The effort to help out a redditor with a bad thumb situation is a nice reminder that sometimes, the internet is good.
The State Department revoked the terrorist designation of Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, a group headed by the country’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa.
Online bookseller bookshop.org recently released a list of their bestselling books of the year (so far) . The list is quite a bit different than what you might see from larger booksellers and looks more like what your local bookstore has on their bestseller list. The top five:
Oxygen evolution is considered one of the most energy-intensive steps in water electrolysis and is therefore a key factor for more efficient green hydrogen production. Modeling of the reaction mechanisms has so far been based on the assumption that the elementary steps take
A joint project which saw two boreholes drilled in northern Singapore has revealed subsurface temperatures reaching up to 122°C at a depth of 1.76 km in Sembawang, significantly higher than earlier findings recorded in Admiralty, where 70°C was measured at a depth of 1.12 km.
Netflix has set a September premiere for the third season of hit Japanese thriller series “Alice in Borderland,” unveiling the first teaser for the new installment. The streaming giant’s latest season of the series returns viewers to the dangerous alternate reality, with Season
Picture this: A person is so outraged by a company's actions that instead of writing a complaint, they write a check to a charity that stands in direct opposition. Their donation isn't just about doing good. It's about making a point.
Romero Games, the studio led by Doom designer John Romero, had been reported as one of the casualties of Xbox’s devastating layoffs last week . This was based on a statement from the studio itself, which announced that the publisher lined up for its next project had pulled
Launching a new battle royale in 2025 is a huge risk no matter how you slice it.
Using satellite observations to evaluate forest recovery following a wildfire could be an innovative, cost-efficient way to assess the effectiveness of land management practices, according to research published earlier this year.
Math has been real quiet ever since this dropped.
President Trump rallied in defense of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is on trial in Brazil's Supreme Court on charges that he plotted a coup in 2022 after losing the election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. “I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair
According to a report from The Daily Beast, Senator Ted Cruz was vacationing in Greece as tragedy struck his state. Over the July 4 weekend, flash flooding took the lives of at least 95 people in Texas, including 27 children and counselors at Camp Mystic, an all-girls camp
The search for dark matter requires all the best models, theories, and ideas we can throw at it. A new paper by Julia Monika Koulen, Stefano Profumo, and Nolan Smyth from the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC) tackles the sizes and abundance of one of the more
During photosynthesis, an enzyme called rubisco catalyzes a key reaction—the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds to create sugars. However, rubisco, which is believed to be the most abundant enzyme on Earth, is very inefficient compared to the other enzymes
Subnautica 2 publisher Krafton released an unusual statement last week . Unknown Worlds co-founders Ted Gill, Charlie Cleveland, and Max McGuire were being immediately removed from the studio and replaced by Striking Distance Studios chief development officer Steve Papoutsis. A
There's something magnetic about a group of people looking in the same direction—others will follow their gazes to see what has caught their attention. But is the same true for animals like pigeons? If so, does it make a difference, if just one pigeon or a large group of them
Recently, a research team successfully developed a series of CoNi-metal-organic framework (MOF) nanozymes with laccase-like activity using a gas-liquid interface dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) low-temperature plasma (LTP) technique.
The Trump administration warned Monday that the risk of blackouts could be 100 times greater by the end of the decade, as the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI) and the push to reshore manufacturing strain the electrical grid. In a new report, the Department of
The MAGA influencers who victoriously walked out of the White House in February holding white binders titled “THE EPSTEIN FILES: PHASE 1” are now enraged at the Trump administration’s announcement that there is no damning client list, and that disgraced financier and convicted
Scientists have identified a new type of protein in bacteria that could change our understanding of how these organisms interact with their environments.
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Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Sunday that President Trump’s “patience” with Russian President Vladimir Putin is “wearing thin” after the president had a call with the Russian leader late last week. Crawford made the comment in response to a question during an appearance on
From schools of fish darting away from sharks to flocks of starlings swirling through the sky, the animal kingdom is full of examples of how group behavior offers a survival advantage. Through collective behaviors, animals can more effectively spot approaching predators and
Two green card-holding professors at American universities on Monday took the stand to detail how they grew fearful and less willing to publicly criticize the Trump administration as it began targeting pro-Palestinian campus activists. The testimony came during a bench trial
"There's no such thing as a natural disaster," geographers like to say—a reminder that human choices turn hazards into tragedies.
The DOJ released surveillance footage showing that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City in 2019, but the timestamp of the footage has raised some eyebrows.
Look inside a brain cell with Huntington's disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together. These solid-like clusters, thought to be irreversible, can act as sponges that soak up surrounding proteins key for brain health, contributing to neurological disorders.
The decision to revoke the status of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham follows an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump that lifted most sanctions on Syria. The group played a central role in the toppling of Bashar al-Assad
Jurassic World Rebirth, out now in theaters , returns to the tried-and-true formula of the older Jurassic Park movies while almost completely ignoring the events of the last trilogy. Rebirth grabs a group of people and tosses them, some unwillingly, onto a jungle island filled
Leaders of BRICS meeting in Brazil for their annual summit had hoped to downplay their anti-US reputation. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump, threatening even higher tariffs on BRICS aligned countries.
Canadians may think they're intimately familiar with ice in all its forms, but there is one kind that most have probably never heard of. Clathrate hydrates are tiny crystalline cages of ice that can trap other gases or liquids inside them.
The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), has marked a transformative shift in data analysis, interpretation and content generation. These models, trained on extensive textual datasets, have demonstrated the ability to
The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo human rights organization announced Monday the finding of the 140th grandchild, born to people kidnapped and disappeared under Argentina's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983.
A federal judge torched Department of Justice lawyers Monday for providing slippery answers on their case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was returned to the United States after being deported to El Salvador due to an “administrative error.” During the hearing, U.S. District
James Gunn has had enough. Less than three years after he was announced as the new co-CEO of DC Studios, the comic book nerd with the Warner Bros.-sized checkbook is ready to usher in his new era of the DCU with the July 11 release of Superman . And if it were up to him, we’d
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Her Nature Studies invoke the promise of something greater, a direct line from the material world to the spiritual experience that art is presumed to offer.
🚑 Plus: Death count rises after Texas floods {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Monday announced plans to slap hefty new tariffs on top U.S. trade partners, although he's delaying their implementation to provide more time for countries to reach deals with the U.S. The president
In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the presence of critically endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) is associated with significantly more robust
All too often, publishers pull the plug on video games, whether that means delisting them from digital storefronts or shutting multiplayer servers off. The Stop Killing Games movement, spearheaded by YouTuber Ross Scott, is fighting against publishers killing their games, what
The actor who plays the man of steel opens up in a new GQ Hype cover story about being cast: “A role like Superman seems like something that everybody would want, and that’s not true.”
Being conscientious will serve kids in the long run. Here are some tips to help them learn that trait
Abigail Spencer will star alongside Josh Charles in the upcoming Fox medical comedy “Best Medicine.” The one-hour show, originally announced in May, is an American adaptation of the popular British series “Doc Martin.” Production is slated to begin this summer in upstate New
Edward Burtynsky's photographs once offered a prescient vision of large-scale anthropogenic changes; now, they feel more and more like a pretext for aesthetic dazzle.
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National Assembly on Sunday. She ran unopposed and will be inaugurated on July 16.
Last week, Capcom issued a statement saying it may pursue legal action in cases of "severe" customer harassment.
Art imitates life imitates art? “A Play About David Mamet Writing a Play About Harvey Weinstein,” a very meta stage show whose title references the fiery playwright and disgraced Hollywood producer, will stage a charity reading this summer in New York City. Written by Mathilde
Renewed clashes between Israel and Yemen’s Houthis, and Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, come amid talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza.
Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bioactive organic molecules and readily available chemical building blocks. Carboxylic acids can be converted into carboxy radicals that can initiate versatile carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bond formations, which are highly desirable for
