AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Wiredby Molly Taft13 Sept 2026
Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season’s biggest issue: data centers.
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top 91%With a Better Understanding of Physics, We Could Predict Volcanic Eruptions
Wiredby Robin George Andrews13 Sept 2026
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed.
A Super El Niño Is Building. Florida’s Most Vulnerable Homes Aren’t Ready. - Inside Climate News
Inside Climate Newsby By Kate Waxman13 Sept 2026
On the night of Feb. 22, 1998, tornadoes tore through Central Florida while most of the region slept.
Why Altman and Musk backed Anthropic CEO’s call to slow the AI race—but some see a corporate motive
ThePrintby Vrinda Tulsian13 Sept 2026
New Delhi: Three of the most prominent and competitive figures in the world of artificial intelligence—Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk—have publicly converged on...
Nepal disaster highlights need for multi-hazard assessment of Himalayas: Senior Geologist
Business Lineby PTI13 Sept 2026
The Himalayas face the threat of a cascading disaster, where a single high-altitude calamity can trigger avalanches, block rivers and unleash flash floods, rapidly magnifying destruction downstream...
Bitcoin Miners Found 2 Valid Blocks, Then One Was Left Behind
Bitcoin Newsby Jamie Redman13 Sept 2026
Galaxy Research documented a Bitcoin blockchain reorganization on Sept. 11, when two of the network’s largest mining pools found competing valid blocks, setting off a brief race that ended with one...
Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark
ScienceDaily13 Sept 2026
Venus’s pale yellow clouds may hide something surprisingly dark Scientists have narrowed the search for the mysterious substance darkening Venus’s clouds, bringing a century-old planetary puzzle...
Centre will extend support to AP’s Amaravati Quantum Bio Valley: JP Nadda
New Indian Expressby S Viswanath13 Sept 2026
VIJAYAWADA: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda has responded positively to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s proposal to accord national project status to the proposed Quantum...
Scientists find water was fueling volcanoes 3 billion years ago
ScienceDaily13 Sept 2026
Scientists find water was fueling volcanoes 3 billion years ago - Date: - September 12, 2026 - Source: - Adelaide University - Summary: - Ancient rocks from Western Australia suggest water was...
A hidden compound in healthy foods may worsen IBD
ScienceDaily13 Sept 2026
A hidden compound in healthy foods may worsen IBD - Date: - September 12, 2026 - Source: - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Summary: - A natural compound found in foods such as...
Ozempic and Wegovy may raise hair loss risk in some men
ScienceDaily13 Sept 2026
Ozempic and Wegovy may raise hair loss risk in some men - Date: - September 12, 2026 - Source: - NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine - Summary: - GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic...
Scientists discover a hidden switch that shuts down inflammation
ScienceDaily13 Sept 2026
Scientists discover a hidden switch that shuts down inflammation - Date: - September 12, 2026 - Source: - University College London - Summary: - Scientists have uncovered a natural braking system...
Observations in TNG: "Redemption II"
Ex Astris Scientiaby easinfo@gmail.com (EAS)13 Sept 2026
Here are some observations about sets, props, make-ups and visual effects in TNG: "Redemption II" without a specific theme, and a comparison of the original TV release (TNG) with the remastered...
Astronomers Spotted a 'Bear' on Mars
ScienceAlertby Fiona MacDonald13 Sept 2026
On 12 December 2022, an orbiter traveling 251 kilometers (156 miles) above the southern highlands of Mars photographed a hill.
Experts race to start new Bronze Age site dig before it’s lost to climate change
The Independentby Sam Russell12 Sept 2026
Archaeologists will begin a new dig at one of Britain’s most important Bronze Age sites next year before information preserved in peat is lost as the ground dries out amid climate change.
Musk and Altman back calls to ‘slow down’ development of AI
The Independentby Georgia Bates12 Sept 2026
Elon Musk and Sam Altman have backed a call from the boss of Anthropic for the artificial intelligence (AI) industry to “slow down” to give safety measures time to catch up.
Senegal eyes homemade satellites amid African space race - Taipei Times
Taipei Times13 Sept 2026
Senegalese engineers in hairnets and white gloves are carefully assembling a nanosatellite at a French lab — another step toward fostering their own space industry at home.
A Worrying New Trait Has Appeared in an Isolated Cat Species on a Japanese Island
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving12 Sept 2026
On a small, isolated island of Japan, lives a tiny population of Tsushima leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus).
Fossilized 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found by California scientist
World news | The Guardianby Uwa Ede-Osifo12 Sept 2026
A 10,000 year-old tooth in remarkable condition from an ancient Pacific mastodon, a large mammal that once inhabited North America, was recently discovered by a California scientist.
Physicists Just Turned The Entire Planet Into a Dark Matter Detector – And Strange Signals Kept Turning Up
ScienceAlertby Michael Irving12 Sept 2026
Physicists have conducted a worldwide hunt for dark matter. Literally – they turned Earth itself into a giant detector.