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Trump Draws Red Line, Vows to Destroy Iranian Infrastructure Over Ship Attacks

President Donald Trump issued a severe public warning on Wednesday, declaring on Truth Social that the United States will destroy civilian infrastructure in Iran if attacks on commercial shipping…

2026-07-22 · 17:31 UTC
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Science

Terrence Tao's ChatGPT Conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture Counterexample

2026-07-22 · 17:30

I don't have access to the actual content of this conversation between Terrence Tao and ChatGPT about the Jacobian…

Crypto

Ethereum Institutional Adoption Drives Tokenized Finance

2026-07-22 · 17:30

Ethereum leads institutional tokenized asset markets with approximately $15.5 billion in live value across regulated…

Sports

Brave fightback against Fire to make winning start

2026-07-22 · 17:21

Southern Brave produce a remarkable fightback to begin their Hundred campaign with a hard-fought eight-run win against…

Tech

GigaToken: ~1000x faster Language model tokenization

2026-07-22 · 17:20

GigaToken is a new tokenizer that claims to be approximately 1000x faster than HuggingFace's tokenizers while serving as…

Tech

Are AI Labs Pelicanmaxxing?

2026-07-22 · 17:17

A researcher tested whether AI labs have optimized their models specifically for the famous "pelican on a bicycle"…

Tech

Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android

2026-07-22 · 17:08

The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.

Sports

Why are cycling's anti-doping tests being carried out at night?

2026-07-22 · 17:06

Drug testing at cycling's biggest race, the Tour de France is in the spotlight following a series of night-time…

World

Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers

2026-07-22 · 17:02

It turns out some of Benjamin Franklin's opinions from 240 years ago are still relevant today.

Science

Is it true that fresh air heats up faster than stale air? If so, why?

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Readers weigh in on this one, debating everything from the meaning of “stale air” to its heat capacity

Science

How do fish recognise others of their own species? Part 2

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Another expert reader explores this thorny topic, including reference to the behaviour of their own archerfish

Science

Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting a window? Part 2

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Readers take issue with a former answer to this question, arguing for the different behaviour of wasps and flies – and…

Science

This week’s new questions

2026-07-22 · 17:00

What is the optimal way to ice a cocktail: fewer big cubes or lots of small ones?

Other

Why do fictional geologists keep getting killed off in movies?

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Feedback is surprised to learn that geology is a particularly deadly speciality to pick if you're a fictional character,…

Science

Tom Gauld on artificial cells

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Other

Twisteddoodles on children’s flexible ears

2026-07-22 · 17:00

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Science

Sunshine can help with some serious health problems, argues a new book

2026-07-22 · 17:00

While Europe’s heatwave makes us run for shade, the intriguing In Defense of Sunlight reveals sunlight’s health-giving…

Other

This twisty sci-fi thriller is a fantastic debut from Isabel J. Kim

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Sublimation, in which a person can split into two when crossing an international border, is tip-top stuff.

Tech

Why open-source software can be both good and bad

2026-07-22 · 17:00

Software that is free to use creates many opportunities – not all of which are good

World

Watch: Louvre reopens gallery after jewellery heist

2026-07-22 · 16:54

The Louvre Museum reopens its Apollo Gallery nine months after a robbery that shocked France.

Crypto

AI Agents Will Dominate XRP Transactions in the Future

2026-07-22 · 16:54

A member of the XRP community on X, CharuSan XRP, believes XRP is one of the rare projects where the coin itself will be…

Crypto

HBAR May Have Bottomed Locally, but $0.052 Still Looms

2026-07-22 · 16:52

HBAR may have formed a short-term bottom after oversold conditions, negative funding rates and signs of bullish…

Sports

Eccles and Salmon given Team Wales honour in Glasgow

2026-07-22 · 16:49

Reigning Commonwealth Games champions Rosie Eccles and Daniel Salmon are named as Team Wales' flag and baton bearers for…

Tech

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

2026-07-22 · 16:47

"This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.