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The secret relationships that govern life on Earth

Books on parasitism and symbiosis inspire wonder at the strange ways in which species’ lives intertwine.

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Geely starts rolling out ultra-fast charging stations

Last week, Geely began installing its new 2,250 kW charging stations across five Chinese cities, including Shanghai and Hangzhou. These ultra-fast chargers can replenish an electric car battery in under five minutes. ⚡

Back in March, rival BYD introduced its 1,500 kW Flash Charging system, sparking a fierce race for faster charging speeds in China.

The system uses smart cooling to prevent overheating during high-power energy transfers. For drivers, this means recharging your car will soon take about as long as brewing a cup of coffee.

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U.S. Navy tests a new Blackbeard hypersonic missile on a fighter jet

On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Navy completed a flight test of Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic strike missile aboard an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, reaching speeds of 3,800 mph at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. ✈️

Back in February 2026, the military awarded a contract for flight trials to build a fast, long-range weapon you might see protecting carrier-based fighters in heavily defended areas.

The weapon is built to travel faster than Mach 5 with a lower cost, so the fleet can stock up on them in large quantities.

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Simon Willison on DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731

The latest release in DeepSeek's V4 family, "with substantially enhanced agentic capabilities". It's 304 billion parameters - 167GB on Hugging Face - but it appears to punch well above its …

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says he's 'very concerned' Trump will interfere in the midterm elections

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland said he is "very concerned" that President Donald Trump will wield the power of the federal government to thwart the midterm elections this fall as the Republican tries to maintain his grip on power during the final two years of his administration.

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BMW unveils new electric i3 sedan with 900 km range

On 30 September 2026, BMW officially presented its new all-electric i3 sedan, built on the Neue Klasse platform, offering a range of up to 900 kilometers and a starting price of $61,500. 🔋🔥

The car is the first fully electric version of the famous 3 Series. It uses a new generation of cylindrical battery cells that pack 20 percent more energy than older models, giving you a much longer drive on a single charge.

You will be able to buy it in the US starting in the first quarter of 2027. The car also supports bidirectional charging, so you can use its battery to power your home appliances if your power goes out.

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SpaceX Agrees to Remove Temporary Gas Turbines at Colossus Data Center By 2027

Elon Musk’s AI company has about a year to remove the unpermitted turbines.

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A Chinese clean energy firm's reactor achieves hydrogen-boron fusion

On Monday, September 28, ENN Group achieved hydrogen-boron fusion reactions in the EXL-50U spherical tokamak, hitting a rate of 100 million reactions per second. 🔥

Most fusion projects use tritium, which is radioactive and scarce. Hydrogen-boron uses safer, abundant fuel, but it requires extreme conditions. Researchers solved this by combining high-energy neutral beam injection with radio frequency waves to boost particle energy.

For you, this means engineers are one step closer to building clean power plants that run on virtually limitless fuel without producing dangerous radiation.

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Japan's Old Cargo Ships Could Soon Have An Unexpected New Job Powering AI

Facing huge power demands driven by technological advancement, Japan is looking to the sea. Learn how cargo ships could serve as floating data centers.

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🚨 #BREAKING Eli Lilly publishes trial results for new weight-loss drug

Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly published late-stage clinical trial data today showing that its new experimental drug, retatrutide, helped people lose an average of 25 percent of their body weight after 80 weeks. 📉

The trial started back in 2023 to test a unique triple-hormone formula, pushing weight loss further than existing treatments like Zepbound and Wegovy.

Besides dropping pounds, the weekly injection also eased knee pain and reversed prediabetes in over 90 percent of affected participants. 💪

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Tesla postpones Roadster reveal due to severe weather

On September 29, 2026, Tesla announced it had to delay the second-phase presentation of its upcoming sports car from October 1 to October 15 because of severe weather forecasts in central Texas. 🌧

Heavy rainstorms and high winds forced the reschedule since the showcase requires an outdoor venue at the SpaceX facility in McGregor, where the company plans to test flight capabilities using gas thrusters. 🛑

If you are holding a reservation, you will just need to wait two more weeks. Pricing, technical specifications, and the production timeline remain completely unchanged. 🚗

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Daily briefing: ‘Raygun’ AI can shrink or supersize proteins

The tool can add, remove or swap protein subunits using similar steps to natural evolution. Plus, spin qubits are back in the quantum race and the drugs that could prevent long COVID.

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Global solar power generation surpasses nuclear

In 2025, global solar power generation surpassed nuclear power for the first time. Solar output jumped by 30%, while installed nuclear capacity remained flat at 399.5 GW.

Back in March 2025, wind power beat nuclear output monthly, and solar followed in April 2025. Operating nuclear capacity dropped to 368.6 GW, supplying just 8.8% of world electricity, down from 17.5% in 1996.

Building a new nuclear reactor takes an average of nearly 11 years with frequent delays. Meanwhile, falling battery storage costs and rapid solar expansion let power grids handle variable clean energy much faster.

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Photocatalytic water splitting by 2D polymer with out-of-plane carrier flow

A strategy using polymeric carbon nitride crystals induces out-of-plane carrier migration by means of internal electric fields applied on facet-selective nanofilms placed on polymer photocatalysts, increasing the apparent quantum efficiency for overall water …

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Fervo Energy's geothermal energy project starts power delivery in Utah

Geothermal startup Fervo Energy has begun selling power to the grid from its Cape Station project in Utah, bringing a 33-megawatt unit online. 🔥

If you thought geothermal energy only works near natural geysers, think again. The company uses oil and gas drilling techniques to make its own underground reservoirs in hot rocks.

Back in late 2023, their earlier pilot project in Nevada produced just 3.5 megawatts. The new Utah site will eventually reach 500 megawatts to power homes and data centers.

The clean electricity goes to Shell Energy in California, and another agreement with Google is already lined up for future expansion.

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China unveils a humanoid robot running entirely on local tech 🤖

A new humanoid robot has been revealed in China that runs entirely on local technology, including its own operating system, software, and AI computing chips. The machine passed safety checks by the National Industrial Information Security Development Center, where experts tested it against joint damage and network attacks.

If you look at older models, standard parts often caused sudden power cuts and total loss of control during extreme tests. This new domestic system stays safe, reducing risks for anyone working nearby.

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Quantum meets capitalism: how to pair long-term bets on technology with commercial speed

Quantum computing exists because governments funded risky bets. Capitalism can carry it the rest of the way — if quantum scientists are supported.

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U.S. Army helicopter lands on a self-driving barge at sea

In late September, a massive 54,000-pound twin-rotor Boeing MH-47G Chinook helicopter touched down on an uncrewed, self-driving vessel at sea and completed a resupply operation for the first time. 🔥🚀

This giant transport machine, often called a flying banana, has been hauling heavy loads into tough places since the 1960s. Until now, these special operations helicopters relied entirely on fixed land bases or large crewed ships to get fuel during long missions.

The test was organized with Sea Machines Robotics, a company that builds self-navigation systems for ships. Using an unmanned barge means the military can extend helicopter reach across remote ocean areas without risking extra personnel on a floating supply platform.

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Banning Open-Source AI Models to Protect Our Cybersecurity May Do the Opposite

A ban on open Chinese AI models under the guise of security might actually put our cybersecurity more at risk.

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Software glitch in Boeing's 737 MAX airplanes causes delays

Boeing found a software glitch in its 737 MAX passenger planes that can turn off an automated navigation feature during a missed landing, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to launch a safety review and stalling the approval of two new airplane versions. ⚠️

The problem was first discovered back in November 2024 when an airline reported it, but the manufacturer initially concluded it did not present a safety risk. 🔍

As you might expect, carriers like Southwest and United have already asked the company to hold back deliveries of new aircraft equipped with this software, choosing an older version instead. ✈️

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