I love a weird dating sim, and the trailer for bug dating simulator CatchMaker might take the cake

Everybuggy loves somebuggy somehow.

Singer Jubilant Sykes Stabbed to Death, Son in Custody

Grammy-nominated opera, classical and gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his Santa Monica home on Monday — allegedly by his son, police told KTLA. He was 71. Officers were called to Sykes’ home at approximately 9:20 p.m. after someone inside dialed 911 to

Fast-tracking a natural climate solution by compressing millennia of carbon capture into hours

What if it were possible to take a very slow geological process, one that takes thousands of years in nature, and speed it up so that it happens within hours, in order to slow the rate of global warming?

Find Your Words will challenge you to develop connections without dialogue in a bright summer camp, and yes, it looks like you can birdwatch

Actions speak louder than words.

‘Riefenstahl’ Documentary Director Discusses the Secrets and Lies of Hitler’s Favorite Propagandist

Andres Veiel discussed his film with The Hollywood Reporter at the recent SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

Cozy Caravan's 1.0 release is coming next month, and frankly I can't wait to continue where I left off

Not to mention a plethora of new avatars, which is definitely the selling point.

RPG Fans Pray Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio Is Using The Game Awards Hell Statue To Tease Divinity: Original Sin 3

Perhaps the mystery of Geoff Keighley's Game Awards statue has been solved The post RPG Fans Pray Baldur’s Gate 3 Studio Is Using The Game Awards Hell Statue To Tease Divinity: Original Sin 3 appeared first on Kotaku .

Limitations of AI-based material prediction: Crystallographic disorder represents a stumbling block

Computer simulations and artificial intelligence often make significant errors when predicting the properties of new, high-performance materials, according to a new international study led by the University of Bayreuth. In their research, published in Advanced Materials, the

Nobel officials unsure when Peace Prize winner will arrive for ceremony

Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado is in hiding, and her current whereabouts are still unknown.

We Asked Critics From Authoritarian Regimes What They Wish They’d Known Sooner....

We Asked Critics From Authoritarian Regimes What They Wish They’d Known Sooner . “You cannot make authoritarian leaders the center of your narrative. You have to make the people the center of your narrative, and you have to be passionate about it.”

Nearly 8,000 animal species are at risk as extreme heat and land-use change collide

Almost 8,000 animal species could be pushed closer to extinction by the end of this century as the interacting effects of climate change-driven extreme heat and human land-use change create increasingly unsuitable conditions across their habitats, according to new research from

MTG is reprinting an iconic Commander staple with the perfect Marvel art

Magic's Marvel Super Heroes set includes a bunch of reprints featuring comic book art, including every green player's favorite: Heroic Intervention.

New nanomagnet production process improves efficiency and cuts costs

Researchers at HZDR have partnered with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and the Institute of Nuclear Physics in the Polish Academy of Sciences to develop a method that facilitates the manufacture of particularly efficient magnetic nanomaterials

The Methuselah worm: The oldest university in the U.S. is home to the world's oldest ribbon worm

Penicillin, X-rays, vulcanized rubber—some of the greatest scientific discoveries happened by accident. Thanks to his love of invertebrates, William & Mary Biology Professor Jon Allen has added another entry to that list of happenstance achievements. Meandering around the mud

Fortnite's Percy Jackson: Siege of Monsters is beefier than the average creative map

It's like Fortnite, but you battle Scylla and Charybdis to the death.

Bellwright’s Biggest Update Yet Adds An Expansive New Map To The Game

Factions, new story missions, and the Halmare Isles await in Bellwright's “Maiden Voyage" update.

Bellwright Maiden Voyage Trailer

Bellwright’s Maiden Voyage Update brings a brand-new story, fresh challenges, exclusive loot, and major progression upgrades on December 9. Watch the update announcement trailer now.

‘The Perfect Neighbor,’  ‘Cover-Up,’ ‘My Mom Jayne’ Among PGA Nominees for Documentary Motion Pictures

The Producers Guild of America 2025 nominees for the Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures award include “The Alabama Solution,” “Cover-Up,” “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” “My Mom Jayne: A Film by Mariska Hargitay,” “Ocean with David Attenborough,” “The Perfect

‘Stranger Things 5’ Earns 23.6 Million Views in Week 2; ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’ Hits 21.8 Million Views in First Six Days

It’s “Stranger Things” season at Netflix. Last week, the first four episodes of the sci-fi show’s fifth and final season debuted with 59.6 million views in their first five days of streaming last week. Though viewership decreased to 23.6 million views, it Season 5 remained the

BravoCon Reaches 3 Million Viewers on Peacock, Up More Than 400% From Last Convention (EXCLUSIVE)

Content from BravoCon, the three-day fan convention in Las Vegas centered around Bravo reality TV stars, was streamed by 3 million Peacock accounts TKTKTK. That’s an increase of more than 400% from the event’s Peacock viewership in 2023, which was the last time BravoCon took

2026 PGA Documentary Award Nominees Include ‘The Alabama Solution,’ ‘The Perfect Neighbor’

On Tuesday, the Producers Guild of America also revealed its finalists for the Innovation Award.

Christina Aguilera Will Pair ‘Very Personal’ Documentary With Equally Intimate New Album

The singer’s career-spanning documentary film was first detailed in 2022. Now, she shares that opening up for the camera has also influenced her work in the studio

Artificial photosynthesis catalyst converts carbon dioxide into fuel using sunlight

A joint research team has developed a highly efficient photocatalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into the high-value-added fuel, methane, using sunlight, while explaining its operating principles. The work is published in the journal ACS Catalysis.

Rising EU sales of animal antimicrobials raise concern

The latest annual surveillance report from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shows a worrying increase in antimicrobial sales for animal use across the European Union. According to the European sales and use of antimicrobials for veterinary medicine report (ESUAvet), 98% of

What’s a UFO Show With No Flying Saucers?

The Drawing Center’s Voice of Space has vast potential, but a lack of strong focus and commanding imagery makes it more earthbound than cosmic.

Colossal Rains – “Flowers On A Landmine”

For years, George Hirsch and David Walling were in the great Philadelphia hardcore band Blacklisted together. Blacklisted broke up in 2015, and they’ve played a few reunion shows recently. Hirsch and Walling’s new band Staticlone recently released their absolutely sick

Listeria remains Europe's most lethal foodborne threat

ECDC and EFSA warn over danger of Listeria and Salmonella in latest One Health report. In their joint European Union One Health 2024 Zoonoses Report the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ) and EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) have highlighted Listeria

There Is Only One Thing In Stereogum’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Many of you have asked when Stereogum will share its 2025 Holiday Gift Guide, even though we haven't published a gift guide since the Weezer Snuggie™ era . Well, today is the day. However we are starting small by only highlighting one thing, and that thing is Yngwie Malmsteen's

First human DNA-cutting enzyme that senses physical tension discovered

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This "tension-sensing" mechanism plays a vital role in maintaining genetic integrity

Mini-vortices in nanopores accelerate ion transport for faster supercapacitor charging

Tiny cavities in energy storage devices form small vortices that help with charging, according to a research team led by TU Darmstadt. This previously unknown phenomenon could advance the development of faster storage devices.

DOJ opens investigation into Colorado prisons, youth facilities

On Monday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that it has opened a civil investigation into conditions within facilities operated by the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) and Colorado Department of Youth Services (DYS).

PlayStation Store accidentally confirms Leon is in Resident Evil Requiem with an early peek at new cover art

Oops.

KATSEYE, a Sixty-Year-Old Hit, and the New Global Music Map

Connie Francis was 87 years old when she posted her first TikTok earlier this year, marveling at an impossible second act: a song she’d recorded in 1962 – the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis – was suddenly climbing the charts for the first time and soundtracking millions of

Durable catalyst shields itself for affordable green hydrogen production

An international research team led by Professor Philip C.Y. Chow at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has unveiled a new catalyst that overcomes a major challenge in producing green hydrogen at scale. This innovation makes the process of producing oxygen efficiently and

Senate Republicans set to put Cassidy-Crapo health proposal up for a vote Thursday

Leaked Assad tapes trashing Syrians bolster mass one-year celebrations of the regime's fall

Newly published footage shows Bashar Assad mocking impoverished Syrians, loyal soldiers and even Vladimir Putin's appearance. Citizens who outlived the regime weren't surprised: 'Anyone who still thinks he cared about Syria should watch those clips'

The Rembrandt Thief Who Came Out On Top

Myles Connor is one of the very few people alive to have come out ahead after lifting an artwork from the wall of a museum, as Anthony M. Amore explores in his new book.

Squeeze – “Trixies Pt. 2”

Back when they first started Squeeze in 1974, Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford wrote a concept album called Trixies together. It never came out. Tilbrook and Difford were teenagers then, and they weren’t ready to realize that vision. Their John Cale-produced self-titled debut

In-N-Out removes '67' from orders amid viral ‘6-7’ trend

The chain removed “67” from its ticket order system after groups teen flocked to locations to hear the number called.

Museum staff are overwhelmingly in favor of behind-the-scenes tours

If natural history museums can be said to have a problem, it's that they have too many specimens for any one person to see and not nearly enough exhibit space to show them off. The Florida Museum of Natural History, for example, is home to more than 40 million specimens and

The Labubu craze is so hot that even copycat versions are selling out

“We sold 10,000 of them in 30 minutes -- this was a huge surprise for us," Larian told The Post.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Almost Ruined Cloud’s Sword

The developers were briefly worried it looked too goofy The post Final Fantasy VII Remake Almost Ruined Cloud’s Sword appeared first on Kotaku .

Watch live: Jeffries to give remarks amid scrutiny over Caribbean boat strikes

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday will speak with reporters as the Trump administration faces criticism over the U.S. military's strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been under the microscope in recent days,

Akinola Davies Jr. Confronts Family Legacy in U.K. Oscar Hopeful ‘My Father’s Shadow’

The film weaves personal history, folklore and political tension into a meditative portrait of fathers and sons: "I've described it as a sort of weird family heirloom of a film, and I'm just really proud of it."

Viruses help drive carbon cycling in deep-sea ecosystems, study reveals

A research team led by Prof. Sun Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) has unveiled the crucial role of viruses in deep-sea carbon cycling and microbial community structure. Their findings are published in Nature Communications.

DOJ Tries New Way to Free MAGA Conspiracy Theorist Trump Can’t Pardon

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division are pretending to care about prisoners’ human rights in an apparent effort to get conspiracy theorist, former state official, and convicted 2020 election fraudster Tina Peters out of a

‘The Boys’ Co-Creator Darick Robertson Teams With Saudi Director Hamzah Jamjoom on Superhero Series ‘Crestar and the Knight Stallion’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Saudi director Hamzah Jamjoom (“Rupture”) has teamed up with Detroit-based Exxodus Pictures and American comic book artist Darick Robertson (“The Boys”) on a live-action series based on a graphic novels franchise titled “Crestar and the Knight Stallion,” featuring an Arab and

France's National Assembly narrowly approves contentious 2026 social security budget

The high-stakes vote gives some respite for the weakened French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu

ACLU sues for release of boat strike justification memo

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing to obtain a copy of the Justice Department memo prepared to justify the legality of boat strikes in the Caribbean that have killed at least 88 people. The suit is the latest effort to get an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC)

What will China’s 15th Five-Year Plan bring to the world?

The Communist Party of China (CPC) held the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, at which it deliberated over and adopted the recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan, drawing significant global attention. Li Yan (Pictured above), Charge