Billy Bass Nelson, Parliament-Funkadelic Bassist, Dead at 75

Musician, who co-founded the Parliaments with George Clinton, coined the name 'Funkadelic'

New class of catalysts could dramatically change playing field in nickel catalysis

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have reported a breakthrough in nickel catalysis that harnesses a rare oxidation state of nickel that has proved challenging to control yet is highly valued for its potential to facilitate important chemical reactions.

How microorganisms on rock surfaces shape groundwater

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our groundwater and in global cycles of matter. A research team led by Dr. Martin

The Largest Manga Piracy Site In The World Shuts Down After Allegedly Costing The Industry $5 Billion In Lost Sales

The most popular place for stealing One Piece and My Hero Academia gets nuked The post The Largest Manga Piracy Site In The World Shuts Down After Allegedly Costing The Industry $5 Billion In Lost Sales appeared first on Kotaku .

How bacteria learned to target numerous cell types

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and bind to receptors on the surface of target cells, a molecular arms race that drives constant evolution. Now, a new study published in Nature

Bigger is not always better: Smaller leaves optimize light use in soybeans

In efforts to better understand how soybean plants capture and use light, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign investigated how leaf size and shape affect light distribution within the crop canopy. Using controlled genetic approaches, the team altered

The tension between moral pursuits and personal authenticity

French Post-Impressionist Paul Gauguin created innovative, enduring paintings and sculptures set on Tahiti and other Pacific islands, but he had to leave his family to pursue his art. He also impregnated and abandoned multiple young teens, shattered his ankle in a drunken

BBC reports from Oslo court ahead of rape trial of Crown Princess's son

Norway's royal family has been embroiled in recent scandals, including Crown Princess Mette-Marit links with Epstein.

How Mike Johnson is scrambling to keep the shutdown short

Hayley Williams Launches New Band Power Snatch, Releases ‘EP1’

Hayley Williams has launched her new band Power Snatch with the surprise release of “EP1” via Bandcamp and Untitled. The Paramore frontwoman unveiled the project last week while hosting a show on Apple Music alongside her Power Snatch band member Daniel James, who previously

Trump to lower tariffs on India after Modi "agrees" to stop buying Russian oil

Trump said that India would also start to reduce its import taxes on U.S. goods to zero and buy $500 billion worth of American products. Trump has long had a warm relationship with Modi, only to find it complicated recently by Russia's war in Ukraine and trade disputes.

The bus left in 2014: why Modi’s 2026 Budget can’t overtake China

India’s central government budget for fiscal year 2026-27, known as the Union Budget, was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Parliament on February 1, 2026. It marks Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest effort to steer India toward technological and economic

Does This Restored Roman Fresco Depict Italy’s Prime Minister?

The recent restoration, which bears an uncanny resemblance to far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, is currently under investigation.

Iran fears US strike may reignite protests, imperil regime's rule, sources say

Iranian officials warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that public anger after last month's deadly crackdown has reached a tipping point, and that a limited U.S. strike could embolden protesters and threaten the regime's survival

SZA Defends Cher Following Grammys Flub: ‘She Probably Really Knew Luther Vandross’

The singer mistakenly named the late Luther Vandross when presenting the award for Record of the Year to Kendrick Lamar and SZA for their collaboration "Luther"

Pizza Supreme

"Pizza Hut Classic is fast becoming a cultural obsession. I spent a day at one to find out why."

Air India grounds a Boeing Dreamliner due to possible fuel control switch defect

The fuel switches were at the center of last year's crash involving an Air India Dreamliner, which killed 260 people in Gujarat state, triggering tighter scrutiny of the airline.

Complex tongue bones, fleshy teeth on the roof of earliest known bird's mouth might have helped it snag food

Flying is really hard work. Compared to walking, swimming, or running, flying is the form of movement that takes the most energy and requires the most calories. That means that birds have had to evolve specialized ways to be really efficient at finding and digesting their food.

Netflix Promotes CTO Elizabeth Stone to Chief Product and Technology Officer

Elizabeth Stone, Netflix’s top technology executive, is now adding oversight of the streaming giant’s product teams to her purview. Stone has been promoted to chief product and technology officer, leading Netflix’s product, engineering and data teams. She joined Netflix in 2020

How to avoid Super Bowl scams as experts warn of fake tickets, counterfeit websites

The Super Bowl is a scammer’s dream, according to online safety experts, and fans should be on “high alert” for fraudulent tickets and counterfeit websites while hunting for seats to the big game.

AI mapping reveals over 20,000 malaria protein interactions across parasite life cycle

An international research team headed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and the Center for Structural Systems Biology and Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Germany has revealed fresh insights into the dynamic network of protein

Medical examiner rules Pretti death a homicide

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled that Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis nurse who was shot and killed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in Minneapolis last month, died by homicide. The report from Dr. Andrew Baker, posted to the county medical examiner’s

The Geomagnetic Storm That Sparked Panic Across a Continent

And how it would affect us now The post The Geomagnetic Storm That Sparked Panic Across a Continent appeared first on Nautilus .

Final Fantasy 2's Word Memory system is an underrated gem

Final Fantasy 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass tomorrow, and its best feature is the innovative Word Memory system.

Banning lead in gas worked: The proof is in our hair

Prior to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, Americans lived in communities awash with lead from industrial sources, paint, water supply pipes and, most significantly, tailpipe emissions. A dangerous neurotoxin that accumulates in human tissues and

Some tropical land may heat up nearly twice as much as oceans under climate change, sediment record suggests

Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from the Colombian Andes, researchers reveal that when the

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Air pollution causes social instability in ant colonies, triggering attacks on returning nest mates

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats affected by air pollution are attacked when they re-enter the colony. The cause: air pollution, especially ozone, changes the colony-specific odor

Watch live: Jeffries news conference

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will address reporters on Monday afternoon amid a partial government shutdown. The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation to reopen shuttered federal agencies, after the House Rules Committee takes up the measure late

Montreal Canadiens Hide From ICE Ahead of Minneapolis Game

Donald Trump has said his immigration crackdown is targeting the “worst of the worst.” It’s finally clear who he means by that: professional Canadian hockey players. Hockey journalist Luc Gélinas reported that the Montreal Canadiens, who play the Minnesota Wild on Monday night,

Arlo Parks – “Heaven”

This spring, the UK pop artist Arlo Parks will return with the new club-influenced album Ambiguous Desire. We’ve already posted lead single “2SIDED,” and now she’s followed it up with her new track “Heaven,” which is not a Warrant cover. It’s an insular, softly pulsing track

Super Bowl trailers in 2026 might not include Marvel movies

Marvel fans may not see movie trailers for Avengers: Doomsday or Spider-Man: Brand New Day during Super Bowl LX commercials.

US cuts tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI, Feb 2 - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he had agreed on a trade deal with India that slashes U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50% in exchange for India lowering trade barriers, stopping its purchases of Russian oil and buying oil

Jurassic Park Super Bowl commercial de-ages actors beyond belief

Xfinity's commercial casts Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, and Laura Dern as their younger selves and reimagines the ending of Jurassic Park.

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Judge sides with Democrats against Trump, nixing latest limits on lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities

A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration's latest bid to limit lawmakers from conducting unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities, ruling that it likely runs afoul of oversight measures that Congress implemented. It's the second time U.S.

Dems reportedly split on DHS funding bill, but must hold their ground

Kicking the can down the road hasn’t worked. It hasn’t produced reform, it hasn’t restored trust, and it hasn’t stopped the same abuses from happening again. A two-week extension doesn’t buy leverage — it just buys time for the status quo to survive.

Reshaping gold leads to new electronic and optical properties

By changing the physical structure of gold at the nanoscale, researchers can drastically change how the material interacts with light—and, as a result, its electronic and optical properties. This is shown by a study from Umeå University published in Nature Communications.

AI streamlines deluge of data from particle collisions

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI)-based method to dramatically tame the flood of data generated by particle detectors at modern accelerators. The new custom-built algorithm uses

Resident Evil Requiem prequel short film stars Longlegs' Maika Monroe

Capcom has released a new teaser for Resident Evil Requiem, a live-action short film that puts Maika Monroe in Raccoon City.

Psychological therapies for children whose first language isn't English can become lost in translation, study warns

Current school-based mental health support for children from multilingual backgrounds can be "lost in translation" because it is reliant on good proficiency in English, a new study warns. The work says greater linguistic flexibility, including more choice over the languages

Don Lemon arrested; conservatives cheer ex-CNN's journo's fall

As you probably heard, Don Lemon has been arrested and charged, in connection with his decision to join a group of anti-ICE protesters who entered a church in St. Paul, Minn., and interrupted services in order to protest the pastor, who they alleged was aiding government

Earth's largest volcanic event reshaped an oceanic plate, seismic wave analysis reveals

A research group has revealed through seismic wave analysis that the oceanic plate beneath the Ontong Java Plateau—the world's largest oceanic plateau—was extensively altered by massive volcanic activity during its formation. The study is published in Geophysical Research

Home Is Where Guitarist Joins Portugal. The Man For Victory Academy Benefit

The rootsy, passionate Florida emo crew Home Is Where were a Stereogum Band To Watch in 2021. Last year, they came back with their album Hunting Season . Over the weekend, guitarist Tilley Komorny tweeted a surprising update: "been a while since i’ve been on here but im playing

Late-January US snowstorm wasn't historically exceptional: NOAA

Despite its deadly impacts, the recent winter storm that battered much of the United States was not historically exceptional, official data showed Monday.

Lab-grown algae remove microplastics from water

A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our water. Mizzou's Susie Dai recently applied a revolutionary strain of algae toward capturing and removing harmful microplastics from polluted water. Driven

Motion City Soundtrack Stand Up Against ICE in Their City: ‘We Will Not Bend to Their Will’

The Minnesota-bred band is actively fighting against the agency’s brutal takeover in Minneapolis

Bidding War: New Movie From ‘My Old Ass’ Filmmaker Megan Park Ignites Hollywood Interest (Exclusive)

LuckyChap is attached to produce the project that has studios and streamers throwing their hats in the ring.

Trump’s Kennedy Center Plans Reek of His Same Lies About the Ballroom

If you believe the president’s word, then fear not: The White House is not planning to demolish the Kennedy Center during its summer renovation. But if you tend to trust the evidence of history, you might have cause to be suspicious of whether the famed cultural institution