Two-dimensional (2D) materials, which are significantly thinner than a single sheet of paper, have long drawn attention for their exceptional performance. However, they have faced a critical limitation: Their performance degrades significantly when multiple layers are stacked.
I hope you have a modern Apple Watch or iPad, because otherwise watchOS 27 and iPadOS 27 won't run on your device. Apple often drops support for older devices with its latest software updates, but this year it's culling even more device generations than ever before. Apple is
A holy grail of environmental policy is an economy that delivers prosperity without requiring the ever-increasing consumption of raw materials.
Research led by the University of Alabama found that widespread wildfires during one of Earth's ancient environmental crises did not trigger an ocean collapse but were a consequence of it.
Showcase weekend was stuffed to the stitches with cozy game demos so I've tallied them up and sorted them out.
ROME, June 8 (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors put Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last month, a judicial source said on Monday. The source, who asked not to be
Thief VR publisher Vertigo Games has been a VR-exclusive studio for years, but its most recent release, and its next game, are both non-VR titles.
Apple just announced watchOS 27, the next version of its Apple Watch operating system, introducing support for Siri AI, a redesigned "dynamic" app grid, and improvements to health and fitness tracking. The watchOS 27 update will be available "this fall," according to Apple,
President Donald Trump has once again turned his ire onto the Senate parliamentarian amid his ongoing feud with members of his own party. “Senate Majority Leader John Thune should immediately fire the Parliamentarian, who treats Republicans, and everything that they stand for,
Kingdom Hearts 4 was absent from Summer Game Fest 2026. Here's why Final Fantasy 7 Revelation may explain the lack of updates.
"I believe the purpose of an artist is to move the crowd," writer Marvin Wade says. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article A Poetic Short Film Animates
The board of flashy fashion tech startup CaaStle discovered its CEO had defrauded investors out of $283 million – and then allowed her to stay on as the top exec for three months, according to a report.
As a dyke, I particularly cherished this portrait of queer entanglement characterized by duration and valences beyond the sexual or romantic.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) said Monday that she received a “closely controlled and limited tour” of a federal immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J. “After being denied access for weeks, I was finally allowed into Delaney Hall – but what I received was a closely
How do bacteria regulate the production of their proteins? Researchers at the University of Hamburg, in collaboration with international partners, have now demonstrated how small protein building blocks, known as peptides, specifically influence bacterial protein production.
Along with researchers from James Madison University, three collaborators in the Office of the Provost recently published in Research & Practice in Assessment. Jaime Miller, Stuart Miller and Rachel Whitman Rotch began gathering data in the summer of 2025, investigating
Researchers have demonstrated the ability to use van der Waals forces to tune the physical and electronic properties of ferroelectric thin films. The work opens the door to new techniques for engineering materials for use in smaller, more energy efficient electronic devices.
New York City is tightening security ahead of President Trump’s attendance of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. “Tonight is Game 3 of the NBA finals – an exciting time for New York City – and we want everyone to be able to enjoy the
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday he will not vote to renew the nation’s warrantless spy powers so long as Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte remains in the role. “Reversing the Bill Pulte appointment is a starting point, not an ending
Apple unveiled its next major iOS update, but not every device will be able to get it.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) asserted that the California primary election “stinks to high heaven,” echoing gripes from President Trump and other Republicans about the integrity of the state’s election system. “They are counting votes weeks after the election,” Johnson said in
"It's not to score points, but it's there so that it matters, and you feel that you do exist in that world."
Netflix has unveiled the new look for Scooby Doo, played by a real-life puppy, but Scooby fans think it doesn't look like a Great Dane
Every season of Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” begins the same for prop master Jaime Mengual: A meeting with co-creators and showrunners Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert and producer Ben McGinnis to discuss one prop — the Apple Newton. Apple products and their use in film and TV have
Oceans are in a "deepening crisis" that demands urgent global action, a major U.N. report warned Monday, with seas warming and rising faster, ice cover shrinking, and marine ecosystems under mounting strain.
Nature-based solutions have become central to global climate strategies. From tropical forests to wetlands, restoring nature means trees and plants can capture carbon dioxide, reduce global warming, and regenerate biodiversity.
Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining a deeper understanding of element formation in stellar events such as neutron star mergers. For the first time, the scientists used deep learning with a
Florida State University physicists are part of a team that has discovered unusual superconducting states in parts of graphene, with the potential to drive unexpected quantum technologies.
Shawn Levy and Dan Levine's 21 Laps is producing the Universal comedy along with Fruit Tree, the banner run by Stone and Dave McCary.
From the New Yorker, a long and difficult-to-read report by Heidi Blake about how the truly disgusting and evil Tate brothers built a sexual slavery empire .
Sleep-deprived? Spit here. The post Your Saliva Knows How Sleepy You Are appeared first on Nautilus .
This occurrence of aurora australis, or Southern Lights, was captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir.
Broadway shared the wealth at the 79th Tony Awards on Sunday. “Death of a Salesman,” a radical revival that restages Arthur Miller’s classic in a garage, was the big winner with six prizes, while “Schmigadoon!,” “The Lost Boys” and “Ragtime” each earned four statues. But no
A California coast road trip can involve several different kinds of stays: a city hotel in San Francisco, a suite-style stop near Monterey Bay, a full-service beach resort in Santa Barbara, a Los Angeles-area hotel close to Santa Monica Pier, and a choice of resort, waterfront
The casting team for Vince Gilligan’s “Pluribus” had searched the world for the actor who could play the key character of Zosia. The alien “hive mind” sends Zosia to work with the resistor and rebel Carol (Rhea Seehorn) and must be beautiful, smart, calm and patient. It’s a
Experts say South China Sea buildup is linked to Taiwan, but the report’s scenario is unlikely if war breaks out.
Apple Intelligence is coming to cameras connected to Apple Home. At WWDC, Apple announced that with iOS27, its HomeKit Secure Video service will use Apple Intelligence to analyze footage and generate descriptions summarizing what the camera saw. You can also search footage with
Despite deadly disease outbreaks , a fractured dynamic among members of his staff, and myriad public health institutions being stripped of funds , Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is “checked out.” A lengthy New York Times report Sunday describes the extent to which the head of the
The AI rollout is considered a major test for incoming CEO John Ternus, with the long-delayed Siri upgrade serving as his most immediate challenge as the company’s new boss.
Though Nintendo has moved on to Switch 2, it is still dealing with the consequences of an old Joy-Con controller issue for the first console
Border Czar Tom Homan on Monday said New York City was about to see its largest deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent legislative package that provides residents with added protections from federal
Apple's keynote at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference was a big one. After months of delays, Apple reintroduced us to its AI-upgraded Siri, which will go beyond what the existing voice assistant can do by offering more personalized help. We also got a look at many
[Daba Finance] Foras.AI invested in Efham.ai, an Arabic-language AI education platform developed by Egypt-based NixAI, as demand grows for artificial intelligence skills across the Middle East and North Africa.
[Daba Finance] AethexAI raised $3 million in pre-seed funding to build voice AI systems for enterprises in Africa and the Middle East, where customer support still depends heavily on phone calls.
VFX supervisor Chris Ritvo knows a thing or two about creating animals in CG. He had worked with director Olivia Newman on “Where the Crawdads Sing,” for which he created CG birds. Ritvo was faced with an even greater challenge when Newman tasked him with creating a CG octopus
Fresh off the WWDC keynote presentation, The Verge has been invited to an "on-the-record technical deep dive into the bold new architecture enabling Apple Intelligence capabilities." Apple SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi and his team will be there, and so will we.
A federal judge over the weekend struck down a Trump administration effort to restrict tax credits for wind and solar energy. While the ruling is a win for renewable energy supporters, it comes less than a month before a key deadline to phase out the credits entirely under
It just makes sense.
Sturgill Simpson's Mutiny After Midnight — released under his Johnny Blue Skies alias — was one of the best albums of the year . At first it was only available physically (though it was briefly on YouTube), but today is the country-rock maverick's birthday and to celebrate he
Quantum mechanics, unlike classical physics, allows objects to exist in more than one state at the same time. This idea is often illustrated by Schrödinger's cat, imagined as being both alive and dead until it is observed. In the laboratory, physicists can create less dramatic
