Hat wars of early modern England reveal how manners make the rebel

From refusing to doff hats in court to resisting hat-snatching highway robbers, England's relationship with hats goes far deeper than fashion, new research shows.

Skills overtake age as economic driver in China, analysis finds

As the global aging population advances and countries face shrinking workforces, a new study focusing on China by IIASA researchers and colleagues from Nanjing University reveals how economic growth can persist despite these changes in age structures. Drawing on detailed data

The Headless Mary Magdalene by Artemisia Gentileschi

I’m charmed by this fragment of Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting of Mary Magdalene that’s up for auction later this month . For many years it was in a private collection in Germany where it lay rolled up in a cellar. The head of the saint had been cut out of the canvas, under

Cult-Hit Doki Doki Literature Club Fights Removal From Google Play Store Over ‘Depiction Of Sensitive Themes’

The acclaimed visual novel had amassed thousands of positive user reviews

Non-producing oil and gas wells may emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Microbial methane leaking from non-producing oil and gas wells is being emitted at rates about 1,000 times higher than previously estimated, according to a new study led by McGill University researchers. "Origins of Subsurface Methane Leaking from Nonproducing Oil and Gas Wells

World Bank could mobilize at least $20 billion in post-war support, Bloomberg news reports

April 9 (Reuters) - The World Bank Groupcould mobilize $20billion to $25 billion in rapid financing to countries grappling with the economic fallout of the war in Iran, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing World Bank President Ajay Banga. If the conflict persists, the

Trump says Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through Strait of Hormuz

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded since the start of the Iran war, causing the worst disruption to global energy supplies

High stakes talks set for Islamabad over US-Iran war: What to know

High-stakes talks are set for Islamabad this weekend where U.S. and Iranian officials plan to meet to negotiate the terms of a tenuous ceasefire to end the war in Iran. The White House called the talks “ongoing” but any agreement remains extremely fragile as fighting continues

‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ Post-Oscars Episode Viewership Grows 13% Over Last Year (EXCLUSIVE)

It’s One Rating Win After Another for Disney’s syndicated talk strip “Live With Kelly and Mark,” which saw this year’s “After the Oscars” episode jump by double digits vs. last year with total viewers and other demos. The morning after “One Battle After Another” won the best

Detroit offering significant cash incentives to attract newcomers and spark growth in city

The 'Make Detroit Home' program will award more than $500K in benefits to over 300 participants.

McCarthy: 'Right now, Trump has more power than Reagan'

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday said President Trump "has more power" than former President Reagan. McCarthy emphasized Trump's executive strength during a talk at Harvard University's Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., where he spoke about his time

Quit tobacco, climb the ladder: 20.5 million Indian households could rise

Quitting tobacco could give a major economic uplift to the incomes of more than 20 million households in India, suggests an economic analysis published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.

CBS Orders Vampire Comedy ‘Eternally Yours’ From ‘Ghosts’ Team, ‘The Tillbrooks’ Not Moving Forward

CBS has made decisions on its two comedy pilots this year, with the network picking up the single-cam laffer “Eternally Yours” to series for the 2026-2027 broadcast season. “The Tillbrooks” (fka “Regency”) is not moving forward. The news comes less than a week ahead of CBS

RSV season runs into spring

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story An unusually late RSV season runs into spring A later-than-expected season of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has states extending eligibility for preventive measures in

Africa: Africa's Innovations Are Overlooked!

[The Point] African governments and development agencies have embraced science, technology and innovation as levers for development over the past two decades. It is believe that science, technology and innovation boost productivity, cut transaction costs, open new business

15 Games You Should Be Paying Attention To From The Latest Big Indie Showcase

The third annual Triple-i Initiative showcase delivered fresh trailers for more than just Castlevania: Belmont's Curse

Democrats intensify calls to oust Trump over Iran threats

More than 70 Democrats in Congress are calling for President Trump’s removal over his blistering threats against Iran and handling of the military operation in Iran, a dynamic that is forecasting the aggressive posture many in the party will demand their leaders take toward

Megawatt structured light arrives with 3,070 optical vortices in one array

Optical vortices—light beams carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM)—are characterized by helical wavefronts and phase singularities. While they have been widely studied in recent decades, two fundamental limitations have restricted their broader impact: generating large

Turning uncertainty into a design tool for AI-engineered molecules

While precision seems critical for science, researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Texas A&M University are embracing uncertainty, using it to fine-tune artificial intelligence (AI)-based molecular design models. The resulting

Here are the companies that have fled California — including the company that’s tracking the exodus

Numerous companies have left California in recent years to escape rising costs, extensive regulations, and high taxes.

Confusion surrounds Trump effort to pay TSA, DHS; some could see last paycheck Friday

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning its employees that Friday’s paycheck could be their last until Congress acts to fund the department and end the record-long partial shutdown — but questions remain over whether that warning extends to Transportation Security

Chinese foreign minister tells North Korean minister Pyongyang is making strides despite US 'oppression'

SEOUL, April 10 - China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said North Korea has made remarkable accomplishments despite conspiracies by the United States and Western forces to oppress and isolate Pyongyang, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Friday.

Hip-Hop Pioneer Afrika Bambaataa Dead at 67

DJ, rapper and producer faced multiple, widespread accusations of sexual abuse

Hot in the city: Energy crisis tests Singapore's air-con addiction

The rise in energy prices has hit Asia particularly hard as many nations are heavily reliant on Gulf oil.

Between the Impossible and the Inevitable: The Case for...

Between the Impossible and the Inevitable: The Case for Defiance (aka Never F**king Surrender) . “We make the future in the present, when we show up. Don’t surrender it to those who would destroy it.”

Trump administration proposes more flexible regulations for coal plants’ toxic waste disposal

The Trump administration is proposing to make regulations on the disposal of coal plants’ toxic waste more flexible. When coal is burned to produce power, it results in a waste known as “coal ash” that contains contaminants including mercury and arsenic. Often coal ash is

Artemis II astronauts describe their lunar voyage as surreal and profound ahead of Earth return

Drawing ever closer to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts tidied up their lunar cruiser for its upcoming "fireball" return and reflected on their historic journey around the moon, describing it as surreal and profound.

Unlocking the hidden metabolism of algae to advance the promise of renewable fuels and sustainable biomass

Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have solved a long-standing mystery of how a model green microalga reorganizes its central metabolism to supercharge growth when given access to both light and a carbon source—a finding with broad implications for

Subsidised fuel, controlled household goods under tighter enforcement in Malaysia near land borders

“Even small leakages effectively become a transfer of public funds beyond Malaysia’s borders,” says an economist.

Gunzilla CEO Denies Claims Of Not Paying Staff, Rants About ‘Haters,’ And Brags About Crunch

Vlad Korolev also said people could pay him cryptocurrency to access player data for Off the Grid to see how successful it is

Steven Spielberg Worked on ‘Interstellar’ for One Year and Says ‘I Became Fascinated With It’ Before Dropping Out: ‘It Was a Much Better Movie in Nolan’s Hands’

Steven Spielberg revealed to Empire magazine (via Total Film) on his “Disclosure Day” press tour that he was attached to direct “Interstellar” for only a year before dropping out and being replaced by Christopher Nolan. The Oscar winner was brought onto the project by producer

Scottish cameraman Doug Allan dies in Nepal during trek to Annapurna base camp

Wildlife cameraman and photographer Doug Allan died on Wednesday at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, after suffering a brain hemorrhage during a trek to Annapurna base camp, the world's tenth highest mountain. He was 74.

Integrative experiment design reveals hidden patterns in decades-old social science research

Research from MIT Sloan School of Management has demonstrated a new way of designing social science experiments that can uncover patterns invisible to common approaches. In their paper titled "Integrative experiments identify how punishment affects welfare in public goods

Nexus Mutual wants to be the insurance policy your crypto never had

Watch live: Artemis II crew holds press conference from space

The Artemis II crew will give remarks from the Orion spacecraft Thursday evening, just days after the four astronauts traveled farther into space than anyone before them. The crew — Cmdr. Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space

Art Movements: Meet The Met's New Photography Curator

Oluremi C. Onabanjo’s new role, grants for Queens artists and orgs, the “pinkest pink” turns 10, and more art industry news.

Finance chief exits xAI in wake of SpaceX merger

Armstrong previously worked as a Morgan Stanley banker and advised Elon Musk his acquisition of social media platform X.

Dune: Awakening is finally making Deep Desert and shipwreck PvP fully optional

Self-hosted servers are coming too.

Antidepressants build up in winter wastewater, raising risks for fish

Every time we flush the toilet, wastewater containing more than tens of thousands of unknown substances, some of which may be toxic to animals and plants, runs into streams and the marine environment. In a study published in Science of The Total Environment, a team of

Nickel catalyst enables precision mirror-image assembly for key drug scaffolds

A research team led by Prof. Sangwon Seo of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST has developed a catalytic technology that can easily and elaborately assemble key structural frameworks that serve as the scaffold of bioactive compounds. Using an abundantly available

20 years after Kojima announced a Metal Gear Solid movie was happening, Sony announces a Metal Gear Solid movie is happening

But will it actually happen? Snake? Snake! Snaaaaaaaaaaaake!

Trump Loses His Mind as Ex-Allies Turn on Him Over Iran War

Donald Trump is losing conservative support, and it’s setting him on edge. The president posted a 482-word rant to his Truth Social account Thursday afternoon, lashing out at some of his longest supporters for their recent criticisms of the war in Iran. Some of the name-dropped

Chilean Air Force conducts first-ever aerial refueling of US F-35 fighters

The Chilean Air Force (FACh) completed for the first time an aerial refueling operation involving two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters, in a milestone that demonstrates growing interoperability between the two countries and the level of modernization achieved by

White House budget puts 54 NASA science missions on the chopping block

Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions

Yikes, Encryption’s Y2K Moment is Coming Years Early

Google moved up its estimated deadline for quantum preparedness in cryptography to 2029—only 33 months from now. That’s earlier than previous deadlines , and they proposed the new post-quantum migration deadline because of two new papers that comprise a big jump in the state

Simple vineyard growing practice impacts soil microbiome deep below surface

Pennsylvania is the fourth-largest wine producer in the United States, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The industry supports nearly 11,000 jobs and directly contributes $1.77 billion to the state economy annually. In an effort to produce more and better

The Biological Basis of Imagination

Probing the mind’s eye The post The Biological Basis of Imagination appeared first on Nautilus .

Donald Trump Slams ‘Nut Jobs’ Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Alex Jones for Opposing Iran War: ‘They’re Stupid People’

Highlighting a rift in the right-wing political spectrum, President Donald Trump lashed out against four widely followed conservative influencers — Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Alex Jones — who have spoken out against the recent Trump-led attack on Iran. In a