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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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As teens await sentencing for nudifying girls, parents aim to sue school

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/23/2026 13:19 EDT

Teens will be sentenced Wednesday after admitting to creating AI CSAM. Read more ›

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A bit of good news: It's possible to turn around a groundwater crisis

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Scott K. Johnson @ Ars Technica · 03/23/2026 12:05 EDT

Analyzing dozens of cases around the world yields some practical lessons. Read more ›

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AI is beginning to change the business of law

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Suzi Ring, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 03/23/2026 09:45 EDT

Attorneys are finding uses for AI apart from generating fake case quotations. Read more ›

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A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/23/2026 07:00 EDT

Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer. Read more ›

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There can (still) be only one: Highlander is 40

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/22/2026 10:10 EDT

Sure, it's cheesy in many respects, but its central mythology still resonates even decades later. Read more ›

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Mining the deep ocean

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Natasha Gilbert @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/22/2026 07:00 EDT

Policymakers debate if we even need deep ocean mining and if we can do it safely. Read more ›

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We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids—what's it telling us?

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/21/2026 07:00 EDT

This week's result is just the latest in a growing collection of discoveries. Read more ›

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DOGE goes nuclear: How trump invited silicon valley into America’s nuclear power regulator

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Avi Asher-Schapiro @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/21/2026 06:00 EDT

“Assume the NRC is going to do whatever we tell the NRC to do.” Read more ›

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Jury finds Musk owes damages to Twitter investors for his tweets

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/20/2026 18:27 EDT

Verdict, while not a complete loss, could still cost him billions. Read more ›

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You're likely already infected with a brain-eating virus you've never heard of

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 18:11 EDT

Fatal brain infection was thought to be from profound immune suppression. Not anymore. Read more ›

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Once again, ULA can't deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 17:35 EDT

ULA's Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month. Read more ›

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Microsoft keeps insisting that it's deeply committed to the quality of Windows 11

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 17:26 EDT

"Reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points" is one of Microsoft's action items. Read more ›

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Writer denies it, but publisher pulls horror novel after multiple allegations of AI use

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 17:03 EDT

One of the first controversies of its kind. Read more ›

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Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:50 EDT

Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend. Read more ›

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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:30 EDT

The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles. Read more ›

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Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:08 EDT

Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit. Read more ›

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RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:36 EDT

Robert Malone made the claim, then retracted it, as HHS denied it. Read more ›

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NASA is blowing stuff up to study the explosive potential of methalox rockets

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:18 EDT

"We put fuel in a rocket, blow it up in a remote location, and measure how big the boom is." Read more ›

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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:18 EDT

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. Read more ›

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Amazon is reportedly developing an AI-centric smartphone

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 12:38 EDT

Amazon's second smartphone could forego an app store. Read more ›

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