The vast majority of the world's data - emails, financial transactions, the internet - is carried by fiber optic cables that run along the ocean floor and converge at a few narrow choke points. Periodically, policymakers will release reports noting that this arrangement seems
John Jarratt, currently in production on “Wolf Creek 3,” heads the cast of “Shed,” the marquee title on genre sales company Black Mandala’s Cannes Film Market slate, which the company will present alongside its sub-label Red Owl. Directed by Steven J. Mihaljevich, “Shed” is set
Linux has saved me from the grubby claws of Windows hell, but it comes with a catch.
Actress Laverne Cox and influencer Chris Olsen will be honored by Seattle health organization Lifelong during its inaugural Pride Gala in June. Founded in 1983 in response to the HIV epidemic, Lifelong now operates programs across food/nutrition, aging, disability, housing,
Cannes jury member Paul Laverty ended the festival’s jury press conference by slamming Hollywood for blacklisting actors such as Susan Sarandon who have spoken out against the war in Gaza. The Oscar winner, whose character in “Thelma & Louise” is on the official 2026 Cannes
The world's oceans are losing oxygen—and rapidly. The principal cause is the increasing warming of the oceans, which reduces the solubility of oxygen in water and increases respiratory activity. In addition, it strengthens stratification of the water column, making it harder
Firework shows are controversial in this day and age. While beautiful, fireworks are loud, bright, and smoky, and they can be dangerous to the surrounding environment, releasing contaminants into the air and frightening both pets and wildlife alike.
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 8 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic show Right Now . I’m joined by two great
“He shows me creep shots that he took of me before we’d even been introduced.” That’s the line from Bloc Party’s new single “Coming On Strong” that immediately stuck out to me. Kele Okereke almost snarls that lyric over a nasty, lurching bassline and tense, half-electronic
Nostalgia's a powerful thing.
The Pentagon has presented yet another nonsensical price tag for Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran: $29 billion. During a hearing at the House Appropriations Subcommittee Tuesday, Undersecretary of Defense Jules Hurst faced a brutal fact-check on the Pentagon’s supposedly $29
An annotated map with all 10 grave locations on the Area 41 map in Far Far West along with details on where to find each grave specifically.
Inflation is surging under President Trump, reaching its highest level in three years thanks to the Iran war, and more Americans than ever don’t trust him on the economy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly report Tuesday showing that inflation rose to 3.8
We haven’t heard from Shearwater since their 2022 album The Great Awakening, but that changes today. The Austin indie rock band is announcing its followup, The New World, and two singles are out now. “Daydream Unbeliever” and “More And More” are our first previews of the
The online auction giant said it doubted how the video game retailer would finance its offer.
The pointed remarks landed three months after an embattled Berlin Film Festival, where the jury led by Wim Wenders became subsumed by political acrimony.
Bypass the puzzle of finding the correct chemical agents in Episode 5.
Presumably involves a lot of AI, but I hope not.
We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots . “For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints…”
Uncover the secret to Carter's PC in Episode 2.
As anticipated in yesterday’s (11 May) ‘Inside EU Health’, the Council and Parliament were able to reach a provisional agreement on the Critical Medicines Act (CMA). The deal was sealed at 6:00 this morning after a punishing 12 hours of negotiations. European policy making is
Perfect Tides: Station to Station is more than a great point-and-click adventure; it’s a profoundly vibrant work about how life wounds us and how we grow as people
Klas Åhlund is probably best known as Robyn’s go-to producer on her Body Talk trilogy and this year’s Sexistential, while Kenneth Blume is best known as the hip-hop beatmaker who’s now staking his claim outside of the rap world by working on albums like Geese’s Getting Killed.
Check out the first hour of Directive 8020 gameplay, recorded on PS5. Supermassive's first foray into space is as tense as it sounds.
A technology designed to mitigate global warming could, paradoxically, contribute to carbon emissions if hotter temperatures lead to a shift in where bioenergy crops are grown. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) involves combusting or fermenting biological
An international team of researchers, including scientists from HZDR and Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, for the first time directly observed how angular momentum is transferred and conserved within a crystal lattice. Using intense terahertz laser pulses, the
The Lebanese pop star talks about her world tour, finding joy even in the midst of war in her home country, and more
President Trump often expresses his deep disdain for the federal courts, which don’t always rule in his favor. In a little-noted decision in March, a federal judge in the District of Columbia did it again. But this time, the court’s ruling, by calling unconstitutional an
The first game was atmospheric, but not really scary. Here's hoping the sequel gets it right.
The chicken chain keeps on growing.
"For screenwriters like me—and job seekers all over—AI gig work is the new waiting tables."
For the last 1.7 million years, China’s Yangtze River has been stealing water from the Yellow River, new research shows
In 2025, around 334,000 cases of cybercrime were registered in Germany, two-thirds of them from abroad or unknown locations, with many more cases thought to be unreported.
Reports that President Trump is considering a deal that would allow China to invest $1 trillion in the U.S. are setting off alarm bells among conservative Republicans. China last October reportedly offered to ramp up investment in the U.S. in exchange for the Trump
BEIJING, May 12 - Chinese emperors once prayed for bumper crops under the blue-tiled, triple-eaved roof of Beijing's Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, in sacred rites affirming their mandate to rule.
CliffyB contains multitudes.
Using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map of the cosmic web ever made, tracing the network of galaxies all the way back to when the universe was one
