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Received — 14 October 2026 ⏭

22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents. 14 October 2026 at 13:35

22 People Got Together For a Dinner Party. So Did Their A.I. Agents.

14 October 2026 at 13:35

As artificial intelligence bots spread, we are increasingly glimpsing how these digital entities interact and what they talk about with one another.

Received — 13 October 2026 ⏭

F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office 13 October 2026 at 21:33

F.B.I. Arrests OpenAI Employee Accused of Planting Bug in Office

NYT: Technology

By: Emmy Martin

13 October 2026 at 21:33

OpenAI said that the employee had placed a device built to evade detection and that he had planned to secretly record meetings in other sensitive spaces.

The San Francisco offices of OpenAI, where a recording device was discovered during a sweep of a conference room, the company said.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record 13 October 2026 at 15:26

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

NYT: Science

By: Kenneth Chang

13 October 2026 at 15:26

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record 13 October 2026 at 15:26

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sets a Mars Driving Record

NYT: Technology

By: Kenneth Chang

13 October 2026 at 15:26

Advances in self-driving technology have made it easier to traverse distant worlds.

Received — 11 October 2026 ⏭

Who Were the Vikings? 21 Graves Weave a Tale of Hunters, Nomads and Sorceresses. 11 October 2026 at 05:00

Who Were the Vikings? 21 Graves Weave a Tale of Hunters, Nomads and Sorceresses.

NYT: Science

By: Franz Lidz

11 October 2026 at 05:00

“The Sea-King and the Sorceress” examines the lives and deaths of the diverse people who called themselves Vikings.

Received — 6 October 2026 ⏭

Are Babies Conscious? 5 October 2026 at 11:12

Are Babies Conscious?

NYT: Science

By: Carl Zimmer

5 October 2026 at 11:12

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

Received — 5 October 2026 ⏭

Are Babies Conscious? 5 October 2026 at 11:12

Are Babies Conscious?

NYT: Technology

By: Carl Zimmer

5 October 2026 at 11:12

By pinpointing when it begins in young humans, scientists hope to better understand what consciousness is, and how it arises, in all of us.

Received — 3 October 2026 ⏭

These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chain Saws 5 October 2026 at 12:47

These Birds Are Louder Than Elephants, Jackhammers and Chain Saws

NYT: Science

By: Taylor Mitchell Brown

5 October 2026 at 12:47

A new study has identified two species of Brazilian birds, the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema, as the loudest in nature.

Received — 27 September 2026 ⏭

Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think. 28 September 2026 at 12:40

Dogs Will Fight Bears. But Not Because of the Reason You Might Think.

NYT: Science

By: Alexander Nazaryan

28 September 2026 at 12:40

Scientists analyzed hundreds of encounters between bears and canines. The results raise the suggestion that dogs may not always protect people in the wild.

Received — 26 September 2026 ⏭

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life 26 September 2026 at 05:00

In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life

NYT: Science

By: Carolyn Y. Johnson

26 September 2026 at 05:00

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

Received — 23 September 2026 ⏭

New Study Illuminates Bats’ Murky Origins 23 September 2026 at 11:00

New Study Illuminates Bats’ Murky Origins

NYT: Science

By: Emily Anthes

23 September 2026 at 11:00

The largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils suggests that the first bats emerged in Europe roughly 65 million years ago and that echolocation evolved early.

Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

The Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide 23 September 2026 at 11:42

The Urgent Mystery of Where Viruses Hide

NYT: Science

By: David Quammen

23 September 2026 at 11:42

Some viruses appear to vanish when outbreaks dissipate, only to emerge again. Scientists don’t always know which animals they lurk in — and how to stop them from spilling back over.

Received — 16 September 2026 ⏭

T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees 16 September 2026 at 14:00

T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees

NYT: Science

By: Carolyn Y. Johnson

16 September 2026 at 14:00

Hotter than a crocodile, cooler than a chicken, T. Rex was definitely warm-blooded, according to a new study.

Received — 12 September 2026 ⏭

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday 13 September 2026 at 22:31

Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

NYT: Technology

By: Mike Isaac and Kate Conger

13 September 2026 at 22:31

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

A demonstration of Anthropic’s Claude Cowork A.I. agent in May. The company’s employees have been talking about the risks of artificial intelligence after a colleague, citing dangers, resigned this week.

As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights 15 September 2026 at 16:58

As Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights

NYT: Science

By: Ishani Desai

15 September 2026 at 16:58

Birds are drawn to lights, and more than a billion die each year after crashing into buildings, experts said.

Birds fill the sky over Ohio in 2025. Tens of millions of migratory birds are expected to take flight Saturday across the Midwest.

Received — 9 September 2026 ⏭

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth 9 September 2026 at 14:26

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

NYT: Science

By: Becky Ferreira

9 September 2026 at 14:26

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

Received — 8 September 2026 ⏭

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’ 8 September 2026 at 17:02

OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’

NYT: Technology

By: Cade Metz

8 September 2026 at 17:02

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

Related to a set of equations about fluid mechanics, the “Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem” has long ranked among the great unsolved problems in mathematics.

Received — 7 September 2026 ⏭

Virtual Taekwondo Takes the Contact Out of a Combat Sport 7 September 2026 at 22:44

Virtual Taekwondo Takes the Contact Out of a Combat Sport

NYT: Technology

By: Yan Zhuang and Jean Chung

7 September 2026 at 22:44

The contactless version of the Korean martial art is making its debut at this year’s Asian Games. Critics say it’s a glorified video game.

Received — 5 September 2026 ⏭

Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived. 5 September 2026 at 17:11

Kenyans Made a Living Writing College Essays. Then A.I. Arrived.

NYT: Technology

By: Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur

5 September 2026 at 17:11

Thousands of Kenyans made a living writing essays for overseas students. With A.I., the work has dried up, a warning for online gig work that has been a global lifeline.

Teresios Bundi, who ran an essay-writing business catering to overseas students, said his experience with artificial intelligence was a warning for online gig workers.

The Generation That’s Never Had to Say ‘Hello?’ 6 September 2026 at 22:40

The Generation That’s Never Had to Say ‘Hello?’

NYT: Technology

By: Alisha Haridasani Gupta

6 September 2026 at 22:40

Now that there’s rarely any mystery to who’s calling, Gen Z has adopted a range of custom phone greetings — including no greeting at all.

Received — 26 August 2026 ⏭

Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims 26 August 2026 at 18:49

Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims

NYT: Technology

By: Cecilia Kang and Eli Tan

26 August 2026 at 18:49

The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.

Received — 23 August 2026 ⏭

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms 24 August 2026 at 09:32

The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms

NYT: Technology

By: Shane Goldmacher

24 August 2026 at 09:32

With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.

How Big Tech Captured American Schools 24 August 2026 at 11:46

How Big Tech Captured American Schools

NYT: Technology

By: Natasha Singer

24 August 2026 at 11:46

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.