Born Aug. 1, 1818, Maria Mitchell was raised in the Quaker tradition, which allowed equal education for boys and girls. This, plus lessons from her father, afforded her the opportunity to become skilled in astronomy, mathematics, and navigation. After a brief stint as a teacher, she became the first librarian […]
APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 1 – Buck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by […]
Move over He-Man, Mattel’s Major Matt Mason space toys could still be blasting off for Hollywood
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Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
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The Download: Montana’s new experimental drug rules
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Montana’s plan to become an experimental medical hub just pushed forward As of this week in Montana, biotech companies whose drugs have been through preliminary testing—sometimes […]
A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms’ bid to dismiss Reddit’s lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: A US judge largely denies Perplexity and three data scraper firms’ bid to dismiss Reddit’s lawsuit over claims of copyright law violations under DMCA — On Friday, a judge largely denied a motion to dismiss from a web scraper, SerpApi, which is accused of conspiring […]
Lioness season 3 is Taylor Sheridan’s most scathing, brutal, and AI-wary outing yet — but the new Paramount+ series is still making sure that the Yellowstone creator is the action hero of the hour
Lioness season 3 is pushing Joe to more vulnerable and brutal limits than she’s ever had to endure — but somehow, Taylor Sheridan himself feels like the biggest star of the bunch.