In addition to today's blog post calling out the need for others to takeover the This Week In Plasma series, KDE developer Nate Graham also published another blog post to highlight the successes of the Plasma desktop over 2025. In particular, the KDE Plasma Wayland transition "nears completion" as i…

"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."
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Scientists on the ATLAS experiment explored the polarization of W bosons to test the Higgs mechanism and gain a deeper understanding of the first moments after the Big Bang.

Astrobotic said Dec. 19 it has won $17.5 million in NASA and military contracts to develop three new reusable suborbital vehicles for technology demonstrations and other applications.
The post Astrobotic secures contracts for suborbital vehicle development appeared first on SpaceNews.

Many Indian cities rank at the bottom of liveability indexes despite big government spending on infrastructure.

A first launch of the Long March 12A Chinese state-owned reusable rocket reached orbit late Monday, but attempted recovery of the first stage downrange failed.
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Too much turkey and Baileys? Blow away the Christmas cobwebs on one of our rambles. And if that doesn’t work, they all end at a pub for a hair of the dogDistance 7 milesDuration 5 hoursStart/finish Ditchling village car park Continue reading...

The chair of the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has written to the environment secretary expressing “deep disappointment” at the government’s response to its waste-crime inquiry.
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The demonstration of the first antimatter quantum bit paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.

For more than two decades, amateur photographer Dale Carter has documented the physicists who come to the Black Hills for their research.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – For 72 years, in order to serve as a shortcut for crude oil from production fields in western Canada to refineries in eastern Ontario, Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 pipeline has transported 540,000 barrels of oil and natural gas liquids daily beneath the forests and wetlands of north…

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell,…

Researchers from the ATLAS collaboration have introduced a new neural simulation based-inference technique to analyse their datasets
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Restoration Ecology, Volume 33, Issue 8, November 2025.

Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
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What stories or topics merited more attention in 2025, and which might inform law and policy conversations in 2026?
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A "Cyber Shield" would enable the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies to attribute quickly, act collectively, and stem Beijing’s cyber coercion.
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BCI trends to watch in 2026: Better ways of capturing brain signals, brain implants for mental health, and Chinese competition.

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows researchers to search trillions of DNA and RNA sequences in seconds instead of downloading massive data …

This bargain batch is dangerous in that very specific way where titles you already love suddenly feel like sensible purchases.

A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
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After 25 years of continuous human presence in space, the International Space Station remains a training and proving ground for deep space missions, enabling NASA to focus on Artemis missions to the Moon and Mars. The orbiting laboratory is also a living archive of human experience, culture, and con…

A provisional agreement between the European Parliament and Council will introduce mandatory recycled-content targets, stronger producer responsibility and tighter controls on vehicle exports, aiming to accelerate the transition to a more circular automotive sector. The European Union has reached a …

Fish 4.3 is out today as the newest update to this user-friendly command line shell. Fish 4.0 released at the beginning of this year in porting the codebase from C++ to Rust and now before closing out 2025 they have out Fish 4.3...

The health emergency is detailed in the forthcoming CNN Films documentary I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not.

Plus, Bing Crosby’s Ultimate Christmas breaks the record for the biggest streaming week ever for a holiday album.

Another pilot was in critical condition, according to the fire chief in Hammonton, N.J., where the crash took place.

Three young Britons explain why they are building their futures overseas.

US President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress on the faltering Gaza ceasefire when he meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, with talks also set to cover Israel’s security concerns over Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran.

French actress Brigitte Bardot, whose death at the age of 91 was announced on Sunday, became a global symbol of glamour and desire during the on-screen career of her youth. Here are a few of the most memorable moments from that career, from the iconic image of a bikini-clad Bardot in "... And God Cr…