The perfect pack to start an amazing Pokemon card collection. The post Amazon Is Offloading 50 Random Pokemon Cards at 50% Off, Now Selling for Mere Pennies appeared first on Kotaku .
Using various space telescopes, an international team of astronomers have observed a newly detected very faint X-ray transient designated 4XMM J174610.7–290020. Results of the observational campaign, published October 2 on the arXiv pre-print server, yield new insights into the
Another rare lobster is making a splash at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center in Nahant. The brilliantly colored orange and black lobster is called a calico, and the odds of catching one are believed to be only one in 30 million, says Sierra Munoz, outreach program
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers.
Rockets are cool, AI slop games are not.
Lecturers at public universities in Nigeria begin a two-week strike over pay and funding.
A bizarre speaker setup that looks like it's cosplaying as a gaming PC.
Save $200 on the GMKtec mini gaming PC on Amazon despite Prime Big Deals Days having ended. The post This 4.5-Star Gaming Mini PC (Ryzen 9, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Drops to All-Time Low After Staying Full Price During Prime Day appeared first on Kotaku .
Saving energy isn't just about keeping bills down. A new analysis of 100 existing studies across 42 countries shows that people with positive attitudes to the environment, or who want what they do at home to make a difference to society, are more likely to save energy.
Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against infection. While captivity is known to alter the gut microbiota of wildlife, the relative influence of diet, genetics and environment has been unclear,
It has taken over 50 years for Guillermo del Toro’s most personal project to make it to the big screen — since “The Shape of Water” filmmaker was just seven years old and first fell in love with Mary Shelley’s seminal, monstrous creation. But at its Hollywood premiere, del Toro
New research investigating whether nitrogen fertilizer run-off affects marine sponges suggests these animals have a high tolerance to nitrogen, but some species may be better able to cope than others.
Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) detection in the atmosphere of Venus. While the only known way for phosphine to be created on terrestrial worlds like Venus is through some sort of biological
Ecologists have long studied how biological communities assemble following disturbances, a process known as ecological succession. Understanding the dynamics of soil microbes, Earth's most abundant organisms, remains challenging.
Botswana's fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch fish. Roughly the size of the state of Connecticut, the freshwater Okavango
Using CO (J=1–0) molecular line data obtained from the 13.7-meter millimeter-wave telescope at the Purple Mountain Observatory's Delingha Observatory, Sun Mingke, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators
The couple was charged with spying for Russian intelligence, and one of them was additionally charged for plotting to send a parcel bomb via courier.
As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rainforests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes.
Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's "This Week," pressed Vance during a heated exchange on Sunday about whether Homan accepted a $50,000 cash bribe.
Researchers at the University of Oulu, Finland, have observed significant vegetation changes in the treeless heath and tundra regions of northern Finland and Norway over recent decades, marked by the expansion of crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) and the decline of bilberry
The roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza who returned there Monday are among thousands of people from the enclave the Israeli military seized during the war.
Former President Obama criticized law firms, universities and businesses that have changed course during the Trump administration, saying they should stand by their convictions. During a episode of the WTF podcast with Marc Maron released Monday, Obama said institutions should
According to new research, Mediterranean forests that are allowed to grow naturally within strictly protected areas can stay up to 2°C cooler during summer heat waves compared to actively managed woodlands. This suggests that passive forest restoration could be a key strategy
President Trump—a man regarded by some as the most corrupt president in U.S. history and a flagrant abuser of the presidential pardon power—on Monday called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned for corruption charges. During a speech before Israel’s
Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role in Earth's climate, as they absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide
The Formula One pic was the sleeper hit of the summer and is the first major box win for Apple Original Films .
University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that replicate certain aspects of very early human development—including the production of blood stem cells. The findings are published in the journal Cell Reports.
Over a few million years, the spider Dysdera tilosensis—a species endemic to the Canary Islands—has reduced the size of its genome by half during the process of colonization and adaptation to its natural habitat. In addition to being smaller, this genome is more compact and
Section 181, the federal tax incentive designed to keep film and television production in the U.S., is set to expire at the end of the year, and a bipartisan effort is underway to extend and strengthen it to protect American jobs, businesses, and communities.
“F1: The Movie” will zoom to the small screen around the holiday season. The sports drama, starring Brad Pitt as a has-been Formula One driver, is making its global streaming debut on Apple TV on Dec. 12. “F1” was released in theaters in June and generated a huge $629 million
Crews responded Monday morning to a plane crash on I-195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday that the government shutdown is starting to affect the U.S. economy. During an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Bessent said the media is not sufficiently covering the gravity of the shutdown, now in its
You might think honeybees are thriving—after all, the honey industry is growing and its bees are well looked after by beekeepers. But not all honeybees live in hives. Across Europe, colonies still live in the wild, nesting in tree cavities and other natural spaces, just as
Chattanooga’s Gumm make fiery, passionate hardcore punk that calls back to the some of the great DC bands of the ’80s and ’90s, and they’re getting ready to drop their new LP Beneath The Wheel on Halloween. Lead single “ New From The Pain ” was one of our favorite songs of the
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers.
Attorney General Pam Bondi appears to be giving a good review to a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Amy Poehler mocked her appearance before a Senate committee last week. “Should we recreate this picture in Chicago? Loving Amy Poehler!” Bondi wrote in a post on X that tagged
In December 1989, the United Nations declared Oct. 13 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. At the time, the aim was to make disaster-risk reduction part of everyday thinking worldwide.
The initiative, announced Monday, is part of a 10-year plan to finance and facilitate $1.5 trillion in projects spanning defense, energy.
The Oct. 12 event featured Linda Perry, who surprised honoree Dina LaPolt with a performance, a heartfelt video by Chappell Roan, and Paul Anka reimagining Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”
Last year, French pop star Yseult called out copy-and-pasting wannabes on her spiky hyperpop track “Bitch You Could Never.” Now, she’s calling out real creative teams for doing the exact same thing with the single’s music video, which was directed by Marita & Shadrinsky. In a
A minor MAGA Republican uproar over news last week that the U.S. would host Qatari pilots at a U.S. military base in Idaho was not caused by the Pentagon’s misleading phrasing for the facility, rather, a “misreporting” on the facts, according to Vice President Vance. Defense
President Trump traveled to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Monday to participate in a Mideast peace ceremony. Trump earlier Monday addressed the Knesset in Israel as he visited the Middle East to mark the beginning of a peace accord to end the fighting in Gaza. Trump spoke for more
Jeremy Slater and Simon McQuoid address Mortal Kombat II’s delay, promise a blockbuster sequel, and confirm Mortal Kombat III is already in the works
The White House’s government shutdown blame game isn’t turning out to be a very effective cross-topic strategy. Speaking with CBS News’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Vice President JD Vance couldn’t muster an answer as to why more than a thousand staffers at the Centers for
