Crypto Guys Bought the Answer to the CIA’s Mysterious Kryptos Sculpture

On a blustery March day, the artist Jim Sanborn received visitors at his studio on an isolated island in the Chesapeake Bay. The visitors sat him down in front of a laptop, and he typed in a secret message. They compressed the message using a unique hash function, sent that…

Satellite-boosting spacecraft readies for launch inside air-launched rocket photo of the day for June 12, 2026

Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Image credit: NASA/Ron Beard) NASA is fast-tracking a mission to launch a spacecraft that will attempt to boost another one of the agency’s science satellites…

Alaska’s glaciers have a startling response to rising temperatures

Alaska’s glaciers are highly sensitive to rising temperatures. According to new research using satellite radar observations, every 1 degree Celsius increase in average summer temperatures extends glacier melting by roughly three weeks. A single degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. The study also demonstrates that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can…

Ethereum (ETH) falls 1% as index trades lower

CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index. The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 1711.6, down 0.3% (-4.68) since 4 p.m. ET on Thursday. Ten of 20 assets are trading higher. Leaders: NEAR (+2.7%) and ADA (+1.0%). Laggards:…

Rep. Randy Fine Pushes For Death Penalty For Karmelo Anthony

Reading Time: 3 minutes On Tuesday, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf during a 2025 altercation at a high school track meet. The news sparked tense debate across social media, as Anthony, who is Black, was sentenced to 35 years after being convicted by a…

Anonymous Tip Poses To Possible Location

A volunteer group in northern Mexico searched for Nancy Guthrie after receiving an anonymous tip suggesting the 84-year-old may have been buried near the U.S.-Mexico border in an unmarked grave. The search has renewed attention on the case as investigators and volunteers continue working through potential leads with no confirmed…