Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility Summary The Nature editorial criticises the US federal government’s decision to cancel 22 grants (nearly US$500 million) for messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine research.…
Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition debuts: Xfce desktop never looked so good Summary Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition is a trimmed, polished spin of Debian 13 “Trixie” that pairs the…
Summary NASA has issued a Request For Information (RFI) to industry for a Fission Surface Power System intended for the Moon, with firms invited to register interest by 21 August…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Bloomberg (via Slashdot) reports that Sam Altman’s brain-chip venture, often referred to as Merge Labs, is exploring a striking…
Wine 10.13 Released Summary Wine 10.13 has been released after a one-month pause. The update adds a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab for the Joystick Control Panel, new cryptographic algorithms…
Aging Can Spread Through Your Body Via a Single Protein, Study Finds Summary Researchers have identified a protein, ReHMGB1, that appears to carry and transmit cellular senescence signals through the…
New Brain Device Is First To Read Out Inner Speech Summary A team of neuroscientists has demonstrated a brain‑computer interface (BCI) that decodes “inner speech” — the sentences a person…
Virtual Power Plants: Where Home Batteries are Saving Americans from Blackouts Summary Puerto Rico, facing dozens of outages this summer, has seen a surge in rooftop solar and home batteries:…
Wine 10.13 Released Summary Wine 10.13 has been released after a one-month break. The update adds a Windows Gaming Input configuration tab in the Joystick Control Panel, introduces ECDSA_P521 and…
Sam Altman’s Brain Chip Venture Is Mulling Gene Therapy Approach Summary Merge Labs, the brain‑chip venture linked to Sam Altman, is reportedly considering a gene therapy approach that would genetically…
