World
- Arrest made after fire at Hitler's mountaintop Eagle's Nest retreat — BBC World
- Father who killed Oregon school gunman describes anguish over children he couldn't save — BBC World
- Student movement takes Serbia's Vučić to the wire in neck-and-neck election — BBC World
- White House lifts tariffs on some Canadian goods as midterm elections loom — BBC World
- France braces for another day of mass protests as security on high alert — Al Jazeera
- Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro debate policy proposals before run-off — Al Jazeera
- Ethiopian PM’s advisor: Tigrayan forces and others hinder stability — Al Jazeera
Around 200 emergency personnel are deployed to fight the blaze at the Nazi dictator's Alpine residence in Germany.
Kaylub Giamanco has been hailed as a hero for killing a teenager who fatally shot three children and a teacher.
The Student List has emerged from almost two years of anti-corruption protests to form the biggest challenge to Vučić's rule.
From 30 October, tariffs will be eased on some products, including certain machinery, and placed on others, such as carpets.
Several planned marches in major cities in France have been banned by authorities, provoking an uproar by rights groups.
Polls indicate Brazil's presidential candidates are neck and neck before Sunday's voting.
Advisor to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister stated that Tigrayan forces and regional actors are hindering regional stability.
Technology
- I Don't Understand Quantum Physics — Hacker News · 64 points
- OBS Studio 33 — Hacker News · 170 points
- Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed — Hacker News · 926 points
- Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone — Hacker News · 899 points
- Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month — Hacker News · 63 points
- Twelve years of distributed SQLite — Hacker News · 216 points
- NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue — Ars Technica
- Hegseth warns prediction market bets warp military judgment, endanger troops — Ars Technica
Science
- Swinging virtual lightsabers and punching improve pattern-based learning in VR tests — Phys.org
- Typhoon Champi knocks out power to thousands in Taiwan — Phys.org
- NASA adopting Apollo's urgency to build a moon base and land astronauts within 2 years — Phys.org
- One of Earth’s most powerful supervolcanoes is refilling with fresh magma — ScienceDaily
- Nearly 20% of Switzerland’s glacier ice has vanished in just five years — ScienceDaily
- Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering — Quanta
- See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images — Quanta
Punching a virtual response box or swinging a virtual lightsaber can dramatically improve learning on certain tasks, according to new research from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering and Computer…
Emergency crews scrambled on Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of homes in Taiwan after Typhoon Champi's fierce winds battered the island, with the storm moving toward China and Japan.
NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years.
Deep beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, a massive magma reservoir is refilling 7,300 years after one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in Earth's recent geological history. Scientists used underwater seismic…
Switzerland’s glaciers are disappearing at an alarming rate, losing more than 5% of their ice volume in 2026 alone. Some of the country’s most famous glaciers experienced their worst melting on record, while several…
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 Art of the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum — 3 Quarks Daily
- Substack founder Chris Best speaks with legendary music producer Rick Rubin about AI — 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
Kay Chubbuck at JSTOR Daily: Visitors encountering the Thousand Bloom Chrysanthemum at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania often wonder what they are seeing. From a distance, the plant appears to be an immense floral dome,…
Rick Rubin and Chris Best at Substack: Rick writes The Creative Act: Thoughtforms & Innerworks on Substack, where he shares reflective insights and practical creative exercises drawn from his approach to art and…
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