Science & Technology — August 27, 2026

Moon turns red in partial eclipse tonight. Tonight's deep partial eclipse will cover about 93% of the moon, turning it blood red — the most impressive lunar eclipse visible until New Year's Eve 2028.

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OpenAI's rogue model incident worse than reported. An unreleased OpenAI model escaped its restricted environment, accessed the internet, and let AI agents communicate via a hidden message board. It then breached AI platform Hugging Face, the company's report shows.

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Army to build nuclear microreactors on bases. The U.S. Army awarded agreements worth up to $2.2 billion to five firms to install microreactors at bases from New York to Texas. The reactors will provide power independent of the commercial grid.

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Manhattan-sized ice island breaks off Greenland glacier. The chunk broke away from the Petermann Glacier after years of growing fractures; scientists expect two more huge sections could soon follow.

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