Japanese swordsmith sees renewed interest in centuries-old katana craft

A traditional swordsmith in Japan says growing pop culture interest is bringing new, younger audiences to the centuries-old art of katana making.

Overwatch season 1's best new hero proves there's still plenty of life in the shooter

The best hero in Overwatch season 1 pushes you to think differently about how to play and get the most out of every character's kit

Bud Cort, ‘Harold and Maude’ Star, Dies at 77

Bud Cort, who personified the role of Harold in the 1971 Hal Ashby classic “Harold and Maude,” died Wednesday in Connecticut after a long illness. He was 77. Cort also starred in Robert Altman’s “Brewster McCloud” and had roles in numerous other films and TV shows. more to come…

Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti Announces Producer and Executive Fellowship Class

Pasifika Entertainment Advancement Komiti (PEAK) has announced its second cohort for the 2026 PEAK Producer and Executive Fellowship. The fellowship includes Celia Kaleialoha Kenney, Lowen Kainoa Rudolfo, Donato Fatuesi, Kayla Caldeira and Anette Arinix Amazing Aga. Funded by

Nobel committee calls on Iran to free Peace Prize laureate Mohammadi

OSLO, Feb 11 - The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday that it had called on Iran to immediately free activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi from prison.

Nine killed as Cyclone Gezani batters Madagascar

Tropical Cyclone Gezani collapsed houses in Madagascar's main port city and left at least 31 people dead as it crossed the Indian Ocean island with high winds and rain, authorities said Wednesday.

Epstein island Pokémon Go stop removed after fan outrage

A sundial at Little Saint James was added to the alternate reality game by a player a few years ago, but Niantic did not address it until recently

Bleachers Announce New Album everyone for ten minutes: Hear “you and forever”

Bleachers season is upon us again. The perennially busy Jack Antonoff has announced his fifth studio album under the moniker, everyone for ten minutes, which is out in May. A press release describes the new album as “an optimistic record that feels lovestruck and hopeful,”

Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die's writer reveals the controversial scene he refused to take out

In an interview, screenwriter Matthew Robinson unpacks the origins and influences of Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

What honey bee brain chemistry tells us about human learning

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict how quickly individual honey bees learn new associations, offering important

Bird guano powered rise of Chincha Kingdom in Peruvian Andes, archaeologists find

New archaeological evidence reveals that seabird guano—nutrient-rich bird droppings—was not only essential to boosting corn yields and supercharging agriculture in ancient Peru, but it may have been a driving force behind the rise of the Chincha Kingdom as one of the most

Rebuilding trust in global climate mitigation scenarios

Global climate mitigation scenarios shape real-world policy choices of who cuts emissions, who pays, and who benefits from climate action. A new IIASA-led essay published in PLOS Climate identifies how these influential tools address equity and justice, with implications for

Twilight fish study reveals unique hybrid eye cells

Researchers have identified a new type of visual cell in deep-sea fish larvae that challenges a century of knowledge about vertebrate visual systems. Dr. Fabio Cortesi from The University of Queensland's School of the Environment said the finding could lead to new camera

‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Schaeffer Sets Amazon MGM Studios TV Overall Deal (EXCLUSIVE)

Jac Schaeffer has signed a three-year television overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the deal, Schaeffer will develop, write, executive produce, and direct original series for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios. Schaeffer was previously

New Smart Underwear Unlocks the Serious Science of Human Flatulence

It’s giving researchers insights into the microbiome—and you can help The post New Smart Underwear Unlocks the Serious Science of Human Flatulence appeared first on Nautilus .

Johnson says he has urged Florida Republican to stay in Congress

Fontemon is the world’s first video game in a...

Fontemon is the world’s first video game in a font. “The entire game is enclosed in fontemon.otf, no javascript, no html, all font.”

UK pledges $205 million to send US weapons to Ukraine

LONDON, Feb 11 - Defence minister John Healey said on Wednesday Britain had committed 150 million pounds ($205 million) to the so-called Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons.

Trump Wants to Kill Trade Deal He Made in His Own First Term

Donald Trump is considering blowing up the USMCA free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Bloomberg reports that the president is asking staff why he shouldn’t withdraw from the agreement, which he signed during his first term as president, according to

Pam Bondi Erupts as Massie Asks Who Covered Up Epstein Co-Conspirator

Attorney General Pam Bondi was unable to maintain her composure as GOP Representative and Epstein Files Transparency Act co-sponsor Thomas Massie pressed her over the Justice Department’s mistakes and complicity in obscuring the Epstein files. “Behind me I have three documents

Trump Tirade Over Bridge to Canada Backfires, Handing Dems 2026 Weapon

In addition to providing regular comic relief, President Trump’s eruptions over imagined slights provide opportunities for his advisers to engage in rank, devious manipulation. This may be happening with Trump’s latest tirade against Canada, in which he threatened to block the

Fallout showrunner sees Season 2's best cameo 'as a big role,' hints they might be back in future episodes

No spoilers! But yeah, it's probably who you think it is.

Gabbard ending task force targeting intel agency politicization

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday said she is ending a task force launched last year to target politicization within different U.S. intelligence agencies, a task force she said was meant to be temporary. "The Director's Initiatives Group (DIG) was

Johnson says 6 Democrats should be indicted after grand jury rebuke

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the six Democrats who participated in a video urging service members to disobey illegal orders last fall “should be indicted,” even as a grand jury on Tuesday refused to do so. “I think that anytime you’re obstructing law enforcement and

Minimal Shapes Layer into Dynamic, Abstracted Murals by James Reka

Whether working in the studio or street, James Reka gravitates for vivid abstraction. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Minimal Shapes Layer into

Gene Simmons Blasts the Hall of Fame for Honoring Hip-Hop: ‘It Doesn’t Speak My Language’

"Hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nor does opera or symphony, orchestras," says the Kiss singer. "How come the New York Philharmonic doesn't get in?"

Eagles Add Two Sphere Dates After Don Henley Says Band Will ‘Probably’ Come to an End This Year

The Eagles could come to an end in 2026, as Don Henley suggested in an interview last week. But if so, the group is still adding shows without making any official declarations about an end run just yet. On Wednesday, the Eagles announced two additional dates for the band’s

Mira A ejects seven Earth masses, forming a heart-shaped cloud 300 light-years away

Just in time for Valentine's Day, space offers a heart-shaped greeting. The star Mira A, about 300 light-years from Earth, has released material into an expanding cloud of gas and dust resembling a heart. Both the amount of material and the speed at which the star ejected it

Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations

The Trump administration's drive to increase domestic production of fossil fuels and mining of key minerals likely cannot be accomplished without a key constituency: Native nations.

Alain Gomis’ Berlinale Competition Film ‘DAO’ Unveils Trailer

Paris-based company The Party Film Sales has unveiled the first trailer for Alain Gomis’s “DAO,” in the run up to its world premiere in competition at the Berlin Film Festival. The movie marks Gomis’ comeback to the Berlinale where he won the Silver Bear with his previous film,

Why Aristotle would hate Valentine's Day, and his five steps to love

Valentine's Day is traditionally a time of heart-shaped balloons, overpriced roses and fully booked restaurants. Couples kiss and hold hands, smiling selfies celebrate a day of public displays of devotion.

Love stories of the Berlin Wall: Couples reunited via tunnels, hot air balloons and zip wires

The people of Berlin woke on August 13, 1961, to discover that their city had been split in two.

Lebanon to decide on plan to control arms north of Litani next week, minister says

By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT, Feb 11 (Reuters ) - Lebanon’s government will decide next week how to move to the second phase of a plan to extend its authority and place all arms under state control in areas north of the Litani River, its information minister said on Wednesday. The

Ex-Meta exec says Instagram exposed teen daughter to ‘predators’ in bombshell testimony

The underage daughter of a former Meta safety researcher was bombarded with sexually explicit pictures and propositions within just days of creating her first Instagram account, according to bombshell testimony at a landmark New Mexico trial.

Will artificial snow save the ski industry in the long run, or curse it?

At the Winter Olympics, athletes race down immaculate white slopes. The snow looks perfect. But it is largely manufactured.

Paris court sets 7 July for ruling in far-right leader Marine Le Pen's EU funds graft appeal case

In March 2025, a Paris court ruled that Le Pen was at the heart of "a fraudulent system" that her party used to siphon off European Parliament funds worth €2.9 million.

Olympian Alysa Liu is a Chainsaw Man superfan

Liu and her Pochita plushie were inseparable during the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Mewgenics' many intros are inspired by The Simpsons

Inspired by the many iconic couch gags in The Simpsons, the opening animation for Mewgenics has hundreds of variations.

Relooted Is A Big Black Middle Finger To History Controlled By White People

Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?

Almost 3 in 4 support some changes to ICE: Survey

Close to three-quarters of Americans back some form of change to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency that has been mired in controversy in recent weeks. In an NBC News Decision Desk Poll released Wednesday, 72 percent of respondents supported abolishing or

Only humans have chins: Study shows it's an evolutionary accident

Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade's jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, "The Maltese Falcon." Spade's chin was among the facial features Hammett used to describe his fictional detective's appearance, but starting with that distinctive chin was—at least from an

LISTEN: ‘The Simpsons’ Celebrates Episode 800 and Takes Aim at 1,000: ‘It’s a Gift’

On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Michael Schneider discusses “The Simpsons” reaching another astounding industry milestone, Episode No. 800. He details his reporting with producers and longtime cast members on how the beloved Fox animated series, now

The GOP goal of destroying the post office is coming...

The GOP goal of destroying the post office is coming along: the USPS is now so unreliable that newspaper delivery is delayed across the country . (My mail delivery is currently one bundle every week or two.)

Mars' 'young' volcanoes prove more complex than scientists once thought

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of time. To fully understand how volcanoes work, scientists study the volcanic products that

More details of an extra big Intel Nova Lake 'bLLC' CPU die with added cache and designed to take on AMD's X3D chips emerge

The 'bLLC' CPU die is allegedly 36% bigger than the regular high-performance die.

Carbon nanotube 'sandpaper' polishes semiconductor surfaces down to a few atoms

The performance and stability of smartphones and artificial intelligence (AI) services depend on how uniformly and precisely semiconductor surfaces are processed. KAIST researchers have expanded the concept of everyday "sandpaper" into the realm of nanotechnology, developing a

Extinct Hawaiian ibis with strangely small eyes suggests a shift to nocturnal life

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the evolution of bird species on Hawaiian islands includes an ibis with unusually small eyes and limited visual capacity. The team from University of

Pam Bondi Caught With Burn Book Notes on Democrats in House Hearing

Attorney General Pam Bondi once again relied on a cheat sheet of personal attacks against Democratic lawmakers in order to dodge questions during a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. As Democratic lawmakers posed tough questions about Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey

Russia's 'shadow fleet' of tankers reported in Danish waters almost daily in 2025, Denmark says

Sailing from the Gulf of Finland and through the Baltic Sea, the ageing and poorly-maintained tankers mainly transport crude oil as well as refined products such as gasoline and diesel.