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If you believe official Russian reports, the country’s northern spaceport has come under attack from drones on multiple occasions in the last few months. The drones did not succeed in striking the spaceport, but the attempted attacks come as Russia ramps up activity at Plesetsk Cosmodrome to deploy a new constellation of Internet and data relay satellites akin to SpaceX’s Starlink, a space-based network underpinning much of Ukraine’s military communications infrastructure. Plesetsk is a military base located in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region, some 500 miles north of Moscow. The Russian space agency’s first acknowledgment of an attempted drone attack at Plesetsk…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Is there any real solution to the nightmare of online password management in an era of increasingly clever hacks, scams, and identity theft? Cybersecurity engineers at Texas A&M University think so, and according to their recent findings published in IEEE Internet Computing, the answer is a sturdy, sophisticated “HIPPO.” When creating a new password, security experts suggest generating one that is as long as possible, with a mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols. You technically should never repeat them across multiple websites, either. Of…
Ubisoft developers have shared some new information about Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, the full remake of the original pirate-themed open-world game from 2013. This new version, launching on July 9, looked great in Ubisoft’s first preview event, but now we’ve learned more about how combat, side activities, the map, and other elements will work. On April 30, Ubisoft devs took part in an AMA on the Assassin’s Creed subreddit. Fans asked many questions, some about the more nitty-gritty details of the upcoming Black Flag remake and how it differs (or doesn’t) from the original adventure. The good news is…
From watching too much Nordic noir, I have learned the key lessons to Scandinavian safety: Stay out of the deep woods, avoid all “rustic villagers,” flee every solstice or equinox ritual, and run screaming from any creature (human or otherwise) wearing antlers in the wrong anatomical location. But assuming you can avoid pagan magic and the “old gods,” Nordic countries do well on many other measures of human development. In the most recent World Happiness Report, for example, Finland tops the list while Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are all in the top six. (Costa Rica is the non-Nordic exception…
Sam Rutherford for Engadget Following the release of Valve’s Steam Controller, HyperX is hitting back with a different kind of gamepad featuring a ton of interchangeable components and proper Xbox certification. While pricing is still to be determined, the new Clutch Talon is basically HyperX’s take on Microsoft’s Xbox Elite Controller, except that it’s arguably even more configurable. Not only is this the first gamepad from HyperX to offer Hall effect joysticks for added precision and longevity, it features dual-mode connectivity thanks to its included 2.4GHz wireless dongle and Bluetooth…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. May 1Full Flower MoonMay 4One Last Chance to Catch Comet C/2025 R3 (Possibly)May 5Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Predicted PeakMay 14May’s Lāhainā Noon BeginsMay 31Full Blue Micromoon It’s spring! All is beautiful and full of life, and apart from that one weird smell, all is well in the great outdoors. Along with flowers and seasonal allergies, this month brings us plenty of opportunities for stargazing, from not one but two full moons to a meteor shower and the year’s first Lāhainā noon. May 1: Full…
Strange Scaffold, the developer behind I Am Your Beast; El Paso, Elsewhere; An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown; Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator; and Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator, has announced another new game with possibly the studio’s most ridiculous title yet: Truck–kun Is Supporting Me From Another World?! And yes, the punctuation is part of it. Truck-kun is a vehicular action visual novel about isekai-ing as many things as possible. Carissa, a young marketing agent, is struck by a truck on her way to a new job and gets isekaied into a…
In a series of social media posts Thursday, President Trump withdrew his nomination of Make America Health Again influencer Casey Means to be surgeon general, lashed out at Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) for Means’ stalled nomination in the Senate, then announced a new nominee: Nicole B. Saphier, a breast radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, a Fox News contributor, and founder of an herbal supplement company who has questioned vaccines. Trump’s abandonment of Means comes as no surprise. The nomination of the Stanford University-trained doctor has been stalled in the Senate since her February confirmation hearing before the Senate…
There’s a trailer for the new Resident Evil movie and it looks surprisingly great, though the somber tone could disappoint people looking for the camp of the Paul W.S. Anderson installments. This looks to be a serious horror film. It’s directed by Zach Cregger, fresh off his Oscar-winning Weapons. The teaser shows an unassuming medical courier fighting for his life at a rural farm house, a plot that seems partially inspired by Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. This is a standalone story that’s set in the Resident Evil universe but doesn’t follow the events of…
Since much of Papua New Guinea lies close to the equator where the Coriolis effect is weak, the risk of tropical cyclones striking the island nation is relatively low, especially in its northern areas. Nevertheless, unusually warm sea surface temperatures and atmospheric conditions favorable to storm formation brought powerful Tropical Cyclone Maila dangerously close to the islands of Bougainville, New Britain, and New Ireland in April 2026, fueling intense rainfall. The heavy rains saturated steep terrain in the Gazelle district of East New Britain, triggering landslides on and around April 9 that led to several deaths, according to news reports.…