Watches, bands, and rings—if you want to digitally monitor your fitness, more companies than ever are selling devices to do it. And more Americans than ever now own at least one wearable health device. But what are the companies that make fitness trackers doing to protect our
The 48th session of the World Heritage Committee was recently held in South Korea. The meeting reviewed 30 new World Heritage nominations and assessed the conservation status of 147 existing sites, marking a significant milestone in the global World Heritage nomination process
Last year, Foxing announced an indefinite hiatus and played their goodbye show . Last month, frontman Conor Murphy revived his old solo side project Smidley and announced the new album Murphy Horse . Lucy Dacus appeared on lead single " Capstone ," and now Murphy's got another
“The Odyssey” has surpassed $700 million at the global box office, becoming the fourth highest-grossing movie of the year after just 12 days in theaters. Christopher Nolan’s Greek epic has generated $320.5 million domestically and $407.4 million overseas, bringing worldwide
The "Firework" and "I Kissed A Girl" singer couldn't get back to stage because fans refused to cooperate
As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cell phones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for
New guidance from the European Commission shows how state aid rules allow EU member states to provide social support and social investment. This guidance assists member states in designing state aid measures for social support and social investment, as set out in the Clean
Researchers at the Centre for Ecosystem Management (CEM), together with scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Cornell University, Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, have published a paper showing that ecosystems
A multidisciplinary study has uncovered a critical component in the formation of biofilms, the complex structures used by bacteria to colonize surfaces. The research may have implications for future infection treatments, including for people with cystic fibrosis.
The Stonetalon Mountains are up to their old tricks again.
Something that still blows my mind is that every apple seed produces a new variety. Every single one. This is a lovely short documentary about a project called Some Interesting Apples , which aims to find apples growing in unusual places (i.e. not commercial orchards but in
The internet has been a pretty scary experience for me.
The Trump administration is banning Chinese robots in an effort to stem national security risks and help the domestic AI industry continue to grow.
US-Saudi strikes on Iraq killed at least 20 militants, including several Iranians, on Wednesday, according to the Hashed al-Shaabi, an armed Iraqi alliance that includes pro-Iran groups. The United States and Saudi Arabia said they had struck Iran-backed armed militants in
Hundreds of transgender Pakistanis and supporters protested against surging inflation in the southern city of Karachi on Wednesday, as a spike in prices amid the Middle East war disproportionately hits the vulnerable community. Though Pakistan's transgender community has
Must-try games at the biggest tabletop convention in North America include adaptations of Star Trek and The Lord of the Rings.
Kaylin Mahoney is flawless anxiety-ridden introvert representation and my new hero
The clash between FIFA and UEFA has intensified after European football's governing body issued a fresh rebuke over plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. UEFA will hold an emergency meeting to discuss its next steps.
THAO has slowly been making her return. After putting Thao & The Get Down Stay Down to rest in 2021, she released the song " Ambition " the following year under the name THAO, followed by " Fossils " just last month. Now, she's announcing a new album called Show Me ,
Just over half of England has been declared to be in drought after "record-low rainfall and exceptionally high temperatures," the U.K. government said Wednesday.
Scientists have discovered a new way to determine how big an earthquake may become just seconds after it begins. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Cal Poly Humboldt used signals picked up by fiber-optic
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in a recently released interview signaled an openness to reparations for slavery in the city. “We often think about slavery and the complicity in slavery as being exclusively to certain geographic areas of the country. Here in New York
The Supreme Court deadline to request a reconsideration on President Trump’s birthright citizenship order passed on Tuesday without a filing from the Department of Justice. The Trump administration had 25 days to petition the court for a rehearing regarding the president’s
What's next for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients now that the Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration? Can the government deport them? Could some of the plaintiffs still have a case? Join The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Rebecca Beitsch as they break it
“$40 trillion in debt, seems to me, should get our attention,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
Opportunity NOX twice.
If Sony won't grant me my wish, then creative fans will instead.
The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
An OpenAI agent compromised a customer of another technology company, the New York-based firm Modal Labs announced Wednesday. In a technical timeline posted Tuesday, the tech startup Hugging Face explained how an OpenAI agent escaped the AI firm's isolated testing sandbox and
Hollywood hasn’t begun packing for the fall festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto, but the Sundance Film Festival has dropped in with a reminder that January is around the corner. On Wednesday, leadership at Sundance sent out a mid-year update on the fest’s seismic move
Last year, nine women came forward to accuse Jared Leto of sexual misconduct . An Air Mail report included stories of assault and harassment from the alleged victims, who said that they were as young as 16 when the Oscar-winning actor and Thirty Seconds To Mars frontman
The group expressed "hope that music can be heard and loved by itself rather than being divided by region or language" after the introduction of a Best Asian Pop Music Performance category
The beauty of "Tony" is that it doesn’t make anything feel predetermined. It’s the story of an old-school American summer — those months when a college kid like Tony, doing a job because he needs a job, has the drifting freedom to fall into random experiences, because that’s
