Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild apes.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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The GunaiKurnai, an Australian Aboriginal nation, are recognized as the traditional custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps. Caves within their lands have long been linked to spiritual practices. Accounts recorded in the 19th century, together with oral traditions, describe them as places where powerful learned women and men known as 'mulla-mullung', along with other spiritual practitioners, carried out rituals involving magic, healing, and cursing.

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The AI industry has taken a doomer turn. What now?

AI chiefs Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, Elon Musk, and Demis Hassabis are suddenly all in agreement: the latest generation of LLMs aren’t safe and everyone needs to figure out what to do about it. 

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One date is etched into Richard Ganjavi's memory: 6 August 2024.

It was the day for the routine 34-week scan for the twins he was expecting with his wife, Naomi.

A coral reef off the coast of Benin that was thought to be dead for decades has been found alive and apparently healthy.

Surveys conducted in the 1960s, which were primarily designed to locate productive fishing grounds, identified what appeared to be a deep-water coral reef. At the time, researchers concluded that the reef was probably dead. More than 60 years later, scientists returned to the area armed with modern sonar and the Deep Sea Camera System provided by the National Geographic Exploration Technology Lab.

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Campuses would shut down under One Nation plan, university peak body warns

Universities Australia warns One Nation’s plan to drastically cut down international students will lead to campuses shutting down, and domestic students missing out.

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Overlay maps will also be in Diablo 5 from day one

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If you watched the Diablo 5 panel at BlizzCon 2026, you likely heard that Blizzard is once again embracing procedural generation for the overworld in its forthcoming action RPG. This is a stark contrast to Diablo 4, which controversially had a mostly static open world for players to explore.

The 78th Emmy Awards are tonight. As the cliché goes: It’s TV’s biggest night of the year! Taking place at the Peacock Theater in Downtown LA, the ceremony tonight starts at 5pm PT / 8pm ET and will be streaming on Peacock and airing on NBC.