Is Moscow deliberately escalating the war in Ukraine? The increasing number of Russian drone incursions into European airspace has left the EU struggling to come up with a swift response. Is more defense spending the right answer? And what to do with the money?
Summer brings with it the sight of surfers moving seamlessly across wave crests, with ocean waters carrying them along coastlines. A team of scientists has now created a similar phenomenon—with small objects rather than surfers—that can be controlled by humans rather than by
UCF College of Medicine Assistant Professor Renee Fleeman continues to refine a powerful therapy for drug-resistant bacteria that pierces the gooey coating that anchors and protects such germs from the drugs we take to kill them. Her research has found that an antimicrobial
Kratos and Atreus’ journey is downright serene compared to what Faye is going through
A pile of new game announcements are coming over the next several days, and we can expect a pile of AI disclosures, too.
WiiM, the audio company that's challenged the idea that audiophile-level performance requires a small loan, is expanding its whole-home ecosystem with the WiiM Bar, which releases in July. Much like its other speakers and audio components, the WiiM Bar supports a bunch of
If you thought Donald Trump was obsessed with size before, you’ve got to see his latest chart comparing the freshly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool against other, more phallic structures. Trump announced Wednesday that the final coat of protective seal on the
Nanodiamonds are tiny diamond particles only a few nanometers in size. Because they are chemically highly stable and can host so-called color centers, optically active defects in the crystal lattice, they are considered promising materials for quantum technologies, sensing and
'Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories' at Claire Oliver Gallery spotlights remarkable narratives in fabric. 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 Scottish are really celebrating their World Cup win. Belle And Sebastian did so by releasing the victorious anthem " It Only Takes One Lion " yesterday, and now Susan Boyle and Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos have linked up for a triumphant Irn-Bru ad. The post Susan Boyle
Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.
Will Fallout 3 Remastered be there? Will we see more Blade ?
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Satellite images published Wednesday by Al Jazeera show that Israel, instead of leaving Gaza as required under the ceasefire deal it signed last October, is quietly building dozens of heavily fortified permanent military bases around the entire inner perimeter of the coastal
I just had to hack my own brain to get Back.
Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a new hybrid methodology that combines quantum mechanics and thermodynamic calculations to predict the phase diagram of nickel-cobalt alloys.
The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar flares, giant explosions on the sun, can send out streams of energy that block radio communications and fry satellite electronics. Geomagnetic storms,
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The first of 18 WTE plants nationwide will tackle growing waste and boost renewable energy capacity.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Wednesday yelled for President Trump to “get engaged” on lowering medical debt as prices soar in part due to the expiration of ObamaCare subsidies. In his Wednesday speech on the Senate floor, Cassidy said 60 percent of personal bankruptcies have
The company is aiming to raise $75 billion, the most ever for an IPO, in a deal that would value it at $1.75 trillion.
The attorneys who represented George Floyd’s family following his murder in 2020 are demanding a public apology after the Minnesota Republican Party honored Floyd’s convicted killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin, at a convention last weekend. GOP state delegates
"There's a new sheriff in town," is how someone who deals with Weiss put it.
Jewish Columbia University professors on Tuesday filed a claim with the university about antisemitism they faced while supporting protests in support of the Palestinians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. The professors filed the claim with the U.S. Equal Employment
Mr. Potato Head, Optimus Prime and Mr. Monopoly are uniting — in the world of AI. AI audio startup ElevenLabs has partnered with Hasbro to bring a collection of the toy and game company’s suite of characters, including some from Transformers, the board games Monopoly and Clue,
In November, Zach Bryan announced a stadium tour with openers like MJ Lenderman, Dijon, Alabama Shakes, Ben Howard, and more. Today, Lenderman announced he's dropping off the bill. The run kicked off in March, with the indie rocker's shows slated for late July to early
Lego's design director tells Polygon how its new Smart Play sets help kids embody the ultimate Pokémon trainer fantasy
Iran is using Lebanon as leverage in peace talks with the U.S., exploiting tensions between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the process. Trump held two expletive-laden calls with Netanyahu earlier this week, demanding he retreat on
In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south.
Scientists from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, sought to study one stellar subject and ended up finding something even more exciting. The team's results published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Close to 100 scientists from all over Europe, the United States, and Japan are gathering this week at the Institute for Solar Physics (KIS) in Freiburg to present and discuss the first scientific results from the successful third flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory
The luxury venture, spanning an abandoned island and a stretch of seafront on the southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The Hill held its second annual Invest in America Summit on Wednesday, as lawmakers, regulators and industry leaders spoke about how the U.S. economy is changing and keeping up with its competitors. Whether it was how artificial intelligence (AI) and President Trump’s tariffs
An influential conservative think tank contends that a quarter of all ObamaCare exchange enrollments were improper, adding more fuel to claims from the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers that the exchanges are rife with fraud. The Paragon Health Institute's report found
President Trump loves the UFC ring on the White House South Lawn so much that he thinks it could stay there permanently. On his official TikTok account Tuesday, Trump posted a video titled “MAYBE WE’LL NEVER TAKE IT DOWN,” comparing the arena to France’s Eiffel Tower, which was
"I have to be honest with myself and with you: I'm deeply struggling right now," the singer wrote on Tuesday
Humans can communicate various instructions to dogs without using actual words—simply by modulating the tone of their voice, a new study from ELTE University's Department of Ethology shows. By repeating the nonsense syllable 'bü' in different intonations, humans successfully
Disney+ series “Daredevil: Born Again” is renowned for its iconic hallway fight sequences, so it’s only fitting that the season concludes with another epic moment. The episode follows Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) as he gets patched up and is running late to Karen Page’s (Deborah
Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery and was sentenced to probation for a Mardi Gras brawl in New Orleans. He will be required to attend an alcohol treatment program, Laboeuf’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the AP. The “Transformers” actor
Israel's PM laughed off reports of friction, but he has tested the patience of other US presidents.
Xbox Game Pass is about to lose Lost In Random: The Eternal Die, one of the best roguelikes in years. Play it before it goes.
Hyperallergic joined the artists and organizers for the opening week of the new city-wide event, featuring over 30 original commissions.
“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke gave a moving speech while being honored at Variety‘s Power of Women London, presented by Lifetime, about surviving two brain hemorrhages in her 20s. Clarke went in depth about surviving the hemorrhages in her cover story last week, but
“Get the truth.” That was the simple directive director and executive producer Alexandria Stapleton received from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson when she started working on “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.” The four-part Netflix documentary traces the allegations of sexual assault,
Some say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Geoff Barrow definitely wouldn't. The Portishead member was not flattered when he accused the Weeknd and Phantogram of plagiarism over a decade ago, nor when he alleged that Lil Pump sampled him without permission in
Quantum computing, once only a theoretical possibility, promises to deliver faster, more energy-efficient computers—but only if scientists can build and scale the hardware needed to run the machines. New research from Virginia Commonwealth University brings scientists one small
The Hadley circulation, a key atmospheric conveyor belt transporting heat and moisture from the tropics to the subtropics, directly influences subtropical aridity, the positions of tropical rainfall belts, and extreme weather risks. However, climate models have long shown
It remains to be seen if GOP senators will stick together and defeat amendments related to a controversial DOJ settlement fund.
Nations in the Five Eyes intelligence partnership warned that fake profiles and job offers are targeting military officers, spies, and others with access to classified or sensitive information.
Could the next “Goodfellas” be fully made with AI? Or perhaps the next “Wolf of Wall Street”? Martin Scorsese likely wouldn’t do that — yet. But the 83-year-old Oscar-winning director has become the latest auteur to embrace the technology on after he joined the German AI firm
