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Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations
In 2023, after years of pollution, equipment failures, and health concerns, the Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee was slated to close within the decade. The coal-fired plant had been part…