Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red giant stars as they evolve?
Three former engineers were charged Thursday with stealing trade secrets from Google and other tech companies and sending the information to Iran. Two sisters, 41-year-old Samaneh Ghandali and 32-year-old Soroor Ghandali, and 40-year-old Mohammadjavad Khosravi were indicted by
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) penned a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asking for a “detailed explanation” of how the Department of the Treasury will dole out tariff refunds in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling Friday that said the president was working outside of
The Whole Bloody Affair arrives on VOD, SpongeBob sails onto Paramount Plus, and The Astronaut lands on Hulu
SEOUL, Feb 21 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began reviewing the country's progress in the past five years that brought \"great transformation\" during the second day of a key party congress, state media KCNA said on Saturday.
The IFTAs honored 'Christy' with the best film award in Dublin, 'Hamnet' with the international movie statuette, and 'Blue Lights' as best TV drama.
Microsoft’s gaming division is seeing a huge shakeup and folks are not optimistic
President Trump suffered a striking blow to his bid to refashion global trade with sweeping tariffs as the Supreme Court on Friday struck down his use of an emergency statute to execute the strategy core to his economic agenda. Trump was the first president in history to
More than half of Americans surveyed in a new poll disapprove of President Trump’s sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration. The joint survey from The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos found that 58 percent of respondents said they believe the Trump administration has gone
Hundreds of thousands of marine animals are killed every year after becoming accidentally caught in commercial fishing nets. Sharks, skates and rays are at particular risk, alongside turtles, seals, whales and dolphins, many of which are endangered.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump admin goes back on core pillar of MAHA agenda President Trump issued an executive order this week boosting access to a common herbicide that supporters of the “Make America Healthy
Spain’s Oscar entry for international feature, “Sirāt,” not only earned a nod in that category, it also made history when the film’s sound team was recognized. Supervising sound editor Laia Casanovas, re-recording mixer Yasmina Praderas and production sound mixer Amanda
Amy Madigan didn’t expect to be here. Not in the thick of awards season, not making history with a 40-year gap between Oscar nominations, and certainly not doing it as the ferociously unforgettable Aunt Gladys in Zach Cregger’s horror-thriller “Weapons.” The veteran actress
Vice President Vance condemned the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a majority of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Friday. “Today, the Supreme Court decided that Congress, despite giving the president the ability to ‘regulate imports’, didn't actually mean it,”
More than $175 billion in U.S. tariff revenue could be refunded after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against President Trump's sweeping emergency tariffs Friday, according to economists with the Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), a fiscal research group at the University of
Some of the 5,070 deadly work injuries in 2024 were tied to homicide and suicide, the report indicates.
Recurrent droughts, conflict, and changing land use have placed significant strain on pastoral populations in the dryland regions of Africa, resulting in numerous crises that require humanitarian intervention. Pastoralism is both an economic activity and a cultural identity
The Supreme Court delivered a crushing blow to President Donald Trump’s policy agenda on Friday, ruling that a Cold War-era law for economic emergencies does not give the executive branch a blank check to impose trillions of dollars in tariffs without congressional approval.
In making “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good,” director Jon M. Chu knew he always wanted to expand the stories of both Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) beyond the Broadway musical, and shooting two movies at the same time allowed him to do that. For Glinda, Chu
The 38-year veteran of Microsoft calls his time there an 'epic ride'
President Trump announced late Thursday that the federal government will provide $10 million to East Palestine, Ohio, to support ongoing recovery efforts from a 2023 train derailment that triggered an environmental disaster and lingering health concerns in the community. Trump,
New works exemplify a line of inquiry central to the artist’s practice: How might language and color merge to birth figuration?
Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants Giant tortoises, the life-giving engineers of remote small island ecosystems, are plodding over the Galápagos island of Floreana for the first time in more than
Sarah Bond, who was widely expected to take the reins one day, has instead resigned from the company.
Asha Sharma, formerly the head of Microsoft's AI division, promises more 'great games' made by humans
Free and easy down the road he goes… but not unencumbered by company. Because country star Dierks Bentley is nothing if not a solid curator of younger opening acts and heroes alike. His summer Off the Map Tour, a 12-city outing, has some of the best triple bills you could find
Sarah Bond is also leaving the company, after resigning from her role as the Xbox president.
Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.
An Introduction to Outsider Artist Henry Darger and His Bizarre 15,000-Page Illustrated Masterwork .
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to keep tariffs in place using different authorities after the Supreme Court ruled he exceeded his power under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act. During the afternoon press conference in the White House
The actor died after a battle with ALS on Feb. 19
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded
Stonemaier Games and other tabletop publishers react after the Supreme Court blocks 145% tariffs on Chinese imports.
UK firms are left in limbo after a court overrules many US tariffs but Donald Trump says he will reintroduce them
LONDON, Feb 20 - While the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Friday against President Donald Trump's use of tariffs marks a clear setback for his use of trade levies as an economic weapon, analysts say it offers little immediate relief for the global economy.
Feb 20 - At least six people were killed and 25 wounded in Israeli strikes in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley on Friday, the Lebanese state news agency reported, after the Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the Baalbek area.
Ribosomes, the cell's protein-making factories, consume large amounts of energy as they build the proteins that keep cells alive and functioning. When cells experience stress—such as lack of nutrients or sudden drops in temperature—they quickly switch into survival mode. New
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev was in Washington, D.C., Thursday for Donald Trump’s inaugural Board of Peace meeting. When protesters showed up outside of his hotel, his bodyguards attacked them. The protesters at the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue were calling for
The Supreme Court has struck down Trump’s authority to impose tariffs on other countries through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). But it’s not the only tool at the president’s disposal to press on with his tariff regime. “The reality is the president is
Xbox president Sarah Bond is also exiting the company.
The Interference story quests in Fortnite will have you aid the Visitor by touching a zero point shard. Here's how to complete every stage.
Phil Spencer is retiring as Microsoft Gaming CEO after nearly 40 years with the Xbox owner. He will stay on in an adviser capacity until later in the year. Asha Sharma, most recently president of product development for Microsoft’s CoreAI division, will be replacing Spencer as
She had brown eyes and black hair. She was almost 5 feet, 7 inches tall and chewed tobacco. She was in her 20s, carried heavy loads with her left arm and had given birth. We don't know her name, but after her death in the 19th century, her body was stolen and used for
The Motion Picture Association urged ByteDance on Friday to stop copyright infringement on its Seedance 2.0 AI platform, saying that the Chinese company’s assurances are not enough. Speaking on behalf of its seven member companies, the MPA sent a cease and desist letter to
Television has always been more than an escape for me. Growing up in the 1990s and early 2000s on the South Side of Chicago, I was always thrilled to see women and girls who looked like me and reminded me of my family and friends. Series like “Moesha,” “A Different World,”
At least one Republican lawmaker is formally pushing back on President Trump’s effort to boost a controversial herbicide, glyphosate, that’s reviled by supporters of the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement. Trump this week stoked MAHA fury by issuing an executive order
'Does TikTok want me to be grateful for the mistreatment of my company and our game?'
Microsoft's gaming division sees a big leadership change amid its messiest console generation yet
The highest refund estimate by JPMorgan amounts to just over 22% of America's 2026 defense budget, which stands at $901 billion
Almost half a century ago, a remarkable molecule called metallocene took center stage in chemistry, earning Geoffrey Wilkinson and Ernst Otto Fischer the Nobel Prize. These organic compounds, made of a transition metal "sandwiched" between two flat, ring-shaped organic layers,
