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Researchers Create OnlyFans for Marmots to Bridge Funding Gap

Daniel Blumstein, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at U.C.L.A., faced a funding issue amid federal cuts to scientific research. To raise money for its marmot research, his team started β€œOnlyMarms,” a free, G-rated account of cute videos that collects money through tips.
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Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent?

More light at the day’s end comes at a price: much later winter sunrises across much of the U.S. Scientists have documented consequences for public health and the economy.
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An Anthropic Claude AI Model Finds Flaws in Tough-to-Crack Encryption Algorithms

Claude Mythos Preview discovered new attacks in testing against weakened cryptographic algorithms, which protect online financial transactions, private communications and more.
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Guy Tudor, Whose Art Brought Obscure Birds to Life, Dies at 91

A self-taught ornithologist, he won a MacArthur fellowship for his precise, resplendent illustrations that appeared in definitive field guides to tropical songbirds.
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Paul Andrews, Founder of the Woodstock of U.F.O.s, Dies at 77

An annual convention in the California desert offered a safe space for believers to discuss extraterrestrial encounters, crop circles and other paranormal phenomena.
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Life of Alan Turing Emerges in Richer Detail From Short Story

A Cambridge professor has transcribed a handwritten story that the famous mathematician wrote in the year before his death, presenting a different side of him.
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Jacob Tsimerman Lives in Number Theory

Dr. Tsimerman won one of four Fields Medals, an award for top mathematicians under 40, for his work on the AndrΓ©-Oort conjecture, but is now changing his focus to artificial intelligence.
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