The planet’s widest glacier is melting “more aggressively” than previously predicted, meaning its impacts on global sea level rise could double current estimates, according to new research by a team of glaciologists. The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier because of the catastrophe its collapse would trigger, is a big wild card … Read more
Doctors at one Long Island hospital are using ketamine treatments to fight clinical depression – a medicine one patient says works better and faster than decades on Prozac. Patients suffering from severe depression at Mather Hospital are taking an esketamine nasal spray called Spravato, which 66-year-ld Ellen Talmage said has changed her life in a … Read more
Listen to this articleDear 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated using AI-based technology. Pronunciation errors may occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve results. Ukraine has resumed its attacks on Russian refineries with an attack on a facility in the Ryazan region, the regional governor said on … Read more
Donald Trump says Iran war ‘will be over very soon’ US President Donald Trump has claimed that the Iran war will be ‘over very soon’, as voters consider their options ahead of midterm elections taking place amid economic uncertainty and ongoing global conflict. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday afternoon, Trump said: “The Iran war is … Read more
Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily accused the United States of betraying kyiv with the “dangerous” withdrawal of critical support for its defense against Russia. Ukraine postponed attacks for three days after President Donald Trump’s unilateral “energy ceasefire” announcement, but accused Russia of repeatedly attacking its power grid. … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during the opening bell in New York on April 30, 2026. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Nasdaq-100 futures fell sharply on Thursday as concerns grew about technology companies overspending on artificial intelligence, while traders awaited earnings reports and economic data … Read more
Do you want an AI agent to do something to an iPhone? You could try to jailbreak the device and hack heavy software, or… you could grab a microcontroller off the shelf and let it do the hard work. [Henry Yuan] explains how to achieve this with an ESP32. The first step is to get … Read more
In the second game of the NLCS on Monday, Jake Bauers had one of the best at-bats in franchise history. Against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, one of the best postseason pitchers of his generation, he issued a 12-pitch walk, which was followed by a two-run single that chased down Yamamoto and sent the Brewers on their way. … Read more
The world’s timekeepers will meet Thursday near Paris to decide whether to eliminate the “leap second,” which could disconnect the clocks we use from the Earth’s rotation and realign time scales. The world’s clocks are designed on the idea that the Earth completes one rotation on its axis in exactly 24 hours. But it actually … Read more
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