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ABC tells the government to get out of its newsrooms

ABC is firing back at the Federal Communications Commission after the agency opened an investigation into The View's airtime of political candidates. In a letter to the FCC on Tuesday, ABC argues that the agency's actions pose a risk to editorial independence by targeting

Rare color shifting discovered in iconic Australian frog

University of Newcastle researchers have documented one of the clearest examples of iridescence ever recorded in an amphibian, revealing that the endangered green and golden bell frog (Ranoidea aurea) possesses intricate color-shifting skin previously unseen in the species.

Measuring iron in motion at Earth-core conditions

It was a journey to the center of the Earth, if only for the briefest of moments. But rather than tunneling thousands of miles from Earth's surface, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and several universities used the National Ignition Facility (NIF)

Google announces Pixel 11 launch event in August

Google is hosting its next Made by Google launch event for Pixel hardware on August 12th in New York City, according to an invitation sent by Google to The Verge. Unusually, the event is taking place in the evening: it'll kick off at 6PM ET that day. The email also includes a

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November Girl – “Earthly Form”

In 2024, I included November Girl's awesome track " Yesterday " on my impeccable list of my favorite songs from that year . That came from her incredible Heart Prayer EP, and now the severely underrated shoegaze artist is back with a compelling, '90s-indebted anthem called

Trump reopens Greenland fight as NATO summit kicks off

President Trump renewed his call for the United States to have control of Greenland soon after arriving in Turkey for the NATO summit, reopening a fight that badly frayed relations with allies earlier this year. “Greenland doesn’t help Denmark, Denmark doesn’t spend money to

Pratt knocks 'vile, commie' Mamdani

Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for his speech on the eve of the 250th anniversary of the U.S.'s founding, calling him a "vile, commie" mayor. Pratt, who ran for mayor of Los Angeles earlier this year, posted a video on social

Tiny carbon rings enable a new form of quantum control

Quantum states can be precisely controlled with the help of tiny carbon rings measuring only a few nanometers in size. This is made possible by a class of rarely used electromagnetic dipoles called toroidal moments. Using computer simulations, physicists at Martin Luther

Rising human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa predicted

A study predicts increasing human-elephant conflict in Southern Africa. A growing number of farmers and 290,000 African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) share space in Southern Africa, with conflicts arising from elephants raiding cropland. Crop raids by elephants can be