Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one? In a paper recently published in the Journal of Fish Biology, our team from the University of Victoria deciphered some of the strange and unique sounds made by different fish species along the coast of
Discover why Roland Emmerich's 1996 blockbuster Independence Day remains the gold standard for alien invasion movies, expertly capturing the scale, excitement, and diverse perspectives of a global extraterrestrial attack.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday said the White House is attempting to “extort” $230 million from the Department of Justice (DOJ) as President Trump seeks a settlement for past legal troubles. Jeffries slammed the commander-in-chief for seeking compensation for
'Legal constraints' prevented the Group from controlling the operations of its subsidiary, which has a contract with the much-criticised US immigration police ICE, Capgemini said, leaving them no alternative but to sell.
With major Oscar contenders still in theaters or already streaming (in addition to many of the best movies of 2025), and the big holiday hits like “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and “The Housemaid” still at least a month away from streaming, February is far more indie-driven when it
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday he was unsure why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was present during an FBI search of an Atlanta election center on Wednesday. “I don't know why the director was there,” Blanche told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State
Feb 1 (Reuters) - The top U.S. and Israeli generals held talks at the Pentagon on Friday amid soaring tensions with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The officials did not offer details about the closed-door discussions
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias returned to Minnesota Sunday after the duo were detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas. "Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center,"
A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are transforming the study of collective animal behavior, with implications reaching far beyond biology, from robotics to the dynamics of human crowds.
The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by Lancaster University, which used the voices of Victorian speakers to inform the study.
It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.
Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues Ecosystems and national security used not to be mentioned in the same breath all that often – unless environmental campaigners were doing the
Mehdi Mahmoudian, the co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s Oscar-nominated political drama “It Was Just An Accident,” was arrested in Tehran on Saturday after endorsing a statement denouncing the actions of Ali Khamenei, the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Two of the other 17
Amazon MGM Studios paid $40 million for world rights to the Brett Ratner-directed film shadowing first lady Melania Trump in the 20 days before her husband's second inauguration, making it the most expensive documentary in history.
The House speaker projected confidence about swiftly getting his caucus in line to pass spending for the Department of Homeland Security.
A congressman confirmed that Liam Conejo Ramos had been released and was at home with his hat and backpack.
The budget outlines US$133 billion to fund infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities while India receives billions in investments from tech giants.
Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world to one teeming with animal life, as nearly all major animal phyla appeared abruptly in the fossil record over a very short geological time interval. This
After stories revealed high levels of contamination in neighborhood around factory processing US toxic waste, government announces sweeping array of tactics The Mexican government has announced it will pursue a sweeping array of tactics to combat industrial pollution, from
Facepunch's COO said the studio expects to make the requirements mandatory at some point.
Holding on to bodies of Palestinians was initially used by Israel as a tool in negotiations for the return of fallen Israeli soldiers. Now it has become a method of revenge and inflicting further suffering on their families, says the Palestinian organization working for their
Araghchi told CNN that Tehran would expect the United States to respect Iran's right to a non-military nuclear program and to lift its sanctions on the country, which have caused severe economic strain on Iran for over a decade
The Oscar nominee was taken into custody in Tehran for signing a statement condemning the actions of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khameni.
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “That reminds me of Anne Frank.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
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