A new study on how U.S. defense attorneys think about autism and use strategies informed by neurodiversity in their work finds that attorneys saw autism through a medical lens and acknowledged the need for better ways to secure accommodations for their clients in court.
A new study has concluded that in New Jersey's largest city, crime was concentrated significantly around corner stores compared with other commercial venues. The study's findings have implications for crime prevention, urban planning, and community safety policies.
Jan 7 - Russia said on Wednesday that the U.S. seizure of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic was a violation of maritime law, and a senior lawmaker described it as \"outright piracy\".
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler's Supernova Remnant using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
Antiferromagnetic (AF) materials are made up of atoms or molecules with atomic spins that align in antiparallel directions of their neighbors. The magnetism of each individual atom or molecule is canceled out by the one next to it to produce zero net magnetization.
In Finland, farmers who have transitioned to regenerative agriculture are forming a regenerative professional partnership with nature in their decision-making, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Polymarket, the world’s largest online prediction market, ruled that last weekend’s US military operation did not count as an “invasion."
A group of students at a New Mexico college (mostly) gave up their phones & computers for a week. What did they learn? “Most students said they had gotten to know themselves better without their phones butting in all day long.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
President Trump’s resurrection of the Monroe Doctrine – now rebranded as the “Donroe Doctrine” in an act of geopolitical ego-branding – represents yet another example of Washington’s chronic inability to adjust its strategic ambitions to the realities of American power in the
Is a Fallout: New Vegas or Fallout 3 Remaster announcement imminent? After a mysterious tease from Amazon tied to S2 of the TV show, fans hope so
Young drivers have spoken to the BBC about how the proposed changes could affect them.
Think of the destruction of Earth's rainforests and a familiar image may come to mind: fires or chainsaws tearing through enormous swaths of the Amazon, releasing masses of planet-warming carbon dioxide.
Which seems a little pollyannaish, to me.
Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space telescope shows that might not always have been the case.
Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.
France on Wednesday officialized a ban on food imports containing traces of five pesticides currently banned in the EU, a move aimed at easing farmers' opposition to the Mercosur trade deal with four South American nations.
LONDON, Jan 7 - Britain provided support to the United States in its operation to seize a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic, the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
Embark isn't abandoning AI any time soon.
The comments come after the UK and France said they would deploy troops to Ukraine if a peace deal with Russia is agreed.
Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, opening a new window into how exploding stars shape the cosmos. Focusing on M33, a spiral galaxy about 2.7 million light‑years away, this research combined
Grammy award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck has pulled out of an upcoming show at The Kennedy Center, joining a growing group of artists refusing to play the venue following President Trump’s takeover of the arts and culture institution. Fleck announced in a Tuesday Instagram
The company's annual revenue has plummeted more than 35% since 2022, while its stock price is down 80% from all-time highs hit in 2021.
Human caregiving seems to have shaped teens’ thrill-seeking tendencies The post What Chimps Reveal About Human Parenting appeared first on Nautilus .
ROME, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Italy has begun repatriating dozens of its citizens stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra, with a first flight carrying 46 tourists due to land in Jeddah on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Another 59 Italians remain on the island
Game Pass Premium is making everything about Xbox Game Pass more complicated than it needs to be.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged security forces to exercise restraint in dealing with nationwide demonstrations, so long as national security is not jeopardized. His vice president said protests by traders are legitimate, but armed rioters will be dealt with without
The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of chimpanzees as well. But instead, they found that chimpanzee infants take the
Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to disable and modify genes, heading off infections at the (cellular) pass.
Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single cells and forming multicellular structures. This ability to alternate between life forms provides new insights into how multicellular life may have
An international research team reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco). The fossils are very securely dated to 773,000 +/- 4,000 years ago, thanks to a high-resolution magnetostratigraphic record capturing in detail the
Thanks to the discovery of thousands of exoplanets to date, we know that planets bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune orbit most stars. Oddly, our sun lacks such a planet. That's been a source of frustration for planetary scientists, who can't study them in as much detail
“Sinners” (Hannah Beachler), “Frankenstein” (Tamara Deverell), “Wicked: For Good” (Nathan Crowley) and “F1” ( Ben Munro and Mark Tildesley) are among the films nominated by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) for its 30th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion
Miraculous Corp and Monlove have partnered to develop a new live stage production based on the global animated franchise “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” set to launch worldwide in 2027. The show is being created by Ella Louise Allaire and Martin Lord Ferguson, the
Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter also received nominations for their music videos for "The Fate of Ophelia" and "Tears," respectively.
Jodie Foster still thinks about Clarice Starling. After winning her second Oscar for playing the dogged FBI agent who must rely on Anthony Hopkins’ insinuating cannibal in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs,” she ceded the role of Clarice to Julianne Moore for “Hannibal,” the
A sing-along — but make it super short. In a new wrinkle in the microdrama trend, Hannah Stocking, a hugely popular digital creator and comedian with more than 72 million followers, is starring in “Playback.” The series hails from digital studio Second Rodeo, which is touting
Fox is leaning into the creator economy, launching a digital division to court creators and develop next-generation content for multiple platforms. Fox Creator Studios will launch with an initial focus on food-centric personalities, with plans to expand to other verticals and
Voters angry about Trump’s “pain at the plug” policies are already punishing Republicans.
The wake left by Betelgeuse’s companion could solve a decades-old mystery of its strange brightness cycles.
From lollipops that play music through your teeth to robot dogs dancing to K-pop, CES 2026 is leaning hard into weird and wonderful tech.
As if there wasn’t enough news Tuesday, Tony Dokoupil spent a full minute of CBS Evening News that night “saluting” Secretary of State Marco Rubio for being the subject of online memes. “Only in America: the many lives and many jobs of Marco Rubio,” Dokoupil said , closing out
