Driving across Highway 37 in the San Francisco Bay Area on the best of days already feels like driving on top of water. Buffeted on both sides by marshlands hosting egrets, herons, ducks and a handful of endangered species, the sea-level highway is a major connector linking
The actor eventually agreed to portray Chris Hansen in the film, which chronicles the intense production, ethical dilemmas and media sensationalism behind 'To Catch a Predator.'
Advances in weed management technology could reduce reliance on herbicides and manual labor, but a new review from the University of Mississippi and Cornell University indicates those tools also bring steep costs and potential challenges.
Kurosawa Kiyoshi and “Ju-on” director Shimizu Takashi are among the seven filmmakers behind “Night Tales Club,” a six-part Japanese supernatural anthology series set to premiere on Disney+ and Hulu in January 2027. Yamada Takayuki leads the series as Hojo, a high-flying
Months of fires in Indonesia have cloaked Southeast Asia in haze and made hundreds of thousands of people sick.
The US has advised its citizens to reconsider travelling to Kenya but the government tries to reassure people.
Ohio Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown pressed his Republican rival, Sen. Jon Husted (Ohio), to condemn a recent advertisement allegedly from Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “The ad released by Vivek Ramaswamy is disgusting. Everyone, including Jon
Late last year, scientists in Germany published findings on a World War II munitions dump in the Baltic Sea. Some may dismiss the dump as hazardous waste, but to marine biologists it was something far more exciting: a thriving ecosystem.
The site of a former U.S. military base in Greenland was ice-free at a time when summers were a few degrees warmer than today, according to a new University at Buffalo–led study of ancient sediment recovered from beneath the site in the 1960s.
When Ariel Baska traded her 15-year career teaching Latin for the film industry, they were instantly faced with a series of unexpected guardrails. “I found that all of these doors were closed to me because I could not literally walk in the front door,” Baska tells Variety. “As
Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.
There are signs the United States is shifting its policy towards Myanmar, formerly a global pariah.
Charli xcx has announced that she has canceled tomorrow night’s “Music, Fashion, Film” performance in Arizona due to illness. The pop singer is currently on her “Music, Fashion, Film” tour across North America and, after two shows in Los Angeles over the weekend, was slated to
Imagine sitting on a city bus full of strangers. Look around at the people riding with you. If you needed help, how would you choose whom to trust? By scanning people's faces, your brain is already making interpretations about their personalities by judging certain facial
Housing development in Colorado is spreading into fire-prone landscapes, increasing wildfire risk and adding to the challenges of affordable housing and rising insurance costs.
The lack of profitability, however, isn't the only thing motivating investors – it’s the growth of the business, and that's where things get interesting in reading the document.
Restaurant giant Landry’s Inc., owned by Texas mega-billionaire Tilman Fertitta, is taking over bankrupt Fireman Hospitality Group’s three most successful restaurants as part of a $22 million purchase with a third company, Ciao Hospitality Group.
A woman known as Jane Doe who accused seven men at Cornell University of sexual assault at a fraternity house sent a letter to the school saying she “felt unsupported and disebelieved” by the Ivy League institution’s president, Michael Kotlikoff. Cornell has responded to the
Investigative genetic genealogy can help hunt down criminals but raises worries over privacy.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Trump launches national kidney care plan The Trump administration launched the Kidney Care National Plan Tuesday, aiming to improve structural kidney care deficiencies the Health and Human
The identity of a mysterious skeleton found in a Roman sarcophagus in the grounds of Westminster Abbey more than 150 years ago appears closer to being solved.
Shrek 2 Remastered launches in November 2026 with 4K visuals, online co-op and updated graphics, Aspyr confirms.
And it could shed light on the evolutionary origins of disgust The post Primates Also Become Germophobes After Living Through a Viral Outbreak appeared first on Nautilus .
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. As reported earlier by The Guardian, the judge wrote that over the past year, Ann
Mike Flanagan discusses his Warhammer 40,000 TV adaptation, the franchise's lore and why it's harder to tackle than Stephen King's novels.
People are more likely to mimic — or even surpass — rule breakers than rule followers, a study finds. But real-world consequences may keep people in line.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, many households wiped down groceries with disinfectant before putting them away. Hand sanitizer was in short supply. With little information on how the virus spread, people became more cautious of germs from other people. A new
Legend has it that a giant elfin, owl-like creature called the chickcharney haunts the islands of the Bahamas. Those who encounter this cryptid on cordial terms are said to be blessed with good luck. Those who disrespect the chickcharney, however, don't fare as well. "If you
Green sawfish, distinguished by their long, sharklike bodies and tooth-lined "saw" on the front of their heads, are on the verge of extinction, largely due to overfishing and habitat loss.
SpaceX shares surged in after-hours trading Tuesday after the rocket and satellite giant reported a whopping 161% jump in quarterly revenue -- fueled by an AI business that has overtaken its Starlink internet service as the company's biggest moneymaker.
Male seahorses, fishes that belong to the Syngnathidae family, show a distinctive reproductive strategy in which males carry developing embryos in a brood pouch. Their most distinctive feature is the brood pouch on the ventral side of the male fish, into which the female fish
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Can existing laws take on AI? Trump is betting on it. The Trump administration is relying on existing criminal and civil laws to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents. But legal
SYDNEY, Oct 21 - The man who allegedly rammed his car into Australian lawmaker Helen Haines outside her electoral office will appear in court on Wednesday after being charged with three offences, in an attack authorities say was deliberate.
Authorities say the attack on independent MP Helen Haines was deliberate.
Diverse and sustained social activities may boost cognitive performance and slow the decline in brain health associated with aging, suggest the findings of a large international study, published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
Prolonged space travel can wreak havoc on the circulatory system The post Are Our Hearts Strong Enough to Get to Mars? appeared first on Nautilus .
In Haute-Corse, a person went missing in Ghisonaccia on Tuesday evening; another was found dead in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Another longtime Bay Area favorite is being sunk by soaring rent, and its landlord is none other than the city itself.
The loans come as Republican Senate candidates have struggled to fundraise this cycle — and as the party has boasted about its large cash advantage.
The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet.
Transforming a soybean processing byproduct into a material for skin protection and repair is the prospect outlined by a study that used okara, a residue from the production of tofu and soy-based beverages, to obtain a bioactive, biodegradable, 3D-printable biomaterial.
Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the Trump administration was giving right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million bounty program for members of the public to report fraud. In December 2025, Shirley published a viral video
Relatively few transgender athletes participate in high school and collegiate sports. Still, since 2020, 27 states have passed laws banning them from participating in sports based on their gender identity.
Amazon and UA have greenlit the untitled feature and set a release for late 2027.
Álvaro Urbano presents an homage to the innovations of Casa Cueva, an icon of modernist Mexican architecture. 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