Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike

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Scientists have a history of trying — and failing — to link biology and quantum mechanics. The real connection between them may be in the math

 By Elise Cutts, Contributing Writer

September 23, 2026

Two decades ago, scientists seemed on the verge of understanding biology in a new, quantum way.

Life unfolds over an incomprehensible span of scales, from our planet-enveloping biosphere at one end, to individual cell-building biomolecules at the other. Even at its most microscopic, though, biology doesn’t really reach down to the quantum realm, in which particles act like waves, become entangled with one another, and exist in superpositions of multiple states at once. But scientists in the field of quantum biology are searching for ways that organisms might be able to push quantumness into the space, time, and temperature domains relevant to life, to make use of its strange properties.

Don Jr.’s Ambassador Ex, 57, Caught in Fresh Scandal

MYSTERY SHADOW

The former Fox News host has a frequent companion at her side, a new report alleges

Gergana Krasteva

Breaking News Reporter

Updated Sep. 27, 2026 3:19AM EDT

Donald Trump Jr.’s former fiancée has a mystery shadow.

In her capacity as U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle has been working to secure deals with European countries to buy American liquefied natural gas—and ultimately wean themselves off Russian energy.

I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned

Analysis by Daniel Dale
7 hr ago
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate Donald Trump, who was telling a remarkable number of lies but was rarely being corrected. Like a lot of people, I thought Trump would lose the 2016 election.

Bomb squad searching vans near U.S. air base in Britain as five men arrested on terror charge

The incident triggered a massive response, with homes evacuated and bomb disposal teams searching 

three vans close to the base

Sept. 27, 2026, 2:17 AM PDT

Updated Sept. 27, 2026, 9:47 AM PDT

By Freddie Clayton, Courtney Kube and Raf Sanchez

LONDON — British police arrested several men on suspicion of terror and explosives offenses on Sunday and evacuated homes near an air base that the U.S. Air Force had been using to facilitate strikes on Iran.

El Niño’s Estimated Death Toll From Extreme Heat Alone: 451,000 by February

CLIMATE DESK SEPTEMBER 25, 2026

The US will be among the 20 nations most affected, a new report says
Damian Carrington

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

More than 450,000 people are projected to die from the additional heat brought by the super El Niño by February, according to estimates by climate scientists.

Russia expected to intensify hybrid war on Europe

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POLITICSEUROPE
Jacek Lepiarz | Keno Verseck

16 hours ago

Drone explosions, airspace violations, arson attacks: Poland, Romania, and Moldova are now regularly targeted in Russian attacks against Ukraine. More governments are calling these attacks deliberate acts of aggression.

Just a few months ago, Russia's war was an distant reality for many people in Europe outside of Ukraine. If Russian drones occasionally entered the airspace of countries like Poland or Romania, even official statements seemed strangely dismissive and abstract. Even after a Russian drone struck a high-rise apartment building in the eastern Romanian city of Galati in late May this year, many EU and NATO representatives hesitated to accuse Russia of intentional action. At most, there was discussion of hybrid warfare.

4 Americans among 6 dead after explosion collapses building in Athens

Officials said the blast was a gas explosion

Saturday, September 26, 2026 3:58PM

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ATHENS, Greece -- Rescuers searching through the rubble of a two-story house that collapsed after an explosion in Athens ' historic Plaka district recovered six bodies on Saturday, authorities said.

There Is a New Club at the UN. Greece Isn't in It. Cyprus and Türkiye Are.

September 26, 2026

Written by Yiannis Damellos and Mars Strangelove Jr.

Something happened at the United Nations this week that, at least in the Greek press, has received remarkably little attention

On September 21, during the high-level week of the 81st United Nations General Assembly, a new international grouping called Partners for Multilateralism, or P4M, was launched in New York. Its initial co-sponsors were Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, India and Kenya. Fifteen additional signatories joined the declaration, including Norway, Spain, Finland, Albania, Croatia, Moldova, Uruguay — and two names that immediately stand out to any Greek reader: Cyprus and Türkiye. Greece is not on the list.

Υπάρχει ένα νέο κλαμπ στον ΟΗΕ. Η Ελλάδα δεν είναι μέλος. Η Κύπρος και η Τουρκία είναι.

Σύνταξη και Μετάφραση: 

Γιάννης Δαμέλλος και Mars Strangelove Jr.

26 Σεπτεμβρίου 2026

Βανκούβερ, Βρετανική Κολομβία

Στις 21 Σεπτεμβρίου, κατά τη διάρκεια της 81ης Γενικής Συνέλευσης των Ηνωμένων Εθνών, εγκαινιάστηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη ένας νέος διεθνής σχηματισμός με την ονομασία Partners for Multilateralism, ή P4M. Αρχικοί συνδιοργανωτές του ήταν η Αυστραλία, τα νησιά Μπαρμπέιντος, η Βραζιλία, ο Καναδάς, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, η Ινδία και η Κένυα. Δεκαπέντε ακόμη υπογράφοντες προσχώρησαν στη διακήρυξη, μεταξύ των οποίων η Νορβηγία, η Ισπανία, η Φινλανδία, η Αλβανία, η Κροατία, η Μολδαβία, η Ουρουγουάη — και δύο ονόματα που αμέσως ξεχωρίζουν για κάθε Έλληνα: η Κύπρος και η Τουρκία. Η Ελλάδα δεν βρίσκεται στη λίστα.

Jon Watts to Direct Next ‘Star Wars’ Movie

By Payton Turkeltaub

A new “Star Wars” movie is currently in development with director Jon Watts attached

Watts is best known for directing the popular “Spider-Man” trilogy starring Tom Holland, which includes 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming,” 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” and 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” (2026’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” was directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.)

The New York Times: The Surprising Reasons China Is Skeptical of A.I. Safety Calls

In China, A.I. doomsday warnings can feel distinctly Western or like a ploy to stop Chinese A.I. companies from trying to overtake their U.S. rivals

By Lily Kuo

Sept. 27, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET

In Silicon Valley, the nightmare keeping computer scientists up is an artificial intelligence so advanced that humans cannot stop it from launching a global drone war or setting off a nuclear bomb. In Beijing, the response could be simple: pull the plug, impose an internet blackout, and haul in those responsible for the rogue A.I.

Stripped titles? Compensating rivals? How the Manchester City cheating scandal could play out

Published: September 26, 2026 7.49pm EDT

One of the biggest cheating scandals in world sports history has erupted in England: Manchester City has reportedly been found guilty of 114 of the 115 alleged breaches of English Premier League financial rules brought against the club in 2023.

The charges relate to the club’s incredibly successful spell between 2009 and 2018 when they won seven major titles, headlined by three Premier League championships.

Trump rejects Iran’s conditional ceasefire proposal, WSJ reports, as Saudi coalition intercepts projectiles

Politics & Policy
Published Sat, Sep 26 2026
8:39 AM EDT, Updated 36 Min Ago
Azhar Sukri

Key Points

• Trump rejected Iran’s proposal and has told aides he views renewed U.S. bombing after the midterm elections as likely, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials.
• Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart nuclear talks within seven days if the U.S. meets conditions including ending what Tehran calls “acts of aggression.”
• Saudi-led coalition forces said they intercepted two Houthi drones headed toward Riyadh and two ballistic missiles aimed at the Khamis Mushait region.

No Diagnosis or Conspiracy are Necessary, Mr. Carlson: The Facts About Trump Are Frightening Enough

September 25, 2026

By Mars Strangelove Jr. and The Greek Courier

Something more frightening than the rhetoric surrounding Carlson's account lies beneath it, because the underlying facts require no psychological diagnosis or conspiracy theory

Carlson asserts that just days before the onset of the Iran war, he warned President Trump about its potential consequences, to which Trump supposedly responded, “Yes, you're right. But in the end we all die anyway, so it doesn't matter.” The private conversation remains unverified. But Carlson has put the allegation on the record, and NPR asked the White House about it. The White House did not specifically deny either the meeting or the quotation. That does not establish Carlson's account as fact. It does, however, make it a serious question that deserves scrutiny.

The Supreme Court Bets That Trump and GOP States Will Follow the Law on Voter Purges. Uh-Oh.

By Shirin Ali 

Sept 25, 20265:38 PM

With one of the most consequential midterm election cycles ever just about five weeks away, the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday decided now would be as good a time as any to issue a bombshell decision granting the Trump administration permission to aggressively vet states’ voter rolls for noncitizen voting. 

I’m an Israeli who watched ‘Naza.’ And I am shook.

The backlash against Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor shows how a society learns not to see what it’s doing in Gaza

By Libby Lenkinski

September 24, 2026

I have seen NAZA and I am shook. Not simply because of what the film reveals about how Israel is waging the war in Gaza, but because of what it reveals about how a society becomes capable of doing this at all. And as I’ve watched the reaction in Israel since the film’s premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, I’ve come to see that the reaction itself reflects the very systems the film exposes.

Saudi reports fresh Houthi attacks as France offers military support

25 Sep 2026 09:38 AM 

(Updated: 25 Sep 2026 09:52AM)
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi ballistic missiles on Thursday (Sep 24) after issuing warnings for several regions, including Mecca, as France vowed to send "military means" to help shield the key Saudi oil terminal of Yanbu.

The Boy Whose Past Returns to the Future

By Mars Strangelove Jr.

September 24, 2026

A 16-year-old boy can retrieve his own past with astonishing precision. But the real mystery is not how much he remembers. It is why his memories seem to be waiting just beneath the surface of the present.

For most of us, the past is like a distant ship, ever retreating into the horizon, continually drifting further from our reach. Faces disappear first. Then voices. A room we once knew perfectly becomes an impression of a room. A birthday, a vacation, a conversation, an ordinary Tuesday afternoon — all eventually dissolve into fragments, leaving behind a story we can tell ourselves in recollection. Human memory is not a recording. It is reconstruction. 

Then there is KCL.