Wildfires have increased in frequency and severity over the past few decades. More fires are burning at the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other buildings meet the natural landscape—but our understanding of emissions from structure fires is still growing.
Scores of sea lions continue to beach themselves along the Southern California coastline, stricken with sickness. Toxic algae blooms are to blame, though a mechanical engineering innovation could shift the tide in favor of the marine mammals. Now, UNLV-led research published in
The U.S. men’s national hockey team made headlines over the weekend when it defeated Canada 2-1 in the gold medal final at the Winter Olympics, and now, Nike has dropped a new line of merch to commemorate the occasion. The U.S. men’s win marked the first Olympic gold medal for
In the 2010s, Grace Bennett and Jade Alcantara were living in separate cities, bonding online over their stan-level fandom for One Direction (Bennett) and the 1975 (Alcantra). That turned into a real-life friendship that involved meeting up at shows multiple times per year and,
The US Supreme Court's decision to block a pillar of US trade policy has caused yet more uncertainty.
SEOUL, Feb 26 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said prospects of North Korea-U.S. relations depend entirely on the attitude of the United States, while excluding any discussion with South Korea, state media KCNA said on Thursday.
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic U.S. Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalized" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they
A new study has found that the wild can be a "death trap" for animals that are released from captivity after previously being rescued. The research, published in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, involved Anglia Ruskin University primatologist Professor Anna Nekaris
Contamination of ground, surface and drinking water by perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affects millions of people worldwide. A promising new method developed by Flinders University scientists paves the way to help remove the most difficult-to-capture
Celebrate Stardew Valley's 10th anniversary with trivia.
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The masterminds behind the Claypool Lennon Delirium go deep on their wildly ambitious new album, and Lennon reveals a longstanding friendship with Willow
"We want to lock this in firmly and ship the game on time," said Windrose Crew on its Discord.
Hilary Duff appeared on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast amid her press tour for her new album, “Luck… or something,” and confirmed a long-standing rumor that she crashed the August 2003 premiere of “Freaky Friday” amid a rivalry with fellow Disney star Lindsay Lohan. The duo’s
Paramount Skydance leaders steered clear of any discussion of the company’s latest bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery as it unveiled fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report on Wednesday that reflected declines in the company’s core linear TV business but momentum for Paramount+
Cells rely on biomolecular condensates to coordinate essential biological processes without surrounding membranes. These droplet-like dynamic assemblies control the way in which DNA is turned into proteins, help clear cellular waste to prevent toxicity and disease, and can even
Comedian Nate Bargatze’s new game show, titled “The Greatest Average American,” premieres tonight. The show, which celebrates the power of “being perfectly average,” arrives on ABC on Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. ET. Cable-cutting viewers can stream the new season on Sling TV using their
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Trump’s surgeon general nominee weaves through contentious Senate hearing Casey Means, President Trump’s second nominee to be U.S. surgeon general, finally appeared before the Senate for her
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), told The Hill on Wednesday that he has appointed retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane to serve on the Commission on the National Defense Strategy (NDS). “General Keane has
NBA standouts Steve Kerr, John Stockton and Chet Holmgren are among those featured in the Tubi Original film that focuses on head coach Mark Few's impressive run at the college hoops powerhouse.
Leiden physicists Daniela Kraft and Julio Melio have created soft structures that can take on different shapes without any external drive in their lab. They present their research on microscale metamaterials in Nature—a breakthrough that opens the door to smart, reconfigurable
Vice President JD Vance and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz announced on Wednesday the Trump administration will halt certain Medicaid funds to Minnesota as a part of the effort to crack down on fraud in the state. “We have decided to
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - The United States sees evidence that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program after U.S.-led strikes against Iranian nuclear sites in June, Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday. "The principle is very simple: Iran cannot have a nuclear
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a migrant advocacy group’s request to temporarily block the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing immigrants’ data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied
BBC international correspondent Quentin Sommerville travelled to Culiacán in northern Sinaloa state following an explosion in violence.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday said some nations will face a 15 percent tariff or higher as President Trump looks to rewire trade policy in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down most of his sweeping tariffs. “Right now, we have the 10
Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers believe Netflix's programming skews to the left and aren't looking to give it more market power.
Maverick Games has confirmed that it is "no longer working with Amazon Games Studio."
"A comprehensive engineering and operational analysis of the Internet Archive."
Many therapeutic molecules used in cancer treatments are highly toxic, often harming healthy tissues and causing significant side effects. This creates a critical need for strategies that localize their toxic activity to tumors. What if cancer drugs could stay dormant until
After a somewhat similar pilot program received backlash three years ago, AMC has come up with a new strategy to reward their most spend-y customers with the best seats.
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With the closure of Bluepoint dashing hopes of a remake, it hurts all the more.
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story DOJ 's new era of antitrust under Trump The abrupt departure of the Justice Department’s top antitrust enforcer is raising questions about the Trump administration’s approach to anti-monopoly cases and controversial mergers. © AP
Plants around the world are flowering earlier in the year, a trend attributed to climate change. But there could be another hitherto hidden trigger. Scientists led by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences suggest a cause may be morning dew drops, as explained in a
Donald Trump lashed out at Robert De Niro in a Truth Social rant amid their ongoing public feud. The president slammed the Oscar-winning actor as “a sick and demented person” after De Niro fought back tears in a recent interview on “The Best People With Nicole Wallace” podcast
On Tuesday the U.S. president largely steered clear of his administration’s health care agenda amid a broader push to downplay antivaccine efforts ahead of upcoming midterm elections
House lawmakers are preparing this week to grill former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of Congress’s investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The high-profile depositions, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in New York,
Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture’s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy.
Mexican mothers with experience searching for missing people are helping Arizona and federal authorities amid their search for NBC "Today" host Savannah Guthrie's mother. The Madres Buscadoras de Sonora — Spanish for Searching Mothers of Sonora — has distrubuted photos of Nancy
New York attorney general Letitia James called loot boxes 'quintessential gambling.'
"I still didn't think it was going to be super popular," Barone said of the days leading up to Stardew Valley's launch in 2016.
Viewers of “Today” are going to see a little more of Hoda Kotb. Kotb is expected to continue to fill in at the NBC morning franchise opposite Craig Melvin while regular co-anchor Savannah Guthrie continues to monitor the search for her mother, Nancy, in Arizona, according to a
This week, we honor a Hungarian avant-garde artist, a Philadelphia mosaicist, a Swiss pop artist, and others.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is backing a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a notable move against a fellow Lone Star State Republican incumbent. “I am proud to endorse @SteveTothTX for Congress in Texas’s 2nd Congressional District,” Cruz said in a Tuesday post on
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) have recently demonstrated the feasibility of using estrone-linked BODIPYs sonosensitizers for antimicrobial sonodynamic therapy (SDT). Their initial findings are published in Chemistry—An Asian Journal.
Quantum technologies are anticipated to transform computing, communication, and sensing by harnessing the unusual behavior of matter at the atomic scale. Translating quantum's promise into practical devices will require physical systems that have desirable quantum properties
