“Batman: Caped Crusader” has unmasked its Joker. “House of the Dragon” star Matthew Needham will voice the villain in Season 2 of the animated noir series after the Clown Prince of Crime was teased at the end of Season 1. (John DiMaggio, who voices Detective Harvey Bullock on
The White House this week dialed up its rhetoric against the Senate majority leader.
For more than 20 years, about 4,000 autonomous profiling floats have been drifting through the ocean. They form part of the international Argo program (Argo—global array of profiling floats). At regular intervals, they descend to a depth of 2,000 meters (6,600 feet) and, as
In May 2026, OpenAI released a new math result that sent shock waves throughout the world of mathematical research. A major unsolved problem called the "unit distance conjecture" had just been resolved by generative AI.
The crowd is going nuts, they want their Dee Bradley Baker, they're chanting Matt Lanter's name: "Lan-ter, Lan-ter, Lan-ter!"
The singer was charged with assault last year after allegedly striking an employee in the face at Dramma Night Club in Times Square
A startling new study of a little-known, unpublished short story by Alan Turing challenges our understanding of the man who played a key role in cracking the Nazis' Enigma code, developed the theoretical underpinnings of the first computers and laid the groundwork for the
New orca behavior unlocked. They’ve been known to sink boats and wear salmon for hats; now they’re ramming fish so hard they explode . “Orcas were observed to hold sunfish in their jaws while a second whale smashed into the target at high speed…”
The threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn
Renewed tensions in the Middle East feed through to the costs faced by lenders, pushing up borrowing costs.
Hannah and Max continued to pool finances after Max was made redundant but took "drastic measures" to cut spending.
LG Electronics' latest pricey model of PC monitor has been automatically forcing ads for McAfee onto consumers' screens, among other things
Astronomers searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence may have been missing alien signals in part of the radio spectrum that has not recently been explored.
Her proper follow-up to Brat is a brilliant, catchy, often very funny look at the machinery of fame
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday called New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) a "clown" for floating the idea of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes allegations. "You are a mayor, dude," Fetterman said about Mamdani in an interview with
When an artist is as prolific — and as easily bored — as Charli xcx, “How much is too much?” becomes a significant question, and one she herself addressed in “The Moment,” the mock-umentary on her “Brat” era released earlier this year. That remarkably self-aware film, in which
In mammals, males are usually stronger and more competitive than females. Males also show greater inequality in reproductive success—the number of offspring they produce—than females. In spotted hyenas, the opposite is true: Reproductive inequality is greater among females than
It will also be "taking action" against the players who were involved.
Bisignano allegedly spied on colleagues and misused company funds during his stint at JPMorgan Chase more than a decade ago. Those, at least, were the most sensational accusations in a lengthy Wall Street Journal report.
Richard Gadd, change your flight plans. The creator and star of HBO Max’s “Half Man” wound up with the series’ only Emmy nomination this year — via his supporting actor in a limited/anthology series or movie nod. But as of last week, that category will no longer be presented
It’s our ethical duty to understand large numbers . “Our world is increasingly moving towards extreme values: Damages from climate change, deaths due to genocide, wealth that knows no bounds. We can’t tackle them if we can’t wrap our heads around [them].”
Fusion at high temperatures powers the sun and, if harnessed, could provide a potential source of energy here on Earth. But controlling fusion reactions has other benefits. The process also generates subatomic particles called neutrons that are used in a range of applications
Snakes are everywhere in our legends and mythology. Yet for most of us, our blood runs cold whenever we encounter these strangely undulating, scaly tubes of muscle slithering through the leaf litter.
Attention, crawlers: Seth MacFarlane’s live-action “Dungeon Crawler Carl” TV series has found its Queen Anne Chonk. Jeff Hays, the narrator and producer behind all eight of the currently released “Dungeon Crawler Carl” books, has been cast as the voice of Princess Donut on the
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is using unreleased George R.R. Martin "canon" pages while the Game of Thrones author struggles with Winds of Winter
The activist said he broke his fast at the urging of scores of members of Parliament.
“The Big Bang Theory’s” Stuart Bloom may not have saved the universe, but he certainly saved San Diego Comic-Con. HBO Max’s upcoming spinoff “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” gave fans a sneak peak of the first episode ahead of its release Thursday night. Felicia Day hosted a
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{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Oil prices surge amid Middle East escalations Oil prices have jumped as the conflict with Iran escalates, this time with attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Houthi militia group aligned with Tehran. ©
Crop production faces threats from plant pathogens. Traditional disease-resistance breeding relies heavily on natural plant resistance genes that encode immune receptors adapted to particular pathogens. However, rapidly evolving pathogens frequently overcome these natural
Cultural artifacts from Indonesia’s Papua region that were looted and illegally taken to the U.S. have been returned to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian officials confirmed to reporters. The handover of the artifacts took place Wednesday at Subianto's residence
July 23 - The Trump administration on Friday will impose new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on 60 trading partners, including the European Union, over allegations of lax enforcement of forced labor bans, just as a temporary 10% global tariff expires, senior administration officials
Dr. Anthony Fauci will testify next Wednesday in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee after being subpoenaed, panel Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday. Paul has been laser-focused on Fauci, the nation’s former top infectious diseases
Leiden environmental researchers have mapped the environmental footprint of different diets and revealed which population groups have the greatest impact through their food choices. Their findings show where efforts to make the food system more sustainable could make the
It's been four years since the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade, ending the federal constitutional right to abortion.
Massachusetts state House lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill loosening restrictions on late-term abortion access. The bill, H.5595, passed 119-33 and will go to the state Senate, state House Speaker Ronald Mariano (D) said in a statement. If it passes the Senate, it will
President Trump will impose double-digit tariffs on imports from 60 countries over forced labor violations, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Thursday. The action will cover 99.4 percent of U.S. imports and apply to Washington’s top trading partners, according
A new study released on Wednesday finds that dependence on food stamps and Medicaid for gig economy workers has spiked since the start of the pandemic. A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that the number of Amazon workers relying on federal assistance
The 30-year-old actor is looking forward to going back to his dancing roots: "One of my biggest regrets in my career is after I finished 'Billy Elliot,' I quit dancing."
Plant diversity has long been regarded as key to stable and resilient ecosystems. However, until now, little has been understood about why it has different effects in agricultural areas than in grasslands or forests. An international research group, in which the Leibniz
President Trump has thrown the Saudi nuclear deal into question less than 24 hours after it was signed, making it conditional on the Saudis normalizing relations with Israel. His Thursday announcement appears vastly different from what sources familiar had disclosed about the
"Her voice, her songwriting, her honesty and her unique spirit remain as powerful today as ever," estate wrote in tribute Thursday
The Palworld 1.0 update has added a new boss named Kyogr–er, I mean, Panthalus–that some players are seemingly running into by mistake
Square Enix's catch-'em-all spinoff returns in December, promising plenty of monster collecting hijinks for Dragon Quest fans
New research from the University of St Andrews and Université de Neuchâtel has uncovered the mechanism that allows sperm whales to sleep in a unique vertical position just under the ocean surface.
Anyone who has spent time on a college campus lately has probably heard laments from faculty about their students' reading habits, or rather, nonreading habits. Such complaints are more than unfounded nostalgia for a bygone age.
Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically
China is emerging as an alternative to South Korea for cosmetic procedures, with overseas patients drawn by natural-looking results, experienced doctors and competitive prices - though industry observers say it is still early days.
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) is backing Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Senate race, the Minnesota Democrat said Thursday. "Abdul is a fighter, and that's why I'm endorsing him to be the next United States Senator for Michigan," Smith wrote in a social media post on Thursday