Carbon emissions continue to increase at record levels, fueling climate instability and worsening air quality conditions for billions in cities worldwide. Yet despite global commitments to carbon neutrality, urban policymakers still struggle to implement effective mitigation
Macquarie University researchers have demonstrated a technique to dramatically narrow the linewidth of a laser beam by a factor of over ten thousand—a discovery that could revolutionize quantum computing, atomic clocks and gravitational wave detection.
When pop star Katy Perry and five other women made a much-publicized trip to the edge of space earlier this year, they faced sharp criticism across both social and traditional media, with skeptics questioning multiple aspects of the mission.
At the beginning of 2025, panic about fraud and human trafficking erupted on Chinese social media. It started when a Chinese actor called Wang Xing was tricked into traveling to Thailand for an audition, where he was abducted by criminals and taken to a scam center in Myanmar.
Beneath the epic tales of heroes and gods, Troy's true story is written in something far less glamorous—its rubbish.
June's inflation report will be looked at not so much for what the headline numbers show than what's in the underlying data.
Players, rejoice: Nintendo Switch 2 restocks are going down at Best Buy on Thursday, July 17. The great Switch 2 restocking is in-store only at your local Best Buy and will coincide with the release of Donkey Kong Bananza. However, the announcement doesn’t reveal whether the
Czech poet and former political activist František Klišík, one of the main protagonists in documentary “Better Go Mad in the Wild,” died on Sunday, hours after the film won the Grand Prix at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. He was 62 years old. Klišík, who lost his right arm in a
More than 180 plants were stolen from a well-loved public park in Nottingham called the Arboretum in May 2025. This incident took place just days after volunteers had re-planted flowers and shrubs to repair damage from a previous theft in March. In April 2025, the nearby Forest
Civil Jornal, based in Colombia’s Barranquilla, is teaming with Bogota’s Innoctum Media and Barranquilla’s Estuario Cine to produce “Wood” (“Madera”), a hybrid doc fiction on the cutting-edge of current Colombian film-making in its bold genre mix and approach to Colombian
I am only a couple of chapters into James McBride’s Deacon King Kong (loving it!) and in the first chapter, there’s a relatively short passage about some cheese, Jesus’s Cheese, that comes into the lives of the members of the book’s community that is a first ballot Hall of
BRUSSELS - Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday that the flow of aid into Gaza has not increased despite an agreement last week between Israel and the European Union that should have had that result.
For years, the expression "the robot took my job" has brought to mind visions of machines replacing workers on factory floors. But Gen Z is facing a new challenge: the loss of internships and other entry-level positions to AI.
Enigmatic electronic duo Two Shell released their great self-titled LP last October, and they played a couple songs from it during their recent set at Glastonbury’s club-ready IICON Stage. Also during that set, which you can listen to in full, they played a few songs that had
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to the far-reaching social implications of emerging infectious diseases, bringing to mind similarly impactful events like the Black Plague in early modern Europe or the Spanish Flu after World War I. However, how emerging epidemics
Neutrinos are cosmic tricksters, paradoxically hardly there but lethal to stars significantly more massive than the sun.
A research group at KAIST has successfully engineered a microbial strain capable of producing lutein at industrially relevant levels. The team, led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, developed a novel C.
“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham says she’s been thinking a lot about what her character Rebecca Welton has been up to since the Apple TV+ Series finished its third and, as many involved thought, seemingly final season. Well, she’s about to find out. A fourth season will soon
Singer-songwriter's second album sees her go more fully into a sound that's always been part of her musical DNA
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to resume efforts to dismantle the Department of Education in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines, lifting a judge’s order to reinstate employees terminated in mass layoffs. The administration’s victory enables the
Congress must adequately fund the judiciary to ensure both the safety of judges and the health of our democracy.
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) said on Sunday he plans to introduce a resolution demanding files be released in the case involving financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Either @realDonaldTrump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of the significance of these Epstein
The surviving members of Soundgarden have sometimes performed together in the years since Chris Cornell’s death — with Brandi Carlile , for instance — and they were originally among the massive list of metal and hard rock legends slated to perform at this month’s Ozzy
Few people in pop music have earned a comeback more than Kesha Sebert. For over a decade, her career has been defined by producer and ex-collaborator Lukasz Gottwald, a man she openly despises with good reason. Kesha sued the producer, better known as Dr. Luke, in 2014,
Fifteen visual effects workers at “Saturday Night Live” have unanimously ratified theirfirst union contract. All 15 eligible voters voted “Yes,” marking a significant milestone for VFX artists and leads at the legendary sketch comedy show, which just celebrated its 50th season.
Over the weekend, right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk hosted the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit , where the young conservatives in attendance were up in arms about President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Now, after a phone call from the president
Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District of New York Monday upheld her 2023 ruling against Argentina, rejecting the Libertarian Government's request to suspend the transfer of 51% of YPF shares to vulture funds Burford Capital and Eton Park Capital Management. This
I haven’t thought much about Real Estate’s 2014 album Atlas lately, but it meant a lot to me upon release. So I’m excited to report that the band has decided to remind me how good that project is by celebrating it on tour, round numbers be damned.
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) formally announced he is running as an independent in New York City’s mayoral race in November after losing to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the party’s primary. “Only 13 percent of New Yorkers voted in the June primary. The general
Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation’s “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack — performed by a fictional girl group called Huntrix in the animated feature — claims the No. 2 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week. The film and its soundtrack have been surprise hits, with
Even before tasting Cloud23, a new hot sauce brand from Brooklyn Beckham launched last year, the elegantly designed bottle is what immediately ignites the senses — tall and elegant with sculpted vertical ridges at the base and a rounded wooden stopper that evoke a luxury
Lots of action and hot days on the beach await in Zenless Zone Zero’s patch 2.1 “The Impending Crash of Waves.” This patch brings not only the high energy of summer, but also two new characters, new places to explore, and more quests in Yunkui Summit. Below, we explain when
I'm starting to think this might be a good strategy.
Oak trees change their fine roots and "energize" soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, all to supplement the trees' supply of essential nutrients when exposed to higher levels of carbon dioxide.
Quantum networking is being rapidly developed world-wide. It is a key quantum technology that will enable a global quantum internet: the ability to deploy secure communication at scale, and to connect quantum computers globally. The race to realize this vision is in full swing,
A new tool allows researchers to probe the metabolic processes occurring within the leaves, stems, and roots of a key citrus crop, the clementine. The big picture goal of this research is to improve the yields, flavor and nutritional value of citrus and non-citrus crops, even
Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace four to 10 times faster than their natural formation. The history of this erosion has just been revealed for the first time by a research team led by a CNRS scientist.
Bellamy Young appear in a recurring guest star role in the second season of “Brilliant Minds,” which is set to premiere this September. Young will play Dr. Amelia Frederick, the clinical director for a long-term mental healthcare facility named Hudson Oaks. Dr. Frederick is
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, which exposed wasteful and harmful spending, is now entering its next chapter, with the White House and Congress working to address the $160 billion in improper payments and $3 trillion in waste, fraud and abuse in the last
Speaking at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Ilana Gritzewsky begged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to get a deal, saying, 'You'll be remembered not for your speeches but your deeds'
The revamped DC Universe has finally made its theatrical debut with Superman, starring David Corenswet, releasing to majorly positive reviews and setting a new box office record for live-action Supes films. But amid the Man of Steel’s return, fans couldn’t help but wonder when
The Department of Defense will start using Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to “develop agentic AI workflows.” Trump’s DoD awarded Musk’s xAI a $200 million federal contract to install “Grok for Government” into the national defense apparatus. “Announcing Grok for Government - a
Steam's Automation Fest includes our 2024 Sandbox GOTY Satisfactory, as well as one of the PC's all-time great puzzle games.
Sixty percent of surveyed voters say they do not believe President Trump has been tough enough on Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released on Monday. Those respondents consist of 58 percent independents, 73 percent Democrats and 48
The singer joked with wink emojis about having a daughter named Lennon London — but Rolling Stone confirms she didn't actually add a "beautiful baby girl" to her family
The move will mandate military service beginning next year under a law on the books since 2006.
Voters are evenly divided on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” according to a poll. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 44 percent of respondents said they supported the Republicans’ major policy bill while another 44 percent said they didn’t support the
While the oeuvre of Toronto director David Cronenberg, the maestro of body horror, has inspired generations of Canadian filmmakers (including his progeny) and continues to do, Montreal’s Fantasia Festival and its Frontières Market event put them face-to-face with the global
A lovely, beautiful, and uplifting obituary of poet and activist Andrea Gibson . “One of the last things Andrea said on this plane was, ‘I fucking loved my life.’” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →