Researchers at Kumamoto University have discovered that a purely inorganic crystal grown from water solution can emit circularly polarized light, a special form of light whose "handedness" distinguishes left from right.
UK police on Wednesday admitted "mistakes" over the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a Europa League football match against Aston Villa in Birmingham, as calls mounted for the under-fire local chief constable to be sacked. West Midlands Police and its chief constable
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, a pillar of its theocratic system since the inception of the Islamic revolution, has seen off a succession of crises throughout his rule with a mixture of repression and strategic manoeuvring but now could be facing his biggest challenge.
President Donald Trump's insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland "whether they like it or not" is just the latest chapter in a co-dependent and often complicated relationship between America and the Arctic's largest island—one that stretches back more than a century.
Is the EU still relevant in a world where power increasingly overrides international law? That is the question posed in this edition of The Ring, Euronews’ weekly debating show that sees two MEPs face off on some of the most pressing issues of our time.
A Washington Post review of videos from Iran posted online of recent protests illustrates how widely violence has spread.
The rapper's seventh studio album is scheduled to arrive on Feb. 6, a date that corresponds with a local nickname for his hometown, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Light, medium, and heavy hides are used to make leather in Hytale. Find out where to get each hide, so you can craft armor.
A sense of nostalgia is greeted by surreal scenarios. 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 Absurd Scenarios Stretch Across Paco Pomet’s Uncanny Canvases
A mouse scurries up to six chestnuts. Three look healthy. Three have exit holes where moth larvae ate the insides before they left. What does the mouse do?
Light-emitting semiconductors are used throughout everyday life in TVs, smartphones, and lighting. However, many technical barriers remain in developing environmentally friendly semiconductor materials.
Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate change, global warming will exceed what many ecosystems can safely handle.
The two Middle Eastern countries exchanged messages through a Russian intermediary saying they would not preemptively attack each other.
Prosecutors have disclosed an additional allegation of sexual misconduct against actor Timothy Busfield as they seek to keep him in jail pending a trial on child sex abuse charges. Busfield is accused of groping a 16-year-old girl who was auditioning for a role at the B Street
Meltdown from Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 definitely looks different in Black Ops 7 , but does it look worse? The post One Of These Games Is From 2012 And The Other Is From 2026 appeared first on Kotaku .
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President Trump has the least healthy eating habits of anyone in his administration but praised the commander in chief for what he described as his remarkable stamina nonetheless. In an interview released Tuesday on
In the fishing villages along Lake Kariba in northern Zimbabwe, near the border with Zambia, everyday routines that should be ordinary—like collecting water, walking to the fields or casting a fishing net—now carry a quiet, ever-present fear. A new national analysis shows that
Their mouths may move convincingly, but they’re far from lifelike—for now The post The Quest for the Perfect Lip-Synching Robot appeared first on Nautilus .
Alan Jackson, the attorney, says he's still bound by client confidentiality
Jamelle Bouie : “The American public, then, is left not with a president but with a man who imagines himself master and behaves like a tyrant. A man whose agents brutalize ordinary citizens and then defame them in the wake of their deaths…”
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John Bolton, a former national security advisor to President Trump, says he believes the US will opt for 'targeted strikes' on Iran as the region braces for a militarily intervention. Trump teased American 'help is on its way.'
Teeth provide a wealth of information about the lives of Iron Age Italians, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Roberto Germano of Sapienza University of Rome, Italy and colleagues.
A new study suggests that with low to moderate levels of global greenhouse emissions in coming decades, more of India could become suitable for growing avocadoes. However, with high enough emissions, growing zones could shrink and destabilize by 2070.
President Trump is leading the US into a dangerous trap of military intervention at the expense of the economy, as evidenced by his aggressive foreign policy, and neglect of domestic needs.
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams is set to make her acting debut in “Babygirl” director Halina Reijn’s latest movie for A24. Reijn will write and direct the project, titled “Please,” with Abrams starring. Plot details for the film remain under wraps. David
The singer-songwriter is also gearing up to release an album, telling THR recently, “It’s definitely my favorite music I’ve ever made.”
Every January, the popular Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan headlines and curates his Out Of The Blue resort festival in Riviera Cancún — one extremely elaborate way to cope with stick season. This year's fest went down last weekend at Moon Palace Resort, with co-headliners
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is shifting his position and says he will now vote with Senate Republican leaders to defeat a resolution that aims to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela. Hawley, who backed advancing the measure last week, said he had
On today’s “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Gene Maddaus breaks down the issues and the schedule for Hollywood union contract negotiations that are set to begin Feb. 9 when SAG-AFTRA sits down with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. AI, health care
Last year was an eventful one for WU LYF. Along with reuniting for their first shows in over a decade, the Manchester indie rock favorites released their first new song in 13 years, then took it down from Spotify a few months later in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI
TURNSPIT are an emerging Leeds-based duo. Aside from their names Jess Clark and George Barwick and a note in the press release about being self-produced, not much is documented about them. What is clear is their growing prolificacy. Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary since
The Paris Louvre has introduced a new €32 (+45%) entrance fee for non-European individual visitors; guided groups will have to pay €28, capped at 20 people per visit to preserve quality, according to museum authorities.
Ayandeh Bank – which was run by regime cronies – went belly up with nearly $5 billion in losses on a pile of bad loans, according to a report.
More than half of surveyed U.S. voters oppose the Trump administration “running” Venezuela, according to a new poll. The survey results from Quinnipiac University found that 57 percent of people oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuelan politics until the Trump administration is
Under the first phase of the three-phase deal, Hamas released all but one hostage it was holding in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians who were held in Israeli prisons.
PlayStation Plus Premium and Extra tiers are receiving a bounty of new games to play to start 2026.
Here's how to make your phone work again if it's stuck on "SOS."
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Brooklyn producer evilgiane is the head of the omnivorous Surf Gang collective, and he’s done forward-thinking work with people like Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt. Just last month, Surf Gang and London rapper Jawnino released the extremely cool collaborative project
The Grammy Award-winning producer directed, co-wrote and produced the the upcoming film.
Last year the long-running Italian dance music festival C2C made its US debut at New York City's Knockdown Center. C2C Festival NYC will make its return to the same venue on May 8, 2026, and today they've announced the lineup: Arca (her first New York performance in two years),
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union is standing behind one of its members who was suspended Tuesday following a tense exchange with President Trump at a Michigan Ford plant. In a statement, UAW criticized Trump’s use of an obscene gesture toward the worker as "vulgar." “The
When justice is real, it doesn’t pick sides, shield power or shift scrutiny away from the hardest questions. It serves everyone equally, or it fails the very purpose it claims to uphold.
The Department of Homeland Security attempted to discredit a journalist Wednesday and was quickly embarrassed. On Tuesday, Slate published a bombshell article by Laura Jedeed outlining how she had somehow slipped through ICE’s screening process to be offered a job by the agency
ICE agents are reportedly asking Minnesota residents to tell them where their Asian neighbors live, as Vice President JD Vance’s promise of “door to door” ICE raids is being realized. And somehow, people on the right are still mad when ICE gets compared to Nazi storm troopers.
The House Administration Committee on Wednesday advanced a Republican-backed congressional stock trading bill, despite Democratic objections that the legislation falls short. The bill, introduced by committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) on Monday, would allow members of
Jan 14 - Senior Taiwanese officials are travelling to Washington to advance talks on reducing U.S. tariffs on the island's exports and strengthening investment, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
It includes the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian government, as well as the reconstruction and demilitarisation of Gaza, US envoy Steve Witkoff says.
