In 2005, a research team led by University of Zurich economics professor Ernst Fehr published a study in the journal Nature that provided evidence for the first time that intranasally administered oxytocin can increase trusting behavior in humans. Oxytocin is a hormone and
Food and pharmaceutical manufacturers increasingly seek lipids with carefully controlled fatty-acid compositions. However, natural oils usually contain mixtures of closely related fatty acids, and conventional enzymes often cannot distinguish reliably between them.
“Do you guys ever think about dying?” Margot Robbie asks at the start of 2023’s “Barbie.” It’s one of many moments of existential dread that her character faces on the journey to becoming a real woman. Cut to three years later, and Hollywood insiders have spent the past week
Discord told the BBC it was "thoughtfully reviewing" the order by Brazil's data protection agency and it was "committed to user safety"
A tone-deaf New York Magazine "hit piece" that purportedly celebrated Arab and Muslim culture in the Big Apple – but actually fixated on a so-called Israeli “genocide” of Palestinians while ignoring the atrocities of Oct. 7, 2023 – has sparked fierce backlash
Amazon Game Studios will no longer publish Lost Ark or Throne and Liberty as it shifts focus to games like Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis.
These days, one of the few obvious ways that a band or an artist can level up and achieve a new measure of mainstream fame is by getting booked as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live . When Geese or Dijon or, hell, Sombr makes an SNL debut, that's a sign that they've reached
Helldivers 2 , Kingdom Come , Metro Exodus , Onimusha and more are coming to Sony's subscription service in August
Students who attended public school pre-K performed better academically through high school than those in family-based child care, according to new research from Florida International University.
Whether it's neurons responding to electrical signals or plants stretching toward light, nature is filled with examples of biological materials that respond to their environment. Now, researchers want to develop new responsive materials for a wide range of applications, such as
“Seinfeld” has renewed its licensing agreement with Netflix and will stay on the streamer for another five years. The beloved sitcom has also re-upped its deal with Paramount, extending the studio’s exclusive basic cable rights in the U.S. for three years across Comedy Central,
Get to know the voices behind some of television’s biggest shows of the last 12 months. Doneen Arquines “Top Chef” veteran Arquines oversaw the Carolinas-based Season 23, which was stuffed with clever challenges that tapped into local culture, history and cuisine — including a
The short film, written and directed by Tristen Tarp, casts Reiner as an anxiety-ridden only child who returns home for the holidays to announce an engagement, only to discover her parents are divorcing.
The share of electricity generated from renewable energy sources has reached 7% of Kazakhstan's total power output, the Ministry of Energy said, Qazinform News agency reports. In 2025, renewable energy facilities generated 8.6 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity,
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is aiming to spend up to $20 million on equipping officers and agents with specialized gloves that deliver painful electric shocks. These plans were outlined in a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, with
Gears of War: E-Day is getting two limited edition Xbox controllers
The formal COLA isn't expected for a couple of months, but projections say it could be one of the largest in years.
The controversy surrounding Fenix Flexin and Tyga is overshadowing a broader shift toward hip-hop’s own dance-floor history
The suit challenges Truth Social plan selling early access to Trump's market-moving posts.
A Sims 4 mod makes it possible for players to see all worlds in one big map, making travel more realistic.
"I've got great news: on 18 August it'll be my turn to leave the Station," says Sophie Adenot. On the ISS since February, she is due to become France's first woman to walk in space.
"It'll be good to see the old guys again," Blackmore told fans on Instagram about their one-off reunion plan. "But it's kind of frightening. I've been playing acoustic guitar for 25 years"
Amazon is fully stepping back from MMOs. After saying last year that it would be halting "a significant amount" of its work on first-party AAA games, "specifically around MMOs," Amazon will be handing over live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark in the West to other
If you found an Explorer Gadget in your Pokémon Go inventory, here's how to use it and what it does.
Conditions have reportedly gotten so bad aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln , an aircraft carrier deployed to the Persian Gulf since November, that some sailors have tried to jump overboard. The Military Times reported Tuesday night that in multiple instances, some of the 5,000
Modern biomedicine increasingly relies on enormous amounts of image data. Although computers can do part of the analysis work, biologists often still need to look through the images themselves. This takes time.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio shared more than usual about his personal life in a Tuesday interview alongside his wife, Jeanette, on Katie Miller’s weekly podcast. His candid remarks come amid several global wars and the Trump administration’s efforts to rework U.S. foreign
For more than two decades, the quasar PHL 1811 has been considered the prototype of a rare class of "intrinsically X-ray weak" quasars, thought to produce unusually little X-ray radiation. But in 2024, the Einstein Probe spacecraft caught the object in a bright X-ray flare. In
A game popular in Colombia, a person’s nationality, an icon of the Virgin Mary, spoken mantras — it’s details like these that gave Emmy-nominated “Pluribus” star Carlos Manuel Vesga the foundation on which to build his character, Manousos. Colombian star of TV, film and the
[SADC] The Republic of South Africa formally assumed the Chairship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers on 12 August 2026 in Durban, South Africa, from August 2026 to August 2027, following its tenure as Interim Chair since November 2025
Managers have reportedly been asked to identify workers for cuts before the company’s second quarter begins Sept. 1, with some teams potentially facing double-digit percentage reductions.
Look, it's not their fault. Claud, the Brooklyn-based indie pop singer-songwriter, has nothing to do with Claude, the AI chatbot that's currently helping drone-bomb Iran or whatever the fuck. Claud has been making music since 2018, while Anthropic introduced Claude in 2023. In
⌯✈︎ Plus: Air Force One decoy story takes off {beacon} It's Wednesday. The sun is shining. The birds are chirping. Let's not ask too many questions. In today's issue: Lindell digs his heels in Trump talks Air Force One decoy White House ballroom tab climbs What are shock
