Soil microbes benefit plants by helping with nutrient uptake and disease resistance. Modulating these communities of bacteria and fungi could potentially sustainably improve agriculture, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
There is a conceptual thread connecting Australia and Arizona—the places about which University of Kansas researcher Melinda Adams wrote in two recent scholarly journal articles—and the work she's been doing with the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska based in White Cloud, Kan.,
The Ethereum-linked token briefly fell below its critical $3,600 level as investors wrung their hands over several bearish events.
French producer Philippe Martin, whose Paris-based banner Les Films Pelleas last walked the Oscars trail in 2024 with Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall,” has landed at the center of the next international feature Oscar race with Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident.” The
Shields aren't as useful as you might assume.
The legal flexibility associated with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves has helped communities to become more involved in conservation, new analysis shows.
A spokesman for Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) said Monday that she is “fully focused” on the California redistricting ballot proposition amid questions about her plans for the 2026 midterms. Ian Krager, Pelosi’s communications director, said on the social platform X that the former
Netflix’s “Frankenstein”, written and directed by Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro, took home the SCAD Film Festival Audience Award following a sold-out screening attended by Oscar Isaac, who was also honored with the Icon Award. Searchlight Pictures’ heartwarming dramedy
It is hard to be attentive to all the information that is around us; we need to focus on particular signals or sensory channels to get more details. This is why alerting signals are frequently used in human communication; for example, calling "hey" before addressing another
Epic Games tests the limits of how many V-Bucks fans are willing to buy to change the appearance of their animal friends
Diane Ladd, a three-time Oscar-nominated actress for her roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” died Monday morning at her residence in Ojai, Calif, a representative for her daughter, Laura Dern, confirmed to Variety. Ladd was 89. Laura
I began at the end. The Chōishi-michi pilgrimage route is an amazing 12-mile trail that winds its way up through the forest from the Jison-in temple in the town of Kudoyama in the valley to the Danjo Garan temple in the town of Kōyasan in the mountains. The origins of the trail
Taxi drivers who slow down when searching for passengers are not only more efficient but also earn more, according to a new study. The research analyzed over 2.3 billion GPS data points collected from 40,000 taxi drivers across three Chinese cities to understand which search
Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house the photosynthetic apparatus and host several metabolic pathways that are of great interest for engineering new traits. Gene insertion into chloroplasts
A former White House physician exposes the sketchy timeline of Donald Trump’s hospital visit.
Service in the three cities is coming in 2026, but a specific launch date is unknown.
An international research team has published a study unveiling the hidden water footprint of materials such as steel, cement, paper, plastics, and rubber. The findings highlight alarming growth in freshwater consumption tied to industrial production, raising urgent
Bad Company are getting into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame this weekend, but they won’t be getting back together for it.
Japanese content trade group CODA — whose members include award-winning animation house Studio Ghibli — issued a letter to OpenAI demanding the AI company stop using their content to train its Sora 2 AI video generation platform. CODA, the Content Overseas Distribution
A team of researchers from the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) and Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed a biomaterial that could change how we treat muscle degeneration and metabolic disorders.
The country's parliament, or Saeima, voted on 31 October to withdraw from the human rights treaty which opposes violence against women and domestic violence.
Spain’s 70th Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) wrapped Nov. 1 by sharing its top honor, the Golden Spike for best film, between Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind” and Lav Diaz’s “Magellan.” It marked just the fourth tie in the event’s seven decades, after 1963,
The series returns Dec. 2 with a whole new cast of characters
The Stream Ecology group of the University of the Basque Country (EHU) has tested various ways of measuring river quality in three streams in the Green Belt area of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Using these trials as the basis, the team designed a protocol with early warning indicators that
Skins for Homer, Bart, and Marge are great, but the back bling game is weak.
Pillars of Eternity will start testing the new mode soon The post Turn-Based Combat Is Finally Coming To This 10-Year-Old RPG appeared first on Kotaku .
As one fan put it, you can spend '$4 in coins to have poop smeared on your face' The post Arc Raiders Players Are Getting Free Tokens But Frustrations Over Pricey Cosmetics Remain appeared first on Kotaku .
The threat is believed to have originated from northern Sonora, Mexico, according to the communication.
The Arc Raiders servers had a bit of a "wobble" as more than 350,000 people rushed in to play on Sunday.
USX-1 Defiant is a prototype of the US program to develop autonomous vessels with no need for physical crews. She is the first US naval surface vessel ever built to operate without room or provisions for human crew.
Paramount Pictures has named longtime Lionsgate executive Shaun Barber as head of domestic theatrical distribution. In his new role, he’ll oversee the studio’s North American distribution strategy and operations for all big-screen releases, including this December’s “The
We were big fans of “ The Joke ,” the Weezer/Pavement-ish fuzzbomb hurled into the world by Dari Bay last spring. So too, apparently, were the folks at Double Double Whammy, who’ve signed the Burlington band. The label will soon reissue Dari Bay’s 2023 album Longest Day Of The
To enter the Euphoria Coast Autometch Repair Center in The Outer Worlds 2, you'll need the right items or skills.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to Germany to discuss deporting Syrian citizens with criminal records in Germany, the German leader said on Monday. "We will, of course, continue to deport criminals to Syria. That is the
In an era when social media blurs the line between public and private speech, how do people decide whether to speak their minds or stay silent?
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) captured the star as it reaches the end of its life. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
The Trump administration is still not interested in helping the millions of Americans who rely on food stamps.
Donald Trump apparently feels he can now dictate CBS News’s content.
Current demand for plastics and chemical raw materials is met through large-scale production of ethylene from fossil fuels. This makes it necessary to search for new, renewable processes. Using bacterial enzymes as catalysts could be the key, but only a few naturally occurring
Players want Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties actor Teruyuki Kagawa replaced due to his history of sexual misconduct
Roughly half of Americans say the country’s best times are in the past, according to a Politico poll released Sunday. In the survey, conducted in mid-October, 49 percent of respondents say the best of times are “behind us,” while 41 percent say the best times are “yet to come,”
The 2025/2026 Antarctic season is a landmark for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and its Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization Project (AIMP), as the new Discovery Building begins to take on its operational role. Specialist teams will be on site from this month to check the
It ain't Hit and Run 2 , but it's probably the closest to a new Simpsons video game we'll get anytime soon The post Fortnite’s New Simpsons Season Is An Incredible Treat For Fans Of The Show appeared first on Kotaku .
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republican leaders will meet to discuss whether to extend the stopgap bill to reopen the government past Nov. 21 as time grows short to hammer out funding for the rest of the year. The Senate has failed 13 times to advance a stopgap measure
In the shifting wardrobe of modern Hollywood – from power meetings to backlot lunches and press junkets — one brand has quietly carved out a niche among agents, producers and studio executives: Collars & Co. Their mission is simple: to empower men to look and feel their best
Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an unprecedented window into this activity, an advance that has the potential to transform
The central banker said Monday that she supported the recent interest rate reduction and indicated she would be open to more.
This latest legal post doesn’t involve Drake suing or being sued, yet somehow it’s still all about him.