Israeli forces on Monday blocked an international media tour in the occupied West Bank, preventing journalists from entering the village of Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra who decried worsening Israeli violence. Adra's film "No Other Land" chronicles the forced
Iran said Monday it will not accept a nuclear agreement that deprives it of what it called "peaceful activities", a reference to uranium enrichment, as it pressed the United States for guarantees it would drop sanctions. Uranium enrichment has remained a key point of contention
The Milky Way may merge with the Large Magellanic Cloud in 2 billion years, not Andromeda, contrary to previous findings.
A study of Seychelles warblers led by Macquarie University in Australia, with collaborators in the UK and Netherlands, finds no measurable connection between how long bird parents stayed together and the physical condition or reproductive success of their offspring.
A powerful geomagnetic storm is still be impacting Earth today. Does that mean you'll see the northern lights tonight?
A new University of Mississippi project maps the state's often-overlooked religious diversity, blending historical research, video interviews and sacred music to spotlight faith communities across Mississippi.
The mad lads have done it.
Tourists on an expedition near Mount Etna were filmed running for safety after a massive ash plume erupted from the volcano on Monday.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) is creating a new political action committee to oppose President Trump’s agenda, seeking to mobilize those who want to push back against the administration. Murphy on Monday said in a post on X that his group, American Mobilization, will support
The Philadelphia Inquirer ’s editorial board lambasted Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman, stating that it’s time for him to either “serve Pennsylvanians, or step away.” The board, which endorsed Fetterman for Senate in 2022, wrote in a scathing column on Sunday that the
Pounding on the bottom of a glass bottle of ketchup is one of life's small annoyances. Getting that sweet, red concoction from its solid phase to a liquid takes too long when you're hungry and could even require messy strategies with a butter knife.
The same packages of fizzy colas were withdrawn in the Netherlands after sample studies revealed three bags were laced with cannabis.
A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material's potential for preventing medical implant infection.
The 18th annual Roots Picnic went down over the weekend at Philadelphia’s Mann in Fairmount Park, but not everything panned out according to plan. Firstly, D’Angelo canceled his headlining set — which would’ve been his first proper live performance in nearly a decade — just a
North America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, which slithers along the border of Idaho and Oregon, is a surprisingly new addition to the Earth's ancient landscape. A recent study suggests that a monumental shift in Snake river drainage around 2.1 million years ago reshaped the
Robert Welch’s dream of taking over the Republican Party and imposing an authoritarian-style regime has come to pass.
The army says it defended its post "vigorously" but eventually withdrew, as militants seized on their base.
After two solid hours of smooth Elden Ring Nightreign co-op with my friends on Discord, I confidently told them the online complaints floating around were overblown. That’s when it all fell apart. Matchmaking suddenly started canceling on us — repeatedly — for over 15 minutes.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) declared Monday that the Democratic Party mishandled the critical issue of border security under President Biden by letting millions of migrants into the country over four years, giving Republicans a potent issue to campaign on. Fetterman took his
Organ transplantation in Kazakhstan relies heavily on living donors due to distrust in the system and religious beliefs. Only 10 out of 86 families consented to donation after death in 2024.
The film arrives in theaters on Sept. 12
Physicists at ETH Zurich have developed a lens that can transform infrared light into visible light by halving the wavelength of incident light. The study is published in Advanced Materials.
Demand for electricity is growing at the fastest pace in decades, driven by growing industrial production, heating and cooling, vehicle electrification, and the rapid expansion of data centers to feed technological advancements. At the same time, extreme weather events such as
In a CBS ( PARA ) interview Sunday, Elon Musk tried to distance himself from the Trump administration’s controversial second-term agenda. Read more...
Based on time-series photometry from three different telescopes, an international team of astronomers has performed a detailed asteroseismology study of WD J0049−2525—the most massive pulsating white dwarf. The study, published May 22 on the arXiv pre-print server, resulted in
A team of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has outlined the decade-long development and testing of what was originally known as the Europa Lander prototype—a partially autonomous robot designed to find out if Jupiter's moon Europa harbors life beneath its icy
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem quietly removed a list of “sanctuary” states, cities, and counties after outrage from the National Sheriffs’ Association. The Department of Homeland Security published a list Thursday of what it called “ sanctuary jurisdictions ,”
Agriculture and hydropower could struggle to make ends meet as Europe’s climate-driven dry spell continues.
From the inferno of Black Thursday in 1851 to the devastation of Black Summer starting at the end of 2019, bushfires have a powerful legacy in post-European settlement Victoria.
Antimicrobial resistance directly causes more than 1 million deaths every year and contributes to more than 35 million more, according to the World Health Organization. Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus sp., two Gram-positive pathogens highly likely to develop resistance
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that involves whether possessing AR-15's is protected by the Second Amendment, but the court’s conservatives are signaling they soon will. Only three justices — Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — voted to hear
By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians have made great strides toward building a “grand unified theory” of math. The post The Core of Fermat’s Last Theorem Just Got Superpowered first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Mount Etna is Europe's tallest and most active volcano.