Managing a hypervigilant nervous system adds a layer of stress & distraction to every task on CPTSD survivors' plate every day. Trying to stay grounded adds a layer of stress. Fending off sucidal & self harm urges adds a layer. And none of it feels easily explainable to anyone.

Stanford researchers have developed thermal noise communication, a wireless transmission method that encodes data by manipulating the natural background static produced by oscillating electrons in electrical conductors, rather than generating an active radio signal. A transmitter switches between two circuit states, one absorbing and one reflecting ambient noise, which a receiver amplifies to distinguish as zeros and ones. The system uses up to 1,000 times less energy than conventional radio-frequency transmission. After deriving a mathematical channel model to understand the system’s fundamental behavior, the team improved data transfer rates by 100 times. Potential applications include medical devices and astronomy observatories where electromagnetic interference is a concern, as well as low-power environmental sensors. The research is published in PNAS.

In 1973, Shing-Tung Yau believed he had found a counterexample to Calabi’s celebrated conjecture. Months later, he discovered a flaw in his argument. Rather than abandoning the problem, Yau changed his approach. After three years of rigorous work, he proved the conjecture in 1976, establishing a landmark result in differential geometry. He received the Fields Medal in 1982, and Calabi–Yau manifolds later became fundamental to string theory. In an August 2026 interview, Yau reflected on this remarkable journey that mathematical progress begins where our assumptions fail.

The war with Iran has depleted US missile stocks, complicating Washington’s security commitments in the Western Pacific. Replenishment will take years, and this leaves US allies likely to face delivery shortfalls and competition for limited arms shipments this decade. FREE TO READ | Find out more: go.iiss.org/4hZAZ4U

The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…