SScience Read More People use fast and flat simulation to reason about new gamesJuly 17, 2026 Game construction We manually constructed the 121 two-player competitive strategy game variants played on M × N grids, where M…
EEnvironment Read More ‘Really difficult’: Storm water floods Billings underpassJuly 17, 2026 BILLINGS— New video shows stormwater flooding a Billings underpass Wednesday after the city received just under a half…
SSpace Read More Astronomers have found the first stellar-mass black hole in Omega Centauri, locked with a star in a 94-year orbit — the longest-period black hole binary yet foundJuly 17, 2026 By the time a star in Omega Centauri finishes a single loop around its companion, a person born…
WWildlife Read More Bear invades elderly couple’s home, empties fridge in Northern JapanJuly 17, 2026 Bear invades elderly couple’s home, empties fridge in Northern Japan (Representative image: AP) A bear allegedly broke into…
SScience Read More Universal gates from braiding and fusing anyons on quantum hardwareJuly 17, 2026 Kitaev, A. Y. Fault-tolerant quantum computation by anyons. Ann. Phys. 303, 2–30 (2003). Article MathSciNet CAS ADS Google…
EEnvironment Read More Code Orange: Wildfire smoke affects air quality in the DC area – NBC4 WashingtonJuly 17, 2026 The Washington, D.C., area has potentially dangerous air quality Thursday because of wildfire smoke drifting from Canada –…
SSpace Read More SpaceX launches 21 satellites for military data network July 17, 2026 WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 16 launched 21 satellites for the Space Force’s Space…
WWildlife Read More Eccentric-looking Seattle raccoon named ‘Jimothy’ goes viral – KIRO 7 News SeattleJuly 17, 2026 SEATTLE — A raccoon in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood has the internet buzzing. The animal, which people are calling…
SScience Read More Bio-metals: Ancient sea worms hold the secret to a strange new class of materialsJuly 17, 2026 Perinereis cultrifera carries jaws that blur the boundary between biology and metal. Built from proteins and metal ions,…
EEnvironment Read More Denver Utilities Online – City and County of DenverJuly 17, 2026 Denver Utilities Online – City and County of…
SSpace Read More Nature study identifies a new way to spot nuclear weapons in orbitJuly 17, 2026 NEW YORK — A study published last week in Nature Astronomy has proposed a new satellite design and…
WWildlife Read More Dozens of Baby Deer Orphaned by Vehicle Crashes Are Being Raised for Return to the WildJuly 17, 2026 NEED TO KNOW A Georgia wildlife center is caring for over 40 orphaned fawns, most of which lost…