How Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has brought the culture wars to the military
The New York Times reporter Greg Jaffe says Hegseth has disproportionately blocked promotions of Black and women senior officers, and he's also been purging the military of transgender people.
She got Trump's $500 check for health insurance. To her, it's a 'political stunt'
As checks from President Trump for health costs hit millions of mailboxes, a poll shows Americans don't trust Republicans on healthcare. Experts doubt it will move the needle and say it is likely illegal.
Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests
New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: What role do these bacteria play in human health?
Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan trees.
DIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran war
It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make their own. They call it a "labor of love."
U.S. moves long-range bombers from U.K. And, Israel allegedly warned before Oct. 7
A possible Iranian threat led the U.S. to remove long-range bombers from a U.K. base. And, Israelis are learning that their prime minister may have been warned before the Oct. 7 attacks.
Who will win the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics?
A thinly traded prediction market offers a starting point. We explore potential winners and the big ideas that could earn them economics' biggest prize.
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
An early flu season means it might be time to think about a flu shot
Flu season typically starts in October or November. But it looks like the flu started to pick up in September this year.
'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical change, though many don't really know what it is.
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Badenoch says Tories would scrap inheritance tax on family homes
Tory leader says her party is "coming back", as she aims to convince voters it has changed after 2024 election defeat.
Chris Mason: Tories united behind Badenoch - but party still needs to win over voters
Kemi Badenoch has the support of her party but the Tories still trail Labour and Reform in opinion polls.
Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family
The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.
Family tribute to 'kind and loving' GP found dead at home
Hannah Cain's family say they have been "devastated" by her death on Sunday.
World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers
Climate change is blamed for dramatic decline of chinstrap penguins living on a remote volcanic island.
Southampton manager to stay in role after being given suspended ban over Spygate scandal
Tonda Eckert is free to continue as Southampton manager after being given a suspended ban for his role in Spygate.
Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness
People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.
Watch: Why French police have stopped using stun grenades on student protesters
France has halted the use of stun grenades after a 15-year-old boys hand was blown off during student protests.
Notorious gangland enforcer Paul Ferris dies aged 62
The criminal-turned-author is believed to have died on Tuesday night after a short illness.
Eleven arrested as pro-Palestinian marches held in London
Five people were arrested for inciting racial hatred at a protest outside the office of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Met says.
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When one datacenter is no longer enough
SPONSORED POST: Why training AI across multiple sites is creating a new networking challenge
Europe's mobile operators sell fewer phones but gain share as budget market shrivels
Contract purchases hold up better than independent retail sales, with Apple overtaking Samsung in the carrier channel
Nine in 10 VMware customers eye the exit as licensing bills bite
Rimini Street-sponsored survey finds 48% have no plans to move workloads to Broadcom's preferred subscription platform
Dutch tax office ditches Microsoft 365 cloud for on-premises alternative
Email and calendars move in-house in 2027, with European open source tools to follow
FortiBleed still a bleeding nuisance as FBI confirms ongoing attacks
Tens of thousands more victims and more ransomware groups getting in on the act
Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism
David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results
COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in
System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues bot-found flaws are too valuable to ignore
From reactive to proactive: How endpoint monitoring is fixing broken meeting rooms
SPONSORED FEATURE: Cloud-based telemetry is turning meeting rooms into managed endpoints, letting IT teams anticipate failures rather than scramble once users complain
South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
'Complete security paradigm refresh' needed for the AI era
Microsoft defines its Azure instance lifecycle, without any info about timing
Redmond explains how VMs die, but not when you can expect that to happen
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Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech