Stories by pseudolus

Twitter says third-party apps broke “long-standing API rules,” won’t name rules

Authorities dismantle crypto exchange Bitzlato, allege it was cybercrime “haven”

More than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless

The Doomsday Clock: How Close Are We to the End of the World?

The world’s oldest person, a French nun, dies at 118

Dads Have Been Older Than Moms Since the Dawn of Humanity, Study Suggests

Sint Maarten approves plan to destroy entire population of vervet monkeys

Are We Living in a Computer Simulation, and Can We Hack It?

A flurry of new studies identifies causes of the Industrial Revolution

Real-world experiment proved that we should all shift to a four-day workweek

World’s oldest runestone found in Norway, archaeologists say

Abandoned mines can store enough electricity to power the planet, scientists

Rapid-fire laser diverts lightning strikes

An A.I. Translation Tool Can Help Save Dying Languages. But at What Cost?

How Mathematics stopped being defined by reality – started to invent new ones

Martin Luther King Jr., American Preacher

Epigenetic Manipulations Can Accelerate or Reverse Aging in Mice

Call for new taxes on super-rich after 1% pocket two-thirds of all new wealth

China leads the quest for small modular nuclear reactors–will the world follow?