Scientific research is under threat and scientists are being dragged through the mud.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Information leaks resulting from an IndexedDB same-origin policy violation in WebKit (a browser engine primarily used in Safari, as well as all iOS and iPadOS web browsers).

The long read: In 2014, an American dad claimed a tiny parcel of African land to make his daughter a princess. But Jack Shenker had got there first – and learned that states and borders are volatile and delicate things

I was two days ago at Hereticon, and wondering which views actually should be considered heretical.  It seems there are some distinct categories, for instance here are a few categories of the “partially heretical”: 1. Used to be heretical, or on the verge…

HTML Is A Programming Language. Contribute to marianoguerra/hiapl development by creating an account on GitHub.

OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

Nature - Geochemical analyses correlating the stratum that overlies the sediments containing the Omo fossils with material from a volcanic eruption suggest that these fossils (the oldest known...

Today I counted no fewer than 14 individuals doing this (based on unique Ethereum and Bitcoin addresses, address reuse, unique videos, registrar info, and unique domains), stealing roughly $200k in the 12 hours that I surveyed the activity. https://www.b…

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urban legend regarding a reputed curse placed on the Japanese Kansai-based Hanshin Tigers baseball team

Facebook bought TBH last October and eventually shut it down, but an internal note shows that the company learned a way to target high schoolers through the viral polling app.