The 'dumb machine' promising a clean energy breakthrough

A stellarator is difficult to build, but could it be the best way to make fusion energy work?

Iran 'prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield' if ceasefire ends: Parliament speaker

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Monday accused President Trump of violating the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and said his country’s armed forces are “prepared to reveal new cards” if fighting resumes. “Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the

Mejia sworn in to the House

US Air Force says key Iran warplane, the A-10 Warthog, will live on to 2030

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force secretary extended the life of the A-10 "Warthog" attack plane until 2030, sparing the aging but beloved close air support aircraft that has played an important role in Iran from an earlier retirement deadline of

What makes Mars' magnetotail flap? Two spacecraft point to magnetic reconnection

The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind interacts with the magnetic fields and atmospheres of several of our solar system's planets and other bodies, sculpting long magnetic tails of charged

E-commerce warehouse data offers insight into worker behavior

In an e-commerce warehouse, worker performance is influenced by the performance of those around them, despite a system that discourages interaction, according to research from Caitlin Ray, ILR assistant professor in the Human Resource Studies Department.

Ron Frierson Named President and CEO of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has installed new leadership with veteran business and policy executive Ron Frierson signing on as president and CEO. The chamber has also tapped Dan Halden to serve as chief operating officer and legislative director for the organization that

Iran's waiting game

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Iran's waiting game A high-stakes meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials to extend a ceasefire and avoid returning to open conflict

Russian interior minister arrives in North Korea for talks

April 21 - Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in North Korea for talks on cooperation between the two allies, the ministry's spokeswoman Irina Volk said early on Tuesday.

AI and robots can’t fill bellies – so, capitalism’s end?

Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to colonize the Moon and Mars, eradicate diseases at their roots, and deliver an unimaginable

‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Review: Ben McKenzie’s Knife-Sharp Documentary Takedown of Cryptocurrency

In "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money," McKenzie cuts through reams of misinformation and conducts unshowy but confrontational interviews with finance players who are famous and powerful. (He also talks to a lot of people who are not.) He chases the story of cryptocurrency and

Alkaline cement tiles boost baby coral survival from 12% to 52%

As coral reefs struggle to survive in warming oceans, scientists across the world are scrambling to find ways to help these vital ocean ecosystems. An interdisciplinary team at the University of Miami has discovered a new way to help lab-grown baby corals survive through the

Editing grapevine DNA could boost resistance to disease and drought

For the first time, a team of researchers from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Agricultural Research Council has successfully edited the DNA of a woody crop plant in Africa by making precise changes to its genetic material. This is a major milestone for plant biotechnology

Could the mathematical 'shape' of the universe solve the cosmological constant problem?

The cosmological constant is the mathematical description of the energy that drives the ever-accelerating expansion of the cosmos. It's also the source of one of the most enduring and confounding problems in modern physics.

Counter-Strike player sucker punches opponent onstage, gets 10-year ban while rival jokes that he had 'better aim than with the AWP'

Where were you when you found out that MAUschine punched Spidergum at CAGGTUS?

Cracking a long-standing problem in high-entropy alloy nanoparticle synthesis

Composed of five or more elements in nearly equal amounts, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising catalysts due to their compositionally complex surfaces that can accelerate chemical reactions. Until now, scientists have not been able to precisely engineer these

Mushrooms Stole a Trick From Bacteria. It Could Help Us Control the Weather

Can purloined genes make it rain? The post Mushrooms Stole a Trick From Bacteria. It Could Help Us Control the Weather appeared first on Nautilus .

New Minions Movie Retconning The Lore That Kept The Bastards Out Of WW1 And WW2

Minions & Monsters seems to suggest the hyper-active yellow beans didn't conveniently miss history's greatest monster

Jagex initiates emergency RuneScape rollback for the most ironic reason possible: Too many runes

A bug introduced in the latest update had the potential to "cause irreparable economic damage" to the game.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Storyboard Suggests Film Almost Had Cameos From Wart, Mouser, And…Rawk Hawk?

Gonzales had better watch his back

Trump officials give mixed gas price messages

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump officials give mixed gas price messages President Trump and his Cabinet officials are offering mixed messages on gas prices as Americans grow increasingly uneasy over the Iran war’s economic impact. ©

Simple mineral treatment rescues flaxseed oil, slashing bitterness and keeping omega-3-rich flavor intact

How can the mild flavor of flaxseed oil be preserved for longer? A research team led by Roman Lang from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has investigated this question. As the team demonstrates in its study, natural precursors

For some Americans, their accent isn't just related to where they live

For people living in some parts of the United States, their accent might not just indicate where they live, but also who they think they are. In a small study in rural northwestern Ohio, researchers found that men who had a "country" identity—for example, a love of hunting and

Next, an Iran nuclear deal with Chinese characteristics

Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue as to how peace can be restored between Iran and the United States. By alleging that their opposition to his war means that the Pope and

Mass Effect TV show writer denies being told to rewrite it for 'non-gamers'

NDAs mean Daniel Casey can't say much, but the reported rewrites are news to him.

The new World of Tanks hero shooter is shockingly fun, and the beta is still up for a few days

Underneath the hero shooter trappings is a surprisingly complex tank combat sim.

Nitrogen isotope analysis reveals Southern Hemisphere waters dominated Indonesian Throughflow for 800,000 years

A research team with scientists from MARUM—Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen studied the hemispheric origin of Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and found a high Southern Hemispheric contribution over the past 800,000 years. The results, now

The Memo: Despite Trump’s claims, Iran war is doing him damage

A new round of peace talks on Iran is tentatively set for this week in Islamabad, Pakistan — but there is growing evidence that President Trump has sustained political injury from the conflict that will not be easily undone. Trump and key allies like Defense Secretary Pete

NSF faces uncertain future as Trump seeks cuts

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story National Science Foundation faces uncertain future as Trump seeks cuts The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) future is in limbo as President Trump pushes for more budget cuts and his nominee to helm the research agency awaits

Are insider traders making millions from the Iran war?

The BBC has found suspicious trading patterns that correlate with some of the president's most market-moving statements.

Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 can’t repeat Xenoverse 2’s mistakes

Xenoverse 3 could learn a lot from its predecessor

Interior designers help students see that meaningful design begins with understanding people

At the School of Design, interior design faculty Elif and Alp Tural teach students how empathy, accessibility, and well-being can shape the spaces designers create. After earning their degrees at Arizona State University, the Turals moved to Blacksburg, where they now help

Sprinkling nanoparticles on spintronics

Today, I want to walk you through a deceptively simple innovation from the lab at Loughborough University (PI: Prof Marco Peccianti): what happens when we decorate a spintronic heterostructure with a sparse layer of plasmonic nanoparticles? This isn't just a lab curiosity—it's

From novelty to necessity: How AI becomes key part of campaigning machinery in India’s state elections

From Tamil Nadu to West Bengal - where state elections will begin on Thursday (Apr 23) - AI is no longer just a campaign gimmick in India’s regional polls taking place in April. But does it really help change minds?

Commentary: Southeast Asia’s scam centres are a new US-China battleground

China and the US have a vested interest in supporting Southeast Asia’s anti-cyberfraud efforts, but cooperation between the two countries is unlikely, says this academic.

New AI method captures long-range atomic interactions in complex molecules

Researchers from Google DeepMind in Berlin, BIFOLD, and the Technical University of Berlin have introduced a new machine learning method—Euclidean Fast Attention (EFA)—that enables global atomic interactions in chemical systems to be represented more efficiently. This could

RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story RFK Jr. heads back to Capitol Hill Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will return to Congress this week for a second round of hearings, where Democrats and even some Republicans will

D4vd Pleads Not Guilty to Murdering 14-Year-Old Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The singer also entered not guilty pleas to additional charges of sexual abuse with a child under 14 and unlawful mutiliation of human remains

Iran seeks to wait Trump out as ceasefire deadline nears

Preparations are being made in Islamabad for a high-stakes meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials to extend a ceasefire, and avoid returning to open conflict. Iranian officials have not yet publicly committed to appearing in Islamabad, where the White House says Vice

Ant supergene reveals surprising twist in evolution of social behavior

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting-edge evolutionary genetics research, helping scientists understand how social behavior and cooperation evolve.

Whale stranded on German coast swims off, gets stuck again

Efforts to rescue a humpback whale stranded for weeks on Germany's Baltic Sea coast were complicated Monday when the animal unexpectedly swam away but then appeared to have got stuck again.

Marvel’s Visual Department Director Andy Park Exits After 16 Years Amid Disney Layoffs: ‘I Couldn’t Be Prouder of the History We Made’

Andy Park, Marvel’s director of visual development, has left the studio after 16 years as part of Disney’s layoffs. Park took to social media to announce his departure. He wrote, “Marvel Studios Visual Development: 2010–2026. End of an era. I was there at the start of a team

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says AI in Hollywood Will Get People to ‘Care More About Human Creators, Not Less’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes AI is a good thing for Hollywood and will not hurt the industry as much as critics of the technology may be worried about. “I think people really care about other people,” Altman told me at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony on Saturday when I asked

Madonna Offers Reward for Missing Coachella Outfits: ‘They Are a Part of My History’

Madonna pulled vintage pieces from her personal archive for her special appearance during Sabrina Carpenter's headlining set on Friday, only to find the garments missing later on

The Internet Still Works: Reddit Empowers Community Moderation

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook how it works in practice. To mark its 30th anniversary, EFF is interviewing

Music Industry Moves: Miranda Lambert Joins MCA Records

MCA Records has announced that three-time Grammy winner Miranda Lambert will release future music with the label, which was formerly known as Universal Music Nashville. “Throughout my life and career, I have found that the common thread in every chapter is finding the right

Trump’s Labor Secretary Suddenly Resigns as Scandals Catch Up to Her

Donald Trump’s scandal-plagued labor secretary resigned Monday, the White House announced. “ Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will be leaving the Administration to take a position in the private sector. She has done a phenomenal job in her role by protecting American

Warsh to face senators as Trump, Powell spar

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's feud with Powell threatens Fed transition President Trump's effort to push out Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is threatening his ability to finally

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to leave administration

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving the Trump administration to take a job in the private sector, the White House said Monday evening. Questions had been trailing DeRemer about her future in the Trump administration for weeks. Her exit follows the firings of

Marvel's DNX threatens to turn all humans into mutants

In Marvel's DNX comics event, the Avengers and X-Men team up to stop an X-Virus from mutating mankind, an evil plan that could transform Marvel Comics