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Would You Eat a Cookie Made From Upcycled Plastic? Scientists Propose a New Way to Deal With Waste and Provide Food in Extreme Environments

A team of researchers programmed yeast to turn broken-down plastic and agricultural waste into sweet treats called µBites. They might come in handy during deep-space missions or in disaster zones, although some critics say the food is impractical

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Songs of the Past – Exploration, Environments and Combat Showcase

Watch some Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Songs of the Past gameplay from gamescom 2026 showcasing exploration, environments, and combat.

Honey bees can serve as sentinels for environmental health

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are widely known as essential pollinators, but researchers using a "One Health" approach have also identified them as biological sentinels of environmental health.

‘Hivemind’: Samara Weaving & Nicholas Braun Lead Ciarán Foy’s Killer-Wasp Environmental Thriller

Samara Weaving ’s genre résumé has already put her through murderous in-laws, slashers, and a spouse with homicidal intentions.

Rainbow Six Tactics transforms the demolition-driven Siege into a turn-based game while keeping the destructible environments, operators, and reconnaissance dro

Ubisoft have done the sensible thing and turned Rainbow Six into a turn-based tactical game.

A field guide for the Wild West of AI-assisted environmental science

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) are blazing a trail through the Wild West of AI-assisted science, with a field guide aimed at environmental data scientists.

Mechanical memory helps explain how cells adapt their movement to changing environments

Cells in our bodies squeeze through dense tissue channels, thread past neighboring cells and navigate every nook and cranny within the extracellular matrix—the mesh-like network that surrounds and supports cells. How well they do this can shape a wide range of physiological proce

Security Council LIVE: Drone strikes and political impasse in Libya

As Libya faces a political impasse delaying long-planned elections alongside clashes and drone strikes that left a major oil refinery ablaze, the Security Council heard the latest updates, with an activist warning that the collision of extreme heat, water scarcity and environment

Conditional environmental clearance for ₹8,707-crore Thiruvananthapuram airport expansion project

The proposed expansion is designed to increase the airport’s passenger-handling capacity to 27 million passengers per annum (MPPA) and its cargo-handling capacity to 0.42 million tonnes per annum (MTPA)

Mont Blanc ultramarathon trail kicks off amid growing environmental concern

The annual UTMB, the flagship race of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc week, kicked off on Friday with 2,500 participants. As the race continues to attract more runners each year, local residents are increasingly concerned about its environmental impact.

Autonomous Mathematical Discovery in an Open-World Multi-Agent Environment

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.23691 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49481455 Points: 108 # Comments: 30

What we know about the environmental causes behind the Nepal landslide

Deadly floods along the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday highlighted the near-impossible task of predicting sudden landslides and mudflows in the Himalayas.

Louisiana governor ‘not concerned’ about environmental impact of Gulf Coast SpaceX facility

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Samara Weaving & Nicholas Braun Set For Environmental Thriller ‘Hivemind’; Ciarán Foy Directing For Thunder Road, Badlands

EXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving (Ready or Not franchise) and Nicholas Braun (Succession) are set to lead Hivemind, an environmental thriller from Thunder Road and Badlands that is now filming in Dublin. Directed by Irish filmmaker Ciarán Foy, Hivemind centers on the evolution of a new

Environmental DNA shows some frog species bouncing back from fungus

Proper environmental clearances cannot be given a go-by, says High Court CJ in Vizag data centre case

Bench seeks State’s response on alleged irregularities in land transfer and permissions for Google-owned data centre; Advocate-General asked to clarify government’s position

Environmental lead exposure linked to greater neuronal damage: ICMR-NIN

Understanding these cellular changes can help us better understand how environmental exposures may influence neuronal health, says ICMR-NIN’s Head of Cell Biology Suresh Challa

At least 35,000 excess deaths recorded in Europe’s back-to-back heatwaves

True figure likely to be much higher as it only covers about half of continent and does not include August totals At least 35,000 more people died during Europe’s four record-breaking, back-to-back heatwaves this summer than would normally be expected, according to incomplete fig

Meet the Newly Discovered Fuzzy Fish Species Named After Mr. Snuffleupagus From 'Sesame Street'

The ghost pipefish's scruffy appearance probably helps it look like floating algae, allowing it to blend in with its environment. Researchers had been on the hunt for this strange creature for years after first spotting one more than two decades ago

1,000 ducks set loose daily as part of South Africa’s new pest control

Around 1,000 ducks are being consistently set loose on a South African wine farm as part of a popular and environmentally-friendly new method of pest control.

Paleontologists Discover a New Species of Ice Age Toad at the La Brea Tar Pits, Offering Clues About the Area's Ancient Climate

The fossilized remains, recovered in 1929, were part of La Brea's relatively understudied amphibian collection. Since toads are cold-blooded and sensitive to environmental changes, the discovery can help researchers piece together past climate conditions

Texas fossil reveals early insects kept aquatic limbs during move onto land

The formation of complex terrestrial ecosystems was a significant innovation in the evolutionary history of life on Earth. This event signified the expansion of life beyond marine environments and marked the beginning of a new phase in the diversification of terrestrial biota.

OpenAI had warnings before its agents broke out

OpenAI missed and failed to act on several warning signs that its models were exploiting security flaws and breaking out of their testing environments before they breached Hugging Face , according to a technical report released by the company Wednesday.

Transforming polyamide microplastics into light-emitting carbon quantum dots for UV-blocking food packaging

Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century.

Berlin & Tribeca Eco Musical-Drama ‘Árru’ Gets North American & International Distribution Deals

EXCLUSIVE: Obscured Releasing has acquired North American distribution rights to Árru, the musical drama following a Sàmi family’s fight to protect their land from looming environmental threat.

Japanese startups, IPOs set for boost with platform to trade unlisted companies

The Japanese regulator's registration of a new trading platform for unlisted shares could help create a more favorable capital-raising environment for the country's IPO ecosystem.

The best-managed industrial waste in history

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02508-2 Expanded use of nuclear energy will protect the environment even without fresh options for waste disposal.

Could we protect all western US communities from wildfires and facilitate restoring fire to wildlands within a decade?

In a new study in Environmental Research: Ecology, I analyzed how fires were able to burn into communities and how fire-resistant land uses could be combined with fuel treatments to reduce fires burning into communities. If government support could be quickly redirected to commun

Trees ‘giving up’: Climate change hammers historic English gardens

Mature trees that take decades to establish are drooping, and some have leaves turning brown in August in a stress reaction to excessive heat.

Fast-fashion giant Shein sets cut-price $27bn valuation for Hong Kong IPO

China-based retailer swung to $99m loss in first quarter and faces scrutiny over its environmental footprint Business live – latest updates Shein, which built a fast-fashion empire on what seemed like impossibly low prices , has been forced to lower its own valuation in a cut-pri

Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water

Pennsylvania ranks second in U.S. natural gas production, accounting for about one-fifth of U.S. output in 2024, and has one of the most extensive histories of energy extraction in the country. A team of researchers from Penn State is trying to better understand the environmental

Lit Hub Weekly: August 17 – 21, 2026

What Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel can teach us about grief, literature, and growing up. | Lit Hub TV Why the tragedy of Jason Arday reflects a rigged game for today’s Black scholars. | Lit Hub Politics How environmentalism

Highest-ever ocean temperature recorded as super El Nino forms

The global average sea-surface temperature hit a record 21.1 degrees Celsius on Aug. 22, according to Europe's Earth observation agency Copernicus.

This frozen fiber makes light and sound interact 1,000x more strongly

Freezing the liquid core of an optical fiber produced an extreme environment where light and sound interact more than 1,000 times more strongly than in ordinary fibers. Researchers used the effect to create optoacoustic memory, potentially paving the way for lower-energy photonic

Blowing in the wind, humble balloon gets green makeover

A global symbol of parties and celebrations but an environmental headache, the humble balloon is undergoing a green revolution thanks to U.K. researchers.

Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say

Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has been ac

New Monte Carlo method accelerates simulations of densely entangled polymer melts

Long polymer chains are everywhere: in synthetic materials, soft matter, biological systems such as chromosomes, and mathematical models of filaments and knots. When many such chains are densely packed, they form what physicists call a polymer melt. In this crowded environment, e

Where to Find the Oldest Living Things in the World

All over the world, you can find ancient organisms that have existed for thousands, sometimes even millions, of years: living testaments of endurance and adaptation amidst changing climates and environmental degradation.

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The devastating impact of copper and cobalt mining pollution in Lualaba, DRC

The slogan 'DRC, a solution country' to the energy transition is merely a facade, masking the mining pollution that destroys the environment and human lives alike.

4 big wins that come with housing affordability

While federal legislation like the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act provides some relief, experts argue that local efforts to revitalize existing buildings and improve housing quality offer broader benefits for the economy, public health, community stability, and the environment.

OneKey reproduces transaction replacement attack on outdated Ledger Ethereum app

OneKey said it reproduced an exploit against an older version of the Ledger app in its lab environment, which Ledger fixed in its Ethereum app 1.22.2, with no user funds lost.

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Architecture across Latin America this month reflects an ongoing negotiation between environmental challenges, cultural heritage, and changing approaches to public and professional life.

Climate policy could learn from people who already live within the limits of sufficiency

Tina Nyfors, who recently defended her doctoral thesis at the University of Helsinki, studied sufficiency, a way of living and a principle for organizing society to stay within environmental limits while ensuring that people have enough.

Highest-ever ocean temperature measured as powerful El Niño forms

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-08-26/highest-ever-ocean-temperature-measured-as-powerful-el-nino-forms Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494231 Points: 122 # Comments: 105

Vance, Zeldin ask for EPA probe into East Palestine train derailment response

Two Trump administration officials are calling for an independent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) investigation into the government’s response to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment — which caused toxic chemicals to spill into the town.

Trump’s EPA wants to let data centers hide their air pollution

Just as new data centers face growing backlash from neighboring communities, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to make it harder for people to weigh in on any pollution those centers create.

Kakkadampoyil eyes tourism boom with master plan, travel mart

The plan under discussion with the State government will seek to integrate infrastructure development, tourism promotion, environmental conservation and local economic development under a common framework approved by the Tourism department

EasyEffects can improve laptop speaker sound quality

Article URL: https://www.osnews.com/story/145883/easyeffects-should-be-part-of-every-linux-distribution-and-desktop-environment-to-massively-improve-laptop-speaker-sound-quality/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49479924 Points: 170 # Comments: 69

New study shows German football remains male-dominated

The top leagues of German football remain a largely male environment. A new study reveals that only seven clubs have women in upper management levels.

Tech giants urge global response to AI cybersecurity threats

Concerns have emerged over the state of the world's cybersecurity after AI models escaped test environments and breached multiple organizations.

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Architecture across Latin America this month reflects an ongoing negotiation between environmental challenges, cultural heritage, and changing approaches to public and professional life.

EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently given two new chemicals approval for use within the U.S., but the non-profit organization Earthjustice is suing the agency for not doing its job.

The Spring Drive U.F.A. Ushio 300 Is Grand Seiko’s Most Compact Diver To Date

True mastery in watchmaking lies in the delicate balance of form and function, bringing ultra-high precision into the most demanding environments without sacrificing the refined proportion required for everyday wear.

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The life of today's suburbs is interesting, complex, and diverse, but the suburban environments we are building are not.

Extreme heat is taking a toll on firefighters as wildfires stretch crews to the limit

Wildland firefighters face heat from the environment, the fire and their own bodies as they work long, exhausting hours. The head of Purdue’s fire lab explains the health risks and what can help.

OpenAI’s rogue AI model incident was worse than we thought

In July, an unreleased OpenAI model broke out of a restricted environment, figured out how to get access to the internet, allowed AI agents to talk to each other using a secret "message board," and hacked into the internal systems of a different AI lab, Hugging Face.

Japan eyes tax relief for bear hunters

The number of bear sightings in fiscal 2025 reached a record high of more than 50,000, and 13 people were killed in attacks, according to the Environment Ministry.

France to relax cheese production rules after drought takes toll on grazing land

Comté, beaufort and abondance makers can temporarily supplement cows’ diets as there is ‘no grass left to eat’ Strict production rules will be loosened for some of France’s most famous cheeses after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/20

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OpenAI’s AI agent hacked a real company

OpenAI disclosed in July that during an internal test, its own models broke out of a sealed environment and hacked Hugging Face ’s production servers, where much of the open-source AI world stores its models. Nobody told it to. The model was told to take a test, and decided the f

South Africa’s ‘registration law’ for scientists could be a template for the world — if the nation gets it right

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02568-4 The plan to force some scientists to register with a professional body could protect people and the environment, but the current version lacks clarity.

U.S. gov't moves to suppress pushback on data centers by removing requirements for public input on pollution — EPA change would allow air pollution permits with

The U.S. government is looking to move a critical transparency step in the approval of data centers behind closed doors. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has plans to remove a requirement that forces states to seek public feedback on applications for air pollution permit

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Report kept from residents now revealed, shows toxic levels in East Palestine

East Palestine residents participating in a class-action settlement say lawyers suppressed their expert’s environmental report to convince them to take the money.

Why Starlink won't open Vietnam's heavily censored internet

Starlink promises better connectivity in remote and mountainous areas. But in one of Southeast Asia's most tightly controlled online environments, more network access doesn't mean more free speech.

U.P. Congress president urges PM Modi to review ethanol-blended fuel policy; questions rising sugar prices

Ajay Rai reminded the Prime Minister that he had previously written to the latter on July 7, addressing “scientific, economic, environmental, and consumer interest-related inquiries” regarding ethanol-blended fuels

Japan’s government sets recommended specifications for bear repellent

Human casualties from bear attacks have been increasing in recent years, heightening interest in deterrent sprays, according to the Environment Ministry.

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Located on the north-eastern outskirts of Tashkent , the house sits between two contrasting environments. The site is accessible from two streets, with a canal and gardens on one side and a low-rise residential neighborhood, or mahalla, on the other. The house was positioned to o

Hotel stigma may drive Chinese hospitality graduates away from careers

Research published in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development analyzed interviews with more than 300 Chinese hotel interns to examine how perceptions of hotel work affect whether graduates pursue a career in the industry. The findings suggest that neg

Fiction as a Filter: On Writing the American West’s Water Crisis

Years ago, during the Great Recession, I attended an event sponsored by an environmental organization that had formed in protest to a planned dam construction project on the Cache La Poudre River in northern Colorado. At the time, my husband

Beyond Raw Transcripts: Structured Persona Extraction for LLM-Based Digital Twins

arXiv:2608.20344v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLM-based "digital twins" aim to simulate how an individual would behavein new environments or respond to novel questions, given some representation of that individual's prior responses. A common approach constructs this representat

MIT researchers engineer bacteria that could program plants for self-defence

Researchers at MIT have found a way to grow bacteria to function as signal-senders that might allow plants to "sense and respond to environmental conditions such as drought or attack by pests". The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology and details a novel way

Zeldin warns against banning data centers in US, citing China

Lee Zeldin, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on Sunday warned against banning data centers, citing implications for the U.S. in the artificial intelligence race to outpace China. “There’s been a push from some states where they’re talking about a statew

Brazil's President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river

Environmentalists have heavily criticised the exploratory drilling in the sea off the mouth of the Amazon.

Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification

As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities — and rising seas are erasing territories — one environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet.