Viruses and their hosts—whether bacteria, animals, or humans—are locked in a constant evolutionary arms race. Cells evolve defenses against viral infection, viruses evolve ways around those defenses, and the cycle continues.
Fabergé's The Winter Egg, considered one of his most beautiful creations, sold for nearly £23 million ($30 million) at auction Tuesday in London, smashing the sales record for the legendary jeweler of Imperial Russia.
The newly discovered five-inch sketch dates back 500 years.
Elden Ring Nightreign DLC The Forsaken Hollows is out on Dec. 4, but depending on your time zone, you may access it earlier. Here's how.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram is requiring all of its US-based employees to return to the office five days per week, a company spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
Titled "A Critter Carol," the short film takes its cues from compassion, creativity, and community. 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 Woodland
A significant number of these genes are involved in mechanisms that regulate blood pressure, reduce inflammation and control sugar metabolism. These are critical processes for long-term cardiovascular health.
Finding the ideal artist to reopen the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs might have seemed like a tall order, at least if the 89-year-old venue’s new operators wanted to touch every possible important base for a refurbishment-celebrating gala. Someone whose concert
OpenAI boss Sam Altman has reportedly declared a “code red” pushing employees to improve ChatGPT as AI giant fends off concerns that it is losing ground to rivals like Google.
The brain doesn't just recognize the human voice. A study by the University of Geneva (UNIGE) shows that certain areas of our auditory cortex respond specifically to the vocalizations of chimpanzees, our closest cousins, both phylogenetically and acoustically.
“Stranger Things” Season 5 had a record-breaking debut on Netflix. In its first five days of streaming, the season achieved 59.6 million views. That’s the best premiere-week viewership an English-language Netflix series has ever achieved, and the third-best overall, coming
A historic trade-in worth $30,000 isn't really indicative of how much customers will get for their wares at GameStop, despite what the retailer says
EFF has submitted its formal comment to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opposing a set of proposed rules that would sharply restrict the public’s ability to challenge wrongly granted patents. These rules would make inter partes review (IPR)—the main tool Congress
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Bungie has apparently done right by the artist it stole from to develop Marathon's look.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a member of the progressive “Squad,” said Tuesday that she’s passing on a Senate bid for Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) seat and will instead run for reelection in Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District. “Ultimately in this moment, I feel called
President Trump used the last few minutes of his hours-long Cabinet meeting Tuesday to launch a particularly nasty attack on Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar and the entire country of Somalia. Trump’s rant was spurred by a leading question about Minnesota governor and
The Nashville-based nonprofit said it had permanently revoked Summers's membership and blacklisted the former Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton from all of its work.
Researchers at LMU in collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg have discovered how the parasite Toxoplasma gondii builds a specialized structure that allows it to move and invade host cells. The study, published in Nature Communications,
The complaint filed with France’s anti-terror prosecutor accuses Israeli authorities of systematic obstruction and war crimes against reporters.
ESPN's Paul Finebaum says he will not run to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) in the Senate, ending months of speculation that the sports media personality could make a foray into politics. “I have been deeply moved by so many people in Alabama who have reached out encouraging
The hack is the latest in a global trend targeting internet protocol cameras, often used in homes to keep an eye on children and pets, as well as in businesses, hospitals and saunas.
Teamfight Tactics Set 16's main mechanic is Unlocks. 40 champions are locked behind specific objectives. Here's how to unlock them all.
Female vampire bats start to mimic each other over time, offering an intriguing hint into intimate animal social circles The post These Bat Buddies Sound Eerily Alike appeared first on Nautilus .
Nitrogen is a crucial component of proteins and nucleic acids, the fundamental building blocks of all living things, and thus is essential to life on Earth. Gaseous N2 from the atmosphere can be fixed by soil bacteria capable of converting N2 to ammonia or nitrates (NO3).
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Pope Leo has implored Donald Trump not to use military force to force out Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The first American leader of the Catholic Church told reporters Tuesday that it would be “ better ” to “find another way” to apply pressure, such as hosting a dialogue
A new study shows that during drought, it's not how hot or how dry it is that determines gas emissions from plants—but how quickly conditions change. This discovery reshapes our understanding of the relationship between drought, vegetation, and air pollution.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says Indonesia is a major drug smuggling hub despite having some of the strictest drug laws in the world.
“Vanderpump Rules” fans will officially be introduced to a new crew of SUR staffers on Tuesday night. Bravo’s Emmy-winning reality show returns for its 12th season on Dec. 2 at 9 p.m. ET. The best way for cable-cutters to tune into the premiere is on Sling TV, whose Sling Blue
A research team at VTT MIKES has set a new record in optical-clock absolute frequency measurements using a strontium single-ion clock with exceptionally low uncertainty and high uptime.
Mina the Hollower was supposed to be out at the end of October but was delayed at the last minute, and does not have a new release date.
The third film in James Cameron's groundbreaking franchise premiered in L.A., after the filmmaker said he'd be willing to walk away from his planned fourth and fifth movies if it's not a box office breakout.
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President Trump's tariffs, aimed at reshoring American jobs lost to overseas manufacturing, could end up lowering head count instead
Much improved response systems are struggling to cope with ever more powerful and destructive storms Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated Families stranded on their rooftops. Homes buried by fast-flowing mud. Jagged brown craters scarring lush
Along with mislabeled episodes, crew members can be seen in the background of a Season One episode as Roger Sterling pukes on the carpet of Sterling Cooper
mRNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the blueprint for functional proteins in the body and induces therapeutic effects. Recently, its application has expanded to cancer and genetic disease
The lawsuit marks the first time a municipality has sued over claims food companies have knowingly marketed addictive and harmful ultra-processed foods.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said that President Trump’s controversial decision to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence for conspiring to import cocaine, sends a “horrible message.” Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary
The triple threat wrote the 'It' movies, directed 'Annabelle Comes Home' and is producing 'The Revenge of La Llorona.'
In the spring of 2024, the world-renowned jam band Phish became one of the first musical acts to play a residency at Sphere Las Vegas, the high-tech Vegas venue owned by New York Knicks owner James Dolan. The Price Is Right host Drew Carey went to one of those gigs, and he was
Americans who grow up in historically violent states may move to a safer state, but they remain far more likely to die violently, according to new research co-authored at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to get the Supreme Court to shield it from liability over cancer claims related to its Roundup weedkiller, a move that could anger the Trump administration’s allies in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. The
Apple’s artificial intelligence chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his role as part of a major shakeup of the troubled division, the company announced late Monday.
In a letter to the Times of London , Dr. Michael Baum tells how a line in Arcadia by Tom Stoppard sparked an idea which resulted in adjuvant systemic chemotherapy, a therapy Baum helped pioneer which greatly increased the survivability of breast cancer. Sir, In 1993 my wife
The Trump administration on Monday stripped the words “renewable” and “energy” from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory name, furthering White House directives to abandon clean energy sources. On Monday, the Department of Energy renamed the National Renewable Energy
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a group of faith-based pregnancy centers at oral arguments Tuesday in its fight against a subpoena from New Jersey’s Democratic attorney general seeking donor information. First Choice Women’s Resource Centers argues the demand
Close to 320 gallons of the milk were sold before the issue was discovered.