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‘A Life Illuminated’: Of Bioluminescence, Mysterious Sea Creatures, And A Woman Scientist’s Groundbreaking Quest deadline.com/2026/08/a-li...
Bioluminescence Captured In Edie Widder Doc 'A Life Illuminated'Ocean creature bioluminescence is captured in the documentary 'A Life Illuminated,' about the pioneering marine biologist Edie Widder.deadline.com7 peculiar pets in history: From a beer-drinking elk to the Pope’s elephant www.popsci.com/environment/...
7 peculiar pets in history: From a beer-drinking elk to the Pope’s elephantMove aside cats and dogs.www.popsci.com‘Wonder Man’ Showrunner Posts Video To “Clear Up” Rumors About Cancellation: “There Is No Movie In The Works” deadline.com/2026/08/wond...
'Wonder Man' Showrunner "Clears Up" Rumors About CancellationAs 'Wonder Man' fans are left reeling in confusion over the show's shock cancellation, Andrew Guest has some answers.deadline.comHere's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift mission arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
Here's how engineers plan to save the satellite sent to save NASA's Swift missionWe believe that a capture of Swift, an attempted capture of Swift, is very much in the cards."arstechnica.comYouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI Use gizmodo.com/youtuber-han...
YouTuber Hank Green Is Facing a Fan Revolt Over His AI UseHe says his loved ones don't think his LLM use has been "healthy."gizmodo.comOn Tim Cook’s Final Earnings Call, He Said Apple May Charge for Siri gizmodo.com/on-tim-cooks...
On Tim Cook’s Final Earnings Call, He Said Apple May Charge for SiriA price may come into play "when people use it a lot," he said.gizmodo.comAs Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI Overviews arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/r...
As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google's AI OverviewsReddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.arstechnica.comGoogle Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop Factory gizmodo.com/google-brief...
Google Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop FactoryThe company said it's "rolling back" the feature after just one day.gizmodo.comReview: Yes, we’re still arguing about Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey." The director's impressionistic remix of Homer’s epic poem finds the man behind the myth. arstechnica.com/culture/2026...
Review: Yes, we're still arguing about Nolan's The OdysseyChristopher Nolan's impressionistic reinterpretation of Homer's epic poem finds the man behind the myth.arstechnica.com