Galápagos is a living laboratory where every environmental decision matters. On Santa Cruz, the most populated island of the archipelago, freshwater is a limited and increasingly vulnerable resource due to urban growth, agricultural pressure, saltwater intrusion, and climate
Our series on painters and their practices is back, this time for an interview with the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history.
Between the spear, the Nautilus, and the creepy new camel husks, this drop is a winner.
When you go to your next concert or listen to your favorite music on an app, you might first consider the lighting around you.
But the ripple effects of the abrupt fund withdrawals are still being felt, organizations say.
Scotland's Nnena Kalu took home the Turner Prize on Tuesday, with the autistic artist beating four competitors including an Iraqi painter to the prestigious contemporary art award. Glasgow-born Kalu, 59, was nominated for her hanging sculptures using wrapped material, including
An average of seven guns were stolen out of cars in San Antonio each day in 2024, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” will begin its epic theatrical journey over the weekend. Audiences will be treated to the nearly six-minute prologue of “The Odyssey” on Dec. 12 ahead of Imax 70mm screenings of “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another,” which are returning to
Jeff Williams, a former Apple executive who retired from the tech giant earlier this year, will stand for election as a new independent director of Disney at the company’s 2026 annual meeting of shareholders. With the addition of Williams, the total size of the board will be
Our Metroid Prime 4 Flare Pool map shows where to find Flare Pool's missile expansions and energy tanks, along with other points of interest
A D.C. Circuit panel issued a Tuesday order dissolving an administrative stay on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military transgender ban. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said a lower court didn’t offer Hegseth enough deference in issuing its stay. “The Hegseth Policy likely does
Will Lewis, a pioneer of Los Angeles public radio who was known for his role in the Patty Hearst kidnapping, died Friday at his Thousand Oaks home. His son Robert Lewis confirmed he died of natural causes. He was 94. The radio executive served as the general manager of KPFK
The hated holiday ad apparently took weeks of crunch to generate, according to the studio behind it The post McDonalds Got Bullied So Badly It Deleted Its AI Christmas Ad appeared first on Kotaku .
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media. “When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,”
NOAA weather radar stations help track the ups and downs of insect abundance The post How Many Insects Fill the Air on a Typical Summer Day in the US? appeared first on Nautilus .
Our favorite shows in the city all year, and the events we’ll be attending this week.
President Trump is watching closely as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. While Netflix is projecting confidence its agreement to acquire the valuable Warner Brothers studios will hold with investors and clear government
2,397 golden retrievers, and their owners, converged on a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday morning to set a new Guinness world record.
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Venezuelan journalist Tony Frangie, who heads the newsletter Venezuela Weekly, about what life on the ground has been like over the past year.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) expressed his enthusiasm about Democratic firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) running for Senate. “Am I hiding my glee? I’ll try to wipe the smile off my face, I would say it’s a gift,” Cornyn told Semafor in an interview discussing former Rep.
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Data analysis of social media posts painting the singer as a Trump supporter or white supremacist revealed a network of inauthentic accounts
KYIV, Dec 9 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was prepared to hold elections within three months if the U.S. and Kyiv's other allies could ensure the security of the vote.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says his 9-year-old son recently took his phone and tried to call President Trump. In an interview published this weekend with Jack Cocchiarella, the potential 2028 presidential contender was asked about his most recent conversation with Trump.
The Actor Awards — which returns for a 32nd edition next March with a new name — has announced its production team for the landmark ceremony. The event, formerly known as the SAG Awards (and, as always, is presented by SAG-AFTRA) will bring back Silent House Productions for the
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Wizards of the Coast offered a very early tease for the upcomng Marvel Super Heroes Magic: The Gathering set with a look at a Commander deck and more.
WIF and e.l.f. Cosmetics named Claire Brooks, Justine Ellen Chen, Nova Taylor, Radha Mehta and Rayana Rasamee as the first e.l.f. Makers grant recipients, a newly launched program to provide financial assistance to emerging filmmakers. The recipients will receive personal
Democrats are looking to wrest GOP control from the Miami mayor's office for the first time in nearly 30 years in Tuesday's closely watched runoff. Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, is hoping to succeed the city's current term-limited mayor, Republican
Counsellors’ accounts shed light on depth of trauma facing victims and volunteers alike.
Cell division is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information. Each chromosome within a plant contains a centromere, a region that plays a central role in controlling chromosome movement during cell division. The kinetochore protein complex forms at the
Despite pushback from right-wing leaders, nativity scenes with a humanitarian message are spreading across the country.
Roughly 4 in 10 voters say the country is on the right track, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll, an uptick from last month as Americans weathered a record-long government shutdown. The figure has hovered around 40 percent since the start of Trump’s second term but
Conventional telescopes are limited in detecting low-surface-brightness (LSB) structures, which are essential for studying galaxy evolution. Now, researchers have developed a new telescope system featuring a confocal off-axis design with three freeform mirrors, optimized for
A small group of bipartisan lawmakers, led by moderate House Republicans, on Tuesday launched another effort to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies as lawmakers try to find a combination of ideas that could break the current impasse. The latest
U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer will testify before a Senate Appropriations Committee panel on Tuesday afternoon on the state of the U.S. economy. The hearing comes as President Trump has doubled down on his economic agenda, even as concerns around affordability have grown and
In a pilot study, researchers from North Carolina State University have found a novel kirkovirus that may be associated with colitis—and potentially small colon impactions—in horses. The study could offer a route to new therapies for horses with colitis symptoms from unknown
The official account for Paramount Pictures on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, was seemingly compromised Tuesday — with someone rewriting the description in the account’s bio to read: “Proud arm of the fascist regime.” The hack of Paramount Pictures’ X account,
The White House said Tuesday it has the “utmost confidence” in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Mary Makary and dismissed calls for his ouster from prominent anti-abortion groups as “uninformed attacks.” Leaders of the anti-abortion groups SBA Pro-Life America
Cradled in the nose of a high-altitude research airplane, a new NASA sensor has taken to the skies to help geoscientists map rocks hosting lithium and other critical minerals on Earth's surface some 60,000 feet below. In collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the
It is widely known that Alzheimer's disease is mainly associated with the overproduction of β-amyloid peptides and damage caused by oxidative stress.
Listen to jazz trio The Commercialists play Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas live in a small club called The Estate in Milwaukee. That’s this afternoon’s chill work music sorted then. If you’re anywhere near Milwaukee this month, it looks like there are still tickets
An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as the Parisian avant-garde exoticized his heritage.
The central bank is poised to deliver its third straight interest rate cut Wednesday, while firing a warning shot about what's ahead.
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a referral by Yemen's Houthis of some of the dozens of U.N. staff they have detained to a special criminal court, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. U.N. spokesperson Stephane
Oil-in-water droplets respond to chemical cues by forming arm-like extensions that resemble filopodia, which are used by living cells to sense and explore their environment.
Veteran Hollywood executive Christina Lee Storm has joined Secret Level as the head of the company’s new narrative studio, founder/chief creative officer Jason Zada announced Tuesday. The AI-native entertainment studio also announced plans to launch a new internal AI-powered
The Senate will vote Thursday on a Republican proposal to replace enhanced health insurance subsidies under the Affordable Act with health savings accounts that would receive federal contributions to pay out-of-pocket expenses, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)
The Omega privy-mark Lincoln pennies will soon be available at auction.
A little dust goes a long way it seems.
