Singer Barry Manilow revealed on Monday that he will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung that was discovered after he finished a run of Christmas concerts. Manilow said that after recovering from six weeks of bronchitis and a five-week relapse, he went to his
35 years after Kindergarten Cop's release, actor Miko Hughes reflects on his iconic quote from the Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy.
Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.
HBO has released the trailer for “Industry” Season 4, which premieres on Sunday, Jan. 11 at 9 p.m. PT/ET. New episodes of the eight-episode season will air weekly on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max. The official Season 4 logline reads, “At the top of their game
Warner Bros. Discovery hired Adrienne O’Hara as EVP, chief communications and public affairs officer of Discovery Global, the TV-centric entity that’s set to spin off from WBD next year. O’Hara, a communications and PR veteran most recently at Gap Inc., will join the company
From clever cockatoos to vomiting spiders, these cool critters captivated us this year.
An apartment in Sāo Paolo reimagines a 1962 modernist interior. 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 A ‘Hybrid Habitat’ By Guto Requena Gives New
The same services affected on Monday — Colissimo parcel tracking and the Digiposte digital vault — were already disrupted on Saturday, though La Poste did not immediately confirm whether that incident was also an attack.
Great apes are humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. As much as 98.8% of their DNA is shared, but while the number of humans living on Earth is increasing fast, other great apes are in decline. Five out of the seven species are now critically endangered.
Video shared by the US Geological Survey on social media shows mud spraying up and out from the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone national park. Other recent eruptions have mostly been audible but not visible because they happened either at night or when the camera was obscured
When a crisis strikes, rumors and conspiracy theories often spread faster than emergency officials can respond and issue corrections.
As streaming services in 2025 sealed their dominance in the international TV landscape, surpassing traditional broadcasters in both viewership and content investment for the first time, the shows that stood out globally did not seem to be spawned by an algorithm. They range
A pirate activist group said it ‘backed up’ Spotify’s music catalogue, claiming it put metadata for 256 million tracks online. The streaming platform said it’s ‘actively monitoring’ the incident.
The Trump administration has suspended the authority of five major offshore wind farms to keep building in federal waters, yet another escalation of the administration’s attacks on the wind energy industry. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a post on X that five leases,
When a ship sinks, it is often in tragic circumstances. Beneath the waves, however, a different story unfolds: shipwrecks become the foundations of new life.
"There's plenty of room to do Gunforged better than I did," says its creator.
However celebrated by historians, scrutinized by archaeologists, and descended-upon by tourists it may be, Pompeii is not exceptional — not even in the fate of having been buried in ash by Mount Vesuvius in the year 76, which also happened to the nearby town of Herculaneum.
Since November 2025, commuters at Southwark tube station in London have been passing walls lined with vintage-style posters parodying oil and gas advertising, instead of ads promoting flights or energy companies. One 1950s-style poster shows a woman holding a small yellow
Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have unveiled new insights into the fragmentation mechanisms of high-mass star-forming regions.
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board went after former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) over his “tax the rich” proposal in a New York Times opinion piece. “The rich who favor higher taxes pitch this as an act of civic virtue. But paying higher taxes on income or capital gains is
This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in this tragic event, it is also a moment to reflect on what followed. How do communities rebuild after major events such as the tsunami, and
Vice President Vance on Sunday rejected the idea of "purity tests" within his party as tensions between different conservative factions rose to the surface during Turning Point USA's annual event in Arizona over the weekend. “When I say that I'm going to fight alongside of you,
MIT scientists have achieved the first-ever lab synthesis of verticillin A, a complex fungal compound discovered in 1970. Its delicate structure stalled chemists for decades, despite differing from related molecules by only two atoms. With the synthesis finally complete,
When the songwriter, singer, sideman, and DJ had his music removed from Spotify over suspected artificial streams, he raised a ruckus
Thomas M is accused of stealing solider silver and porcelain used for state banquets from France's presidential palace.
Timothée Chalamet has some explaining to do. For the last several weeks, the Oscar nominee has been raising eyebrows in Hollywood with his unconventional press tour for “Marty Supreme.” While some publicity bits have been embraced (the A24 marketing meeting parody that gave way
Cowbirds are special among songbirds for the "watery" timbre of their singing, which resembles the sound of falling droplets striking water, a quick burst followed by a fading ripple.
Having an extra Xbox controller is always a good idea if you have an Xbox. The post Xbox Wireless Controllers (Special Editions) Join the Clearance Lineup at an All-Time Low as Microsoft Goes Beyond Basic Colors appeared first on Kotaku .
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:
100-metre-long mass of congealed fats, oil and grease found blocking sewers in Whitechapel area of the capital A “fatberg” weighing an estimated 100 tonnes has been discovered blocking sewers in east London, officials have said. The mass of congealed fats, oils and grease
New rules in Israel for registering non-governmental organisations, under which more than a dozen groups have already been rejected, could have a catastrophic impact on aid work in Gaza and the West Bank, relief workers warn. The NGOs have until December 31 to register under
The United States has a meal gap of 9 billion meals and wastes 120 billion meals, but with the right coordination and federal tax credits, a national food rescue system could ensure no American family goes hungry.
An existing body of research indicates that climate change is making tropical cyclones wetter and more powerful. Now, a new study is indicating the same thing may be happening to the precursors of these storms: the wet weather systems that sometimes give rise to destructive
British singer Chris Rea, known for hits including the Yuletide classic 'Driving Home For Christmas', has died after a short illness... three days before Christmas.
