Elon Musk’s shouting match with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent might have been the final nail in the coffin for the tech billionaire’s four-month stint in the White House, but it came after months of bubbling frustration to Musk’s “chainsaw” approach to dismantling the
President Trump meets in the Oval Office with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Bilateral relations are at their lowest since the end of apartheid.
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Michael Alaimo, a theater and film actor known for his roles in “Space Jam” and the Oscar-nominated “The China Syndrome,” died Friday, May 2, in Burbank, Calif. He was 86. Alaimo’s death was confirmed to Variety by Alaimo’s daughter, longtime TV PR and communications executive
OpenAI is moving into hardware, in a threat to giants such as Sir Jony's former firm.
Soaring rice prices are a powerful trigger in Japan, where shortages have caused political upsets before.
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the Season 1 finale of “The Studio,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Months after filming his final scenes in “The Studio,” guest star Dave Franco got a call from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for a last minute idea that wound up
In recent years, the term "eldest daughter syndrome" has gained traction on social media, as many firstborn daughters share how they had to grow up faster. They often took on caregiving and supportive roles in their families.
George Coulam, the founder and longstanding owner of the Texas Renaissance Festival whose eclectic lifestyle and hunt for a successor were documented in the 2024 HBO docuseries “Ren Faire,” was found dead in his home in Todd Mission, Texas on Wednesday morning. He was 87. An
The indoor environment contains multiple sources of chemical compounds. These include continuous emissions from housing materials such as furniture, floors and furnishings, but also periodic intense emissions from human activities such as cooking, smoking, and cleaning.
Thai writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s feature debut centers on a married couple where the wife dies of a respiratory illness and returns to a grieving husband as a vacuum cleaner.
The recent graduate who was arrested by immigration forces in March was front and center at the “People’s Graduation” in uptown Manhattan.
Unlike most of her fellow party members, Lune can work equally well as a damage-dealer or a support in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, depending on your preferred playstyle. With the wide range of weapons and accessories in Expedition 33, you might feel like you can turn anyone
Rutgers University–New Brunswick researchers have discovered a new class of materials—called intercrystals—with unique electronic properties that could power future technologies.
It’s likely that you’ve never played or even heard of Grow a Garden, a new user-created experience in Roblox. But millions of people have. In fact, the very simple farming sim at one point had over 5 million active players, beating out games like Counter-Strike 2 and Marvel
Plasma—the electrically charged fourth state of matter—is at the heart of many important industrial processes, including those used to make computer chips and coat materials.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) bill that takes aim at President Trump’s deal with Qatar to accept a luxury jet as a gift to serve as the next Air Force One. Schumer attempted to pass the measure, which would essentially
When Russia invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022, President Vladimir Putin incorrectly assumed it would be a swift takeover. Three years on, it turns out, negotiators from both countries are tentatively exploring the idea of a negotiated way out of a largely stalemated
Tightening government finances impact workers around China, across multiple sectors.
The Trump administration says it is deporting eight criminal "monsters", as immigration attorneys challenge the move.
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A research team led by Prof. Li Yunhai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered a previously hidden mechanism that regulates rice grain size—a key determinant of crop yield and quality.
Fat Joe has claimed that Kendrick Lamar and SZA can go down as the greatest rapper/singer duo ever, as long as they don't fall out.
A member of Irish rap group Kneecap has been charged with a terror offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a London concert, police said on Wednesday. Liam O'Hanna, 27, known by his stage name Mo Chara, is accused of showing support for the Lebanese militant group,
A recent study has mathematically clarified how the presence of crystals and gas bubbles in magma affects the propagation of seismic P-waves. The researchers derived a new equation that characterizes the travel of these waves through magma, revealing how the relative
The Argentine government has downgraded the Secretariat of Human Rights to an under-secretariat, implementing a 40% reduction in its structure and a 30% cut in staff, resulting in substantial annual savings. Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni stated that the move aims to
Donald Trump’s many deals during his trip to the Middle East last week have rankled one of his closest allies on the right. Tucker Carlson called out the president’s “corruption” on his podcast Tuesday while speaking with his guest on the program, fellow right-wing influencer
A history of Earth’s supercontinents and their impact on evolution . “Tectonic activities have profound influence on life — affecting not only habitat availability, but also nutrient levels and global climate.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
A study by scientists at NTU Singapore has found that implementing robust air pollution control measures could mean Southeast Asian countries prevent as many as 36,000 ozone-related premature deaths each year by 2050.
Physical games are under siege. Collector’s Editions often come with codes instead of discs . Game-key cards for the Switch 2 only allow you to access downloads . The newest Doom isn’t playable out of the box . In one or two decades’ time, large swaths of contemporary gaming
A research team has developed a unified theoretical framework to better predict the performance of single-atom catalysts (SACs) for electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction (CO₂RR). Their model incorporates both pH and interfacial electric field effects—two critical factors
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that street signs in Manhattan have been “temporarily co-named” to honor individual players on the New York Knicks as the team advances to the 2025 NBA Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000. The city installed
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers. The three waves they tracked were likely caused by extreme rainfall and by a loosened ice jam.
Lake Tahoe is experiencing large-scale shifts in ultraviolet radiation (UV) as climate change intensifies wet and dry extremes in the region. That is according to a study led by the University of California, Davis's Tahoe Environmental Research Center and co-leading
The institution co-founded by Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson cut both full- and part-time workers ahead of its 2026 opening.
Canada is in talks with the U.S. to join President Trump’s proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system, according to the Canadian government. Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said there are “active discussions” between the two countries on existing and new security
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Plus: Trump confronts South African leader in Oval Office {beacon} HOUSE REPUBLICANS are fighting the clock — and each other — as GOP leadership and the White House push for President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to get a vote as soon as tonight. Conservative members of the
Archaeologist Greer Jarrett at Lund University in Sweden has been sailing in the footsteps of Vikings for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed farther away from Scandinavia and took routes farther from land than was previously believed to have been possible. In
For Black people, watching the Nottoway plantation go up in flames felt like witnessing a lie collapse under the weight of truth.
The United States Army will celebrate 250 years of service on June 14 with a large-scale military parade through the nation’s capital. But the festivities, which have been in the planning stages for a couple of years, will include far more and didn't initially include the
A federal judge slammed the Department of Justice Wednesday for its “ hasty arrest ” of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, and agreed to dismiss the ridiculous trespassing charge against the Democratic mayor. U.S. Judge Andre Espionosa questioned why federal prosecutors would arrest
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House are betting that the bill full of President Trump’s priorities is so big — and so “beautiful,” at least in the eyes of the president — that it cannot fail. House GOP leaders are charging ahead with plans to vote on the
When you finally get to him, the Performer will speak in wistful poetic prose about his homeland, playing lovely shamisen music in a moonlit courtyard, with a gentle lilt in his voice. And no amount of beautiful shamisen playing or poetic turns of phrase changes the fact that
Michelle Young joins Hrag Vartanian to discuss her new book, which uncovers astonishing findings about the World War II hero.
The April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, India, and military clashes that followed between India and Pakistan have reignited fears of a renewed spiral of tensions between the two neighbours. Even though the two sides have agreed to a US-mediated ceasefire for now, India has not