World of Warcraft player housing was sorely lacking PvP so Blizzard is dropping its own version of prop hunt
Finally, a way to weaponize all those household items.
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12 Things To Know Before Jumping Into Pokémon Champions
The battle simulator throws a lot at you, so here’s some advice to help you cut through the noise
How an internal plant 'thermostat' guides root growth in unpredictable temperatures
Plants can't move to escape the heat like humans can; they are forced to adapt. As temperatures fluctuate, one key survival strategy is the ability of roots to keep growing, allowing plants to access water and nutrients farther away in the soil. But how do plants sense
Designing cities: Should we build from scratch or keep history alive?
Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighborhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egypt, and you can see layers of history in its streets and buildings. Traces of the past remain visible in everyday life.
International Chess Federation Adds Race Car Piece ....
International Chess Federation Adds Race Car Piece . “The race car piece gets to go twice in one turn because it’s so fast.” Smart to capitalize on F1’s popularity; they should do my fave Monopoly piece next (the iron).
Jenna Ortega Reveals the Role That Got Away: “Incredible Movie”
She’s known as a modern scream queen, and 23-year-old Jenna Ortega could’ve had another horror title on her resume: “It's funny to think that I went in for that because I just didn't make any sense for it.”
Personal assistant pleads guilty to stealing $10M from elderly Salomon Bros. exec to buy Louis Vuitton, Gucci
A New York woman who worked as a personal assistant pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing nearly $10 million from her elderly employers to fund a lavish lifestyle including goods from Louis Vuitton and Gucci.
CNBC anchor mulls investor ‘upside’ of Trump civilizational threat
CNBC anchor Sara Eisen got dragged on social media this week over her on-air comments asking whether US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s civilization was good for investors. As the US-Israeli war on Iran and the Iranian military’s closure of the Strait of
Khanna: Netanyahu in Situation Room 'a betrayal of the American people'
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for reportedly being in the White House's Situation Room weeks before the U.S.-Israeli joint military operation in Iran began. "Let's start with this pledge," Khanna, a possible 2028 White
Hollywood Is Trying Again To Make A Metal Gear Solid Movie
The directing duo behind last year's Final Destination Bloodlines are the latest to give it a shot
How to Extract the Story of Appalachia
Fia Backström's Queens Museum exhibition replaces beauty and complexity with a visual and narrative language that reduces the region to a site of suffering.
Outside academia, people aren't well informed about Ph.D. research, and that's a problem
Around 1% of the global population has a Ph.D. It's the highest academic qualification, the result of years spent on original research. But—and this is a question that many Ph.D. students will have faced, at some time or another—what's the point?
Carbon nanotube fiber sensors achieve record measurement error below 0.1%
Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly precise carbon nanotube fiber (CNTF)-based sensors. In a paper published in the iScience journal, the authors, for the first time, quantitatively assessed
Sony's Metal Gear Solid movie alive again with Final Destination directors
Sony has tapped Final Destination: Bloodlines directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein to make a Metal Gear Solid movie.
A new Borderlands game just dropped, and it's free
Despite its mobile platform, fans say this looks and plays like a mainline Borderlands game. A campaign, co-op, and more are live
StubHub to pay customers $10M in settlement, FTC says: Do you qualify?
Ticket exchange and resale giant StubHub has agreed to pay $10 million to customers to settle a deceptive ticket pricing case, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday.
The 3 best new sci-fi and fantasy books out in April 2026
With the change in season comes a bevy of new books to keep you busy now, or to stock up on until it’s finally time to hit the beach.
It’s Gabriele Münter’s World, We’re Just Living in It
It is her home, her landscape, her family and friends, portrayed in these images that feel miles away from her contemporaries’ modernist abstraction.
Florida attorney general launches investigation into OpenAI, ChatGPT
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) said Thursday he is opening a probe into OpenAI and its chatbot. Uthmeier, in a video he posted online announcing the investigation, cited “concerns” over OpenAI data and technologies “falling into the hands” of the Chinese Communist
FAA eyes fines for American, Southwest over employee drug, alcohol testing violations
American Airlines and Southwest Airlines could face fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over allegations that the carriers violated drug- and alcohol-testing regulations for employees. The FAA proposed a $255,000 civil
Israel to hold direct talks with Lebanon, Netanyahu says
The announcement came after a massive wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday which killed 303 people, according to health officials.
US Republicans block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers
By Patricia Zengerle and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end U.S. attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump's party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president's war
Liquid-like histone H1 'glues' nucleosomes, reshaping how DNA compacts
DNA inside the nucleus is not packed as a rigid regular fiber—linker histone H1 dynamically binds and loosely "glues" nucleosomes together, creating a dynamic, fluid organization that can still support essential genome functions.
The good life requires two things, self‑knowledge and friends. You can't have one without the other
Friends can help us with all kinds of things in life. How could I forget moving that piano for friends in Chicago? Fortunately, none of us ended up in the ER.
How Nicotine Disrupts the “Lung-Brain Axis”—And Could Lead to Dementia
Vaping might be just as bad The post How Nicotine Disrupts the “Lung-Brain Axis”—And Could Lead to Dementia appeared first on Nautilus .
Afrika Bambaataa Dead At 67
Afrika Bambaataa, the hip-hop pioneer who was successfully sued for child sex trafficking later in life, is dead. Bambaataa, born Lance Taylor, died around 3 a.m. today in Pennsylvania due to complications from cancer, TMZ reports. He was 67. The post Afrika Bambaataa Dead At
Paul Cauthen on Why He Addresses Kenny As ‘Mr. Chesney’
The big-voiced Texan once boasted about riding tractors before they were sexy. Or was that his alter-ego "Big Velvet" talking?
Panama president seeks to calm China tensions
PANAMA CITY, April 9 - Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday sought to calm tensions with China, striking a conciliatory tone a day after his foreign minister called out the Asian superpower for an increase in inspections of Panama-flagged vessels as a tit-for-tat
Rust 2 Steam page appears, Facepunch immediately starts messing with fans about whether it's legit: 'Now you're all questioning yourselves, is this real? Maybe?'
I think it might be.
Video Game Devs Explain How Pausing Works And Sometimes It Gets Weird
Developers provide some insight into how they all make games stop and start when you press a button
Mary Halvorson & Ambrose Akinmusire Announce New Album Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings: Hear “Soundcheck”
Slo-Mo Neon Luminate Hoverings brings together two giants of modern jazz and experimental music, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and guitarist Mary Halvorson. The pair will release the record in June via Nonesuch, representing the culmination of sporadic collaborations dating all
Rove: 'Bad start' for Spanberger as Virginia governor
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is going through a “bad start” as she experiences some rocky polling. “Well, it’s a bad start, remember, she won 58-42 last November,” Rove said on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom.” “She said
It's OK to love all the bees (the honey bees, too)
North America's bee populations are in trouble, but don't blame the honey bees. While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees—those raised to help pollinate crops and produce honey—is causing native bees to disappear, the evidence doesn't support the claim.
Hydroxyl radicals in UV-exposed water reveal surprising reaction pathway
How do radicals form in aqueous solutions when exposed to UV light? This question is important for health research and environmental protection. For example, with regard to the overfertilization of water bodies by intensive agriculture. A team at BESSY II has now developed a
Exit 8 is a terrific video game horror movie, but it's also much more
The screen adaptation of Kotake Create's unsettling walking simulator is one of the best video game movie adaptations yet. Here's why.
A Rare Early Version Of The NES Classic Punch-Out!! Has Been Unearthed
The winner of the $45,000 auction for the Punch-Out!! prototype was gracious enough to upload its contents online
A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the Mundane in ‘Jour de Vent’
"Wind carries away destinies," reads a brief synopsis for the short film. 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 A Strong Gust of Wind Disrupts the
UK's Starmer says Iran conflict shows Britain must take a new path
By William James LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said the Iran war must become a turning point for Britain after two decades of crises, and he promised to strengthen the country's economy and military to cope with a more "volatile and
US has let in 4,499 refugees since October - all but three were South African
Trump has given priority to Afrikaners, a white minority group he says is being persecuted. South Africa has objected to his characterisation.
AI threat's relentless flogging of software stocks shows no end in sight with Anthropic's new agent
The latest revenue projections and updates from Anthropic revived investor fears of an AI day of reckoning coming for software.
Strait of Hormuz traffic remains becalmed despite ceasefire
Just 10 vessels have passed through Strait of Hormuz since the Middle East war ceasefire took effect, according to maritime tracking data, amid lingering fears about using the strategic waterway. Iran and the United States said the 167 kilometer (104 mile) strait between the
Israel tensions surface as Democrats plot US midterms
Democrats are clashing this week over the influence of pro-Israel lobbying on American politics and the US ally's military actions in the Middle East at a key strategy gathering ahead of November's midterm elections. Attendees at the three-day Democratic National Committee
David Novros’s Portable Murals
Instead of being an object against the wall, Novros made his intricate, multi-paneled paintings with it in mind.
Russia's president announces Orthodox Easter ceasefire with Ukraine, Kremlin says
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously signalled Kyiv's openness to a potential Easter truce.
Meeks says Democrats floating Trump impeachment don't ‘have the votes'
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) on Thursday acknowledged that House Democrats, as the minority party, do not have enough votes to impeach President Trump. Meeks, the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, slammed Trump as “incompetent” for his handling of the war
Where diesel prices have set records, and where they could spike next
Six states saw diesel prices reach record levels on Thursday.
With Middle East in flames, Trump eyes ‘next conquest’
US President Donald Trump said in a late-night boast that the American military is already looking ahead to its “next conquest” as the Middle East remains embroiled in a deadly military conflict that Trump and his ally, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, unleashed six
Train to Busan director's new zombie movie leads Cannes 2026 movies
The festival is leaning into international directors this year.
Google’s AI Overviews spew millions of false answers per hour, bombshell study reveals
"Google AI Overviews have been a disaster for publishers who rely on clicks to fund the production of quality journalism, but they also let down users looking for accurate information,” said the CEO of the News/Media Alliance.
