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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
2 May 2026 @ 2:23 pm
Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more
Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?
2 May 2026 @ 11:30 am
Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial.
Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors
1 May 2026 @ 10:23 pm
Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.”
The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS
1 May 2026 @ 10:00 pm
Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going?
Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive
1 May 2026 @ 9:05 pm
Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate.
Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
1 May 2026 @ 7:12 pm
The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
1 May 2026 @ 5:51 pm
Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next.
Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines
1 May 2026 @ 5:36 pm
More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban.
Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
1 May 2026 @ 5:09 pm
AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on.
Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal
1 May 2026 @ 4:24 pm
Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal.