Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for March 17, #1732Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.Today's Wordle puzzle is fairly common word, with a mix of common and rare letters. If you need a new...

Cauldron Ferm has turned microbes into nonstop assembly lines Cauldron Ferm has an unlikely origin story, as startups go. Its core technology can be traced back to the 1960s, or maybe the 1970s. The exact start is a bit hazy, actually. What is known is that David and Polly McLennan had a dream of feeding the world using protein grown from microbes. The pair knew they needed to improve the...

Veteran Belarus dissident who refused exile releasedReutersIn September 2025, Mikola Statkevich was seen sitting in no man's land at Lithuania's border crossing, after refusing to leave BelarusBelarus has released jailed veteran opposition politician Mikola Statkevich, who refused to go into exile last year in a US-brokered prisoner release. The 69-year-old was now at home and recovering from a...

How worried should we be about getting Hantavirus?6 hours agoMichelle RobertsDigital health editorWatch: Hantavirus evacuees land in Amsterdam and are escorted to hospitalThe outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship carrying passengers from across the world is a situation that authorities say they are taking incredibly seriously. Three passengers have died either on board or after travelling on...

Okay, now exactly half of xAI’s founding team has left the company Monday night, xAI co-founder Yuhuai (Tony) Wu announced he was leaving the company. “It’s time for my next chapter,” Wu wrote in a late-night post on X. “It is an era with full possibilities: a small team armed with AIs can move mountains and redefine what’s possible.” Less than a day later, on Tuesday afternoon, xAI co-founder...