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Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab make a breakthrough in rotor technology
8 May 2026 @ 3:46 pm
Testing shows rotor blades won't disintegrate when they spin at supersonic speed.
DNA identifies four more crew members of doomed Franklin expedition
8 May 2026 @ 3:15 pm
Three served on the HMS Erebus; the fourth was Petty Officer Harry Peglar of the HMS Terror.
Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse?
8 May 2026 @ 3:00 pm
There are a couple signs of strain beyond the MacBook Neo and the desktops.
How climate change makes your allergies worse
8 May 2026 @ 2:23 pm
As pollen season worsens, allergies compound with other climate health hazards.
The Nintendo Switch 2 is getting more expensive later this year
8 May 2026 @ 2:11 pm
"Changes in market conditions" lead to $50 price bump on Sept. 1.
The US military just released a bunch of UAP files, but there's no there there
8 May 2026 @ 1:59 pm
Here at Ars Technica, we do not preclude the possibility that aliens have visited Earth.
Everyone’s a loser in Strait of Hormuz game that simulates global crisis
8 May 2026 @ 11:15 am
The game asks players to find the least worst options for a shipping chokepoint.
Rocket Report: Alpha Block 2 coming this summer; Falcon sets booster landing mark
8 May 2026 @ 11:00 am
"The deciding factor was what we felt like was the team’s impact to humanity."
DHS can’t create vast DNA database to track ICE critics, lawsuit says
7 May 2026 @ 9:35 pm
Lawsuit accuses DHS of plugging DNA database into ICE surveillance machine.
Mozilla says 271 vulnerabilities found by Mythos have "almost no false positives"
7 May 2026 @ 7:18 pm
The developer of Firefox says it has "completely bought in" on AI-assisted bug discovery.