The final ESA/Webb Picture of the Month feature for 2025 showcases a festive-looking region filled with glowing clouds of gas and thousands of sparkling stars. This star cluster, known as Westerlund 2, resides in a stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000
From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the genre
A controversial Brussels nativity scene begs the question: Should explicitly Christian imagery continue to be a part of Europe’s civic space, and if so, who has the authority to define it?
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James Cameron is shading the Oscars for often rejecting science-fiction movies. Speaking to film writer Barry Hertz of Canada’s The Globe and Mail, Cameron said the Academy Awards are never top of mind for him when he’s developing, making or promoting a movie. That’s especially
In the late 1990s, Gary Winnick, whose fortune exploded during the internet boom, was described as so rich that his housekeeper became a millionaire.
When people reach for the same object, walk through a narrow doorway, forage for food, or work together on a shared task, they continuously negotiate—often without noticing—how much to cooperate or compete. Unlike classical laboratory games that force players to choose between
Just when you think Critical Role's Campaign 4 can't get any harder, Dungeon Master Brennan Lee Mulligan proves us wrong.
When disease begins forming inside the human body, something subtle happens long before symptoms appear. Individual molecules such as DNA, RNA, peptides, or proteins begin shifting in quantity or shape. Detecting these tiny molecular changes early could dramatically change how
"Men will let you down. The Eras Tour never will," the singer says in the latest episodes of The End of an Era doc series
Keep track of your workouts and other health data while working on your fitness for less. The post Google Clears Out the Fitbit Inspire 3 at Its Lowest Price Ever After Pixel Tablet, Watch, and Buds Deals appeared first on Kotaku .
Sharif Osman Hadi was a key figure in 2024’s pro-democracy uprising.
Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD 1 billion due to yield losses every year. Yet these plants almost never attack themselves or closely related plants. Scientists have long suspected that
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this December 19th, 2025 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have decoded the nuclear genome of Amorphochlora amoebiformis, a unicellular marine alga belonging to the chlorarachniophyte group.
A character from the original Adventure Time series made an appearance in this week's Fionna and Cake — this is what you need to know.
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India's anti-conversion laws are being used to unjustly arrest religious leaders and undermine religious freedom, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern.
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announced the recipients of their special achievement honors – “Sinners” star Delroy Lindo (Beacon Award), DeVon Franklin (Ashley Boone Award), Erick Peyton (Game Changer Award), Jason Aidoo (Vanguard Award), Lawrence Lamont
Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.
As Emma Stone and her “Poor Things” director Yorgos Lanthimos eye a return to the Oscars next year, their latest movie, the paranoid thriller “Bugonia,” will release on Peacock on Dec. 26. The film stars Stone as Michelle Fuller, a wealthy CEO who gets kidnapped by two men
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In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and floods—particularly in ecologically vulnerable mid-latitude regions. But what is driving this hydroclimatic variability? Scientists have long debated the
Prof. An Tao from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has proposed a novel "precessing magnetic jet engine" model to explain the peculiar gamma-ray burst (GRB) 250702B, a rare cosmic explosion discovered on July 2, 2025.
The Marvel fandom has been stuck in a cycle of misinformation for years, and AI has made it worse The post It Feels Impossible To Trust Anything People Are Saying About Avengers: Doomsday Right Now appeared first on Kotaku .
A growing number of U.S. adults are losing trust in pro and college sports, thanks to the proliferation of online gambling and sports wagering options, according to a new survey. The NBC News Decision Desk poll, released Friday, showed that 70 percent of respondents said they
Filoviruses get their name from the Latin word "filum," meaning thread—a reference to their long, filamentous shape. This virus family contains some of the most dangerous pathogens known to science, including Ebola, Sudan, Bundibugyo and Marburg viruses.
At the end of the show, the duo thanked their team, while highlighting some of the stories that they’d covered during their year co-hosting the ratings-challenged nightly newscast.
Denmark accused Russia on Thursday of cyberattacks on water utility that burst pipes and on election websites, the first time Copenhagen publicly blamed Moscow.
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how molecular "traffic controllers" in cells influence aging and cellular senescence—a state where cells stop dividing but remain metabolically active. The study, published in Molecular Cell, sheds light on the process of
Zuckerberg’s pivot has unfolded even as his business continues to rely heavily on foreign workers.
A breakthrough development in nanofabrication could help support the development of new wireless, flexible, high-performance transparent electronic devices.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted of Russian military advances in Ukraine and ruled out any compromises with Kyiv ahead of meetings with U.S. officials in Miami this weekend aimed at agreeing to terms to end Moscow's nearly four-year war. Putin was speaking at