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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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Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 14:35 EDT

About 1 in 5 cases were hospitalized and most of those developed complications. Read more ›

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House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 14:21 EDT

"The crown is a weight that crushes. You'll do things that spell death for all involved." Read more ›

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Trump FCC warns all broadcasters to follow orders or be punished like ABC

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 14:09 EDT

ABC says early renewal for all stations is unprecedented, has no legitimate purpose. Read more ›

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DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 13:41 EDT

DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce. Read more ›

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Startup offers free home cleaning—if it can record it all for robot training

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Jeremy Hsu @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 12:16 EDT

The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data. Read more ›

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After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 12:03 EDT

Until recently, a driver had maybe a six in ten chance of finishing a race. Read more ›

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Severed sea cucumber appendages don't seem to die

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 11:10 EDT

They seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 09:03 EDT

A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year. Read more ›

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Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 08:43 EDT

"I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." Read more ›

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These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding

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Emily Mullin @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2026 06:30 EDT

US Infectious diseases centers launched during COVID have lost their funding under Trump. Read more ›

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The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 22:21 EDT

New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program. Read more ›

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2027 Audi RS5 first drive: A performance PHEV with split personalities

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 18:01 EDT

Audi has developed an entirely new electric torque-vectoring rear differential. Read more ›

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LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they're false

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 17:29 EDT

Fine-tuning tests show "bias ... toward confidently representing the claims as true." Read more ›

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Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 16:29 EDT

Undisclosed addition in jqwik instructed AI coding agents to delete app output. Read more ›

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US healthcare still stupidly expensive, with pathetic outcomes, study finds

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 16:18 EDT

There are strategies to improve healthcare, but US isn't trying them. Read more ›

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Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 15:30 EDT

If it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element. Read more ›

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FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 15:01 EDT

FBI: Googler who knew outcome of bets in advance made $1.2M profit on Polymarket. Read more ›

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A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades macOS

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 14:42 EDT

The port seems solid, and all DLC is supported—but there's no crossplay, sadly. Read more ›

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Apple working to cram massive Gemini model into iPhone to power new Siri

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 14:30 EDT

As Apple tries to shrink Gemini for the iPhone, a cloud component is probably inevitable. Read more ›

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Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2026 14:17 EDT

Amazon is turning a corner with its launch providers, but ULA's Vulcan remains grounded. Read more ›

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