World
- More than 1,300 arrested as clashes follow another day of mass protests across France — BBC World
- Israel to close West Bank crossings on election day as crackdown escalates — BBC World
- Voters in Brazil to choose between Lula and Bolsonaro's son — BBC World
- Musk says SpaceX restricted Ukraine's Starlink connection as service restored — BBC World
- Iran’s authorities take ‘self-sacrifice’ mobilisation campaign nationwide — Al Jazeera
- Police in Albania filmed beating protester unconscious — Al Jazeera
- Saudi Arabia intercepts missiles and drones as fighting with Houthis rages — Al Jazeera
Hundreds of thousands took part in demonstrations in France, with protests also taking place in other European countries.
The Israeli Defense Forces announces restrictions on the movement of Palestinian workers in the run-up to Tuesday's election.
Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil's imprisoned former president, is presenting a strong challenge to Lula, 80, who is seeking a fourth term in office.
The tech billionaire accuses Ukraine of violating its terms of service by using the network for military activity.
The IRGC says it wants to use main squares in every capital of Iran’s 31 provinces for the Janfada campaign.
Police in Albania’s capital, Tirana, were filmed beating a protester lying on the ground.
Saudi-led coalition says intercepted drone, missile launched towards Riyadh and 10 missiles targeting southern region.
Technology
- Meta Ignores Brazilian Court Order to End Bolsonaro Favoritism — Hacker News · 169 points
- We should be more ambitious with the software we build — Hacker News · 451 points
- Cerebras Deploys Trillion-Parameter AI Models — Hacker News · 185 points
- France asked ISPs to prepare temporary DNS blocks for major social platforms — Hacker News · 41 points
- How Japanese Dried Bonito Is Made — Hacker News · 50 points
- The Goose Programming Language — Hacker News · 423 points
- A 1,000-mile cloud on Mars may reveal physics never seen in nature — Ars Technica
- Ice sheet expansion may have started 2,000 years ago, but we canceled that — Ars Technica
Science
- Sea cucumber–inspired gel could help heal damaged tissue in humans — Phys.org
- Who should have a say in which species are saved? The California condor offers lessons for a global biodiversity treaty — Phys.org
- Bell pepper colors reveal differences in sweetness, nutrients and ripeness — Phys.org
- A hidden bias in human language challenges 70 years of science — ScienceDaily
- NASA’s asteroid Bennu samples reveal a 4.5-billion-year-old secret — ScienceDaily
- Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering — Quanta
- See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images — Quanta
Inspired by the ability of sea cucumbers to change the stiffness of their bodies, University of Waterloo researchers have developed a gel that could one day help repair damaged tendons and other soft tissues without…
In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American bird species was officially declared extinct in the wild. Today, after decades of coordinated…
Raw, grilled, roasted, stuffed—there are many ways to enjoy bell peppers, also called capsicums, sweet peppers or paprika. Bell peppers originated in Central and South America and belong to the nightshade family along…
A groundbreaking study challenges 70 years of assumptions about how human language works. By analyzing billions of word uses, scientists discovered that meaning is organized around power, danger, and order rather than…
Tiny samples from asteroid Bennu are rewriting scientists' understanding of how our Solar System formed. New evidence suggests that Bennu was born where material from the inner and outer Solar System mixed, with…
To invade red blood cells, the deadly protist creates a temporary molecular portal that disappears behind it — a door we can now see in fine detail. The post Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering…
Winning entries in the 2026 Nikon Small World competitions reveal the hidden interactions that govern everyday life. The post See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images first appeared on Quanta…
Ideas & Culture
- Traction! — Aeon
- Bhutan: the last place — Aeon
- The Arcsine Law and Close Elections — 3 Quarks Daily
- American to Americant — 3 Quarks Daily
Tribologists study friction: what happens when things rub together. It’s indispensable, from the wheel to the paths of stars - by Jennifer R Vail Read on Aeon
What happened when people in Bhutan, the last country on Earth without television, were allowed to watch it in 1999? - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
by John Allen Paulos Election Day is just a week or so away and we can be sure that there will be many bogus claims that elections in this or that state or district were rigged. Of course, these claims generally depend…
by Mindy Clegg In a recent video, youtuber Belle of the Ranch discussed a question sent in by a viewer. The viewer wondered whether medicare for all (a policy that Belle supports) would be possible as it might give the…
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