An international team has discovered the earliest known hand-held wooden tools used by humans. A study jointly led by Professor Katerina Harvati from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen and Dr. Annemieke Milks at the
Blizzard developers explain the appeal and genesis of Diablo 4's Paladin class, part of the Lord of Hatred expansion
“There’s no room in our society for discrimination. None. I think it’s un-American.” In 2013, Robert Redford stood before a group of his fellow Utahns and urged them to lend their voices to an anti-discrimination proposal that would prevent gender identity and sexual
The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska's rugged and desolate North Slope.
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of “The Night Manager,” now streaming on Prime Video. Nearly a decade after it first premiered in 2016, “The Night Manager” has closed out its belated second season with a pair of tragic deaths and a bruising
As images of ICE raids and reactionary protests dominate global headlines, Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary “Everybody to Kenmure Street” acts as a vital contextualization of Scottish history and of recent community action in the face of uniformed overreach. Chronicling an
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NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.
When I see a great white shark, I am in awe of the enigmatic, powerful apex predator. My life has been dedicated to trying to know everything about sharks and immersing myself in their world. Most people when they see "shark attack" automatically think of white sharks
Only 14 cities have hosted the Super Bowl in the last two decades.
Hundreds of Italians took to the street to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in the country ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan. ICE officers are expected to help with security at this month's Milano Cortina Winter Games, which has sparked
The partial government shutdown is poised to last through at least Tuesday as House Democrats decline to commit to providing the votes needed to fast-track approval of a funding package to reopen the government. The House Rules Committee is scheduled to meet on Monday at 4 p.m.
The letter blames Israel for 'risking escalating tensions' and violations which they say led to the killing and wounding of over one thousand Palestinians
On his Filatelia Grafica Instagram account , graphic designer Diego Bucciero shares some of his favorite postage stamps, with an emphasis on “iconography, form, typography and branding”. (via it’s nice that ) Tags: design · Diego Bucciero · stamps 💬 Join the discussion on
Marvel's new show has some surprising similarities to the hit 2025 anime Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider.
President Trump responded to former CNN anchor Don Lemon’s arrest by federal authorities last week, telling reporters it was probably “the best thing that could have happened to him” “No, I don’t know anything about the Don Lemon thing,” Trump said when asked by The Hill on
President Trump joked about suing his Federal Reserve chair nominee, Kevin Warsh, at the Alfalfa Dinner in Washington, telling reporters afterwards that the event was “a roast.” The Wall Street Journal first reported that Trump made the joke at the annual dinner in front of a
The firm's move comes amid global scrutiny of the methods used by the US immigration enforcement agency.
The findings underscored the differences in how the public perceived politicians after the pandemic.
The nine Oscar nominations for Norwegian Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” and two Palme d’Or awards won by Swede Ruben Östlund are signs of a far larger Scandinavian creative scene. That could be one takeaway from Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s biggest
The 18-year-old Swiss national died at a hospital in Zurich, the local prosecutor said.
Sometimes, a game isn't memorably good or bad. Code Vein 2 is one of those, and it's a snooze.
Traditional processes used to discover new materials are complex, time-consuming, and costly, often requiring years of sustained effort. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated powerful capabilities in information processing, offering new opportunities
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A screenshot of the email has gone viral, showing an exchange on Feb 21, 2012.
Another government shutdown began over the weekend, as pressure shifts to the House to get a partial funding measure across the finish line. The House will return to Washington on Monday, when GOP leadership will face an uphill battle to reopen the government after House
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned the U.S. against attacking Tehran, threatening “regional war” if President Trump decides to strike. “The Americans should know if they start a war, this time it will be a regional war,” Khamenei wrote in a post on the social
Morgan Stanley analysts highlight stocks of companies that sell specialized robotics parts.
Medical charity Medicine Sans Frontières said it would not share the list as it had not been able to ensure staff would remain safe.
The next time the NFL doesn’t like the way ESPN covers the league, its executives can go right to the boss — by looking in the mirror. The Disney sports-media giant and the massive professional football league confirmed late Saturday that they had closed a deal that makes the
A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost identical orbital period, and a star astonishingly similar to our sun. It is still unclear whether life could exist there.
When Norwegian director Maria Sødahl (“Hope”) first got contacted by a duo of Danish scriptwriters with the seed for what would become the now Göteborg Dragon Award-winning “The Last Resort,” she was “fascinated” by its provocation. The film is set in a luxurious holiday
Visitors gathered on a frozen beach along Poland’s Baltic Sea coast as extreme cold temperatures created rare winter scenes.
Events such as Storm Chandra take a terrible toll on ecosystems, but nature can be part of the solution for mitigating flood waters “The flood waters are only good for scavenger species,” says Steve Hussey, searching hard for a silver lining to last week’s deluges brought by
The price of gold fell from a record $5600 to $4770 per ounce. On Friday, the price of silver fell by 31%. This is the biggest percentage drop in the price of this bullion since March 1980. What could be the reasons for such declines?
The Men in Black franchise has struggled to recapture the magic of the original film
If the United States abandons the rules it once championed, rules that have helped maintain world peace since 1945, it may learn the truth of George Santayana’s warning: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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A quiet month for cozy games means we get to dig deeper into the wonderfully small and weird games coming this month.
Qatar is intensifying diplomatic efforts to prevent a wider regional escalation as tensions rise between Iran and the West. Doha is coordinating closely with Egypt and Turkey to keep diplomatic channels open.
President Trump on Saturday said he wants the proposed arc in Washington, D.C., to be the “biggest” in the world. The president told reporters that he’s considering building “an arc that's like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.” “We're setting up a committee ,and the committee is
As political conflicts grow around the world, major film festivals have rallied around displaced filmmakers. Amidst this movement, the Rotterdam Film Festival stands out as a particularly safe place for such creatives, given the festival’s foundational mission of platforming
QUETTA, Feb 1 - Pakistani security forces killed 145 militants in a 40-hour battle launched as a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks across Balochistan left nearly 50 people dead, the province's chief minister said on Sunday.
The election outlook remains uncertain, with 27.2 per cent still undecided in constituencies.
Lord Mandelson says he has no record or recollection of receiving the sums and does not know if the documents are authentic.
Fresh off her Oscar nomination for “Sentimental Value,” Renate Reinsve transforms in “Butterfly” – visually, too. “Itonje wanted me to move away from how I’ve looked before. Lily went against normal beauty norms,” she says. “It made a lot of sense for this character, who had
