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Specialized neurons have evolved to make the "bait" wiggle like prey.

TikTok ban could be delayed, if consummate dealmaker" Trump gets his way.

Der Spiegel and Chaos Computer Club were able to tie data to car owners and their trips.

Bronze Age combat, moral philosophy and Reddit's AITA, Mondrian's fractal tree, and seven other fascinating papers.

Ars solves the mystery by going directly to a primary source-the president himself.

People with brain injuries differ in their ability to figure out when waiting pays.

Op-ed: AI has been a cure for $1,600 computers that start with 8GB of memory.

Just in time for holiday tech-support sessions, here's what to know about passkeys.

It turns out the US spy satellite agency is the best of the best at patch design.

Advocates say tech workers movements got too big to ignore in 2024.

Also on Friday, the company obtained a launch license for New Glenn launch attempts.

Gamer urges YouTube to change DMCA takedown process to end copyright abuse.

The ways a sweater is folded, stretched or rumpled determines how it settles into one of several resting meta-states.

Elon Musk may be the last obstacle to stop OpenAI's for-profit shift.

Get a used Chevy Bolt for a bit over $18,000 or a 2023 Tesla Model 3 for a bit less.

Halved grapes boost magnetic fields, paving way for alternative microwave resonators for quantum sensing devices.

Redmond's packing of Office with security, cloud computing services under scrutiny.

A ferromagnetic elastomer" sheet can bulge and bend under magnetic influences.

We, Neanderthals, and Denisovans all have extra copies of a starch-digesting enzyme.

The games that found us in 2024, from 2003 space sims to 2022 backyard survival.

How I tackled takeout, spices, and meal ideas with spreadsheets and Glide.

What do eating rocks, rat genitals, and Willy Wonka have in common? AI, of course.

Ars looks back at the top stories of the year.

Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson are sheer perfection as an amnesiac former assassin and PI who foil a terrorist plot.

From wacky crime capers and dystopian video game adaptions to sweeping historical epics, 2024 had a little of everything

Help increases our charity haul before the sweepstakes ends.

440-pound 1980s behemoth rescued from an Osaka restaurant days before demolition.

No, four figures does not get you a numpad.

Flu is rising around the country, but Louisiana is well ahead of the curve.

Intrusion caused medical errors and diversion of emergency services.

Ars chats with Dune: Prophecy lead cinematographer Pierre Gill about color palettes, lighting, and other challenges.

Half of US companies don't know the origins of chips they buy, official said.

if the deal goes through it would create the world's third-largest OEM in 2026.

"Elon get those rocket ships going because we want to reach Mars before the end of my term."

This year's list features quite a bit of horror mixed in with the usual blockbuster fare-plus smaller hidden gems.

A2RL admits that this is a hard problem, and that's refreshing.

A relatively light year still had its fair share of interactive standouts.

Boat collision left Charlotte stranded at the surface and in danger of predation.

Researchers found a fossilized seascape while studying the impact of a volcanic eruption.

Did OpenAI's big holiday event live up to the billing?

This is how to do a remaster.

ULA's Vulcan rocket is at least several months away from flying again, and Stoke names its engine.

o3 matches human levels on ARC-AGI benchmark, and o3-mini exceeds o1 at some tasks.

Most owners still won't be refunded for the emotional support toy.

UK judge issues 1-year suspended prison sentence as Wright hides in Asia.

Let's hope Netflix fixes its live buffering problems beforehand.

Aluminum AirTag case replaces coin cell with 2 AA Lithium batteries for extended lifespan.

The most direct push for Google's Gemini chat so far.

OEMs also called out for selling data they collect on drivers.

Staff worried they were no longer helping people and the ban would lead to deaths.