Technology

Facebook, Instagram, Google, and YouTube are tightening controls on political ads to curb misinformation that could affect trust in the election results or provoke unrest. Last week, Meta began blocking new ads about U.S. social issues, elections, or politics across its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, and recently extended this restriction. Google will also halt U.S. election-related ads after polls …

Speculation about extraterrestrial spacecraft visiting Earth has circulated for decades. During the 1960s and 70s, UFOs were reportedly seen over military bases across the United States, sparking concerns of a potential alien invasion. Though these sightings were largely dismissed, some individuals continue to assert their credibility. Recently, UFO expert Robert Hastings claimed that alien spacecraft visited “every major nuclear missile …

Researchers have developed an unusual approach to reduce mosquito populations and control the spread of diseases like dengue and Zika—by making male mosquitoes unable to hear, thus preventing them from mating. Mosquitoes rely on their hearing while in flight to locate potential mates through the sound of female wingbeats. Scientists confirmed this by altering a genetic pathway responsible for male …

Seven families in France have filed a lawsuit against TikTok, claiming the platform exposed their teenage children to harmful content, which they say contributed to two of the children taking their own lives at age 15, according to their lawyer. The legal complaint argues that TikTok’s algorithm showed the teenagers videos that promoted suicide, self-harm, and eating disorders, said lawyer …

Scientists have discovered an extraordinary water reservoir in space, estimated to contain as much water as 100 trillion Earth oceans. This vast body of water was found around 12 billion light-years away in a region surrounding a quasar known as APM 08279+5255. At the center of this quasar lies a supermassive black hole, one of the largest objects known in …

An international team of archaeologists, led by Antonis Bartsiokas from Democritus University of Thrace, has made an extraordinary discovery in the Royal Tombs at Vergina, Greece, unearthing a piece of cloth believed to be Alexander the Great’s tunic. In a study published in the Journal of Field Archaeology, Bartsiokas details the findings around this purple and white tunic. His team …

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable 4,000-year-old Bronze Age town in the Arabian Peninsula that once housed nearly 500 residents, revealing insights into how ancient communities transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle to more urbanized living. French archaeologist Guillaume Charloux, along with a team of Saudi researchers, located the al-Natah settlement near the Khaybar Oasis. Spanning around 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres), the …

A recent study has cast doubt on the famous thought experiment suggesting that a monkey typing randomly for an infinite amount of time could eventually reproduce the complete works of Shakespeare. While this notion illustrates how infinite time could make the improbable probable, two Australian mathematicians have found that even if every chimpanzee on Earth typed for the entire lifespan …