Expanded Saturday Edition · Saturday, September 12, 2026 Earlier edition

The first departure has an outsized effect on the last

Europe’s first-wave departures improved by less than a minute in 2025. The more revealing change came later in the day.

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Georgia’s final game before SEC play leads into a Vikings–Packers opener. The weekend’s wider draw is Ohio State at Texas.

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ScienceExplainer

Precision timekeeping has moved beyond navigation. It offers a way to measure the shape of the world—and to test the physics beneath it.

8 min read

SpaceExplainer

The familiar image is also a record of young stars changing the material around them.

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A smaller interconnection queue can signal withdrawals as well as progress. The distinction matters for the next wave of electricity demand.

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CultureExplainer

A coffee-house classic owes part of its success to what happened before anyone sat down.

4 min read

A follow-up study ran into a revealing problem: some developers no longer wanted to work without the tools.

3 min read

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