NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

Among other things, the James Webb Space Telescope is designed to get us closer to finding habitable worlds around faraway ...
CMU School of Computer Science

Databases in 2025: A Year in Review

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.
InfoQ

Kubernetes 1.35 Released with In-Place Pod Resize and AI-Optimized Scheduling

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced the release of Kubernetes 1.35, named "Timbernetes", emphasizing its ...
The New York Times

Dutch Return ‘Java Man’ Bones, With 40,000 Fossils Set to Follow

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...
Beebom

Minecraft Adopts a New Version Numbering System for Java Edition with 26.1 Snapshot 1

Minecraft Java snapshots will now use a new version numbering system starting with Minecraft 26.1. The latest snapshot also brings a balanced villager trading system and a revamped lighting system. A ...
The New York Times

A Powerful New Drug Is Creating a ‘Withdrawal Crisis’ in Philadelphia

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities. Joseph is newly in ...
Religion News Service

New permanent exhibition at Auschwitz museum uses personal objects to show daily life of prisoners

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The new exhibition illustrates elements of the camp routine from the morning gong, through washing, meals and forced labor to evenings in the camp barracks. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — ...