The ECB kept rates unchanged as inflation fell to 1.7%. Christine Lagarde said policy is “in a good place”, downplaying the undershoot as temporary, while stressing data dependence, balanced risks and the need for EU reforms to support growth.
Lionsgate is leaning into AI, hiring Kathleen Grace to serve as its first-ever Chief AI Officer. In this new role, Grace will lead the studio’s AI strategy and execution. Lionsgate says her duties will include providing “tools to serve the creative vision of its filmmakers,
Kate Hudson, currently the in the best actress awards race for “Sung Song Blue,” and Oscar winner Javier Bardem are set to begin a long-distance relationship in the upcoming romantic comedy “Hello & Paris.” Elizabeth Chomko (“What They Had”) is set to write and direct the film,
Fences intended to protect cattle from catching diseases from wildlife and other livestock in southern Africa are in disrepair, restrict wild animal migrations and likely intensify human-elephant conflict—but a plan to remove key sections could make both livestock and wildlife
A team of biochemists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has developed a faster way to identify molecules in the lab that could lead to more effective pharmaceuticals. The discovery advances the rapidly growing field of biocatalysis, which depends on generating large,
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It is not easy to follow the interactions of large molecules with water in real time. But this can be easier to hear than to see. This is how an international team deciphered the role of water in the collapse of PNIPAM.
ProbablyMonsters appears to have laid off several developers shortly before unveiling its third game.
The new maps, weapons, and content that's arrived across all modes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 - Season 2.
Professor Walt Hunter on the merits of challenging students: Stop Meeting Students Where They Are . “Whole novels aren’t possible to teach, we are told, because students won’t (or can’t) read them. So why assign them?” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Cities are increasingly becoming the epicenter of climate-related risks, with research showing that impervious surfaces (e.g., roofs, streets, sidewalks, parking lots) are a major driver of urban climate impacts because they disrupt the natural surface energy balance, increase
Amazon’s shopping cart spilled over in the fourth quarter of 2025: The ecommerce behemoth raked in a record $213.4 billion in revenue that beat Wall Street expectations. But the company’s shares fell in after-hours trading Thursday after Amazon said it expected $200 billion in
Vice President Vance said Thursday that President Trump was "so perceptive" when he insulted CNN's Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office this week for not smiling. "There was a moment in the Oval Office — I wasn't even in there, I was in the West Wing, and somebody sent me where
Commentator Stephen A. Smith on Thursday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for comparing a GOP bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote to “Jim Crow 2.0,” warning him and other Democrats against speaking in “that kind of hyperbole” ahead of
The Pauli exclusion principle is a cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics and is essential for the structure and stability of matter. Now an international collaboration of physicists has carried out one of the most stringent experimental tests to date of this
Anticipation is already building for the 2028 presidential race. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) named Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as the likely GOP front-runners in 2028 during an interview on Wednesday with
Proteins are the molecular machines of cells. They are produced in protein factories called ribosomes based on their blueprint—the genetic information. Here, the basic building blocks of proteins, amino acids, are assembled into long protein chains. Like the building blocks of
“Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” (c. 1625) is the first work by the Italian Baroque artist to enter the institution’s collection.
Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu pledge millions and race to release new models before the holiday—fearing a new "DeepSeek shock" might steal the spotlight.
This week: the art of writing love letters, Black-owned bookstores across history, poets on the Parthenon Marbles, opening a 1926 time capsule, and more.
The FBI arrested someone who sent a fake ransom demand in connected to Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, it was revealed at a Thursday press conference. Heith Janke, FBI Phoenix’s special agent in charge, joined a press conference with the Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff’s Department
Horizon Hunters Gathering is an all-new take on the series that "stands on its own."
Iran and the United States were preparing for talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington looking to see if there was any prospect of diplomatic progress on the Iranian nuclear programme and other issues while refusing to rule out military action. The talks -- finally confirmed by
Imagine an asteroid striking Earth and wiping out most of the human population. Even if some lucky people survived the impact, Homo sapiens might still face extinction, because the social networks humans rely on would collapse.
Many made-in-Malaysia CNY tunes are jaunty, with lyrics in a mix of Mandarin, Chinese dialects, English and even Malay.
Pakistan has said it will boycott its match with India scheduled in Colombo on Feb 15
Arguably the greatest of all living film craftsmen, the 80-year-old — whose credits also include 'Badlands,' 'Carrie,' 'Days of Heaven,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'There Will Be Blood,' 'The Revenant' and 'Killers of the Flower Moon' — is Oscar-nominated for the fourth time — and
In extraordinary testimony, an Iranian citizen offers an inside look at what is taking place behind the walls of the murderous regime in Tehran. Everyone, he says, is waiting for one thing to happen
“We love that we’re able to make art as queer artists inside a church.”
A report claims some ski jumpers are injecting hyaluronic acid to cheat this year
Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday.
Florida voters have filed a petition challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) push for mid-decade redistricting in the Sunshine State. A Thursday filing before the Florida Supreme Court argues that DeSantis does not have the authority to order the state Legislature to draw new
Democratic Sens. Andy Kim (N.J.) and Gary Peters (Mich.) released a report Thursday estimating that Washington's National Guard deployment is costing the federal government well more than $1 million per day. That means a price tag of some $330 million since deployments began
Conventional wisdom is that waiting in a queue online or in a physical line involves a certain cost for people and organizations. Rational analysis has largely based its queue management predictions on remaining wait time, or how long someone has left to wait. Much of the
Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, delayed motor milestones or lifelong disabilities. New research from the
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday it will not enforce federal regulations regarding "false or misleading" material on food labeling in regard to artificial food dyes, giving manufacturers the freedom to label their products as being artificial food
Dissident Iranian film director Jafar Panahi told AFP he believes ordinary Iranians risk being "sacrificed" in talks between Iran and the United States on Friday, with his country still "in shock" over a deadly crackdown on protests. Panahi, Iran's best-known director, offered
"They drove us out at gunpoint," says Lebanese citizen Zeinab Qataya, who fled her adopted home in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and returned to her country to live in a camp built by Hezbollah. The construction of the Imam Ali Housing Compound has proved
A deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula sparked calls on Thursday for Portugal's presidential run-off to be postponed, but electoral officials insisted it would go ahead.
The Mountain That Weighed the Earth . How scientists in 1774 used a Scottish mountain to estimate the mass of the Earth to within 20% of the modern number by measuring the mountain’s gravitational effect on a precision plumb line. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Anran sure didn’t look like Kiriko and Juno in her earlier appearances
Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than describe exactly where each particle is, describes the chance of finding the
The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled episodes of periodic slow slip along a major fault underlying the volcano, according to a new study by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Senator Elissa Slotkin has denied an interview request from the Justice Department regarding its sham investigation into her participation in a video message telling troops they should “refuse illegal orders.” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, joined five other military and
It's not what they intended to do or expected to find. They're not even all that interested in birds. When Andre Naranjo and his colleagues began work on a new study published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, they wanted to know why a small mountain chain on the
The White House is letting Attorney General Pam Bondi take the heat for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ’s presence at the Fulton County, Georgia, election office during an FBI raid. Last week, Gabbard was photographed overseeing FBI agents as they packed up and
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
