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US says it supports Pakistan's right to defend itself against 'terrorist attacks'
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that Washington "supports Pakistan's right to defend itself against terrorist attacks" as an intermittent conflict between Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan continues. Here are some
The Best Horror Movies of 2026 (So Far), Ranked: ‘Obsession,’ ‘Backrooms,’ ‘Hokum’ and More
2026 has already been a wild year for horror, from low-budget box office hits (“Backrooms,” “Obsession”) to sequels the world could have lived without (“Scream 7,” “The Strangers – Chapter 3”). In a year loaded with scary movies, many of them were good-to-great, a welcome
Here’s How Mosquitoes Survive the Deadly Viruses They Transmit
Tamped-down viral action keeps the mosquito vectors alive until they infect humans The post Here’s How Mosquitoes Survive the Deadly Viruses They Transmit appeared first on Nautilus .
Carcass Clad is less story-heavy than Mouthwashing, but 'a lot of thought' has gone into it: 'We haven't discovered how much we can push it'
There's still worldbuilding, and a setting entirely separate from that of Mouthwashing.
Lord of Hatred upgraded Diablo 4 into one of the best action RPGs out there, but its new season ignores everything that made it great
The Season of Death Awakening could've been so much more.
China’s housing market free-falls as buyers wait for floor prices
China’s home prices continued to fall in the first half of 2026 as buyers held back, betting that values would drop farther. With sales volumes and prices both in decline, analysts see little sign of a near-term recovery. Data released on Wednesday by the China Index Academy
Purine-heavy DNA sequences protect Bacillus subtilis genes from Rho termination
In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and ribosomes, which bring up the rear translating RNA into proteins—worked so closely in tandem that they were effectively
Mushuko Tensei season 3 looks like its most devastating season yet
Here’s what to expect from Mushuko Tensei season 3, which starts airing on July 5th on Crunchyroll.
Brown leaves before fall could signal lasting heat damage, researchers warn
Due to increasing heat and drought, forests are turning brown more often before autumn, when leaf senescence normally occurs. It is often unclear whether the trees are actively shedding foliage to avoid a breakdown in water transport or whether browning leaves are a consequence
World Cup data reveals initiative alone doesn't improve team performance
Team members' initiative can help teams succeed, but only when it is paired with strong coordination, according to new research from Washington State University.
Trump learns Iran's 'art of the deal' as Tehran negotiators come under hardline fire
The internal power struggle inside Iran's regime reached a peak this week, as mounting domestic pressure on Tehran's negotiating team has not gone unnoticed in Washington. One thing is now clear: Iran is no longer led by Ali Khamenei
Supreme Court’s expansion of Trump’s firing power heads for new test
The Supreme Court’s decision expanding President Trump’s firing power is already headed for a test, as members of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) who were sacked by Trump indicated Thursday they’ll keep fighting their terminations. Todd Harper and Tanya Otsuka
Required Reading
This week: James Turrell in Denmark, a new album by Raven Chacon, a Black radical history of the Declaration of Independence, World Cup songs across time, and more.
Hollywood Is Desperate For The Next Backrooms As Studios Buy Up Film Rights To More Creepy Online Media
Movie studios are hoping popular online horror content like The Mandela Catalogue will win young people over
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans would vote for a democratic socialist: Poll
A little under 1 in 3 Americans say they would be willing to back a democratic socialist in an election, according to a new poll. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 29 percent of respondents said they would be willing to cast their ballot for a democratic socialist, 45 percent said
Compromise drives shared risky decisions, but biased blame and credit can break teamwork
Relationships are all about compromise. From deciding on where to eat dinner with a friend to negotiating chore lists at home, we often experience situations that require some flexibility. But what happens when we must work with others—especially people we don't know—to make a
Recovering the missing in Venezuela
Thousands remain missing more than a week after the twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as the search for loved ones continues, even after nightfall.
Ebola treatments trial begins in the Democratic Republic of Congo
According to WHO data, there have been 1,406 confirmed cases of the disease in DRC, with 301 suspected cases and 438 deaths.
Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive "gizmos" built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business
High temps, thin crowds don't kill good vibes for Great American State Fair attendees
A crowd of people gathered at the Great American State Fair on Thursday stopped to gaze up at the sky as several fighter jets streaked over the National Mall. Blake Boggs crouched down to his young son's stroller and pointed up. “You don’t get to see the Thunderbirds
Seaweeds are not plants, and six other surprising facts about aquatic flora
Hidden beneath the water's surface is a botanical world that is among nature's most innovative and ecologically important.
Diffractive networks enable optical information transfer through random and unknown diffusers
The transmission of optical information through random scattering media is a major challenge in optics, biomedical imaging, telecommunications and remote sensing. When light passes through a turbid or diffusive medium, such as biological tissue or a randomly structured optical
Energy Department proposes hurdles for future appliance efficiency standards
The Energy Department on Thursday proposed to put up hurdles for the creation of future energy efficiency standards for appliances. While the hurdles would technically apply equally to any current or future administration, Democrats are more likely to want to tighten energy
Synthetic Cells to Sell Synthetic Biology
Researchers claim a major breakthrough with the first human-made cell. But is it “alive?” The post Synthetic Cells to Sell Synthetic Biology appeared first on Nautilus .
Following the success of Mouthwashing, developer Wrong Organ wasn't ready to make a better 'story game,' so it's making a 'gameplay game' instead
"Mouthwashing isn't better if it's eight hours. Probably."
Citadel's hedge funds post broad first-half gains, top performing strategy sidesteps quant selloff
The hedge fund firm's tactical trading fund, which combines discretionary equity investing with quantitative strategies, climbed 14.3% through the end of June.
Orbitronics clears key hurdle with direct orbital currents, boosting signals 100-fold
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) are the first to directly utilize orbital currents without the need for conversion of the orbital current into a spin current.
Trump’s July 4 Event Is Coming Apart at the Seams—Literally
The sky is actually falling at the Great American State Fair. The stage for Freedom 250’s July Fourth celebration fell apart during rehearsals Thursday, with a large component of the structure’s ceiling falling roughly two stories down and landing behind a group of dancers and
New York Gallery Lyles & King to Close After 11 Years
The gallery became known for championing the careers of Mira Schor, Chris Hood, Philip Birch, and Davina Semo, among others.
US designates Ecuador's Chone Killers gang as terrorist organization
The State Department on Wednesday designated the Ecuadorian gang the Chone Killers as a foreign terrorist organization. "Chone Killers is an Ecuadorian gang that has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers, and government officials, including
House Democrats accuse Trump's Freedom 250 of misleading donors, potential wire fraud
Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee released an interim report on Thursday alleging Freedom 250 potentially misled donors, directing them to complete payments that were rerouted. “According to sources interviewed by Committee Democrats, donors who intended to
Suicide Squad Devs Open Up About The Game’s Struggles: ‘I Started Feeling Like I Wasn’t Making Games Anymore, I Was Following A Spreadsheet’
Kill the Justice League 's prolonged development proved fatal for creativity
How signals in the embryo tell cells what to become: A lab's final discovery
Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan Kettering Institute Developmental Biology Chair Kathryn Anderson, Ph.D., is publishing its final study.
How winter conditions shape future jellyfish blooms
Marine scientists at the University of Chester have discovered that environmental conditions experienced by jellyfish before winter can have lasting effects on the size and intensity of jellyfish blooms many months later. The study focused on the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita,
Rousing anthems, savage diss songs – Johor’s candidates lean on same secret crutch
AI use by political parties in the Malaysian state's elections is raising questions on ethics and misinformation.
India’s Hindu nationalists confront fraud claims at controversial Ram temple
Revelations that devotees’ donations worth tens of millions of rupees may have been embezzled have shocked many people.
China’s bathhouse boom: How a centuries-old tradition became a trendy 24-hour hangout
China’s bathhouses have evolved into all-day leisure destinations.
Pirro Reveals Reflecting Pool Indictment of U.S. Olympian Is a Sham
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced Thursday that a grand jury had indicted former Olympic canoeist David Hearn on charges of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The indictment seems rather flawed, as Hearn, 67, maintains that all he
Anne Hathaway Quit ‘Knocked Up’ Over Graphic Birthing Scene, Says Seth Rogen: ‘She Felt That It Was Not Her Brand’
Seth Rogen appeared on “The A24 Podcast” alongside his “The Invite” director and co-star Olivia Wilde and remembered when Anne Hathaway quit “Knocked Up,” Judd Apatow’s classic 2007 comedy in which Rogen and Katherine Heigl starred as a mismatched couple having a baby together.
More gray seals counted in the Wadden Sea
This year's surveys of gray seals in the Wadden Sea and on Helgoland once again show an upward trend. During the 2025–2026 survey year, 3,385 pups and 12,497 gray seals were recorded during the molting period. The results have been published in the report "Grey Seal Numbers of
Instant digital rewards may make hard thinking feel less worthwhile
Imagine opening a difficult book in a quiet room. The first page is dense. You read one paragraph, then reread it. Nothing "clicks" yet. Your brain is doing what learning often requires: spending effort before the reward arrives. Then your phone lights up. One thumb movement,
Suspect identified in Monaco parcel bombing, prosecutors say
The attack shocked the country on the Mediterranean coast, one of the world’s smallest sovereign states known for its high concentration of wealthy residents.
Goat and skin in millions of 'lamb' kebabs compared to horsemeat lasagne scandal
Millions are likely to have eaten "lamb" kebabs that were actually made with goat, skin and fat.
US death rate at record low: CDC data
The U.S. death rate fell to a record low in 2025, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Thursday. According to the Vital Statistics Rapid Release report, the death rate in 2025 was 689.2 per 100,000 people,
How extreme heat is changing DC's July Fourth weekend event plans
Much of the eastern half of the U.S. is dealing with extreme heat this week, including the nation’s capital. The high temperature Thursday in Washington, D.C., was forecast to be 102, according to the National Weather Service. The heat comes as D.C. prepares to celebrate the