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Nature and environment · Nov 8, 2026Why do we so rarely see baby pigeons in towns and cities?Young pigeons spend their first weeks in inconspicuous nests. By the time they leave, they are already feathered and look much like the birds we see in the street.↗
Space · Nov 8, 2026Hera observes Didymos: what remains to be understood after DART’s impactHera’s first close-up views open the investigation into the effects of DART. Dimorphos’s mass, structure and transformation remain at the heart of the measurements to come.↗
Nature and environment · Nov 7, 2026Bleached corals: what the contact experiment really showedA laboratory experiment at Stanford describes how symbiotic algae moved between healthy and bleached corals via a tissue bridge. The findings shed light on one possible route to recovery, without demonstrating a method that can be applied to reefs in the sea.↗
Technology · Nov 7, 2026Fraudulent text messages: what NordVPN’s filter can detectOn iPhone, NordVPN’s Message Protection can detect signs of fraud and classify messages identified as scam attempts as junk. It requires a compatible device and subscription, and does not replace checking the sender or the recipient’s judgement.↗
AI · Nov 7, 2026Reward hacking: when an AI agent passes the test without doing the taskAn agent can pass a metric without carrying out the intended task. An Anthropic study explores how this circumvention, known as reward hacking, was accompanied by other undesirable behaviours during an experimental training run.↗
Technology · Nov 7, 2026Windows 11: memory integrity also depends on driversWindows 11 is extending memory integrity to eligible PCs, but driver compatibility and user choices can make all the difference. Here’s where to check its status.↗
Climate · Nov 6, 2026Aviation and climate: why changing fuel does not solve the whole equationA study compares aviation pathways with planetary boundaries. To understand its findings, we need to look at fuel life cycles, the resources used and traffic assumptions.↗
Nature and environment · Nov 6, 2026SolsVivants: understanding what organisms beneath our feet doThe CNRS-INRAE programme is starting with €9 million over five years. Its challenge: to link organisms and their interactions to how soils actually function.↗
AI · Nov 6, 2026Sanxingdui: AI cinema faces the test of public opinionThe difficult launch of “Sanxingdui: Future Past” highlights the limits of a technological promise, without summing up the future of AI in cinema.↗
Economy · Nov 6, 2026Finding a place to rent in Toulouse: what rent figures tell us about the squeezeWarnings about the shortage of rental properties are not just about prices. Local data distinguishes between recent rents, the existing housing stock and monthly budgets.↗
Music · Nov 6, 2026Véronique Sanson: a tour under way and fifty years of « Vancouver »After the Rockhal and Caen, the tour continues until December. Meanwhile, the reissues of « Vancouver » invite listeners to rediscover the people behind the 1976 album.↗
AI · Nov 6, 2026Anthropic: what the insurance warning really says about AI risksAnthropic points to damage that insurance might not cover. That does not make all AI uninsurable: it depends on the task and its consequences.↗
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