World
- Celebrations in Serbia after veteran ruler Vučić loses election to student-led protest movement — BBC World
- Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile — BBC World
- Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison — BBC World
- Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies aged 46 — BBC World
- If Netanyahu loses, what changes for Palestinians? — Al Jazeera
- Thousands greet opposition leader Maria Machado upon return to Caracas — Al Jazeera
- Saudi Arabia confirms January start for Asian Cup 2027 despite attacks — Al Jazeera
The populist right-wing leader of 12 years says it is "clear" his party has lost the vote billed as a referendum on the country's future.
Machado had left the country just a month before the US government seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Andre McKechnie, who murdered a property developer, argued it was his right to enjoy Australian culture.
Bauza had voiced a number of characters in this summer's animated hit Coyote vs. Acme.
AJLabs tracks how Israeli parties voted against eight Knesset bills that disfavoured Palestinians ahead of the election.
Thousands lined the streets of Caracas to welcome opposition leader Maria Corina Machado back to Venezuela after exile.
Asian Cup 2027 to kick off on January 7 with Saudi Arabia facing Palestine in Riyadh as the AFC announces the schedule.
Technology
- Switzerland. Block by block. At 1:1 scale — Hacker News · 140 points
- Show HN: TitleArt – Make text like it's 1997 — Hacker News · 255 points
- PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP — Hacker News · 151 points
- Behind the scenes at the NeXT Computer office — Hacker News · 131 points
- Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline — Hacker News · 40 points
- Dolly Parton's Imagination Library — Hacker News · 558 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
- FAST and Arecibo point to possible dark galaxy with vast hydrogen reservoir — Phys.org
- Lumina simulation brings the early universe to life on a record-breaking scale — Phys.org
- Experienced teachers are quitting or reducing their hours—they're struggling to cope — Phys.org
- A simple liquid can stop cavities without drilling, major study confirms — ScienceDaily
- Just two drinks a day may be far riskier than you think — ScienceDaily
- Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering — Quanta
- See Inside Cells Like Never Before in These Vivid Microscopic Images — Quanta
Astronomers have found a vast reservoir of hydrogen with something conspicuously missing: detectable starlight. The object, called AGC 322753, contains roughly 2 billion times the sun's mass in neutral hydrogen, a…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Nancy Roman Space Telescope are revealing the universe's earliest chapters in detail. To help astronomers understand what they are seeing, researchers at the Center for…
Teacher shortages are affecting school systems in countries across the world. Governments have responded with initiatives to attract graduates into teaching. While much attention has focused on increasing supply, far…
A simple liquid painted onto teeth in seconds can stop cavities without drilling, injections, or anesthesia, according to a major clinical trial involving young children. The inexpensive treatment could spare thousands…
A major new study reveals that drinking just two alcoholic beverages a day is associated with a 1 in 25 lifetime risk of death from alcohol-related causes, challenging the idea that moderate drinking is harmless.…
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
- Great art explained: Tamara in the green Bugatti — Aeon
- How to build real peace — Aeon
- 3 Quarks Daily Expands Its Social Media Presence — 3 Quarks Daily
- Math is Gonna Be Alright — 3 Quarks Daily
A very modern conception of womanhood: in the Jazz Age paintings of Tamara de Lempicka, women were bold, free and stylish - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
From Colombia to Syria, I’ve seen that capitalist logic can’t help to rebuild postwar countries but cooperatives can - by Azize Aslan Read on Aeon
Hello Readers (and Writers), We’re pleased to announce that you can now follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and Bluesky, where we’ll be sharing our original essays, curated articles, and other…
by Jonathan Kujawa So, some stuff has happened in the world of math since I wrote my last 3QD essay at the beginning of September. In May, there was a breakthrough result for the Erdos Unit Distance Conjecture. In July,…
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