Physicists Solve a Muon Mystery. Now, Old Results Don’t Add Up. | Quanta Magazine
New calculations seem to have put a 25-year-old particle physics puzzle to rest. But they’ve also created a clash with other experimental results.
Introduction
For 25 years, physicists have been puzzled by an apparent one-part-in-a-million problem. Their expectations of the way that certain particles should wobble in a magnetic field were clashing with what they saw in experiments. The discrepancy was an electrifying hint that they might be seeing evidence of unknown particles.
The latest ugly-cool immersive sim is scratching my itch for new Deus Ex
There's something defiant about the trend of deliberately ugly immersive sims. It is a statement: mechanics are king and beauty is a distraction, so here is something we scraped out of the vents on a PlayStation 1. I admire it. Not the graphics; the graphics look awful. I admire the sentiment.
Netflix’s ‘Ransom Canyon’ Is The Latest Victim Of Season 2 Viewership Crash
Ransom Canyon Netflix
Ransom Canyon may be #1 on Netflix’s top 10 list right now, but in the larger context of the show and the service, its performance leaves something to be desired.
GTA Online In-game Gambling Suddenly Disabled in Australia
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: Jul 29, 2026 3:56am UTC
Rockstar has unexpectedly blocked in-game gambling features in GTA Online for players accessing the game from Australia. Australians are no longer able to activate gambling mini-games in GTA Online’s Diamond Casino, including blackjack, slots, poker, roulette, or the Inside Track horse racing mode. The free-to-spin lucky wheel is also disabled.
The Greatest Scene In ‘The Odyssey’ Is The Most Disturbing
Samantha Morton as Circe in Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' Universal Pictures
There are many scenes in The Odyssey that linger in the mind, long after the film ends.
For example, the cursed victory of Matt Damon’s Odysseus as the gates of Troy are finally opened, unleashing a flood of bloodthirsty soldiers, or the strange pity invoked by the man-eating cyclops, as lonely and pathetic as he is monstrous.
Noah Kahan Slams Trump’s Use of His Song and Vows He’d “Never Approve”
Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s use of his song.
The 29-year-old singer-songwriter took to Instagram to comment on the White House and Trump’s use of his song “American Cars” on their social media posts about an event in Michigan for autoworkers. Kahan swiftly shut down any doubt about any association.
How Notre Dame Transfer Quarterbacks Fared At Their New Schools
TAMPA, Fla. - Quarterback Kenny Minchey of the Kentucky Wildcats speaks at SEC Football Media Day at Tampa Marriott Water Street on July 20, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Parker S. Freedman/Getty Images)
Israel kills Palestinian, destroys mosque in Gaza
Israeli settlers also attack a Palestinian family in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Israel has attacked Gaza, killing at least one Palestinian, wounding more than 12, and destroying a mosque and tents sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians.
Carbon management revives CCS in Germany as safeguards steadily weaken
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is regaining prominence in climate policy debates in Germany. A study published in Environmental Politics examines the reasons behind this comeback and shows that the strict limits originally envisaged for CCS were progressively relaxed throughout the political process. This increases the risk that the lifespan of fossil fuel infrastructure will be prolonged, potentially sidelining other climate protection measures.
OpenAI’s rogue agent hacked an account at a second technology firm: Report
The latest hack comes after an autonomous agent escaped a controlled test and accessed AI firm Hugging Face’s servers.
The rogue artificial intelligence model that broke out of a controlled test and hacked another AI company also compromised a customer at a second technology firm, the Reuters news agency reports.