Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” Could Raise Sea Levels Twice as Much as Predicted, New Model Finds

A new model of Thwaites Glacier projects up to 30 mm of sea-level rise by 2100, about double earlier estimates. Here is what changed and what the study can’t yet prove.

Revolut Cut Its AI Coding Costs About 90% by Hosting Its Own Model

The London fintech says self-hosting an open-weights model cut AI coding costs roughly tenfold. Here’s what it did, what it means for US businesses, and the catches.

One Opt-Out for AI Training? OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic Back a Shared Robots.txt Signal

Four major AI companies back a single robots.txt label for opting out of AI training. Here’s what it does, when each company will honor it, and what site owners can do now.

Claude Opus 5.5 Is Cutting Off Reverse-Engineering Work. Here’s the Likely Reason

Developers say Claude now halts reverse-engineering tasks mid-answer. Anthropic’s own cyber-access program explains the likely cause, and how to get unblocked.

Two Servings of Peanuts a Day Improved Brain Insulin Response in a 31-Person Trial

A small Dutch crossover trial found 16 weeks of daily peanuts improved insulin responsiveness in memory-related brain regions. Here’s the fine print.

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Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour battery storage is cheaper than gas peaking plants in all 43 markets it compared. In the US, tariffs cloud solar costs while data centers strain gas supply.

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Computer simulations from a Chinese team suggest hydrogen has been seeping from Earth’s core into the mantle for billions of years. It is a modeling result, with open questions.

Alaska’s Record-Size Tsunami Left Warning Signs. Scientists Say a Monitoring System Could Have Helped

A landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord sent a wave 1,580 feet up the walls in 2025. Researchers say thousands of small tremors and a retreating glacier were clues a monitoring system could use.

Soil Bacteria Make a “Pac-Man” Enzyme That Eats Bioplastics, and It Can Also Break Down Penicillin

German researchers found a soil-bacteria enzyme with a wide-open active site that breaks down biodegradable plastics and, in lab tests, penicillin. Ordinary polyethylene went almost untouched.

Why Does the Moon Have Two Faces? First Far-Side Rocks Point to Earth’s Pull

Rocks from China's Chang'e-6 mission suggest Earth's gravity heated the young Moon unevenly, pushing crust-building magma to the far side. Here's the evidence, and the catch.

A Fossil That Sat in a Museum Drawer for Nearly 100 Years Is Europe’s First Megaraptor

A skull fragment collected on England’s Isle of Wight and overlooked since 1924 is a new species of claw-handed predator, the first megaraptor confirmed in Europe.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Breaks the Off-World Driving Record, Passing 28 Miles on Mars

Perseverance has now driven farther than any vehicle on another world, passing Opportunity’s record in about a third of the time. Self-driving software did most of the work.

Two U.S. Economists Win the Nobel for the Ideas Behind How the Fed Fights Recessions

Robert E. Hall of Stanford and Michael Woodford of Columbia share the 2026 economics Nobel for building the models central banks use to steady the economy. Here’s what their work means for interest rates, recessions and your budget.

Heat First, Then Add Fuel: Princeton Lab Maps a Cheaper Route to Fusion Ignition

Physicists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory updated a 70-year-old fusion rule and found a less energy-hungry path to ignition, plus a warning about tungsten walls.

Wall Squats Lowered Blood Pressure in a 100-Person Trial. Doing Them Less Often Kept Part of the Gain

In a randomized trial of 100 adults, home wall squats cut systolic pressure, and one or two weekly sessions kept some of the benefit. The catch: it was short and small.