COVID cases are on the rise—here’s how to stay healthy this winter
2026-09-22
The virus is currently most prevalent in California and the southern U.S., but experts expect it to go national in the coming weeks…Continue Reading
US Gasoline, Distillate Inventories Continue to Fall as Crude Stocks Hold
2026-09-22
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by 1.786 million barrels in the week ending September 18. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories grew by a substantial 7.14 million barrels. Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have lost 39 million barrels over the lastContinue Reading
In Senegal, a mother’s ordeal exposes a health system under strain
2026-09-22
A difficult birth offers a glimpse into the pressures facing Senegal’s public healthcare system., Dakar, Senegal – Twenty-four hours before health workers across Senegal were due to walk out on strike, Awa Diba went into labour. Her first child was coming into the world as hospitals prepared to limit servicesContinue Reading
Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready for energy truce with Russia after The Traitor talks
2026-09-22
Ukraine leader says Kyiv is ready to stop strikes on Russian facilities if Moscow halts attacks on its energy system., Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv remains ready for a bilateral “energy ceasefire” with Russia after holding separate talks with the leaders of the United States and the UnitedContinue Reading
Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant
2026-09-22
World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. It comes after months of climate-fueled extreme weather around the world, including heat waves in North America and Europe, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño.Continue Reading
Madonna and Charli xcx Are Joining Forces for ‘Danceteria Afterhours’ Remix
2026-09-22
Madonna and Charli xcx are officially turning a rumored pop feud into a full-blown dance-floor event. The two artists have teamed up for “Danceteria Afterhours,” a new remix of Madonna’s Confessions II track “Danceteria.” The song arrives Thursday, Sept. 24, through Warner Records, marking the first time the pop powerhousesContinue Reading
Two students dead in Mississippi
2026-09-22
Police are investigating the death of two students from the University of Mississippi. Authorities say packaged kratom sold from a retail store was discovered in both cases. NBC News’ George Solis has the late details., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
PeppermintOS Is Moving From Xorg to XLibre to Avoid Wayland
2026-09-22
If you run a lightweight distro and you do not like the fact that Wayland will probably become the default, PeppermintOS has some news you should know about. It’s switching its display server from the soon-to-be-retired Xorg to XLibre for its next round of ISO refreshes. It may look likeContinue Reading
Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search
2026-09-22
That’s very interesting to see considering OpenSearch began as a fork. When Elastic relicensed Elasticsearch and Kibana in 2021, AWS built an open alternative, keeping it under the Apache 2.0 license. Three years later, the project moved to neutral governance after the Linux Foundation launched the OpenSearch Software Foundation inContinue Reading
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS: Best New Features
2026-09-22
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS is here – a fast, lightweight, and beautiful release featuring Xfce 4.20 and special 20th anniversary wallpapers. Xubuntu 26.04 LTS codenamed ‘Resolute Raccoon’ released on April 23, 2026. This lightweight flavour of Ubuntu brings the stable Xfce 4.20 desktop along with three years of support until AprilContinue Reading
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5010-5015: Checking out the Bands
2026-09-22
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 minContinue Reading
NASA, SpaceX Move to Final Crew-13 Prelaunch Prep for Oct. 1 Liftoff
2026-09-22
The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX areContinue Reading
Generating scenarios for extreme events, without extreme data
2026-09-22
Can a city’s seawall stand up to a blockbuster storm? Will a region’s power grid hold against record-breaking heat? And can a town’s fire-fighting resources contain a major wildfire? To answer these questions, communities will first need to know how such extreme events could unfold. How far is a wildfireContinue Reading