Researchers from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have unlocked the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of a major soil-borne crop pathogen—an advance that paves the way for better crop disease management in Australian agriculture.
Clermont-Ferrand, the world-leading short-form film festival nested in the French region of Auvergne, returns for its 47th edition with a keen awareness of the “vital” role of short filmmaking in our current times. Taking place between Jan. 30 and Feb. 7, the festival will
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had accepted his invitation to join Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, a statement that Putin quickly countered, saying
Conventional wisdom says there isn’t much you can do, but Paddy Johnson knows that’s not the whole story.
Tammie Rosen, the Sundance Institute’s chief communications officer, died in December at the age 49. While the indie film world has mourned her in recent weeks, Rosen will surely be top of mind on Thursday when the 42nd annual Sundance Film Festival kicks off. This Sundance is
Here's a novel pathway to a more sustainable planet: carbo-loading for the public good. In a new study published in Nature Synthesis, chemists at Yale and the University of California-Berkeley have developed a two-step process that removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and
A federal judge denied a request from Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to appoint an independent monitor to ensure the Justice Department complies with the law mandating the release of all files related to Jeffrey Epstein. In a court order Wednesday, Judge
DUBAI, Jan 21 - Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan and Qatar have accepted invitations to join U.S. President Donald Trump's \"Board of Peace\", the Saudi foreign ministry said in a joint statement that also included the United Arab Emirates.
American CEOs have mostly avoided direct criticism of Trump's policies over the past year.
Water bankruptcy is a “chronic condition that develops when a place uses more water than nature can reliably replace, and when the damage to the natural assets that store and filter that water, such as aquifers and wetlands, becomes hard to reverse”.
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has used the 5th session of Kazakhstan’s National Kurultai in Kyzylorda to sketch what amounts to a redesigned political system: a shift toward a unicameral parliament, a proposal to rename the future legislature “Kurultai,” a new consultative
Dissident filmmaker Nadav Lapid will shoot his next feature in France, describing the project — still in the earliest stages of development — as a thematic echo of his Paris-set Berlin Golden Bear winner “Synonyms.” “You could say it’s the guy from ‘Synonyms’ meeting his older
Addison Rae, Alex Warren, Katseye, Leon Thomas, Lola Young, Olivia Dean (pictured), sombr, and the Marías are all nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys , and today it's been confirmed that they'll all be performing during a Best New Artist segment at the show, too.
The Hollywood Reporter's executive editor of awards coverage projects that the field will be led by 'Sinners' (with a record-breaking 15 noms), 'One Battle After Another' (12), Frankenstein (11) and 'Hamnet' (11).
A winter storm bringing very cold temperatures is expected to slam a massive stretch of the United States this week with more than 175 million people facing the prospect of power outages and travel disruptions.
“The Abandons” and “The Vince Staples Show” have been canceled at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. The former, a Western drama from “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter, ends after one season. The latter, a satirical comedy starring rapper Vince Staples, will be discontinued
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis.
Jan 21 - Israel launched strikes on four border crossings on the Syria-Lebanon border on Wednesday, saying they were used by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah to smuggle weapons.
Rising star Théodore Pellerin (“Nino,” “Beau Is Afraid,” “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”) will star opposite Félix Kysyl (“Misericordia”) and Filippo Scotti (“The Hand of God”) in the queer-tinged palace intrigue drama “By the King’s Favor” (“À la Faveur du Roi”). Set for production
Josie Rourke directs the feature that hails from StudioCanal and Rabbit's Foot Films and counts Sweeney as a producer.
Sydney Sweeney will star in and produce a film adaptation of “Custom of the Country.” Josie Rourke (“Mary Queen of Scots”) is directing and writing the adaptation of the classic Edith Wharton novel. Sweeney plays Undine Spragg, an ambitious Midwest woman who attempts to ascend
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, a founding guitarist for Black Midi who left the band during the making of their 2021 sophomore album Cavalcade , died this month "after a long battle with his mental health," per the band's record label Rough Trade. Now Geordie Greep, Black Midi's
The president said a search that began in September and once included as many as 11 candidates is nearly over.
Imagine computer hardware that is blazing fast and stores more data in less space. That's the promise of antiferromagnets, magnetic materials that do not interfere with each other and can switch states at high speed, opening the door to advanced computing and quantum
Give your eyes a little break from aesthetically-mandated adorableness while still having chilled out experiences.
Border Patrol is not welcome in Minneapolis’s streets, its schools, or its gas stations. A crowd of anti-ICE protesters stormed federal agents at a Speedway gas station on Nicollet Avenue Wednesday, throwing out Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino alongside his masked subordinates.
Light and matter can remain at separate temperatures even while interacting with each other for long periods, according to new research that could help scale up an emerging quantum computing approach in which photons and atoms play a central role.
It is hard to believe that Donald Trump has been back in the White House for only a year. His accomplishments are many – but most of them are of questionable durability or benefit, including for the United States. Even his UN-endorsed 20-point ceasefire and transition plan for
The Trump administration has surged federal immigration enforcement to Maine, with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) saying that 50 people have been arrested so far by immigration officers. The surge, called “Operation Catch of the Day,” began on Tuesday, DHS officials
The “Legally Blonde” prequel series has set its official premiere date on Amazon Prime Video, with the streamer also renewing the show for a second season. “Elle” Season 1 will debut in its entirety on Prime Video on July 1. Production on the second season will begin this
A new CIIMAR study demonstrates that natural peptides produced by cyanobacteria are capable of replacing toxic biocides that dominate the market for anti-fouling paints used in the maritime industry. The use of these peptides as an active component brings direct benefits to the
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Adobe’s Film & TV Fund announced that it is committing $10 million in grants and donated products in 2026 to help “unlock creative opportunities and career advancement for creators.” The software giant also announced new partnerships with
Addressing Drake, Pharrell, and the “Meltdown” verse, Scott calls Pusha T’s version of events “crazy”
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday advanced resolutions to hold former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress over their refusal to appear for depositions after being subpoenaed in the panel’s
First, Bowen "Monsoon" Fuller won the biggest prize in Apex Legends esports, then he put on a Japanese maid costume
A Russian cosmonaut filmed the aurora borealis displaying intense green and red hues at high altitudes above Earth on Monday.
A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ocean's smallest organisms interact.
It's their first record since severing all ties with former drummer Joe Seiders, who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography last year
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Netflix has served up a handful of first-look images of “Beef” Season 2, debuting on April 16. In the teaser images, Charles Melton lifts weights, Cailee Spaeny looks worried on a hospital bed, Oscar Isaac drives a golf cart and Carey Mulligan considers a facelift. “Beef”
Nearly three decades ago, scientists found that a pair of molecules in rye pollen exhibited an unusual ability to slow tumor growth in animal models of cancer. But progress stalled for one seemingly simple reason: No one knew exactly what the molecules looked like.
Our correspondents on the ground bring you all the highlights of the second day of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Kyle Gass has been one half of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D with Jack Black for decades, but the band's future seemed to be in doubt in 2024 when Gass cracked a joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The post Kyle Gass Details Fallout With Jack Black Over
Stock rebounded from their steepest one-day selloff in three months.
Donald Trump is now claiming that the “framework of a future deal” has been reached on Greenland and “the entire Arctic region.” The president posted on Truth Social Wednesday afternoon that he had a very productive meeting with the secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, at the
In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known as the "Boltzmann brain" hypothesis—the possibility that
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt wants to pretend that Donald Trump didn’t mix up Greenland and Iceland—but he did. Multiple times. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos Wednesday, Trump repeatedly and erroneously mixed up Greenland with Iceland, a
A new type of catalyst that uses five times less platinum than usual could help make hydrogen production more affordable in the future.
The Washington Post is asking a federal judge to order the government to return materials seized from one of its journalists as part of a raid at her home earlier this month. Calling the search "outrageous," the Post said the FBI's taking of reporting materials "chills speech,
In an update on the FDA’s site this week, Tri-Union Seafoods warned customers that batches of the quarantined tuna cans linked to the botulism recall were mistakenly shipped out.
