Science & Tech

Global Ocean Temperatures Near Record High as 2026 Spike Arrives Without El Niño Boost

Preliminary data show sea surface temperatures near record highs in March 2026 despite neutral Pacific conditions, raising risks for storms and reefs.

#climatechange, #oceantemperatures, #marineheatwaves, #coralbleaching, #hurricaneseason

Gravitational-wave catalog reveals long-predicted ‘missing’ range in black hole masses

Analysis of dozens of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA mergers finds evidence for the pair-instability mass gap, linking black hole sizes to stellar deaths.

#gravitationalwaves, #blackholes, #ligo, #astrophysics, #stars

EU Commission Confirms Data Theft From Europa.eu Cloud Platform After Intrusion

EU officials say attackers stole data from the cloud systems behind Europa.eu. ShinyHunters claims a 350GB haul as investigators assess impact.

#cybersecurity, #europeanunion, #databreach, #cloud, #aws

Newsrooms Test AI for Tips — and Find a Familiar Problem: It Makes Things Up

A newsroom AI produced seven confident political “leads” — all false. Editors say verification gates and an “I don’t know” mode are essential.

#ai, #journalism, #misinformation, #elections

FERC Approves Sweeping Cybersecurity Overhaul for the U.S. Power Grid

Federal regulators approved tougher NERC security rules for low-impact devices, virtualized control systems and more control rooms—reshaping grid compliance.

#cybersecurity, #powergrid, #ferc, #nerc, #criticalinfrastructure

Tirzepatide shows broader heart-and-kidney edge over dulaglutide in diabetes trial analysis

A post hoc look at the 13,000-patient SURPASS-CVOT trial finds fewer combined heart and kidney events with tirzepatide than dulaglutide.

#diabetes, #cardiology, #glp1, #kidneydisease, #clinicaltrials

CERN’s LHCb Spots New ‘Heavy Proton,’ Settling a 20-Year Particle Dispute

Upgraded LHCb confirms the doubly charmed baryon Ξcc⁺ at 3,620 MeV, matching theory and undercutting a disputed 2002 SELEX claim.

#cern, #lhc, #particlephysics, #quarks, #qcd

Nature study warns 2°C warming could still bring extreme drought, fires and floods

A new Nature study finds that even at 2°C warming, worst-case climate models show 4°C-level risks for crops, forests and cities.

#climatechange, #globalwarming, #extremeweather, #drought, #wildfires

Hasbro Cyber Incident Forces System Shutdowns, Risks Weeks of Shipping Delays

Hasbro says it contained unauthorized network access but took systems offline, warning of shipment delays as it navigates new SEC cyber disclosure rules.

#cybersecurity, #hasbro, #sec, #supplychain, #databreach

NASA’s Artemis II Prepares to Send Astronauts Around the Moon for the First Time Since 1972

Artemis II aims to launch four astronauts on a 10-day lunar flyby, testing SLS and Orion amid cost, safety and geopolitical pressure.

#nasa, #artemis, #moon, #spaceflight, #orion

Measles surges back in the Carolinas, prompting CDC to deploy ‘disease detectives’

Nearly 1,000 cases centered near Spartanburg, S.C., have spread into North Carolina, prompting CDC surge support as schools tighten exclusions.

#measles, #vaccines, #cdc, #southcarolina, #northcarolina

In Suburban Georgia, a New Museum Exhibit Puts Apple’s 50-Year History Under Glass

Roswell’s Mimms Museum opens a 20,000-square-foot permanent Apple exhibit with 2,000+ artifacts, from rare Apple-1s to iPhones.

#apple, #museums, #technologyhistory, #georgia

Geomagnetic Storm Sparks Rare Aurora Sightings Far From the Poles

A CME-driven G3 geomagnetic storm on March 20–21 sent vivid auroras as far south as Wyoming and central Europe, with limited impacts reported.

#aurora, #spaceweather, #solarcycle25, #geomagneticstorm

SpaceX’s Transporter-16 lifts 119 payloads into orbit, underscoring a crowded and consequential new space era

A predawn Falcon 9 rideshare from Vandenberg deployed 119 spacecraft, from student CubeSats to Pentagon-linked experiments and a hypersonic capsule.

#spacex, #falcon9, #smallsats, #rideshare, #spaceflight

Stanford Researchers Turn Protein Fragments Into DNA for Sequencer-Based Proteomics

A Stanford team reports “reverse translation,” encoding peptides into barcoded DNA readable on standard sequencers—promising single-molecule proteomics beyond mass spec.

#proteomics, #dnasequencing, #stanford, #biotechnology, #singlecell