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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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RFK Jr. wants Americans to use peptides that were banned over safety risks

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 17:51 EDT

The FDA is reportedly planning to allow production of 14 previously banned peptides. Read more ›

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Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 17:28 EDT

Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second "fragment creation event." Read more ›

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He-Man gets an origin story in Masters of the Universe trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 16:26 EDT

"Skeletor took my family and he destroyed our world." Read more ›

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Sweaty, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods blames cell phone use for his car crash

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 16:00 EDT

Cops arrest Woods after incident. Read more ›

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It's a race against time to save Krypto in Supergirl trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 15:50 EDT

Have these villains not seen John Wick? Read more ›

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Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 15:09 EDT

512,000 lines of code that competitors and hobbyists will be studying for weeks. Read more ›

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New quantum-computing advances heighten threat to elliptic curve cryptosystems

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 14:25 EDT

No, the sky isn't falling, but Q Day is coming, and it won't be as expensive as thought. Read more ›

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You can finally change the goofy Gmail address you chose years ago

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 13:55 EDT

All your data remains intact, and you can go back to your original address at any time. Read more ›

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OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 13:33 EDT

OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty. Read more ›

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This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 13:09 EDT

The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course. Read more ›

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Costco sued for seeking refunds on tariffs customers paid

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 12:09 EDT

Proposed class action accuses Costco of unjust enrichment. Read more ›

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What's the best cabin layout for aircraft evacuation?

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 11:00 EDT

The key is to evenly distribute elderly passengers, who move more slowly, among the aircraft cabins. Read more ›

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After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 10:25 EDT

"Things are certainly starting to feel real here at the Cape." Read more ›

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No more Chinese Polestar 3s as production shifts entirely to the US

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 10:11 EDT

Building the big electric SUV at two sites doesn't make sense anymore. Read more ›

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How did Anthropic measure AI's "theoretical capabilities" in the job market?

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 10:01 EDT

2023 study made a lot of assumptions about future "anticipated LLM-powered software." Read more ›

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Iran's hackers are on the offensive against the US and Israel

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Jacob Judah, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 09:37 EDT

Tehran hopes to stoke fear and extract intel in a series of cyber attacks. Read more ›

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As electric truck demand craters, GM lays off workers and idles plant

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2026 08:28 EDT

Factory Zero went idle on March 16, workers expected to return April 13. Read more ›

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Water utility announces it's ditching fluoride—then reveals it did so years ago

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/30/2026 18:32 EDT

The water utility highlighted unsubstantiated health concerns. Read more ›

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Judge halts Nexstar/Tegna merger after FCC let firms exceed TV ownership limit

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/30/2026 16:18 EDT

"Defendants must immediately cease" actions to integrate and consolidate the firms. Read more ›

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Meta hopes SCOTUS piracy ruling will help it beat lawsuit over torrenting AI data

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/30/2026 15:04 EDT

Judge gave authors an easier attack on Meta’s torrenting. Meta hopes SCOTUS ruling will block it. Read more ›

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