Our planet is unique for its ability to sustain abundant life. From studies of the rock record, scientists believe life had already emerged on Earth at least 3.5 billion years ago and probably much earlier.
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets. More than half of these planets were discovered thanks to data from NASA's retired Kepler mission and NASA's current TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission.
The Dark Energy Survey Collaboration collected information on hundreds of millions of galaxies across the universe using the U.S. Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the U.S. National Science Foundation Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at CTIO, a
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that the alleged leader of a recent disruption in a Minnesota church has been arrested. Bondi wrote online that federal agents arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, a protestor “who allegedly played a key role in organizing the
Generative artificial intelligence technology is rapidly reshaping education in unprecedented ways. With its potential benefits and risks, K-12 schools are actively trying to adapt teaching and learning.
A gameplay trailer for The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy Expansion Pack revealed details about what players can expect from the game's new nobility system.
US President Donald Trump headed home from Davos on Thursday after unveiling his new Board of Peace and once again casting himself as a global peacemaker, despite widespread scepticism over a plan that aims to rewrite the world order. Trump officials also unveiled ambitious
When Trump and Miller ask by what right Denmark controls Greenland, the answer is straightforward
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A week ago Harry Styles announced his annoyingly titled new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally , the follow-up to 2022's Harry's House , the 2023 Grammy winner for Album Of The Year . A few hours from now, Styles will release the new album's lead single, "Aperture."
Darth Maul is back with a new release trailer revealing Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord will be debuting on April 6.
The indie publisher keeps striking gold, but CEO Tim Bender is still "fundamentally unambitious", prizing stability and ethics over massive growth and profits.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), a potential 2028 presidential candidate, on Thursday blamed the Trump administration for canceling his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day earlier. “I was going to speak last night. It was [a] well-established
A security framework for Greenland negotiated by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will have to be presented before all allies for consideration, the Spanish Foreign Minister told Euronews on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday.
A new global study shows that increasing soil salinity is systematically reshaping the storage and distribution of soil inorganic carbon (SIC), a key but often-overlooked part of terrestrial ecosystems. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of
For the second time in less than a week, Elon Musk’s X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — suffered widespread technical problems. But the outage appeared to be resolved within a few minutes. Error reports with X surged around noon ET Thursday, according to
Josh Safdie's A24 film is about table tennis player Marty Mauser who is played by Chalamet, now the youngest male actor to score three acting nominations.
Now That I Am Old Enough to Enroll in Medicare, I Am Against Socialized Medicine . “Don’t you know that it makes my benefits less special when everyone can receive them?”
I would like to keep that angry looking pomeranian.
After a banner 2025 that saw the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora” sweep five Academy Awards, Cannes Film Festival is once again emerging as the leading launchpad for international movies in the Oscars race. Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value,” Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret
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Chile is reeling from one of its most serious wildfire emergencies in years.
After fatal train crashes sent shockwaves through Spain, some good news arrived Thursday: Boro, the missing dog, was found. Owner Ana Garcia thanked everyone who was involved in the rescue, said that she would look after the dog and told a contented looking Boro, "that it was
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Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf lies one of the least measured oceans on Earth—a vast, dark cavity roughly twice the volume of the North Sea.
Eris Drew has become so intrinsic to the electronic circuit, one could be forgiven for thinking she had been a full-time artist for decades. She enjoyed futuristic television scores in the 1970s, so her grandmother gifted her a synthesizer. In the third grade, she moved to the
Harry Styles has announced dates for his hotly anticipated tour in support of his forthcoming fourth solo album with the intriguingly punctuated title of “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally.” The dates, a series of residences in seven cities across the globe from May
Woolhaven is exactly what I want to see for Cult of the Lamb.
A new study reveals that people are far more emotionally affected by anticipating negative future outcomes than by imagining positive ones, helping to explain why many individuals avoid uncertainty and prefer decisions to be resolved sooner rather than later.
The new book, forthcoming from Phaidon, surveys felines in art throughout the millennia. 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 ‘Cats’ Is a Purr-fect
Corporate workers at Target have reportedly postponed scheduled in-office work weeks due to rising tensions in Minneapolis.
Different moods may determine what details you remember and how you recall them later The post Motivation Can Profoundly Shape Your Memories appeared first on Nautilus .
Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is used to create the pressure sensors used in automotive and medical industries. By monitoring color changes, researchers can visually recognize phenomena,
