Horror is red-hot at the box office, but what is up next for the genre? Ideas flowed freely at the San Diego Comic-Con panel for Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror: Tenth Anniversary Edition, which took place on July 24. Panelists included both actors and behind-the-camera
Most of the carbon released during Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season came from burning soil and peat, rather than trees, according to new research from McMaster University.
A new concept from Warwick researchers could help solve one of the biggest challenges to building large-scale quantum computers: enabling communication between vast numbers of quantum bits (qubits) over long distances across a single chip.
Invasive rats on tropical islands are creating winners and losers among the tiny underwater animals near the bottom of the food chain that inhabit surrounding coral reefs. Scientists say the changes to these marine ecosystems can rewire food chains on the reefs.
The newly launched indie company Nitrate Games is backing the project, described as an "adult cozy farm sim."
Fungal diseases are among the leading causes of crop destruction, threatening global food security and agricultural livelihoods. Among phytopathogenic fungi, anthracnose fungi and the rice blast fungus are known to share a common infection strategy. They develop specialized
NBC’s new multi-cam comedy “Newlyweds” has cast three new series regulars, Variety has learned. Emma Meisel, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio and Bill O’Neill have all joined the series opposite leads Téa Leoni and Tim Daly. As previously reported, series executive producer Jamie Lee
ABC has announced a slate of fall premiere dates. After some football kickoffs, “Dancing With the Stars” will return with a two-episode premiere on Sept. 15. Celebrity cast members include Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins and Jackson Olson, with more to be announced. “America’s
Scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed a biodegradable implant designed to deliver cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs directly into tumors over an extended period, a strategy that could improve treatment effectiveness while reducing side effects.
By Bo Erickson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - Just one in three Americans support the waron Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict's early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to
Canal+ has reached a five-year deal with French cinema organizations which will see the pay-TV powerhouse invest nearly €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in French and European films between 2028 and 2032. Canal+ Chairman and CEO Maxime Saada announced the deal in a post on X,
Marvel’s buzzy Comic-Con presentation put two huge comic book movie tentpoles on the studio’s 2028 release calendar: “Black Panther 3,” featuring the debut of David Jonnson as T’Challa II/Toussaint, and “Ghost Rider,” starring Ryan Gosling in the title role. The announcement
Mercury was long considered the exception to the rule that magnetic planets have radiation belts similar to Earth's Van Allen belts, but a new study by University of Michigan Engineering and the University of California, Berkeley, suggests otherwise—Mercury occasionally has
Birds are facing a crisis—nearly 3 billion birds have been lost across North America since 1970 as a result of human activities affecting birds and their habitats.
BuzzFeed is slashing its workforce on the heels of the digital media company’s deal to sell a controlling ownership stake to entrepreneur and comedian Byron Allen. The company disclosed that it is laying off about 35% of its current employees and contractors. “The reduction in
A new analysis says that GOP-led mid-decade redistricting efforts have resulted in a map that resembles 2018's, when Democrats won the majority in the House. “There’s no question that 2025-2026 mid-cycle redistricting made the overall U.S. House map more Republican-leaning
President Trump’s speech at a rally in Michigan Monday afternoon was interrupted by a persistent heckler. Someone kept yelling “pedophile protector” while Trump was extolling the benefits of his tariffs on foreign automakers. Others in the crowd eventually tried to drown him
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A fleeting photoinduced electronic state and the subsequent formation of a photoinduced hidden state in a metal–organic framework were captured in just 30 femtoseconds by researchers at Science Tokyo, Tohoku University and Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. By combining
The Trump administration’s latest order marks an unprecedented effort to subordinate one of America's foremost public institutions to partisan power.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' beta left players divided: its visuals are gorgeous, but its PC port is terrible, and its gameplay is a mixed bag.
President Trump sounded the alarm over communism during a campaign-style stop in Michigan on Monday ahead of the state’s Democratic Senate primary next week. Trump did not name Senate candidates Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Abdul El-Sayed during his rally in Milford,
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Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back—like polarized sunglasses that work the same from either side. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a simple route to breaking that symmetry, opening new possibilities for
Researchers have found that an arginine vasopressin stimulation (AVP) test offers a reliable way to assess endocrine function in sick foals. The work, published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, could lead to faster identification and treatment, improving survival
Mark Darrah doesn't think there's anyone left at BioWare who would pitch a new Dragon Age game, and he doesn't think studio executives would let anyone else do it either.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday reacted cooly to President Trump’s demand for the chamber to cancel its five-week August recess to debate the SAVE America Act, telling reporters he’s willing to do so if there’s a chance of a successful outcome but warning
Transgender advocate and influencer Dylan Mulvaney on Sunday clapped back at President Trump's mock comparison of her to CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. "Now, the president also brought up a video I
For decades, satellites have helped scientists observe Earth's changing landscapes. Now, they could also help answer one of agriculture's most pressing questions: How can the world produce more food while reducing its environmental impact?
Human color vision depends on three types of cone cells in the retina. Although all three contain the same light-absorbing molecule, 11-cis-retinal, differences in the surrounding protein determine sensitivity to red, green or blue light. Understanding how these subtle protein
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to lift a judge’s block on President Trump’s executive order that seeks to restrict mail-in voting, calling the halt premature. Solicitor General D. John Sauer said the courts have no power to intervene yet because the
The administration’s demand comes just days after the director of the National Museum of American History testified before a congressional subcommittee.
Emily Wilson did not have a kind assessment of Nolan's latest blockbuster
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching operations in New York City, according to The Hill’s sister network, NewsNation. NewsNation’s Ali Bradley reported Monday that sources in ICE had told her New York City-based enforcement operations began Monday morning in
A new computer model is one of the first artificial intelligence tools to advance scientific discovery in agriculture and biogeochemistry and is 50 times more efficient than its predecessors, according to a study that offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed
Encouraging people to contribute to a common good can have a surprising drawback: a risk that rewards become concentrated among a smaller group, putting the rest at a disadvantage. Put more simply, "equality and cooperation are often in conflict," says Joshua Plotkin, Walter H.
Your destressers could actually be stressing you out The post Frequent Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Morning Stress Hormone Levels appeared first on Nautilus .
The European Central Bank is providing a sneak peek at the next design of the Euro banknotes . From a shortlist of 10 designs created by artists and designers from across the EU, one will be selected as the basis of how Euro banknotes from €5 to €200 will look in the future.
Privately, some top executives at Warner Bros. Discovery are rooting for the 12 states that have sued to block Paramount Skydance’s WBD takeover to win in court and get the megadeal nixed. What’s obvious, according to multiple sources, is that there’s a sizable contingent at
Donald Trump’s administration only has one person working in its office of pandemic preparedness, and—you guessed it—she’s a vaccine skeptic. The Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy had been empty since last summer, after all the Biden-era employees left and its
Butcher's Ball and a certain Kingmaker weren't done justice by HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood.
The Trump administration announced Monday that it is exempting power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. The administration announced new guidance on Monday clarifying that these
The United Nations has fast-tracked a vast antelope migration path in South Sudan onto its List of World Heritage in Danger, the young nation's first such listing.
The expansive red bluffs of Western Australia's Yilgarn Craton give the landscape a Martian appearance. It turns out the resemblance is more than superficial: The Yilgarn Craton also shares geological characteristics with lakes in Mars' Terra Sirenum region. T. A. Plattner and
"Dead stars" known as white dwarfs have already shown the potential to help us better understand how planetary systems, including our own solar system, take shape and evolve. Now, research from the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that
Former President Obama is set to headline a redistricting fundraiser for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) at the end of the month as the party looks to strike back on Republican efforts to redraw maps nationwide. The event is on Aug. 31 and will include a
The House Ethics Committee is investigating Texas Republican Representative Lance Gooden. The scope of the probe is unclear at this time. The committee said it received a referral from the Office of Congressional Conduct last month. “The Committee notes that the mere fact of a
Modest Mouse guitarist Simon O'Connor has been accused of sending inappropriate messages to a minor. The allegations were made over the weekend on Reddit with screenshots showing the musician sending a sexually explicit meme and a suggestive message about the 16-year-old fan's
The 30th anniversary set is coming in September, and a Mew card has ignited a new conspiracy
