The Tuesday, August 4, 2026 Edition
Spokane Arson Suspect Arrested, Michigan Votes, and SpaceX Rocket Hits Moon
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Science & Technology
3 years
How long Nine Lives, a notoriously 'erratic' feral tabby, eluded trappers in New Zealand before finally being caught. In that time, the single cat wiped out dozens of rare brown teal ducks -- a lopsided toll of one predator versus an entire endangered population.
Source: The Guardian
After her tour: Ariana Grande will step back from public visibility once her tour concludes, having exited the stage revival of Sunday in the Park With George.
Coming soon: Lego launches its detailed minifigure-scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope, bringing the orbiting observatory to desktops.
Next year: Larry Berg takes over from Don Garber as MLS commissioner next year, becoming just the third commissioner in league history.
Through 2030: Mauricio Pochettino leads the U.S. men's national team toward the 2030 World Cup under his newly extended four-year contract.
- 1901Jazz legend Louis Armstrong is born in New Orleans
- 1914Britain declares war on Germany, entering World War I
- 1936Jesse Owens wins the long jump gold medal at the Berlin Olympics
- 1944Anne Frank and her family are arrested in their Amsterdam hiding place
How Data Centers Broke American Politics
How the data center building boom is upending local politics and alliances across America.
Wired · Molly Taft
Inside Google's $200bn Wall Street finance machine for Anthropic
How Google built a $200 billion Wall Street finance machine to fund Anthropic's rise. (Read, paywall)
Financial Times$ Subscription
Signal then storm
A researcher's 50-year hunt for the biological source of chronic pain.
Aeon · Stephani Sutherland
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