Daniel Kim — Technology Editor Visa plans to cut 7% of its workforce, totaling about 2,600 jobs, primarily targeting technology and product teams. Announced ahead of its quarterly earnings report, CEO Ryan McInerney stated the efficiency push aims to reinvest in high-growth opportunities as artificial intelligence reshapes daily operations across the payments giant. Visa Workforce Reductions and the Technology Restructuring … Read more
NASA researchers examining data from the MAVEN mission have uncovered a local process akin to Earth’s Dandy cycle above magnetized Martian crustal regions. Simultaneously, the Psyche spacecraft captured a time-lapse of Mars during a planetary flyby, providing scientists a rehearsal for its 2029 asteroid arrival. A lost NASA spacecraft has handed scientists the key to … Read more
Researchers at the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada have captured ultraweak photon emissions from living mice and plants, revealing a faint biological glow that vanishes immediately upon death. The findings offer new potential for non-invasive medical and agricultural diagnostics. Life leaves a subtle light signature, and death quietly turns it … Read more
Illustrator Isabelle Arsenault and publisher Frédéric Gauthier have opened Leporello in Lac-Brome, creating a vibrant boutique, gallery, and creative workshop space designed to celebrate illustration and provide artists with a liberating environment away from generative artificial intelligence and daily commercial pressures. A New Creative Sanctuary in Lac-Brome Right in the heart of Lac-Brome, an extraordinary … Read more
Environmental groups and scientists have submitted a petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warning that plans to launch millions of orbital data centers could be “catastrophic” for the planet and permanently alter the Earth’s atmosphere, according to reports from NewsNation and The Guardian. The push for space-based computing comes as big tech companies face … Read more
Landwirtschaftsminister Norbert Totschnig (ÖVP) presented the draft bill for a new centralized „Wasserentnahmeregister (water abstraction register) during the second Trinkwasser-Gipfel. The draft legislation, which was initially announced at the beginning of June, was formally transmitted to the coalition partners. The proposed system aims to track high-volume water consumers across sectors such as industry and agriculture, … Read more
Researchers have discovered that sperm whales blow bubbles while resting vertically just beneath the ocean surface, a mechanism that helps these breath-hold divers counteract expanding lung gases and maintain neutral buoyancy during short 10- to 15-minute napping bouts. Sperm whales are known for their dives into the deep ocean. But when it is time to … Read more
While mapping a camping trip on Google Maps in 2024, an amateur astronomer in Quebec stumbled upon an unknown 15.5-wide circular pit. Scientists recently confirmed the remote Côte-Nord site is a 390-million-year-old meteorite impact crater, officially named Uhackatik after consultations with the Ekuanitshit Innu Council. What started as a routine search for vacation routes on … Read more
Advanced civilizations might harvest massive energy by surrounding black holes with hypothetical structures called Dyson spheres, according to a physics analysis presented at a recent MIT workshop. Researchers examined how space-based collectors could capture radiation from accretion disks, coronae, and relativistic jets while generating detectable waste heat. Energy Collection Strategies Around Extreme Black Holes Black … Read more
Wildlife watchers in Svalbard captured a polar bear using a juvenile bearded seal as bait to draw in its mother in spring 2026. Experts note the sophisticated hunting tactic reflects learned behavior rather than instinct alone, while researchers explain that specialized sebum prevents polar bears from sticking to sea ice. But wildlife watchers in Billefjorden, … Read more