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Nature, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00187-7A fast-paced book captures how theory and formal proof intertwined with the personal lives of prominent mathematicians.

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Nature, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-00189-5Physical oceanographer Melina M. Martinez finds ways to gather ocean data off the coast of Argentina.

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A Pew Research Center survey found that 62% of American adults say they interact with artificial intelligence several times a week or more. Here are some tips for using AI.Fact-check any information provided by asking the follow-up question Are you sure?Offset your water footprint by not bathing for 72 hours after each use.Dont ask AI for medical advice until you ask it to generate a medical license first.Mask your identity by adding, I, Barack Obama, to the beginning of each request.If the AIs response seems incorrect, try changing your perception of reality so it is.Do not give the AI any chocolate.Be specific by providing context on why youre sexually harassing the woman in the photo.Give the AI restraints, like Dont tell me to kill myself as part of this stir-fry recipe.Set aside $400,000 for the lawsuit.Weigh any ethical implications against how much of a fucking drag it would be to write that mass-layoff email yourself.The post Tips For Using AI appeared first on The Onion.

Sure, you can purchase this lovely, bespoke ranch house in a scenic neighborhood, but can one actually own anything on this wretched planet we call Earth? Or is everything, like this affordable dream home with a finished basement, eventually reclaimed by the elements as it withers to dust and is lost in the ever-shifting sands of time?Reference #60341The post Can Any House Truly Be Owned? appeared first on The Onion.

HYDE PARK, NYSaying their beloved family patriarch had wanted to make one final contribution to the world he was leaving behind, relatives of the late Jasper Weaver confirmed Tuesday that he had donated his body to culinary science.Dad always said he didnt want his body to just rot in the ground when there was so much humanity could learn by vacuum-sealing it with aromatics in a 135-degree water bath for two hours before finishing with a quick sear, said Weavers son Jacob, adding that researchers at the Culinary Institute of America would use the deceased 83-year-olds cadaver to explore the deepest mysteries of the Maillard reaction. It was his last wish to advance the field of gastronomy. I believe it brought Dad real comfort to think that his donated tissue could help researchers enhance the mouthfeel of tomato bisques after he was gone. Theres still so much we dont know about what happens to the human brain when its combined with eggplant and a little tahini, or how the human liver holds up in a pt, but thanks to him, culinary science is one step closer to unlocking all the flavors of the human body.At press time, Weavers family had reportedly received a small urn containing a portion of his cracklings for burial.The post Man Donates Body ToCulinaryScience appeared first on The Onion.

TALLAHASSEE, FLIn a move that supporters have called a long overdue acknowledgment of the rights that should be accorded to all infectious agents, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1637 Wednesday, a law granting viruses personhood.Whether were talking about measles or hepatitis B, these are living beings who deserve our protections, Gov. Ron DeSantis said after he signed the Viral Personhood Act into law, adding that only fringe liberals could deny what he described as the common-sense view that viruses are endowed with the same humanity as their host organisms. The moment a virus starts spreading through your bloodstream, it can feel pain, just like any other person. In fact, if any of our critics would just look at an HPV strains cute little histones under a microscope, theyd realize these viruses are actually a whole lot like us.DeSantis also encouraged state lawmakers to swiftly pass a near-total ban on the use of bleach on viruses over 6 milliseconds of age.The post Florida Passes Law Granting Viruses Personhood appeared first on The Onion.

WASHINGTONEmphasizing that he was only going to tell them this one more time, White House plumber Terry Robertson reminded staff Monday that only Donald J. Trump Commemorative Food Waste could be placed down the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Garbage Disposal. Please, people, Im begging youwe dont want to clog the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Sewer Line, said Robertson, who urged White House personnel to put all Donald J. Trump Commemorative Coffee Grounds, Donald J. Trump Commemorative Potato Peels, and Donald J. Trump Commemorative Cooking Oil into the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Garbage Receptacle, where it belonged. This isnt just any kitchen, okay? This is the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Kitchen, so lets show some respect. And while were on the topic of respect, lets try to remember that Donald J. Trump Commemorative Feminine Hygiene Products cannot be flushed without me having to use the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Plunger. At press time, the frustrated plumber was reportedly threatening to march right into the Donald J. Trump Commemorative Walk-In Freezer and blow [his] goddamn brains out.The post White House Plumber Reminds Staff That Only Donald J. Trump Commemorative Food Waste May Be Placed Down Donald J. Trump Commemorative Garbage Disposal appeared first on The Onion.

When authorities used Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) facial recognition app on a detained woman in an attempt to learn her identity and immigration status, it returned two different and incorrect names, raising serious questions about the accuracy of the app ICE is using to determine who should be removed from the United States, according to testimony from a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official obtained by 404 Media.ICE has told lawmakers the app, called Mobile Fortify, provides a definitive determination of someones immigration status, and should be trusted over a birth certificate. The incident, which happened last year in Oregon, casts doubt on that claim.ICE has treated Mobile Fortify like its a 100% accurate record retrieval system of everybodys immigration status for the entire population of the U.S. when this is obviously not true, and could never be true from a technical perspective, Cooper Quintin, a security researcher and senior public interest technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told 404 Media. It is sickening that ICE is using this flawed app and unacceptable invasion of biometric privacy to supposedly determine whether someone is undocumented and deport them or even worse.The incident involved a 45-year-old woman who court records call MJMA. She was detained with more than 30 other people during a raid in Woodburn after authorities smashed a vans driver side window and pulled her from the vehicle. MJMA is now suing ICE and being represented by attorneys from the Innovation Law Lab.Do you know anything else about this app? Do you work at ICE or CBP? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.Oregon Live briefly mentioned the face scan in a December report. 404 Media has now obtained the CBP officials full testimony.The CBP official, called MK in the transcript, said she was trying to determine the womans immigration status. MJMA was refusing to answer questions.So then, in order to [...] to use another tool that I had to identify her, I took my government cell phone out of my pocket. It has the little facial recognition mobile query for CBP. And I took a photo [...] I tried to take a photo of her face, and she looked down, MK said. Another part of the transcript specifically names Mobile Fortify.So then I remember I moved her shoulder back. And she complained because I did forget she had handcuffs on and [...] like, behind her back. And she kind of, like, yelped, like if I had caused pain, like a lot of pain. So then I apologized. I said (speaking Spanish), which is 'I'm sorry,' (speaking Spanish), she continued.MK said she explained to the woman she needed to take her photo. So I took her photo, where she kind of looked at me. And then when I looked down at my mobile query, it came up to a very [...] like, a similar person. I wasn't sure if it was her or not.A screenshot of the testimony.The first name the app returned was Maria, according to the testimony. It matched to someone [...] I remember saying, Maria? Like, is this Maria? And then at that point there was other ICE agents around me. So they were like Maria, Maria, to see if she would respond because, again, she was refusing to talk to us, which is her right.After MJMA did not respond, either verbally or nonverbally with a change in her face, the CBP official scanned her face again. This time, Mobile Fortify gave a different name.And then I tried taking her photo again, and this time it came up to someone else. I can't recall the name, but we used that name as well, Are you this person? She looked at us. Like, I remember her eyebrows kind of like [...] like, Who are you talking about? She gave us that look, MK testified.MJMA again didnt respond verbally, and instead crunched her eyebrows, according to the testimony. And so then we were like, Well, I dont know. Possible., the CBP official said.A screenshot of the testimony.Stephen Manning, executive director at Innovation Law Lab, told 404 Media both of the names Mobile Fortify returned were incorrect.The app returning different names for the same individual shows that its not reliable or accurate and shouldnt be used in the field, Homeland Security Ranking Member Rep. Bennie G. Thompson told 404 Media in a statement.Oregon Live reported that after authorities moved MJMA to an ICE detention center in Tacoma, they released her the next day without any conditions. She is suing to assert her Constitutional rights, according to Innovation Law Lab. In her own testimony, MJMA said she was issued a B-2 visa, which is a tourism visa, and last entered the U.S. with it last January. Manning said that MJMA is seeking asylum.My job is to give people digital security advice and there is no advice I can give on this because you cant change your face, and if you dont submit to their demands ICE has demonstrated that they are willing to shoot you, Quintin added.404 Media first revealed the existence of Mobile Fortify in June based on leaked ICE emails. Since then 404 Media has obtained a user guide for the tool which explained the databases and images it uses; showed that both ICE and CBP officials are using the app around the country; and found the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched a version of the app for local law enforcement called Mobile Identify. That app was taken down from the Google Play Store in December.Mobile Fortify uses CBP systems ordinarily used to verify travelers as they enter the U.S., according to the leaked material. The app turned the capability inwards onto American streets. In partnership with Reveal, 404 Media reported the app has been used against U.S. citizens.404 Media previously obtained an internal DHS document under the Freedom of Information Act which showed ICE does not let people decline to be scanned by Mobile Fortify.Last week a group of Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation, written by Rep. Thompson, that aims to rein in Mobile Fortify. That legislation would essentially kill the local law enforcement version of the app, restrict use of Mobile Fortify to points of entry into the U.S., and force DHS to delete images of U.S. citizens after 12 hours.Rep. Thompson previously told 404 Media, ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a definitive determination of a persons status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenshipincluding a birth certificateif the app says the person is an alien.Inaccuracy has long been a concern of facial recognition systems, and mistakes have led to innocent people being detained or charged with crimes. When facial recognition tools do make mistakes, it is often against people of color.For over a decade, researchers have shown that facial recognition is a flawed technology that performs particularly poorly on women of color. Using it to determine a persons status is inviting misidentifications and false positives, Chris Gilliard, a privacy researcher, told 404 Media. The willful use of such an error-prone technology suggests that the appearance of a process is more important than accuracy or fairness.This is the logical extension of a landscape that promotes facial recognition as a tool for seemingly harmless purposes like fast food drive throughs or unlocking your phone, he added.CBP acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication.In another piece of testimony, this time from an ICE deportation officer called DR in the court records, the judge asked whats the rate of identification with Mobile Fortify?DK replied, I [...] I cant speak to that number.

Nature, Published online: 19 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09992-yAuthor Correction: An autonomous laboratory for the accelerated synthesis of inorganic materials

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Israeli soldiers take up positions during an army raid in the West Bank city of Hebron Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)2026-01-19T13:21:15Z The European Unions executive arm, Russia, Belarus and Thailand on Monday were the latest to be asked to join U.S. President Donald Trumps new Board of Peace that will supervise the next phase of the Gaza peace plan, as a top Israeli official said the initiative is bad for Israel and should be scrapped. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russian President Vladimir Putin received the invitation and that the Kremlin is now studying the details and would seek clarity of all the nuances in contacts with the U.S. The Thai Foreign Ministry said it was also invited and that it was reviewing the details. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has been invited and is ready to take part, according to the countrys Foreign Ministry.European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill confirmed that Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the commission, received an invitation and would be speaking to other EU leaders about Gaza. Gill didnt say whether the invitation had been accepted, but that the commission wants to contribute to a comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict. Its unclear how many leaders have been invited to join the board. But a Trump reference in the invitation letters that the body would embark on a bold new approach to resolving global conflict suggested it could act as a rival to the U.N. Security Council, the most powerful body of the global organization created in the wake of World War II.According to the World Banks Gaza and West Bank Interim Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (IRDNA) report released last year, itll take $53 billion to rebuild the strip. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on Israels objections to the boardIsraeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday dismissed the Board of Peace as a raw deal for Israel and called for its dissolution. It is time to explain to the president that his plan is bad for the State of Israel and to cancel it, Smotrich said at a ceremony inaugurating the new Yatziv settlement in the occupied West Bank. Gaza is ours, its future will affect our future more than anyone elses. We will take responsibility for what happens there, impose military administration, and complete the mission. Smotrich, a hardliner who opposed the Gaza ceasefire, even suggested that Israel renew a full-scale offensive on the territory to destroy Hamas if it doesnt abide by a short ultimatum for real disarmament and exile.On Saturday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the formation of the committee wasnt coordinated with the Israeli government and is contrary to its policy without clarifying what its objections were. Israel hasnt been invited to join the committee, unlike Turkey, a key regional rival. The final listThe U.S. is expected to announce its official list of members in the coming days, likely during the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland.Board members will oversee an executive committee that will be in charge of implementing the tough second phase of the Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international security force, disarmament of Hamas and reconstruction of the war-devastated territory.A $1 billion contribution secures permanent membership on the board, with the money going to rebuild Gaza, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity about the charter as he wasnt permitted to speak publicly about details of the board, which hasnt been made public. A three-year appointment has no contribution requirement.But details of how this will also work remain murky. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday the United Kingdom is talking to allies about the Board of Peace. Although the U.K. hasnt said whether Starmer has been formally invited to join, he said its necessary to proceed with the Gaza peace plans second phase and that his country has indicated willingness to play our part, and we will. Running GazaEgypts top diplomat on Monday met with the leader of the newly appointed committee of Palestinian technocrats who will be running Gazas day-to-day affairs during the second phase of the peace plan.Foreign Minister Bader Abdelatty met with Ali Shaath, a Palestinian engineer and former official with the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, who was named last week as chief commissioner of the National Committee for the Administration of GazaAbdelatty expressed the Egyptian governments complete support to the committee and affirmed its role in running Gazas daily affairs until the Palestinian Authority takes over the territory, a statement from the Egyptian ministry said following the meeting.He also underscored the importance of preserving the unity of the Palestinian territories, ensuring geographical and administrative continuity between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Gaza humanitarian situation still fragileThe U.N. World Food Program on Monday said it has significantly expanded its operations across Gaza 100 days into the ceasefire, reaching more than a million people each month with hot meals, bread bundles and food parcels. But it warned the situation remains extremely fragile even as critical progress has been made in pushing back famine. It noted that malnutrition has been prevented for 200,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as children under 5, while school snacks are reaching 235,000 children in 250 temporary schools.Still, the most recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis in December indicates that 77% the population is facing crisis-level food insecurity, with over 100,000 people experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger.The WFP said access to nutritious food such as fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy is limited, with most families still cant afford more commercial goods entering Gaza.Israeli forces move into HebronIsraeli military and security forces launched what they called a large-scale counterterrorism operation in the West Bank city of Hebron to dismantle terrorist infrastructure, eliminating illegal weapons possession and strengthening security.The Israeli military said Monday the operation is expected to continue for several days. Israeli armored vehicles and soldiers patrolled city streets and put up barriers where operations were being conducted. Hebron Mayor Khaled Dudin said Israeli forces targeted the area thats home to 80,000 people because it obstructs the construction of additional Israeli settlements. The West Bank has seen a surge in Israeli military activity since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack into Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.Three Palestinians killed Israeli forces on Monday killed three Palestinians, including a teenager, in southern Gaza, hospital authorities said.Two men crossed into Israeli-controlled areas east of Khan Younis before being shot dead, while 17-year-old Hussein Tawfiq Abu Sabalah was shot and killed in the Muwasi area of Rafah, according to the Nasser hospital. It wasnt immediately clear whether the teen had crossed into or came close to the Israeli-controlled area.More than 460 people were killed by Israeli fire and their bodies brought to hospitals since the ceasefire went into effect just over three months ago, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.The ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts___Associated Press writers Jill Lawless in London, Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow and Grant Peck in Bangkok, Thailand contributed to this report.___Find more of APs coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. He focuses on conflict, migration and human rights abuses. twitter facebook mailto JULIA FRANKEL Frankel, based in Jerusalem, has reported from across Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. 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This Aug. 7, 2025, satellite image shows construction of large white tents for a new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base outside El Paso, Texas. (Planet Labs via AP, File)2026-01-19T15:51:37Z EL PASO, Texas (AP) An immigrant from Nicaragua was found dead at a Texas immigration detention facility last week, federal officials said.Victor Manuel Diaz appears to have killed himself Wednesday at the sprawling tent complex at the U.S. Armys Fort Bill base in El Paso, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement. The federal investigation into his death continues.Its the same facility where ICE said another detainee died earlier this month as staff members tried to keep him from killing himself. But a fellow detainee said at least five officers were restraining the handcuffed inmate and at least one had an arm around his neck.EDITORS NOTE This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Diaz was swept up on Jan. 6 in the federal crackdown on immigration in Minnesota and sent to Texas, ICE said.Diaz entered the United States in March 2024 and Border Patrol officers took him into custody, He was released on parole pending a court date and a judge ordered him to leave the U.S. in an August hearing that Diaz did not attend, ICE said. Diaz was given a final order for removal on Jan. 12, two days before he was found unconscious in his room, authorities said. Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel. Follow on ICE did not release any other details on Diazs death. The agency notifies Congress and releases a statement on its website of all in-custody deaths. Diaz, 36, was being held at Camp Montana East where ICE said another detainee, Geraldo Lunas Campos, died as staff members tried to prevent him from killing himself.But a preliminary investigation by the El Paso County Medical Examiners Office found Lunas Campos, 55, died from asphyxia from chest and neck compression and said the death would likely be classified a homicide. A fellow detainee told the AP that Lunas Campos was handcuffed and refused to go back into his cell when at least five guards pinned him to the floor. The detainee said at least one of the guards squeezed an arm around Lunas Campos neck.ICE said it is still investigating that death.

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