The northern polar jet stream, a band of high-altitude winds that circles the Arctic and influences the climate of the northern hemisphere, is forecast to start noticeably shifting in the 2060s if greenhouse emissions remain high, leading to dramatic changes in temperature and rainfall, especially in Europe.

A new investigation from The Guardian pulls no punches while detailing Google's treatment of temporary workers, saying, "Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers in dozens of countries and delayed correcting the pay rates for more than two years as it attempted to cover up the problem."

George Mawle, a former gameplay engineer at Sony Santa Monica Studio who is credited with the handling behind God of War's Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos, sadly passed away last Thursday. Tributes have been paid across social media since, with combat design lead Mihir Sheth crediting him with playing a large part in the engineering behind the feel of the two iconic weapons.

Last October, a large group of scientists made their way to Yuri Milner’s super-mansion in the Los Altos hills above Palo Alto. They were tested for covid-19 and wore masks as they assembled in a theater on the property for a two-day science conference. Others joined by conference call. Topic: How biotechnology can be used to make people younger.

Mortgage applications decreased last week in step with a drop in refinancing as mortgage rates remained unchanged. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said on Wednesday its seasonally adjusted market composite index tracking mortgage applications fell 2.4% from a week earlier, reflecting a 3.8% decline in applications to refinance existing loans in the week ending Aug. 27.

As Apple faces increasing pressure and potential regulation surrounding its product repair policies, the Wall Street Journal is out with a new report diving deeper into the current state of the MacBook repair industry. In the report, the Journal’s Joanna Stern attempts to get two water-damaged MacBooks, with mixed results.

Images purporting to show counterfeit clones of upcoming Apple Watch Series 7 models have been shared online, giving a closer look at the device's expected redesign. The images, shared in a tweet from the user known as "Majin Bu," show counterfeit clones of the Apple Watch Series 7 in Space Gray, Silver, and Space Black. The design of the clones closely matches the redesign that is expected to bring squared-off edges to the Apple Watch, much like those of the iPhone 12 lineup, iPa...

Scarlett Harper is fearless, especially when it comes to bees. When the 11-year-old Illinois resident learned the bees in her neighborhood were being wiped out by mosquito pesticides, she launched a campaign to save them. "Go make some phone calls, get some state reps on board, let's do this!" she said on Instagram in May.

In May, an article with the unprepossessing title “Detecting Borrelia Spirochetes: A Case Study with Validation Among Autopsy Specimens” was published in the medical journal Frontiers in Neurology. The deceased person in question was a sixty-nine-year-old woman who suffered from severe cognitive impairment.

More than 90 policy and rights groups around the world have published an open letter urging Apple to abandon plans for scanning children’s messages for nudity and the phones of adults for images of child sex abuse.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe keeps getting bigger. Avengers: Endgame may have closed out one Marvel chapter, but a new one is about to begin. Directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, the long-awaited Eternals will hit theaters Nov. 5, bringing some of Marvel comics' strangest and most memorable characters to the big screen.

Uganda is to take in 2,000 refugees who have fled Afghanistan after Taliban militants took power on Sunday. The first group of 500 Afghans are expected to arrive at Entebbe Airport later on Tuesday. The deal was agreed following a request from the US government, Refugee Minister Esther Anyakun told the BBC.

A deliberately frustrating finale drove home the core themes of Mike White’s terrific series.

A security researcher has earned a $7,500 bug bounty after discovering an exploit that could have permitted gamers to boost their in-game Steam wallet balances by artificially increasing the value of deposits. The ‘unlimited funds’ cheat was promptly triaged by Valve Software – the firm behind the popular Steam gaming platform – and resolved just days after its discovery.

The European Space Agency probe BepiColombo is scheduled to go into orbit around Mercury in 2025. But to reach the innermost planet in the solar system, BepiColombo needs a gravity assist from neighboring Venus, so it flew within 350 miles of the planet today at around 9:48 am ET on its way to Mercury.

A record-breaking bat that flew more than 1,200 miles (2,018 km) from London to Russia died after being attacked by a cat. The female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat, the size of a human thumb, was discovered in Russia's Pskov region. The bat, whose wing had a "London Zoo" marking, was rescued by a bat rehabilitation group but later died.

California is implementing what it calls the "first in the nation" requirement that health care workers statewide be vaccinated against COVID-19. The state is currently experiencing its fastest increase in coronavirus cases since the onset of the pandemic, with case rates "increasing ninefold in the last two months," according to the new order from the California Department of Public Health.