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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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Binance sues WSJ, panicked by gov’t probes into sanctioned crypto transfers

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 14:04 EDT

Binance’s lawsuit accusing WSJ of defamation unlikely to stall government probes. Read more ›

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A glimpse into tuner culture: Fast and Furious exhibit at the Petersen

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 13:41 EDT

The museum is celebrating 25 years of the original F&F film with a 23-car exhibit. Read more ›

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Intel shores up its desktop CPU lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 13:21 EDT

New CPUs are a bit faster and a bit cheaper than the ones they replace. Read more ›

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Anduril, the autonomous weapons maker, doubles the size of its space unit

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 12:50 EDT

"We are focused on protecting space, assuring access to space, ensuring custody of space." Read more ›

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Nvidia is reportedly planning its own open source OpenClaw competitor

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 12:30 EDT

GPU maker courts corporate partners for NemoClaw ahead of annual conference. Read more ›

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NIH director launches "Scientific Freedom" lectures with non-scientist

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 11:33 EDT

First speaker minimizes climate change, COVID risks—and is a lab leak proponent. Read more ›

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Here's everything we know about Rivian R2 pricing and specs

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 11:00 EDT

The midsize AWD EV goes on sale this spring, single-motor versions in 2027. Read more ›

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Verdict: Yes, you should go see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible

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Lee Hutchinson @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 10:44 EDT

A brief spoiler-free review of the film, which opens in the US on March 20. Read more ›

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What crackdown? Trump's EPA enforcement claims don't pass sniff test.

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Wyatt Myskow and Lisa Sorg, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 09:27 EDT

75% of the criminal cases closed last fiscal year originated before Trump took office. Read more ›

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Don't lick that cold metal pole in winter—if you do, don't panic

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 08:31 EDT

Highest risk of part of tongue being torn off is with temps between -5° and -15° C (23° to 5 °F). Read more ›

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Quantum computing meets the Möbius molecule

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/11/2026 07:07 EDT

A complex structure with multiple electrons is within reach of today's hardware. Read more ›

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NASA approved a safety waiver for this week's reentry of Van Allen Probe

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 19:01 EDT

"Due to late-stage design changes, the potential risk of uncontrolled reentry increased." Read more ›

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FDA contradicts Trump admin, declines to approve generic drug for autism

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 18:12 EDT

In the end, the FDA only approved the drug for a rare genetic condition with clearer data. Read more ›

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AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 15:36 EDT

Is it clean "reverse engineering" or just an LLM-filtered "derivative work"? Read more ›

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Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 15:02 EDT

The viral social network project was created with OpenClaw. Read more ›

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After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 14:37 EDT

One toggle for "fast classic search." Read more ›

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Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm "radical left, woke"

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 14:26 EDT

Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance. Read more ›

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Trump's divisive FDA vaccine regulator self-destructs, will exit agency (again)

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 13:58 EDT

It's unclear what Prasad's FDA exit means, but some drug makers are happy to see him go. Read more ›

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NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for lunar lander

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 13:48 EDT

"NASA’s tracking of SpaceX’s manual control risk indicates a worsening trend." Read more ›

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Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/10/2026 12:01 EDT

Gemini can now pull context from your files, emails, and more to create and edit documents. Read more ›

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