NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, June 15 (game #469)
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day…
These giant planets shouldn’t exist. But they do
What do you do when you encounter a strange astronomical event, a collection of data from planets thousands of light-years away, and models that can’t quite explain what you’re seeing? For one astronomer at Northern Arizona University’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, the answer is simple: start building better models. With funding from the…
Health minister defends timeline on dealing with winter pressures
Lyndsey TelfordBBC News NI BBC Health minister Mike Nesbitt said he was determined to get the plan out ahead of last years plan, which was published in November. The health minister has defended his department’s timeline for initiating a plan to deal with winter pressures on the health service. Mike Nesbitt said a plan has…
It actually rains on the Sun. Here’s the stunning reason
It rains on the Sun, and scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have finally uncovered the reason why. Unlike the water that falls from clouds on Earth, solar rain takes place in the Sun’s corona, the outermost layer made of intensely hot plasma. This phenomenon involves cooler, heavier blobs of plasma…
Qualys ETM Identity for Unified Identity Risk Operations
Security has always been about controlling who can do what and where. In 2025, that control is mediated entirely by identity. When an attacker “logs in,” not “breaks in”, they inherit legitimate permissions, blend into normal telemetry, and pivot across AD, Entra/Okta, SaaS, and cloud, driving multi-million-dollar losses. Credentials, tokens, and service accounts have become…
Physicists discover mysterious new type of time crystal
Nature follows countless rhythms: the changing of the seasons comes from Earth’s orbit around the Sun, and the steady tick of a clock arises from the back-and-forth swing of its pendulum. These patterns can be described with simple mathematical laws. Yet, order can also appear in a far more surprising way — on its own,…
This European treatment for joint pain just passed a major scientific test
A new randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial suggests that a single round of low-dose radiation therapy could offer a safe and effective alternative for people suffering from painful knee osteoarthritis. Participants with mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis experienced notable pain reduction and improved mobility within four months of receiving the treatment. The radiation exposure was only…
Italy’s tenacious stance on gold pays off as prices soar
By Reuters Published October 15, 2025 Italy, whose sovereign assets from bonds to banks have so often been the subject of market crises in recent years, is currently enjoying a windfall as the central bank’s vast gold reserves track record-high prices. A secure room inside the Bank of Italy’s gold vault is filled with stacked…
Introducing TruLens for Enterprise TruRisk™ Management: Unified Threat Intelligence
CISOs and security leaders today face extraordinary challenges: the constant influx of vast quantities of fragmented threat data, information that lacks the context necessary for their unique organizations, and mounting operational gaps that hinder genuine risk reduction. The need has shifted from “more visibility” to “more insight.” To sift through the noise and move faster…
When Face Recognition Doesn’t Know Your Face Is a Face
“If you don’t include people with disabilities or people with facial differences in the development of these processes, no one’s going to think of these issues,” says Kathleen Bogart, a psychology professor at Oregon State University who specializes in disability research and lives with a facial difference. “AI has amplified these issues, but it’s rooted…
This type of meat supercharges muscle growth after workouts
A new study examined how muscles respond to weight training when people eat different types of pork afterward. Researchers compared high-fat and lean ground pork burgers that contained the same amount of protein to see how each affected short-term muscle growth. The results surprised the team and added to growing evidence that the body’s muscle-building…
