The moon’s surface experienced a violent encounter with a comet or asteroid, and it has a massive battle scar to prove it. The space rock, estimated to be the size of a three- to six-story-tall building, crashed into the moon’s eastern edge two years ago, between April 11 and May 22, 2024, although researchers did … Read more
A cancer treatment has reached a remarkable milestone. While Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has shown promising effects on blood cancers, like particular types of leukemia or lymphoma, its effects are limited when treating solid tumors — until now. A 3-year-old boy battling chemo-resistant cancer that had spread from his liver to his lungs … Read more
A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person to be charged in the UK with offenses relating to Rwanda’s genocide against the Tutsi in 1994, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, has been charged with one offense of conduct … Read more
An ICE officer shot and seriously injured a Venezuelan man Sunday afternoon while delivering food in Austin, Texas, his attorney said. The man was taken to a local hospital and was “in serious but stable condition” after being shot in the torso, Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Robert Luckritz said at an earlier news conference. The … Read more
Trump heads into week of diplomacy, hampered by lack of allies The Washington PostTrump’s decision on Iran looms as world leaders meet at UN KTXSTrump to use UNGA to present himself as world peacemaker even as he fuels war in Iran The IndependentTrump eyes busy week of meetings as UN General Assembly meets ReutersTrump to … Read more
Google’s signature AI agent did something it probably shouldn’t have done, and Google chose not to mention it for months. The Wall Street Journal reported that during a test by a company called Irregular in May, Gemini went rogue and hacked into three outside companies without being instructed to do so. According to Google, it … Read more
After last week’s feature drop, Pixel VIPs 2.0 is starting to roll out and brings more changes than just the widget redesign. With version 2.0, tapping a contact in the widget no longer slides a bottom sheet onto the home screen. Instead, it now opens a full-screen layout, which was previously accessible by swiping up. … Read more
The NFL centralized review of replays to ensure a consistent standard is applied when reviewing on-field decisions. And the constant standard is, or should be, that the available evidence makes it “clear and obvious” that officials were wrong in real time. Sometimes that standard applies. Sometimes, it’s not like that. When it comes to the … Read more
Around 631,000 years ago — a geological blink of an eye — catastrophe unfolded in what is now north-western Wyoming, US. During what is thought to have been a series of immense volcanic eruptions, life within hundreds of kilometres of the blasts was shattered. Ash was dispersed across much of North America and the effects … Read more
The San Vicente de Paúl Nursing Home in the South Bronx hasn’t admitted a patient since December 2024. ArchCare, which operates the facility, has reduced its capacity from 120 available beds to 53 and plans to shrink it further.Another ArchCare nursing home, on Staten Island, has shut down a full floor. North of the city, … Read more