parasites, cells, and internet models

Friday, July 3, 2026

Animals walked up to me without fear and ate from my hand.

1. Brian Potter on the flesh-eating parasite returning to America
2. Scientists built a cell from scratch that can feed, grow, and replicate
3. Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit home internet and America doesn’t
4. Anne Neuberger: my parents were among the Entebbe hostages
5. Trump OMB proposal would let political appointees veto any federal research grant
6. Chasing teenagers through all of Tetris — an AI testing company’s strange side quest