Thioester-mediated RNA aminoacylation and peptidyl-RNA synthesis in water Summary This Nature paper reports a chemically simple, non-enzymatic route that links activated amino acids (as aminoacyl-thiols) to selective RNA aminoacylation in…
Intel pitches Clearwater Forest as a consolidation play for all you hoarding ancient Xeons Summary Intel unveiled technical details for Clearwater Forest at Hot Chips, positioning it as a density-optimised…
VMware: The private cloud’s main purpose is now keeping developers happy Summary At VMware’s Explore session in Las Vegas, Krish Prasad (SVP and GM of Broadcom’s VMware Cloud Foundation division)…
Unlike most of Musk’s other ventures, Starship keeps it together for Flight Test 10 Summary SpaceX’s Starship achieved a largely successful Flight Test 10 on 26 August 2025. The launch…
GhostBSD 25.02 adds ‘Gershwin’ desktop for a Mac-like twist Summary GhostBSD 25.02-R14.3p2 (based on FreeBSD 14.3) is out. The release brings bug fixes, improved hardware detection (including better handling for…
Classic Psion fan releases proof-of-concept language server for OPL Summary Vintage-computing enthusiast Colin Hoad has published a proof-of-concept Language Server for Psion’s Open Programming Language (OPL). Written in Object Pascal…
Bun JS toolkit adds MySQL driver, secrets API, YAML, and more Summary Content summary Bun v1.2.21, the Zig-written JavaScript bundler and runtime, adds several new built-in features: MySQL and MariaDB…
Glow-in-the-dark houseplants shine in rainbow of colours Summary Researchers injected succulents (Echevaria ‘Mebina’) with afterglow phosphor particles — materials similar to those used in glow-in-the-dark toys — that absorb light…
Bun JS toolkit adds MySQL driver, secrets API, YAML, and more Summary Bun 1.2.21 expands the JavaScript runtime and toolkit with several built-in features: MySQL and MariaDB drivers integrated into…
Glow-in-the-dark houseplants shine in rainbow of colours Summary Researchers led by Xuejie Zhang have produced glow-in-the-dark succulents (Echeveria) by injecting leaves with afterglow phosphor particles (strontium aluminate doped with other…
