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Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/06/2026 07:15 EDT

What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? Read more ›

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National Science Board eviscerated; Trump admin fires all 22 members

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/27/2026 11:04 EDT

Members had planned to release report that US is ceding scientific ground to China. Read more ›

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Next El Niño could be tipping point for a hotter climate

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Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 04/27/2026 10:12 EDT

Pacific heat pulse is temporary, but scientists warn that its climate impacts are not. Read more ›

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Gateway manufacturer finally acknowledges issue, fails to mention "corrosion"

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/27/2026 10:02 EDT

"At this time, further comments would be premature." Read more ›

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Meet the players who lost big money on Peter Molyneux’s failed Legacy

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/27/2026 06:45 EDT

After millions in NFT sales, the hyped “play to earn” game was effectively dead in weeks. Read more ›

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Strange New Worlds S4 teaser strikes a more serious tone

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/26/2026 15:52 EDT

"I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate where wiser men would have left well enough alone." Read more ›

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Prime Video drops full trailer for Spider-Noir

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/26/2026 13:20 EDT

It's "a detective story, but the detective happens to also have spider powers.”—EP Chris Miller Read more ›

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New robotic control software avoids jamming their joints

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/26/2026 07:09 EDT

Software lets robots learn from each other even if they have different hardware. Read more ›

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Artemis II broke Fred Haise's distance record, but he is happy to pass it on

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 1 place · 04/25/2026 07:40 EDT

"It wasn't a big deal. It just coincided with the fact that Moon was farther away from the Earth." Read more ›

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Palantir employees are talking about company's "descent into fascism"

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Makena Kelly, wired.com @ Ars Technica 2 place · 04/25/2026 06:49 EDT

Slack messages, interviews with current and former works paint picture of company in turmoil. Read more ›

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This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/24/2026 22:52 EDT

"If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it." Read more ›

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Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 18:05 EDT

This follows a similar, but smaller, investment by Amazon just days ago. Read more ›

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Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna's combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 17:11 EDT

Amid RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda, Moderna withdrew its FDA application last year. Read more ›

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FCC: Router ban includes portable hotspots, but not phones with hotspot features

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 15:30 EDT

FCC defines consumer routers expansively, updates FAQ to include Wi-Fi hotspots. Read more ›

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Why are top university websites serving porn? It comes down to shoddy housekeeping.

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 15:00 EDT

Hundreds of subdomains from dozens of universities have been hijacked by scammers. Read more ›

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In rare chickenpox case, itchy blisters mushroom into large, rubbery nodules

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 14:44 EDT

Treatment options are tricky. The teen opted to live with the masses. Read more ›

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Soldier won $410K in Polymarket bets on timing of Maduro capture, US alleges

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 13:41 EDT

It's like "Pete Rose betting on his own team," Trump says of arrested soldier. Read more ›

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Meet the 19-meter Cretaceous kraken that swam with mosasaurs

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 13:23 EDT

Layer by layer, researchers revealed the jaws of an ancient predator. Read more ›

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Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 12:58 EDT

The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line. Read more ›

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Man faces 5 years in prison for using AI to fake sighting of runaway wolf

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 11:05 EDT

Beloved wolf gripped the nation after burrowing out of the zoo. Read more ›

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Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway's primary modules are corroded

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/24/2026 10:47 EDT

"Preliminary findings indicate that the issue likely results from a combination of factors." Read more ›

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