The Monday, August 3, 2026 Edition
SNAP Rolls Drop 4 Million, Spokane Wildfires Rage, and Surfing Dogs Compete
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The number of workouts per week that delivered major health benefits for adults carrying excess abdominal fat, according to a four-month trial of 315 people. That challenges the conventional wisdom that meaningful fitness gains require multiple sessions each week.
Source: Science Daily
Today: The MLB trade deadline hits today, Monday, Aug. 3 -- watch for last-minute moves after the Dodgers, Cubs, and Yankees already made blockbuster additions.
Today: Final box office figures for Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrive Monday, confirming whether its estimated $355 million domestic debut holds as the second-biggest opening ever.
After her tour ends: Ariana Grande will step back from public visibility once her world tour wraps, after exiting the planned West End revival of Sunday in the Park with George.
Date TBA: Kevin Owens will challenge CM Punk for the Undisputed WWE Championship after winning a Fatal 4-Way at SummerSlam; WWE has yet to announce the date.
- 1492Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage west
- 1914Germany declares war on France as World War I engulfs Europe
- 1936Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics
- 1958USS Nautilus becomes the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater
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ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People's DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
How ICE collected DNA from nearly 1 million people last year -- including young children -- and fed it into the FBI's CODIS database. (Read)
Wired · Dhruv Mehrotra
A fundamental flaw leaves LLMs strikingly vulnerable to attack
Why a fundamental design flaw leaves large language models strikingly vulnerable to attack, and what that means for the AI systems built on them. (Read)
MIT Technology Review · Will Douglas Heaven$ Subscription
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