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Two new brown dwarfs discovered with TESS

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The newfound objects are about 30 times more massive than Jupiter. The finding was detailed in a paper posted on

xWeaponx – “Everybody Breaks”

The Louisville straight-edge hardcore band xWeaponx haven’t released a lot of music — just a 2022 demo and a 2023 split with World Of Pleasure — but all of their songs make me want to pick someone up by his ankles and swing him into a tree trunk. They’ve got an absolute banger

Warner Bros. Wipes The Original Looney Tunes From Max

Warner Bros. appears to continue its landmark campaign for Worst Mega Corporation of 2025, following moves like shutting down Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions and killing its deal with long-running educational children’s show Sesame Street , by removing the

Schumer postpones book tour amid backlash over funding vote

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has postponed his book tour scheduled this week in Baltimore, New York, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia amid an intense backlash from fellow Democrats over his controversial vote to advance a House Republican-drafted funding

Lunar Vacation – “Lights Off”

On paper, the dreamy Atlanta rockers Lunar Vacation’s new song “Lights Off” looks like the band’s country move. It’s a mostly-acoustic shuffle with harmonicas and slide guitars, after all. But Lunar Vacation take those elements and do something radically different with those

Upgrading keratin to make a biodegradable plastic

A team of materials scientists from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, the University of Milano-Bicocca, and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia via Morego, all in Italy, has found a way to use keratin to make a type of biodegradable plastic. In their paper published in the journal

Hochul: Congestion pricing is 'working'

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul presented President Trump with data showing that the controversial traffic congestion program, congestion pricing, is working, and is helping to reduce traffic congestion and increase retail sales in New York City.