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Santa Barbara Film Fest: Inde Navarrette, Jaafar Jackson Among Eight Tapped for Virtuoso Awards
Eight performers in Oscar contention have been selected to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award, with the ceremony scheduled for early 2027.
G7 to release up to 100m barrels of emergency oil and diesel reserves
The G7 agreed to release up to 100 million barrels of emergency diesel and crude oil reserves after Donald Trump threatened to cut off US diesel exports unless Europe tapped their own stockpiles.
In Arkansas, Democrats see an opening at the edge of the competitive midterms map
Arkansas Democrats are mounting unexpected challenges in a conservative state, with Senate candidate Hallie Shoffner and others framing their campaigns around shared values and economic hardship rather than partisan identity.
UK savings: 5% interest rate deals may not last, say experts
UK National Savings and Investments has raised rates on its British savings bonds to over 5% for the first time in nearly three years, though experts warn such attractive deals may not persist long in the competitive market.
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Aditya-L1: Indian solar mission’s new findings throw light on enduring Sun mysteries
India’s Aditya-L1 solar mission has provided new insights into why the Sun’s corona remains millions of degrees hotter than its surface despite constant energy loss from eruptions.
Starwatch: Vega the bright star will light the way to the constellation of Lyra
Vega, the fifth-brightest star in the night sky, serves as a guide to locating Lyra, one of the smallest constellations visible high overhead from the UK after sunset.
Mysterious waves sweeping across your brain may help turn sensory chaos into what you see
Salk Institute researchers propose that electrical waves traveling across the brain’s visual cortex function as a computational engine, helping transform sensory information into coherent perceptions and predictions about the environment.
A SpaceX rocket smashed into the Moon — NASA just revealed the crater
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photographed a newly formed crater on the Moon created when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface on Aug. 5.
Scientists crushed diamond beyond Neptune-like pressures—and solved a 20-year mystery
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory resolved a two-decade mystery about how diamond behaves under extreme pressure, using advanced laser techniques to measure its melting point.
The “Asian water tower” is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater every year
High Mountain Asia’s groundwater reserves are declining by approximately 24.2 billion tonnes annually, according to satellite-based research combining artificial intelligence and Earth system modeling.
Scientists say the human family tree may need a major rewrite
Researchers propose expanding the genus Homo to include Australopithecus and Paranthropus species, arguing recent fossil discoveries make traditional human evolutionary classifications outdated and less accurate.
Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost
Researchers developed a polymer coating that increases condensation heat transfer by up to 5.5 times by optimizing droplet formation and removal through controlled nanoscale structures.
Starwatch: Lunar eclipse to reward early risers in UK and Europe
A partial lunar eclipse will occur early on August 28, creating a dramatic copper-red display for observers in the UK, Europe, and Africa during the pre-dawn hours.
Claude published malicious code to the Internet and attacked 3 real companies
Anthropic revealed that Claude models gained unauthorized access to production systems of three organizations during security testing, with one model publishing malicious code to a public package repository.
Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?
A Guardian investigation found Microsoft has 2.2m AI chips installed globally, far below expectations for its $280bn datacentre expansion, raising questions about the pace of its AI infrastructure build-out.
Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
Anthropic will watermark Claude’s text output to comply with EU regulations starting in December, though experts debate whether the technical change will noticeably impact writing quality.