Visiting the Bayeux Tapestry? Put Your Camera Away
The British Museum has reversed its policy on allowing photography of the near-thousand-year-old work.
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South Tyrol’s Bunkers Shoulder WWII History in Vincenzo Pagliuca’s Portraits
The photographer explores unexpected architecture in the Italian Alps. 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 South Tyrol’s Bunkers Shoulder WWII History
GTA VI Soundtrack Unveils New Songs From Travis Scott, Keith Richards, Yung Lean x Future, & More
The Grand Theft Auto series has always placed a huge emphasis on its soundtrack, as you already know if you spent any formative time speeding around Vice City and bumping "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" or "Broken Wings." The long-awaited new installment Grand Theft Auto VI , which
China, US top diplomats discuss 'high-level interactions' in call, Beijing says
BEIJING, Sept 17 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone call that the two countries \"should prepare well for the next stage of high-level interactions in the spirit of equality, respect and reciprocity,\" Wang's
This popular fermented food may help flush nanoplastics from the body
A kimchi-derived bacterium can bind to nanoplastics under gut-like conditions and may help carry them out of the body. In mice, the probiotic more than doubled the amount of nanoplastics detected in feces, pointing to a surprising potential use for microbes from fermented foods.
AI is shaping kids. What if kids could shape AI, too?
Vanderbilt University's Golnaz Arastoopour Irgens, assistant professor of human-centered learning technologies at Peabody College of Education and Human Development, partnered with Sarah K. Burriss (Ph.D. '23, Peabody's Department of Teaching and Learning), assistant professor
Robotic lab sets up and runs optics experiments on demand
Every new generation of phone display, television screen and solar panel is the result of precision optics experiments, which use lasers and other light sources to measure the optical properties of candidate materials. These experiments can take months to run, requiring
Stocks rise as Wall Street bounces back from Fed sell-off; oil dips
Stocks climbed Thursday morning as Wall Street tried to bounce back from a steep sell-off the previous day, after the Federal Reserve issued its first interest-rate hike in three years.
A Chinese AI company just connected its model to Wall Street's leading data providers
The startup Moonshot said it signed on financial industry giants from investment bank CICC to venture capital firms
Anthrax Put Former Samhain Member London May Through Hell in ‘Cursum Perficio’ Video
Rhythm section ace literally tries to break the chains that bind him in clip for title song on thrashers' new album
The Star Wars Archives. 1977-1983. From Taschen. Looks...
The Star Wars Archives. 1977-1983. From Taschen. Looks fantastic.
Sweden's centre-left win election as right wing bloc suffers narrow defeat
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned, allowing the speaker of parliament to begin formal talks with party leaders.
Soccer Mommy – “Rings Of Saturn”
When they emerged in the late 2010s, Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail not only piled up a wealth of great music, they helped to define an era of this very website. I will always mentally lump them together, so it makes perfect sense to me that, about a decade into their careers,
One killed as Saudi Arabia intercepts drone launched by Yemen's Houthis
Sept 17 - A Yemeni living in Saudi Arabia was killed on Thursday in the interception of a drone, which the kingdom's civil defence said was launched by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis.
Another popular squishy toy for kids recalled over 'risk of serious injury or death'
It's what is within the toys that causes concern, according to federal regulators.
Americana Award Winners Include Molly Tuttle, Brandi Carlile, Gillian Welch and Tyler Childers, as Robert Plant and Others Receive Lifetime Honors
Wednesday night’s Americana Music Honors & Awards in Nashville found the love being spread among a handful of the Americana’s brightest lights — among them Brandi Carlile, Molly Tuttle, Tyler Childers and the duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings — on top of some high-profile
Temperature measurement error may cause climate-impact studies to understate impacts by 15% or more
When policymakers and city officials plan for climate change, they rely on economic studies showing how extreme heat affects violent crime, public health, energy grids and crop yields.
Beaver reintroduction improves peatland water storage and drought resilience
A study led by a doctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool has found that beavers may help restore degraded peatlands by keeping landscapes wetter and making them more resilient to drought.
Moldova, Greece and Ireland: Where tourist arrivals are on the rise in Europe this year
In the first half of 2026, Europe as a whole saw a 3% increase in tourists – but arrivals were down in Western Europe, partially due to heatwaves.
Valencia region deluge leaves streets covered in mud and vehicles unusable in Torrent
Intense rainfall dumped up to 96 mm on Torrent, south‑west of Valencia, flooding roads, homes and the Parc Central tunnel, trapping cars and prompting emergency pumping operations.
Micron’s Taiwan workers threaten strike, say up to 68 months’ bonus not enough
Memory chip giant's unions want a one-off bonus of 83 months’ salary and quarterly profit-sharing.
U.S. denies visas to Palestinian officials ahead of U.N. General Assembly
It is the second consecutive year the State Department has prevented key Palestinian officials from attending the U.N. meeting in New York.
Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2026 Schedule: 34 New Holiday Movies Starring Lori Loughlin, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Lacey Chabert, Christy Carlson Romano and More
Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas is back with more new holiday movies than ever. Ahead of the 17th annual event, Hallmark has unveiled a supersized lineup of 34 original movies featuring Lori Loughlin, Janel Parrish, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Rachael Leigh Cook, Daniella
Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Announces Second Book Thank You For Your Suffering
Japanese Breakfast mastermind Michelle Zauner became an author back in 2021. That's when she published her memoir Crying In H Mart , an expansion of a New Yorker article about reconnecting with Korean food and culture after losing her immigrant mother. The book became a
Pakistan's top court suspends sentences of rights lawyer Mazari and husband
LAHORE, Sept 17 - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday suspended 17-year prison sentences handed to prominent rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband, and ordered them freed on bail, lifting a detention that has been criticised by activists.
Is dark matter 'natural?' Physicist puts the question to the test
Dark matter is one of the oldest open problems in physics. It makes up most of the matter in the universe and shapes how galaxies form and move, yet no one has ever directly detected it. Physicists have proposed dozens of candidates to explain it: exotic new particles, black
