Saturday, June 20, 2026
ArchiveA developer figured out how to cram an entire website into a 16x16 pixel image. The hack exploits browser caching in ways that will make you rethink how the web actually works.
The world's most critical oil chokepoint is now shut. This is the scenario energy analysts have war-gamed for decades, and it's happening while peace talks are supposedly ongoing.
Linear A has been undeciphered for over a century. Now an AI engineer says he's cracked the Minoan script. The HN thread is a masterclass in real-time peer review.
New York just legalized assisted dying. Dubner talks to the governor who signed it, a Nobel economist, a death doula, and an ethicist who thinks it's all wrong. The range here is exceptional.
A vaccine developed in 2011 could fight the current Congo outbreak. It's been sitting in a freezer for 15 years. The story of why is a damning indictment of global health economics.