California often swings between climate extremes—from powerful storms to punishing droughts. As climate change drives more intense and frequent dry and wet cycles, pressure on California's water supplies grows.
LA’s own Lukas Frank, aka Storefront Church, is playing a one-off London gig next Monday, Nov. 10 at St. Pancras Church in Kings X. To help get the word out, Frank has released his first new recording since last year’s Ink & Oil , a cover of goth pioneers the Sisters Of Mercy’s
The publisher is taking a victory lap for delaying its recent blockbuster The post Report: Ubisoft Details Its Battle To Overcome Assassin’s Creed Shadows ‘Haters’ appeared first on Kotaku .
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Her vision is simultaneously utopian and anarchic, erotic and dissipating, blooming with life and haunted.
Tulane University researchers, collaborating with an international team of scientists, have discovered why some parts of Earth's crust remain strong while others give way, overturning long-held assumptions about how continents break apart.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been
Once a custodian of critical culture, Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt has become a model of capitulation to state control.
Developer D-Cell Games announced that it is delaying its stylish rhythm game Unbeatable less than a day before its anticipated launch.
Will Rogue and Gambit come to Marvel Rivals in Season 5? Developer NetEase Games has teased as much in patch notes for Marvel Rivals.
An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a surprisingly complex nervous system in sea urchins. The animals appear to possess an "all-body brain" whose genetic organization resembles that of the vertebrate
An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants. According to the results, their leaves, rhizomes and roots store up to 40 million tons of carbon worldwide.
A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health finds that common fungal species may be adapting to higher temperatures in warmer sites within cities compared to cooler sites in the same city.
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Materials scientists at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have found a way to create and control tiny "flaws" inside ultra-thin materials. These internal features, known as extended defects, could give next-generation nanomaterials entirely new properties, opening the
Payroll management company Always Designing for People (ADP) said in a recent report that there were 42,000 jobs added in October for the private sector. “Last month delivered a rebound from two months of weak hiring, but the bounce wasn't broad-based. Education and health
After Tuesday’s election results, former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is feeling more optimistic about Democrats’ chances of reclaiming the Senate in the 2026 midterms. “We didn’t think the Senate was going to be in play next year,” McCaskill said Tuesday on MSNBC. “I think
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon on aviation safety actions and the investigation into a deadly plane crash in Kentucky a day earlier. At least nine people were killed after a UPS plane with multiple crew members aboard crashed in
In nature, ordered structures are essential to maintain both stability and functionality in living systems, as observed in repeating structures or the formation of complex molecules. Yet, the creation of this order is based on universal physical principles which eventually
California Republicans filed a lawsuit on Wednesday looking to block a new Democratic-friendly House map from taking effect just one day after voters in the Golden State overwhelmingly approved it in a special election. The California GOP and a group of voters sued Gov. Gavin
The nearly 75% drop in Icahn's net worth from 2023 to this year came as Hindenburg accused his firm of inflated valuations and unsustainable dividends.
How to complete the "With A Trace" quest in Arc Raiders and find both locations in Barren Clearing and Adorned Wreckage.
Mexico’s first female president said she is pressing charges against her assailant, sending a message in a country where harassment of women is common.
House Democratic leaders are exalting in the wake of Tuesday’s election victories in states around the country, saying the results are clear evidence that voters have turned on President Trump and Republicans less than a year into his second term. The lopsided results, they
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a moderate Democrat representing a district President Trump won in 2024, announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection. In an opinion column in the Bangor Daily News, Golden announced his decision, citing the “increasing incivility and plain
Netflix appears to have finally struck a deal for a second film with the hit film's directors and its original studio
A study published in Economics Letters has found that first-year female college students are experiencing slower academic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic compared to males.
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A new study reveals that insulating buffer layers are no longer needed for ultrathin magnetic racetrack devices, unlocking new paths for seamless integration with functional substrates.
Elevated carbon dioxide levels generated as a result of climate change could significantly increase the temperatures found within the canopies of the world's woodlands and forests, new research has suggested.
The law is failing victims and survivors because it is turning a blind eye to the long-lasting and severe financial consequences of being in an abusive relationship, a new study warns.
The justices have been friendly to the president, but on Wednesday a majority of them took a dim view of his claims to widespread power to impose tariffs on American importers.
New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells. Led by Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and published in Nature Communications, the study reveals how rabies virus manipulates
Bolivia's Supreme Court overturned Jeanine Áñez's sentence on Wednesday and ordered the immediate release of the former head of State. "The sentence against Jeanine Áñez has been overturned... and as a result, she will be released today," Chief Justice Rómer Saucedo confirmed.
Seven years ago, the great singer-songeriter Aimee Mann told the Los Angeles Review Of Books that she was working on songs for a couple of stage musicals. One of them was an adaptation of Girl, Interrupted , Susanna Kaysen’s 1993 memoir about her time at a psychiatric hospital
Ego Nwodim is sharing her feelings about her time on “Saturday Night Live” and her decision to leave the late-night series just before its 51st season. On Wednesday’s episode of “Sherri,” Sherri Shepherd pointed out that there are no longer any Blasck women in the “SNL” cast
This shimmering view of interstellar gas and dust was captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope. The nebula is part of a so-called dark cloud, named LDN 1641. It sits at about 1,300 light-years from Earth, within a sprawling complex of dusty gas clouds
Here's where you can find all the rift anomaly in The Outer Worlds 2 and collect some of the strongest weapons and gear in the game.
Hundreds of shoppers streamed into Shein's permanent physical store on the sixth floor of the BHV department store, a landmark that has stood across from Paris City Hall since 1856.
Donald Trump attempted to distract from his party’s humiliating losses.
“Christy,” a sports drama about Christy Martin, has drawn rave reviews for Sydney Sweeney’s transformative performance as the former professional boxer who endured triumph and tragedy in her barrier-breaking career. But it’s also a chance for Votiv, a scrappy production company
We weren’t sure if Cindy Lee would keep going. Pat Flegel’s musical project and drag persona had an off-the-grid underground smash with last year’s double album Diamond Jubilee , then abruptly cut short the tour supporting the album. When the Cindy Lee catalog went
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Google has agreed to implement a tiered fee system and expand access to alternative app stores in a settlement with Epic Games.
Vivienne Medrano reflects on how the show has changed since season one.
Death Grips is online and in the studio. Today, the group’s Zach Hill and Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett shared a carousel of in-studio photos on Instagram with the caption: “The writing and recording of our next album is underway. We’re looking forward to the new Death Grips
PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fund UK opts out of flagship fund to protect Amazon and other threatened tropical forests The UK will lead on tackling the climate crisis, the
Using the Helios-1 quantum computer, researchers have used a record-breaking number of error-proof qubits to run the first and biggest quantum simulation of a model for perfect conductivity
Donald Trump's use of tariffs in the last nine months was sharply questioned during arguments before the Supreme Court.
Earth's atmosphere is an impediment to astronomical observations. Not only is cloudy weather a problem, but temperature fluctuations in the atmosphere mean that ground-based telescopes require sophisticated adaptive optics systems to see clearly. Radio telescopes aren't
