This ‘perfect invader’ is spreading across the world. It’s costing economies billions
The polyphagous shot-hole borer is laying siege to tree populations across South Africa and far beyond.
Day: August 13, 2026
Dogs know if we’re happy, sad or scared just from our expressions, study suggests
It’s something every dog owner knows — but now we have the science to prove it: Dogs really can tell when we’re happy or sad.
It’s not just a gut feeling: Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer
Federal data suggests that this is a particularly bad summer for foodborne illness outbreaks in the US.
Hackers used autonomous AI agents to attack Taiwan. Is this the future of cyberwarfare?
Hackers deployed an AI system to carry out sophisticated cyberattacks on Taiwan, officials said, in what experts believe is the first known fully auto…
AI boom or bubble? Timing is everything
Artificial intelligence is a game-changing technology that’s already transforming how the world lives and works.
Lionel Messi’s emotional tribute to his late father reveals his doubts about his future on the pitch
Soccer star Lionel Messi published a farewell letter to his father, Jorge Messi, who died Saturday at 68, in which he expressed all his pain and revea…
What one of the NBA’s darkest moments can teach the WNBA after a summer of in-fighting and off-court drama
The WNBA – an infighting, cultural battlefield that occasionally doubles as a basketball league – has reached its November 19, 2004, inflection po…
Lawmakers demand answers about USS Abraham Lincoln conditions as reports emerge of sailors attempting to jump overboard
Several Democratic lawmakers are calling for answers after concerns were raised by families of sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln about the deteriorat…
When they didn’t find fraud while testing a voting machine for the Trump admin, this cyber firm faced a wave of backlash
The Trump administration abruptly declined to renew a contract for a cybersecurity firm it hired to examine voting equipment in Puerto Rico after the …
Ecuador police didn’t expect to find Erling Haaland’s face plastered on cocaine bricks
Norway’s soccer star Erling Haaland’s face has appeared on billboards, trading cards and television screens, after he became a social media phenom…
