Rebecca Solnit: The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology. “It is nothing less than astonishing and unbelievable that we have achieved so much progress in so little time.”
The upcoming remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is certainly ambitious. Taking one of the most elaborate gaming projects of the early 2000s and sprucing it up with modern third-person stealth and shooter mechanics along with a fresh coat of graphical paint is no easy
Fluorescent markers are extremely useful in science as tools to track molecules or processes as they carry out their unique activities, revealing unknown facts along the way. However, physically introducing fluorescent markers into targets can result in strong background
It seems we are getting a new Phil Elverum album. The Northwestern artist released his most recent album as Mount Eerie, Night Palace , last fall, and we granted it Album Of The Week status. But this new project isn’t being released under Mount Eerie or his former moniker the
Dead Take , a horror FMV game from Tales of Kenzera developer Surgent Studios, starts with a disclaimer that its story of unbridled Hollywood ego taken to its most terrifying extreme is a “work of fiction not intended to reference or depict any actual people, places, events, or
Russian opposition activist and former political prisoner, Vladimir Kara Murza says Western leaders’ treatment of Putin in the past was "shocking and shameful", and gave Putin leeway and erode democracy in Russia.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Syria's foreign minister Asaad al-Shibani in Moscow on Thursday, the first visit by a top official from Syria's new government since the toppling of longtime Russian ally Bashar
Season 2 of “Murder in a Small Town” has added three new actors to its cast. Variety has learned that Bethany Brown (“F Marry Kill,” “Watson”), Marci T. House (“iZombie,” “Tracker”), and Joshua Close (“Fargo,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”) are the latest additions to the second
The “Hostel” TV series has found a home at Peacock. Variety has learned exclusively that the TV extension of the horror film franchise is currently in development at the NBCUniversal streamer. The show was previously reported to be in the works in June 2024, but no platform was
The Australian trio debut their rave-filmed visualizer for "Don't Look at Me Like That" from their new Racer EP
Military leader Min Aung Hlaing retains power as martial law is declared in parts of the country.
Tick, tock, the clock's a tickin'.
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) urged the Trump administration Thursday to maintain some parts of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip export framework laid out by former President Biden. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary
The Croatian army parade commemorated the 30th anniversary of Operation Storm, the mission in which Croatian forces seized ethnic Serb-held territory in August 1995.
The deal is expected to close by early September.
The drummer rejoining the band's touring lineup for the first time since 2008 after spending two years on the road with Foo Fighters
The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found.
Microclimates—as opposed to large-scale regional or even global scale macroclimate models—may hold the key to offsetting the negative impacts of extreme weather events on already vulnerable insect populations.
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Thursday said President Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for his commitment to “restructuring” global trade rates. “I'm thinking that since he's basically taught the world trade economics, he might be up for the Nobel on economics because
Ross Anderson writes about how scientific empires, from the ancient Sumerians to the Nazis to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, have crumbled (or been willfully dismantled by ideologues) and the clear signs that the same thing is happening here in the United States under the
A whimsical new companion is coming.
Why do images of Donald Trump as a galactic emperor or Luigi Mangione as a Catholic saint resonate so deeply with some people? Memes don't just entertain—they shape how we identify with power, grievance and justice in the digital age.
The earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on July 30, 2025, may have been one of the most severe on record, with a magnitude of 8.8. But innovations in science and technology gave governments vital time to warn and evacuate their people from the resulting tsunami.
Banijay Entertainment, the European production-distribution giant behind “Peaky Blinders” and “Big Brother,” has posted half-year revenue of €1.42 billion ($1.6 billion), up 3% from 2024. The content production and distribution division, which is part of Banijay Group, unveiled
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which comes into force on August 1, 2025, means universities in England now have a new duty to uphold "robust" strategies to ensure freedom of speech on campus.
“We’re thrilled to join the IndyCar ownership group at such a pivotal time for the sport,” said Eric Shanks, CEO & Executive Producer, FOX Sports.
Zikia, a 12th grader in Philadelphia, was stressing over where she would attend college in the fall. Her charter school's college decision ceremony was the next day, and she was torn between her two top choices.
These days, many video games either tell you an extravagant story that you’ll play through once and then ditch, or they urge you to open your wallet and delve deep for cosmetics and battle passes on the free-to-play front, presumably forever. But if you venture over to the
While 63% of European accommodations expect growth, vacancies for high-skilled roles are difficult to fill. High salary expectations and a lack of work-life balance are among the reasons for this.
A $1.26 billion contract to build the nation’s largest detention center was awarded to a little-known Virginia company—which doesn’t even have an office. On July 18, the Acquisition Logistics Company won a federal contract to build and operate a detention center in El Paso
Airdrops of international aid continued over Gaza on Thursday, landing in areas where civilians have been told to evacuate, as food insecurity in the territory grows increasingly severe.
EA has put a lot of studios on Battlefield 6. Here's when we find out what it's been cooking.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is facing heavy backlash from Democrats over a Wednesday remark in which he talked about “a backdoor for privatizing Social Security.” “In a way, it is a backdoor for privatizing Social Security,” Bessent said Wednesday during an event with
