Science & Tech

Astronomers Confirm Long-Period Stellar-Mass Black Hole in Omega Centauri

Hubble and Webb data reveal a 4.46-solar-mass, long-period black hole in the Milky Way’s Omega Centauri globular cluster.

#astronomy, #blackhole, #omegacentauri, #hubble, #webb

TECHNOLOGY

China recovers orbital-class Long March booster in first controlled sea-platform capture

China recovered an orbital-class Long March 10B booster using an offshore net-and-cable platform, a step toward reusable commercial launchers.

#china, #space, #rockets, #reusablerockets

SCIENCE

FAST survey catalogs 156,411 hydrogen-rich galaxies and sets new local HI mass-function benchmark

China’s FAST releases a catalog of 156,411 neutral-hydrogen galaxies — the largest single-dish census — and a new benchmark for the local HI mass function.

#astronomy, #radioastronomy, #hydrogen, #galaxies, #fast

TECHNOLOGY

Preprint: GPU-native flood model Inunda claims faster, higher-resolution simulations and better Hurricane Harvey hindcast than NOAA model

An arXiv preprint describes Inunda, a GPU-native differentiable flood model that claims faster high‑res simulations and a better Hurricane Harvey hindcast than NOAA’s model.

#flood, #hydrology, #gpu, #modeling, #inunda

SCIENCE

Gauss Fusion preprint outlines plasma-equilibrium design basis for proposed 1 GWe stellarator

Gauss Fusion’s arXiv preprint lays out a fixed‑boundary plasma equilibrium as the design basis for a proposed 1 GWe stellarator — a simulation study, not an operating reactor.

#fusion, #stellarator, #gaussfusion, #arxiv

SCIENCE

UCL Reanalysis Confirms 20 GeV Gamma‑Ray Halo Around Milky Way, but Stops Short of Dark‑Matter Claim

UCL reanalysis finds a persistent 20 GeV gamma‑ray halo in Fermi-LAT data around the Milky Way but cautions it's consistent with—not proof of—dark matter.

#astronomy, #darkmatter, #fermilat, #astrophysics

TECHNOLOGY

SAG‑AFTRA urges Instagram users to opt out of Meta’s Muse Image over likeness concerns

SAG‑AFTRA urges members to opt out of Meta’s Muse Image, which can use public Instagram photos by default in AI-generated images unless users opt out.

#meta, #instagram, #ai, #sagaftra

TECHNOLOGY

Interior agency seeks public input on using U.S. federal waters for offshore rocket launches

BOEM opened a 30-day request for information on offshore launch, re-entry and recovery operations from the Outer Continental Shelf.

#space, #offshore, #boem, #outercontinental

HEALTH

Pirtobrutinib Triplet Prolongs Progression-Free Survival in Previously Treated CLL, Lancet Reports

Phase 3 BRUIN CLL-322 found fixed-duration pirtobrutinib with venetoclax–rituximab cut progression/death risk by ~45% vs venetoclax–rituximab in relapsed CLL.

$LLY, #cancer, #cll, #hematology, #pirtobrutinib

TECHNOLOGY

Google reCAPTCHA mobile verification depends on Play Services, raising access and privacy concerns

Google’s reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification relies on Google Play Services, prompting privacy advocates to warn it could lock out users of de‑Googled Android systems.

#google, #recaptcha, #android, #privacy

SCIENCE

Claim of 1.7-Second Periodicity in Repeating FRB 20201124A Sparks Debate

A revised arXiv preprint reports a ~1.7-second period in repeating FRB 20201124A suggesting a spinning magnetar; independent reanalysis disputes the claim.

#frb, #magnetar, #astronomy, #astrophysics

HEALTH

WHO Projects Global Cancer Cases Could Reach Nearly 35 Million by 2050, Warns of Growing Inequities

WHO projects new cancer cases from 20.6M (2024) to nearly 35M by 2050, warning low-income countries will bear the heaviest burden without stronger prevention.

#cancer, #who, #globalhealth, #publichealth

SCIENCE

First Peer-Reviewed In‑Situ Observations of Goblin Sharks Documented in the Pacific

A May 2026 paper reports the first peer‑reviewed video observations of live goblin sharks, extending their known range and depth in the Pacific.

#science, #ocean, #marinebiology, #deepsea

TECHNOLOGY

EU General Court Dismisses Apple’s Challenges to DMA Gatekeeper Designation for App Store and iOS

The EU General Court upheld the Commission’s 2023 decision designating Apple a DMA gatekeeper for the App Store and iOS, rejecting Apple’s challenges.

$AAPL, #apple, #digitalmarketsact, #eu, #antitrust

TECHNOLOGY