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In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column,
I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer:
exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.
These all deserve deeper dives,
but perhaps black holes deserve one most of all because, technically speaking,
they do provide the deepest dive you can physically take.
They also make very big bangs indeed, with their collisions rapidly releasing almost inco…

How much energy is released when supermassive black holes collide?
The collision of supermassive black holes shakes the entire cosmos, hard

Nachhaltige Baustoffe: Mit einem Pilz veredeltes Holz sieht aus wie Marmor
Eine Schreinerei und ein Forschungsinstitut aus der Schweiz wollen Holz mit Marmormuster auf den Markt bringen. Ein seltener Pilz macht’s möglich.

Allmählich nerven mich die sog. "seriösen" Medien, weil sie sich zunehmend weniger von den Sozialen Medien unterscheiden. Fragwürdiger Journalismus nimmt zu, Clickbaiting, das selbst miese Blogger in den Schatten stellt. Alles wird skandalisiert auf niedrigem Niveau. Ist ja auch einfacher als Zeit für Recherchen und Energie fürs Nachdenken aufzubringen.
Nun das Match zwischen Darth #Trump

Papst Leo XIV.: Wem gehört Jesus?
Zwischen dem Papst und Trump eskaliert ein Streit, bei dem es um Grundsätzliches geht: Moral, Lügen, Krieg. Er zeigt auch, wo die Kraft der Kirche liegt.

The Nazis used Mastodon to make gab.
Some Leftists have qualms over using SimpleX since the developers are (I read) fascists and received some pennies from a16z.
I wonder which approach is more sustainable.

When the Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago, the star was located more than 10,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way from its current position.
Scientists know this based on the Sun’s composition of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium,
which is more consistent with the metals found within the inner regions of the galaxy.
The missing piece of the puzzle, however, was how the Sun managed to get past the Milky Way’s central bar
—a dense region that …

Our Sun Was Born in a Hellish Part of the Milky Way. New Research Explains How It Escaped
Without the mass stellar migration, life may not have been able to form on Earth.

As MS managed to get a remotely exploitable security hole in a simple text editor, and MS also is pround of having 30 % of new code written by AI: is more or less then 30 % of security holes created by AI usage?
Spoiler: all publications on this topics very much hint towards much more than 30 %, and MS ist special anyway…

Before you head out for the weekend, don't miss today's Metacurity, which delivers developments that go beyond the usual infosec news echo chamber.
Today's items cover
--The imminent DHS shutdown will hamper US ability to respond to cyber threats,
--CISA will hold town halls on cyber incident reporting regs,
--Palo Alto removed China attribution in fear of retaliation,
--Tianfu Cup returns,
--Ring cancels partnership with Flock,
--TX AG lau…

The imminent DHS shutdown will hamper US ability to respond to cyber threats
CISA will hold town halls on cyber incident reporting regs, Palo Alto removed China attribution in fear of retaliation, Tianfu Cup returns, Ring cancels partnership with Flock, TX AG launches probe into Conduent breach, AI vibe coding platform Orchids has an unfixed flaw, much more

Frank Holz Q&A on the PRIMA retinal implant of Science Corp. https://science.xyz/news/frank-holz-questions/ "Here, patients have to learn how to read again, so it requires effort after the surgery, and training over weeks and months to have the best possible outcome."

Expert Opinion: Frank Holz, M.D. on Science’s PRIMA Implant and the New Reality of Restoring Vision to Clinical Trial Patients Who Had Been Functionally Blind | Science Corporation
Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company.

Project Helix: Neue Xbox spielt PC- und Konsolenspiele
Die neue Xbox-CEO Asha Sharma hat den Codenamen der neuen Xbox-Konsole bekanntgegeben – und bestätigt, dass „Project Helix“ auch PC-Spiele abspielt.
https://www.…

Project Helix spielt PC-Spiele: Microsofts Hochrisiko-Xbox
Der PC ist die beste Spieleplattform. Dass die nächste Xbox offenbar ein PC wird, ist eine gute Nachricht – für Spieler. Microsoft geht ein großes Risiko ein.