Researchers in Jonathan Richardson's group testing a novel adaptive optics device designed to precisely reshape the surfaces of LIGO's main mirrors. Credit: Arnaud Pele, LIGO Laboratory
Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a new way to help gravitational-wave observatories see farther into the universe by solving one of their biggest challenges: tiny heat-induced distortions in the massive mirrors at the heart of the detectors.
A whole lotta people were curious about the whereabouts of the Avengers.
The first trailer for “Avengers: Doomsday” has been viewed a staggering 503 million times over 24 hours. That ranks as the second-biggest movie trailer launch of all time, behind Sony’s upcoming Marvel adventure “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” with 719 million views. And it’s Disney’s most-viewed trailer in history, beating out the studio’s 2024 superhero epic “Deadpool & Wolverine” Super Bowl teaser with 365 million views, including the broadcast.
Replaced military chief Syrskii clashed with former Defence Minister Fedorov, whose removal last week led to protests.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired Oleksandr Syrskii as the country’s commander-in-chief, appointing Mykhailo Drapatyi to lead the military. The move comes after six days of protests in the capital, Kyiv, sparked by the removal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had previously clashed with Syrskii.
Salt Lake County, Utah study area. Survey respondents are marked in green. Credit: Environment and Behavior (2026). DOI: 10.1177/00139165261455133
Residents of Salt Lake County, Utah, are highly concerned about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, according to new University of Utah–led research examining local perceptions of the lake's health and its economic and environmental impacts.
Today, Bungie launched Marathon's 1.1.5 update, featuring its awaited Vault Breaker experimental PvE mode which offers a two-week window for players to contend with the typically-endgame Cryo Archive map and its many hazards and puzzles without any twitchy, murderous squads of competing players hanging around.
Two years after boasting about how hard it was going on videogames, Hasbro has recorded a "$56 million non-cash impairment" in its second-quarter financial report, arising from the cancellation of several games in development that were expected to release "in 2028 and beyond."
OpenAI admitted Tuesday that one of its AI models breached the systems of Hugging Face, the unaffiliated AI hosting platform, during an internal cybersecurity test that went awry. The models reportedly escaped their isolated testing environment and reached Hugging Face’s systems from there. Hugging Face initially attributed the breach to an “external AI agent.”