From trade corridors to Gaza diplomacy and Ukraine neutrality, Kazakhstan’s president signals a strategy built on realism, connectivity and global balance. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is not a leader given to grand ideological statements. Instead, his political
The exciting Tokyo Colony No. 1 fights are about to commence.
Leon Kennedy needs to get his eyes checked The post Nintendo Covers Up Violence With Hilariously Bad Gameplay appeared first on Kotaku .
A research team from the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from the Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, and Northwest University, has developed a single-shot compressed
The pop superstar talks her new Super Bowl ad and her incredible Grammys performance
A research team led by Prof. Xiao Kai from the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically elucidated the transformation and transport processes of nutrients in intertidal groundwater. The team employed a combined
Recently, a research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully grew a high-entropy garnet-structured oxide crystal and achieved enhanced laser performance at the 2.8 μm wavelength band. By introducing a high-entropy
Zayn has announced his biggest solo tour yet in support of his upcoming fifth album “Konnakol.” “The Konnakol Tour,” produced by Live Nation, will span 31 dates and mark the singer’s first time headlining arenas and stadiums across the globe. The trek kicks off on May 12 at
A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that President Trump’s disapproval rating on the economy is at a new high dating back to his first term. The survey, released Thursday, found that 36 percent of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 59 percent
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to halt the proposed rollback of vehicle mileage standards, warning that weakening the standards could have detrimental effects on fuel efficiency and Americans’ wallets, and worsen climate change. The
If you tried to buy up all of today's Surging Sparks restock, you got an irritating extra The post Pokémon Accidentally Finds The Perfect Way To Troll Scalpers appeared first on Kotaku .
An Indiana Republican running for a competitive House seat announced on Thursday that she would be withdrawing from the race, citing the competitive nature of the district and the state’s failure to redistrict ahead of November. “Indiana's legislature sadly chose not to
Those who couldn't finish the first Expedition can also "catch up" by earning skill points on the cheap.
Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familiar when applied to humans, turns out to be true for plants too, according to intriguing research from the John Innes Center and
Kathy Wylde, the head of the Partnership for New York City, lost the support of the high-powered CEOs who make up the organization’s board.
Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what are called geomagnetic reversals, and the record of these flips is preserved in rocks
The Latin superstar will make history with the first Spanish-language halftime show
Despite decades of independent progress in population ecology and movement ecology, researchers have lacked a theoretical bridge between these two disciplines. "Ecologists have been trying to establish this link since the 1950s, when they started to characterize animal movement
Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, should not be able to exist. Its properties sit somewhere between those of glass and plastic: it is easy to (re)shape, yet resistant to impact. This unusual
Six years ago, a low-quality web animation on Muslim Kids TV sparked an idea that would become “Time Hoppers: The Silk Road,” the first theatrically released animated feature made by and for the Muslim community. The film opens Feb. 7 in over 660 U.S. theaters, marking a
Overwatch's new feline hero presents a tough question: Should we be shooting cats just because they have jetpacks?
Tim Ellis is the CMO for the force behind America’s annual marketing Olympics: the Super Bowl. The NFL’s executive VP and chief marketing officer is heading toward the summit of the league’s season as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in
The substance that revolutionized cookware and helped build the atomic bomb is facing a reckoning The post Why Teflon Is Losing Its Sticking Power appeared first on Nautilus .
It wasn't a serious comment, but some folks are taking it way too seriously.
Amir Bar-Lev directs the doc about the “last great prize in mountaineering,” which has killed several climbers.
Apple Original Films has landed global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,” a sports documentary that recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Amir Bar Lev, “The Last First” captures a 2021 extreme mountain climbing expedition to scale K2, the second-highest
Following his big wins at the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Bad Bunny now has his sights set on this Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, teasing that his performance is going to be a “huge party” and that viewers “don’t have to learn Spanish” to enjoy it. The Puerto Rican
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. That’s what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Flying Lotus is now an auteur in every sense of the word. 2025 saw the release of Ash , the sci-fi movie that FlyLo directed. (Naturally, he also scored his own movie.) It takes a whole lot of work to put a movie together. When he finished with Ash , FlyLo immediately went to
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Thursday she declined to be interviewed by federal prosecutors, saying the Trump administration has embarked on a campaign of “physical and legal intimidation” in response to a video produced by her and other lawmakers. Slotkin was one of six
In addition to his great series Subway Takes , Kareem Rahma does another series called Keep the Meter Running where he hops into NYC cabs, interviews the drivers, and asks them to take him to their favorite places. In the run-up to the NYC mayoral election last year, Rahma
Over the last several decades, urban planners and municipalities have sought to identify and better manage the socioeconomic dynamics associated with rapid development in established neighborhoods. The term "gentrification" has been lingua franca for generations of urbanites
An AI generated banner turned up on GOG last week, and efforts to clean up the mess aren't going especially well.
Epic Games Store shares 60% of its users with Steam, making finding new customers with free video games of utmost importance
A previously issued nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! Baked Bites Brookie is now being expanded.
While other Super Bowl sponsors like Instacart, Pringles and Bud Light will trot out famous faces like Ben Stiller, Sabrina Carpetner and Post Malone, Tecovas will do nothing of the sort. Instead, the small leather-apparel company will run a commercial that has already streamed
The FBI says it is aware of a ransom letter sent to local media outlets in connection with the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, and the agency is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to her. During a news
Highguard's Episode 2 update introduces new Warden Ekon, and finally adds ranked mode to the game
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. In the early 1990s, President Lech Wałęsa envisioned Poland becoming a “second Japan” – an advanced economy with cutting-edge technology. Today, Polish observers note with irony that Japan may
Feb 5 (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has departed for the Omani capital Muscat at the head of a diplomatic delegation for nuclear talks with the U.S. due to be held on Friday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson said. The U.S. and Iran have agreed to
This famous ape may have understood pretend actions—suggesting he had the capacity to imagine
Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with insects worst affected Ecological harm from pesticides is growing globally, a study has found, with bugs, fish, pollinators and land-based plants among six species groups hit hardest.
US special envoy Steve Witkoff has spearheaded talks on Gaza and Ukraine, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is Iran's face abroad. On Friday, they meet in Muscat following a deadly crackdown on a mass protest movement against the Islamic republic that saw the United States
Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in our planet's mantle, the layer sandwiched between the thin crust and Earth's molten core. The new map will help scientists learn more about the
At the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Canada, in 2022, nations committed to reducing the risks associated with pesticide use in agriculture by 50% by 2030. A new study by a research team from RPTUKaiserslautern-Landau, published in the journal Science,
Babies are born with the ability to predict rhythm, according to a study published February 5 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Roberta Bianco from the Italian Institute of Technology, and colleagues.
A combination of weakened atmospheric removal and increased emissions from warming wetlands, rivers, lakes, and agricultural land increased atmospheric methane at an unprecedented rate in the early 2020s, an international team of researchers report today in the journal Science.
Scientists sat across from a 43-year-old bonobo called Kanzi to have an imaginary tea party. Here’s what happened.
In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can use their imagination and play pretend, an ability thought to be uniquely human.
