Will Smith is bravely going where few actors have gone before with the premiere of his new National Geographic original docuseries, “Pole to Pole With Will Smith.” The seven-part series follows the actor as he makes his way across all seven continents in 100 days, highlighting
You never know where success might strike or when recognition might come. For Cat Power, it's time to celebrate. The post Cat Power Celebrates First Gold Record appeared first on Stereogum .
Water extremes such as droughts and floods have a huge impact on communities, ecosystems, and economies. Researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have turned their attention to tracking these extremes across Earth and have discovered what is driving them.
Although it’s been just about 10 years since the season one finale of “The Night Manager” back in Mar. 2016, the hit British spy thriller series based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré is back for season two. Dropping on Sundays until the season finale on Feb. 1,
The 26th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Honors, featuring Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch and their presentation of the Legends and Groundbreakers Award to Scarlett Johansson, airs Monday on PBS SoCal at 7:30 pm. It is also available to stream on their website. The Honors
A new Stanford-led analysis of corporate carbon disclosures finds that companies undercount emissions from their supply chains by billions of tons.
Ice-T also stars in director Craig Cukrowski's feature that reimagines Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher.'
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that any country that does business with Iran will be subjected to a tariff rate of 25% on any business conducted with the United States. "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the
For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's changing climate—but University of Toronto researchers have found that some of the underlying data underrepresents a key driver of Arctic warming.
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“Two deals are being negotiated right now, but the fact that Saks Global cannot outright sell the names of the retailers is problematic for a purchaser,” said Joseph Sarachek, a restructuring attorney.
As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new University of Vermont study has explored the early embryonic life stage of a globally common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, looking at how the eggs
Here are their best viral moments as they take on Hollywood
Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with various chronic diseases and cancers, including neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic syndrome. Gently extracting a single mitochondrion from within a living cell—without causing damage and without the guidance of fluorescent
The fallout from the US attack on Venezuela and the focus on oil interests have largely eclipsed urgent concerns about the country's entrenched human rights abuses and democratic erosion.
“I feel stuck and sad and I don’t know what else to do.” Yeah, same.
Whether they are laundry detergents, mascara, or Christmas chocolate, many everyday products contain fatty acids from palm oil or coconut oil. However, the extraction of these raw materials is associated with massive environmental issues: Rainforests are cleared, habitats for
Cereals have natural resistance to pathogenic fungi, but powdery mildew, for example, can overcome this resistance. A team at the University of Zurich has now discovered a new mechanism that enables powdery mildew to outsmart the immune system of wheat. This opens the door to
The works are part of a new benefit exhibition organized by the global early childhood education star, a vocal supporter of Palestinian children.
Is Elijah Wood returning as Frodo in the new “Lord of the Rings” movie “The Hunt for Gollum”? Don’t ask Elijah Wood, even though his co-star Ian McKellen let it slip last year that Frodo and Gandalf would be back on the big screen when Middle-Earth returns to movie theaters in
"The UN estimates that by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer," says Arnold Mathijssen, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how active particles like bacteria move in fluidic systems. "Bacteria are remarkably fast,
A roguelike made with AI-generated assets will soon disappear from Valve's popular PC gaming storefront
Five years ago there was plenty of hype behind non-fungible tokens, those crypto-purchased, blockchain-stored digital works of art. But you don’t hear much about NFTs these days, much to the dismay of people who bought some from Steve Aoki. Aoki, who started out booking punk
There are heroes all around us.
An indie game studio in South Africa has developed a heist adventure that reframes play, memory, and repatriation.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is investing $115 million in counterdrone technologies for the FIFA Men’s World Cup and events celebrating 250 years of U.S. independence. DHS said in a Monday release it is also launching an office focused on purchasing and deploying
McGill engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and yields more accurate results.
Despite being comprised of thousands of pieces, Lego fans feel that the new Pikachu set is simply too ugly to cost as much as it does
By fine-tuning the surroundings of single cobalt atoms, researchers reveal how tiny design changes can steer oxygen reactions toward cleaner and more efficient hydrogen peroxide production.
This year’s top-rated scores feature a wide range of sounds and styles, but if there is a single element that unites most of them, it’s this: The composers were invited to begin writing before the director even started shooting. It’s a growing trend, and a welcome one among
It's brainrot, alright.
The Latin superstar honored Victor Jara’s “El Derecho de Vivir en Paz” while performing at Chile’s Estadio Nacional
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a probe into the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its headquarters, a move that comes amid a battle between President Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell. In an on-camera statement Sunday, Powell said the probe is not about the
Nikki Glaser told Variety last week that she’d be up for hosting the Golden Globes for a third time next year, and after earning more high marks for her performance last night, producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss love the idea. “Nikki is such a great talent, and I think
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) warned on Monday that the Department of Justice’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell better be “real” and “serious” to avoid undermining the independence of the central bank and rattling the world’s financial
Jan 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that the world had to help Iranians build on protests to engineer change to free them from rule that brought evil to their own and other countries, including Ukraine. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly
Venezuela’s new leader faces a perilous path as she seeks to respond to lofty demands from the Trump administration without falling out of favor with her predecessor's longtime enforcers, who wield sprawling influence over the country's military, security forces and economy.
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Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to make Greenland the 51st state in the U.S., following President Trump’s recent push to acquire the Danish territory. The “Greenland Annexation and Statehood Act” was introduced by the Florida Republican on Monday, his office said
We know the genes, but not their functions—to resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to drastically accelerate the discovery of microbial gene
The Supreme Court's decision on Trump's trade strategy could come as soon as Wednesday.
Caribou’s Dan Snaith will release a new album in a few weeks called Butterfly, under his more dance-oriented moniker Daphni. We’ve heard quite a bit of the new record so far via singles like “Waiting So Long,” “Sad Piano House,” “Eleven,” and “Josephine,” but the whole album is
Machado, the winner of 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, had offered to share the honour with Trump, an award the president has long coveted.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned Democrats on Monday against moderating their economic agenda to cater to the demands of wealthy donors ahead of the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. Instead, Warren said during a speech at the National Press Club, Democrats should embrace
Capital One shares sank Monday after Trump called for a 10% cap on credit card rates, a major profit driver for the company.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President Trump called her after she criticized his policies on affordability in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington. “This morning, I gave a speech noting how Donald Trump is driving up costs for families, sowing