One of the key metrics for climate modeling is radiative forcing. Most climate models, including the general circulation models (GCMs), focus on the effects of different atmospheric factors on radiative forcing. However, there are still large uncertainties in satellite
It’s normal for an MMO’s peaks and valleys in player counts to correlate with expansion releases and the fallow years in between. So it isn’t surprising that Dawntrail , the new expansion to Final Fantasy 14 , has brought up the player numbers for Square Enix’s decade-old MMO.
The grand dame of the British folk scene lost her voice to spasmodic dysphonia, but a new album featuring guest singers keeps her music alive
NASA's Parker Solar Probe completed its 20th close approach to the sun on June 30, 2024, matching its own distance record by coming about 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface.
As part of NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company's Alpha rocket. Named "Noise of Summer," the rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 9:04
[SNA] Moscow -- A Meeting was held on Thursday July 4 in Moscow between Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Russian Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa. Hereunder the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) publishes the original text of the press statement issued by the Ministry
In her maiden speech in the Commons in 2010, she vowed to fight for "jobs, growth and prosperity".
Anglo-Saxon warriors are best known for their invasions of England, but there are signs they could have won a majority.
Russia’s outsized military spending continues to blunt the impact of economic sanctions during its war in Ukraine. The World Bank said that it was upgrading the country’s economic standing to its top-tier “high-income” category from its earlier “upper-middle-income” status,
There's a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.
Around half of Americans can’t afford to take a summer vacation this year thanks to the rising costs of living , according to a new survey. Read more...
The glamorization of high-pressure work environments, like the infamous "996" culture (where staff work from 9am until 9pm six days a week), often portrays relentless dedication and long hours as key to career success.
People living in southern Australia won't have failed to notice how cold it is. Frosty nights and chilly days have been the weather for many of us since the start of July.
German auto manufacturers such as Volkswagen and BMW have increasingly warned about the potential adverse effects of EU tariffs on the European auto industry’s competitiveness down the line, as well as their own operations in China.
Summer Games Done Quick is typically a beacon for good things. Every year, players break good games and perform wild acts of digital acrobatics as they do speedruns for a good cause. And the best good thing was the goodest of good boys Peanut Butter, a four-year-old Shiba Inu,
A new look at how light bends as it travels through the universe could point to an alternative theory of gravity.
A 4000-year-old Minoan structure with labyrinthine walls has been uncovered in Crete. (Could this be the legendary maze of King Minos? (Probably not…wrong location.)) 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
At the start of this year, Elon Musk had so much money that he could pretty much single-handedly solve world hunger with his $251 billion fortune. However, stagnating Tesla sales , endless struggles with his takeover of Twitter and the turbulent value of Tesla stock means he’s
The man who would have made a Horizon show for Netflix has been accused of abusive behavior in the workplace.
Nineteen years ago, I covered a terrible New York music festival called Amsterjam. The theme of the fests was mash-ups, an online phenomenon that was already running out of steam in 2005. When the mash-up became a corporate-backed music fest, that meant we got the rare treat of
Our clothes are made mainly of plastic.
Nothing could have prepared me for f(x)’s “NU ABO” at 13. The cover showed a young woman blindfolded, the title melting off the right side. The music video cast five young women in a tiny stage, changing outfits and dancing less in the cutesy pointing of Girls’ Generation’s
Portuguese auteur Pedro Costa will host this year’s Creators Lab, organized and operated in Mexico by Playlab Films. The 2024 edition of the Lab will be held in Mexico, with a record 50 emerging filmmakers in attendance. Pedro Costa Lab: Mexico will run from Sept. 23 to Oct. 3
President Biden will participate in a high-stakes interview Friday with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos the television network is calling a “primetime special” at 8 p.m. The potential make-or-break interview comes more than a week after Biden's disastrous debate performance,
The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world, is as old as the first words spoken by our ancestors. We can reconstruct the stages of this process through etymology, which studies the historical development of the lexicon of a language.
Samsung estimated its second quarter operating profit will jump more than 1,450% year-over-year, sending its stock to a three-year high Friday morning. Read more...
June 25 2024 marked a new "first" in the history of spaceflight. China's robotic Chang'e 6 spacecraft delivered samples of rock back to Earth from a huge feature on the moon called the south pole–Aitken basin. After touching down on the moon's "far side," on the southern rim of
Volcanic activity has intensified in Italy as Mount Stromboli belched ash and lava off the coast of Sicily.
Shelby McFaddin, an investment analyst at Motley Fool Asset Management, spoke with Quartz for the latest installment of our “Smart Investing” video series. Read more...
A new catalyst may well catalyze a shift to greener chemistry. Chemists from Yokohama National University have successfully developed innovative catalysts containing two noble metals that demonstrate remarkable efficiency in ester-producing chemical reactions and utilize oxygen
When Katori Hall’s Starz drama, “P-Valley,” debuted in 2020, it showcased a world that had never been spotlighted on television. “P-Valley” follows the erotic dancers of the gritty but beloved strip club The Pynk, run by Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan), the club’s
Al-Nakhalah's name has often popped up during military conflicts between the armed Palestinian factions and Israel over the decades.