Dota 2's Pudge becomes the MOBA's first character to be played in over a billion matches

Pudge gets a nudge, likely won't budge.

Fusion record set for tungsten tokamak WEST

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) measured a new record for a fusion device internally clad in tungsten, the element that could be the best fit for the commercial-scale machines required to make fusion a viable

Bernie Sanders set to seek reelection this fall

Althea Crome’s Miniature Sweaters Test the Limits of Traditional Knitting

Have you ever sent a knit sweater through a dryer cycle and returned to find it a fraction of the size it once was? Well, think even smaller. Althea Crome ’s incredibly detailed miniature sweaters didn’t shrink in a dryer but were instead created stitch by stitch with

As Israel's Rafah ground offensive looms, EU leaders make last-ditch calls for restraint

European leaders and ministers have urged Israel to refrain from launching its long-anticipated military operation in Rafah, an attack which is believed to be imminent.

Biden to speak with Netanyahu as Rafah fears mount

President Joe Biden will hold urgent talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday after Israel defied repeated US warnings and told Palestinians to evacuate part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of an offensive. The call comes as Biden mounts a diplomatic

Turbid waters keep the coast healthy, finds study

To preserve the important intertidal areas and salt marshes off our coasts for the future, we need more turbid water. That is one of the striking conclusions from a new study conducted by a Dutch-Chinese team of researchers and published in Nature Geoscience.

DDT pollutants found in deep sea fish off LA coast raise questions about the pesticide's continuing threat to wildlife

In the 1940s and 1950s, the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles was a dumping ground for the nation's largest manufacturer of the pesticide DDT—a chemical now known to harm humans and wildlife. Due to the stubborn chemistry of DDT and its toxic breakdown products, this pollution

Compared to billions of years ago, Venus has almost no water: New study may reveal why

Planetary scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered how Venus, Earth's scalding and uninhabitable neighbor, became so dry.

The traditional office workplace is dead, and you'll be surprised to learn why

People will credit (or blame) the pandemic for this, but there's actually a much simpler reason.

How To Get A (Free) Shovel In No Rest For The Wicked

Moon Studio’s No Rest for the Wicked is a tough-as-nails Soulslike, but there are moments of respite to be found. Alongside the array of weapons and armor found in chests or offered as rewards for quests, there’s a set of more rudimentary tools that you shouldn’t ignore. They

‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Pay Tribute to Bernard Hill: No One Spoke Tolkien’s Words As Well

Bernard Hill’s castmates from The Lord of the Rings gave several touching tributes to the actor, who passed away Sunday at the age of 79. Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan and Sean Astin — who played the hobbits in Peter Jackson’s three blockbuster films — honored him

Steward Health Care is seeking a bailout in one of the largest hospital bankruptcies in decades

Steward Health Care, the largest physician-led, for-profit hospital network in the United States, filed for bankruptcy Monday morning as it works to finalize the terms for a loan from hospital landlord Medical Properties Trust. Read more...

Trump on ABC News' president's resignation: 'Good riddance'

Former President Trump took a shot at ABC News after Kim Godwin, the outgoing president of the network, announced she was leaving on Sunday. "Happy to report that Kim Godwin, Head of ABC, has resigned," Trump wrote on his Truth Social website just minutes after the news was

Metro Boomin Offers Free Track To Rapper With Best Verse On His “BBL Drizzy” Beat

Super-producer Metro Boomin doesn’t rap, but he’s still become a key figure in the big-news recent feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar. The opening shot in the whole saga was Kendrick’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “ Like That ,” and it reportedly came about, at least

Wondering why “people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real...

Wondering why “people invent false conspiracies when there are so many real ones to worry about”, George Monbiot interviews a conspiracy theorist . “Conspiracy fantasists may get the facts wrong, ‘but often get the feelings right.’” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Russia to hold simulated nuclear weapon exercises after heated Ukraine remarks

Russia announces Monday it will be holding military exercises that simulate the use of nuclear weapons after some Western officials suggested there could be more involvement in the war in Ukraine. Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it will be holding military drills practicing

Fancy Gap – “Strawberry Moon” (Feat. Sharon Van Etten)

Fancy Gap is a duo made up of the Love Language’s Stuart McLamb and the songwriter/producer Charles Crossingham. Today, they’re announcing their debut album, which will be out in July. They introduced the project with “ How To Dance ” last month, and now they’re sharing the

Share of Black Americans planning to vote drops: Survey

Fewer Black Americans are certain they will vote in this year’s election than in the 2020 election, according to a new Washington Post/Ipsos survey. Only 62 percent of Black voters said they are “absolutely certain” they will vote in November's election, a 12-point decrease

Resident Evil 9 Out Early Next Year According To Latest Leaks

It won’t be too long until fans of Capcom’s survival horror franchise will be able to play the next entry in the franchise. That’s if the latest rumors about the inevitable Resident Evil 9 are to be believed. The new update comes from Dusk Golem, a prominent horror game leaker

Experiment opens door for millions of qubits on one chip

Researchers from the University of Basel and the NCCR SPIN have achieved the first controllable interaction between two hole spin qubits in a conventional silicon transistor. The breakthrough opens up the possibility of integrating millions of these qubits on a single chip

Scientists use high pressure NMR spectroscopy to study structure of dynamic proteins

A pressure of 3,000 bar is applied to the cold shock protein B of Bacillus subtilis in a small tube in the NMR spectroscopy laboratory at the University of Konstanz. This is roughly three times the water pressure at the deepest point of the ocean. The pressure is so intense

‘Psycho Goreman’ Director Steven Kostanski’s ‘Frankie Freako’ Set for Cannes Market Sales Launch by Raven Banner (EXCLUSIVE)

Raven Banner Entertainment will launch international sales at the Cannes Film Market for Steven Kostanski’s latest feature “Frankie Freako.” Kostanski’s previous feature “Psycho Goreman” premiered at SXSW in 2020 and gathered a cult following worldwide. Reviewing the film for

Films Boutique Takes Sales Rights to Claire Simon’s Documentary ‘Elementary’ Ahead of World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)

Films Boutique has taken world sales rights to documentary “Elementary,” directed by Claire Simon, ahead of the film’s world premiere in the Special Screenings section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film was shot at the Makarenko public elementary school on the outskirts of

Ty Dolla $ign Gives Update On 'Vultures 2,' Teases Fourth Album With Kanye West

Ty Dolla $ign has given fans an update on his second joint album with Kanye West 'Vultures 2' and claims it will be released 'ASAP'.

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Biden is pouring money into the 'digital twins' of AI chips

The Biden administration is looking for proposals from companies that can establish and operate an institution that will develop “digital twins” of semiconductors, with the opportunity to receive up to $285 million in funding. Read more...

Jon Stewart says Biden is ‘so f—ing old’ he ‘just shouldn’t be president’

Stewart made the remarks at an appearance at the Netflix Is a Joke Fest, which debuted on the streaming service on Friday.

Two facilities team up for structural biology advances with X-ray free-electron lasers and exascale computing

Plans to unite the capabilities of two cutting-edge technological facilities promise to usher in a new era of dynamic structural biology. Through DOE's Integrated Research Infrastructure, or IRI, initiative, the facilities will complement each other's technologies in the

Tim Scott dodge on accepting election results sends 'very chilling signal': Miles Taylor

Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), said Sunday that Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) interview in which he dodged repeatedly on whether he would accept the election results in 2024 sends a “very chilling signal” ahead of the November

Lana Del Rey Will Play Her First Stadium Show This Summer

The musician has scheduled a special one-night only gig at Boston's famed Fenway Park

Ghost Of Tsushima Multiplayer Will Require A PlayStation Network Sign-In On PC

Sucker Punch’s open-world samurai game Ghost of Tsushima is getting a Steam port this month that will require a PlayStation Network account to access its multiplayer mode. If this sounds familiar, it’s because Sony recently announced that the “grace period” for the beloved

Tom Brady Briefly Forgets What a Roast Is After Jeff Ross’ Robert Kraft Massage Joke

"Don’t say that shit again," the former NFL star told the roastmaster general during his set

Spirit Airlines stock drops 9% because earnings had the worst news possible

Spirit Airlines needs good news to convince Wall Street that it can do well by itself in the wake of its abandoned merger with JetBlue Airways . Unfortunately, its latest earnings report only proves that it can do badly all by itself. The company reported its 10th consecutive

Boeing expected to launch its first crewed Starliner capsule to the International Space Station

Boeing’s new Starliner capsule will launch NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station on May 6 local time.

Researchers discover spontaneous liquefaction of solid metal–liquid metal interfaces in colloidal binary alloys

The boundary between solid metal and liquid metal can be much less "solid" than we ever suspected. RMIT researchers have discovered that the liquid-solid boundary can fluctuate back and forth, with metallic atoms near the surface breaking free from their crystal lattice.