Tim Scott clashes with Chuck Grassley, Dick Durbin over Nazi-linked bank probe

A View From the Easel

“We love that we’re able to make art as queer artists inside a church.”

Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather

Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday.

New study reveals people judge lines by what's ahead—not how long they wait

Conventional wisdom is that waiting in a queue online or in a physical line involves a certain cost for people and organizations. Rational analysis has largely based its queue management predictions on remaining wait time, or how long someone has left to wait. Much of the

CRISPR screen maps 250 genes essential for human muscle fiber formation

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, delayed motor milestones or lifelong disabilities. New research from the

Iran filmmaker Panahi fears Iranians' interests will be 'sacrificed' in US talks

Dissident Iranian film director Jafar Panahi told AFP he believes ordinary Iranians risk being "sacrificed" in talks between Iran and the United States on Friday, with his country still "in shock" over a deadly crackdown on protests. Panahi, Iran's best-known director, offered

In Lebanon, a Hezbollah-run camp houses people escaping Syria

"They drove us out at gunpoint," says Lebanese citizen Zeinab Qataya, who fled her adopted home in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and returned to her country to live in a camp built by Hezbollah. The construction of the Imam Ali Housing Compound has proved

Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote

A deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula sparked calls on Thursday for Portugal's presidential run-off to be postponed, but electoral officials insisted it would go ahead.

The Mountain That Weighed the Earth . How scientists in...

The Mountain That Weighed the Earth . How scientists in 1774 used a Scottish mountain to estimate the mass of the Earth to within 20% of the modern number by measuring the mountain’s gravitational effect on a precision plumb line. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

Overwatch’s ‘Same Face Syndrome’ Has Claimed Another Victim

Anran sure didn’t look like Kiriko and Juno in her earlier appearances The post Overwatch’s ‘Same Face Syndrome’ Has Claimed Another Victim appeared first on Kotaku .

A 'crazy' dice proof leads to a new understanding of a fundamental law of physics

Right now, molecules in the air are moving around you in chaotic and unpredictable ways. To make sense of such systems, physicists use a law known as the Boltzmann distribution, which, rather than describe exactly where each particle is, describes the chance of finding the

2018 Kīlauea earthquake may have stalled fault's slow slip for decades

The magnitude 6.9 earthquake that took place in 2018 on the south flank of Kīlauea on the Island of Hawaiʻi may have stalled episodes of periodic slow slip along a major fault underlying the volcano, according to a new study by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey.

Slotkin Refuses DOJ Request in Revenge Probe Into Message to Troops

Senator Elissa Slotkin has denied an interview request from the Justice Department regarding its sham investigation into her participation in a video message telling troops they should “refuse illegal orders.” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, joined five other military and

Ancient bird routes mapped via plant diversity

It's not what they intended to do or expected to find. They're not even all that interested in birds. When Andre Naranjo and his colleagues began work on a new study published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, they wanted to know why a small mountain chain on the

Trump Throws Pam Bondi Under the Bus on Georgia Election Office Raid

The White House is letting Attorney General Pam Bondi take the heat for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard ’s presence at the Fulton County, Georgia, election office during an FBI raid. Last week, Gabbard was photographed overseeing FBI agents as they packed up and

Tokayev’s Realpolitik Moment: Why Kazakhstan is Positioning Itself as Eurasia’s Pragmatic Power Broker

From trade corridors to Gaza diplomacy and Ukraine neutrality, Kazakhstan’s president signals a strategy built on realism, connectivity and global balance. Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is not a leader given to grand ideological statements. Instead, his political

Jujutsu Kaisen previews episode 7's thrilling Tokyo Colony 1 arc

The exciting Tokyo Colony No. 1 fights are about to commence.

Nintendo Covers Up Violence With Hilariously Bad Gameplay

Leon Kennedy needs to get his eyes checked The post Nintendo Covers Up Violence With Hilariously Bad Gameplay appeared first on Kotaku .

Trump endorses former MLB star Mark Teixeira in Texas race: 'Total winner'

President Trump on Wednesday endorsed former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Mark Teixeira in his bid for an open House seat in Texas. "I know Mark well, and he is a TOTAL WINNER, on and off the field! An MLB All-Star, Mark’s career was ‘loaded up’ with Accolades and WINS,

EsDeeKid Plays First US Show, Drops New Single “Omens”

In December, the young masked UK rap sensation EsDeeKid settled once and for all the mystery of whether he’s Timothée Chalamet in disguise by jumping on a track with Chalamet and appearing in the video together. We like his music even without that particular promo gimmick, so

Khanna launches investigation into Trump family dealings with 'spy sheikh'

Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on China, has launched an investigation into a deal between a Trump family cryptocurrency company and an investment firm linked to an Emirati royal known as the “spy sheikh.” In a letter Wednesday, Khanna

Trump administration directs rescission of $1.5B from blue states on health, transportation

The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday. OMB directed the Transportation Department to rescind $943

AI-powered compressed imaging system developed for high-speed scenes

A research team from the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from the Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, and Northwest University, has developed a single-shot compressed

‘There’s Plenty Worse Out There’: How Sabrina Carpenter Built a Boyfriend Made of Pringles

The pop superstar talks her new Super Bowl ad and her incredible Grammys performance

How intertidal sediment stratification regulates coastal nutrient fluxes

A research team led by Prof. Xiao Kai from the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically elucidated the transformation and transport processes of nutrients in intertidal groundwater. The team employed a combined

High-entropy garnet crystal enables enhanced 2.8 μm mid-infrared laser performance

Recently, a research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully grew a high-entropy garnet-structured oxide crystal and achieved enhanced laser performance at the 2.8 μm wavelength band. By introducing a high-entropy

Zayn Announces ‘The Konnakol Tour’ Dates

Zayn has announced his biggest solo tour yet in support of his upcoming fifth album “Konnakol.” “The Konnakol Tour,” produced by Live Nation, will span 31 dates and mark the singer’s first time headlining arenas and stadiums across the globe. The trek kicks off on May 12 at

Trump disapproval on economy hits new high: Survey

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll shows that President Trump’s disapproval rating on the economy is at a new high dating back to his first term. The survey, released Thursday, found that 36 percent of respondents approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, while 59 percent

Dozens of Democrats call for halt to fuel efficiency standards rollback

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to halt a proposed rollback of vehicle mileage standards, warning that weakening the standards could have detrimental effects on fuel efficiency and Americans’ wallets and worsen climate change. The

DHS standoff threatens bipartisan Munich delegation

Pokémon Accidentally Finds The Perfect Way To Troll Scalpers

If you tried to buy up all of today's Surging Sparks restock, you got an irritating extra The post Pokémon Accidentally Finds The Perfect Way To Troll Scalpers appeared first on Kotaku .

Indiana House GOP candidate withdraws from race, citing state's failure to redistrict

An Indiana Republican running for a competitive House seat announced Thursday that she would be withdrawing from the race, citing the competitive nature of the district and the state’s failure to redistrict ahead of November. “Indiana's legislature sadly chose not to

Embark heard your feedback, so finishing Arc Raiders' second Expedition will be cheaper by the millions

Those who couldn't finish the first Expedition can also "catch up" by earning skill points on the cheap.

Seeds 'listen' to mom: Study finds mother plants send ABA hormone signals that set seed dormancy

Whatever challenges life throws, mothers often know best as they guide offspring through the risky stages of early development. This scenario, familiar when applied to humans, turns out to be true for plants too, according to intriguing research from the John Innes Center and

Business leaders ousted longtime Partnership for NYC chief after she cozied up to Mamdani: report

Kathy Wylde, the head of the Partnership for New York City, lost the support of the high-powered CEOs who make up the organization’s board.

When Earth's magnetic field took its time flipping

Earth's magnetic field is generated by the churn of its liquid nickel-iron outer core, but it is not a constant feature. Every so often, the magnetic north and south poles swap places in what are called geomagnetic reversals, and the record of these flips is preserved in rocks

Bad Bunny Promises to Bring ‘A Lot of My Culture’ to Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance

The Latin superstar will make history with the first Spanish-language halftime show

Range-resident logistic model connects animal movement and population dynamics

Despite decades of independent progress in population ecology and movement ecology, researchers have lacked a theoretical bridge between these two disciplines. "Ecologists have been trying to establish this link since the 1950s, when they started to characterize animal movement

The compleximer: New type of plastic mixes glass-like shaping with impact resistance

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, should not be able to exist. Its properties sit somewhere between those of glass and plastic: it is easy to (re)shape, yet resistant to impact. This unusual

‘Time Hoppers: The Silk Road’ Becomes First Muslim-Made Theatrical Animated Feature, Sells 35,000 Tickets in Pre-Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Six years ago, a low-quality web animation on Muslim Kids TV sparked an idea that would become “Time Hoppers: The Silk Road,” the first theatrically released animated feature made by and for the Muslim community. The film opens Feb. 7 in over 660 U.S. theaters, marking a

'I don't want to shoot at a normal ass cat': Overwatch players react to its new feline hero

Jetpack Cat presents a tough question: Should we be shooting cats just because they have jetpacks?

NFL CMO Tim Ellis on Football’s Campaign to Bring in More Fans: ‘You Have to Be Willing to Not Please Everyone’

Tim Ellis is the CMO for the force behind America’s annual marketing Olympics: the Super Bowl. The NFL’s executive VP and chief marketing officer is heading toward the summit of the league’s season as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium in

Why Teflon Is Losing Its Sticking Power

The substance that revolutionized cookware and helped build the atomic bomb is facing a reckoning The post Why Teflon Is Losing Its Sticking Power appeared first on Nautilus .

World of Warcraft producer says Chris Metzen sometimes wishes Blizzard hadn't called it Warcraft because 'it sounds intimidating,' and some fans are not taking it well

It wasn't a serious comment, but some folks are taking it way too seriously.

Apple Lands Sundance Mountain Climbing Doc ‘The Last First: Winter K2’

Amir Bar-Lev directs the doc about the “last great prize in mountaineering,” which has killed several climbers.

Apple Buys Sundance Mountain-Climbing Documentary ‘The Last First: Winter K2’

Apple Original Films has landed global rights to “The Last First: Winter K2,” a sports documentary that recently premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Amir Bar Lev, “The Last First” captures a 2021 extreme mountain climbing expedition to scale K2, the second-highest

Bad Bunny Says Super Bowl Halftime Show Will Be a ‘Huge Party’ and Viewers ‘Don’t Have to Learn Spanish’: ‘I Want People to Have Fun’

Following his big wins at the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Bad Bunny now has his sights set on this Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, teasing that his performance is going to be a “huge party” and that viewers “don’t have to learn Spanish” to enjoy it. The Puerto Rican

Treasury Sec Admits Americans Are on the Hook for Trump’s $10B Lawsuit

Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. That’s what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban

Flying Lotus Announces New EP Big Mama

Flying Lotus is now an auteur in every sense of the word. 2025 saw the release of Ash , the sci-fi movie that FlyLo directed. (Naturally, he also scored his own movie.) It takes a whole lot of work to put a movie together. When he finished with Ash , FlyLo immediately went to

Slotkin rejects DOJ interview request over 'illegal orders' video

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Thursday she declined to be interviewed by federal prosecutors, saying the Trump administration has embarked on a campaign of “physical and legal intimidation” in response to a video produced by her and other lawmakers. Slotkin was one of six