Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up : ScienceAlert

Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up : ScienceAlert

Physicists have conducted a global search for dark matter. They literally turned the Earth itself into a giant detector. Even stranger is that the experiment picked up dozens of candidate signals that fit predictions for certain types of hypothetical particles that could form dark matter. Those signals still need verification, and there are plenty of … Read more

Some dentists say more young people are grinding their teeth

Some dentists say more young people are grinding their teeth

Dentist Riaz Yar, a specialist in prosthodontics, treats patients struggling with the effects of severe bruxism – worn, cracked and fractured teeth, and dental work that keeps failing. Many also arrive with chronic jaw or facial pain and report poor sleep, all of which need assessing in their own right, he says, rather than simply … Read more

Trump endorses Irish reunification, breaking with decades of U.S. policy – The Washington Post

Trump endorses Irish reunification, breaking with decades of U.S. policy - The Washington Post

Trump backs Irish reunification, breaking with decades of US politics The Washington PostTrump says he would ‘love to see’ a united Ireland during his visit to Ireland Al JazeeraDonald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Ireland united The GuardianTrump says Irish unification would be ‘fantastic’, breaking with precedent The New York TimesDonald Trump interrupts … Read more

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be 'ill-advised' to go public in 2026

While OpenAI has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company will not go public this year, according to CEO Sam Altman. Altman was recently interviewed by Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell; Amid the fallout from the OpenAI-HuggingFace hack, as well as broader discussions about AI security, Shontell asked if OpenAI still feels pressure to … Read more

Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way

Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One Way

As noted by Nicolas Lellouche, writing for French technology website Numerama, Apple has updated its technical specifications pages for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max to clarify which models are equipped with its new C2 cellular modem and where. Apple now says that the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, … Read more

A 67-year-old told her eleven children she was “going for a hike”, then hiked the Appalachian Trail alone in canvas sneakers, sleeping under a shower curtain with a 17-pound sack over one shoulder. She reached Katahdin on September 25, 1955, 146 days out and seven pairs of shoes down.

A 67-year-old told her eleven children she was "going for a hike", then hiked the Appalachian Trail alone in canvas sneakers, sleeping under a shower curtain with a 17-pound sack over one shoulder. She reached Katahdin on September 25, 1955, 146 days out and seven pairs of shoes down.

Most people who set out to hike more than two thousand miles of mountain trails carry a tent, a sleeping bag, a compass, and at the very least, a map. Emma Gatewood wasn’t wearing any of those things. She was 67 years old, a mother of eleven children, and she left home with a bag … Read more

Who really needs a heart calcium scan?

Who really needs a heart calcium scan?

Coronary artery calcium scans are becoming an increasingly popular way to assess a person’s future risk of heart disease. The quick, relatively inexpensive CT test measures calcium buildup in the arteries that supply blood to the heart. But new research from Northwestern Medicine suggests the scan may provide its greatest benefit to a narrower group … Read more