Reuters reports that Anthropic representatives approached lawmakers with a detailed frontier-AI safety proposal. It is not enacted legislation.
A fresh October 17 report details threats by privacy companies to leave Canada over proposed lawful-access powers. The disputed bill is not enacted.
A new simulation explores whether dark matter has excited states that help explain an enormous galaxy-cluster collision. It is a hypothesis, not a confirmed detection.
After a villager reported a hieroglyph-covered block, archaeologists uncovered remains of two colossal royal statues in Egypt’s Nile Delta.
An enormous metal object appeared in a Minnesota cornfield. State and federal agencies are investigating; its origin remains unconfirmed.
Astronomers tracked a record-setting fast radio burst to a tiny galaxy seen as it existed 3 billion years after the Big Bang—offering a clue about what produces these extraordinary flashes.
Tiny red objects spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope have challenged theories of early cosmic growth. A September 2026 Nature study offers a compelling—but simulated—explanation.
Citizen Lab says targeted ads were used to deliver mercenary spyware to Al Jazeera devices without clicks. Its October 15 findings raise questions about the machinery behind everyday advertisements.
New 2026 DESI measurements sharpen the debate over whether dark energy evolves. Some clues point to change, while another powerful test favors the standard cosmological model.
A 2026 study of 337 people examined the eerie sensation that someone is nearby when no one can be seen. Its findings complicate easy claims about ghosts—and the brain.
