Chevy Chase recently took part in a joint interview with The New York Times alongside Marina Zenovich, the director of the new CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” and was asked about how the movie depicts Chase’s tumultuous stint on “Community.” Chase had a series
The quake interrupted President Claudia Sheinbaum's first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded.
Peeved Lego fans keep posting PSAs about the correct way to build Nintendo Game Boy cartridges to young fans who have never handled the portable.
Those posts – which violated Grok’s own acceptable use policy through the sexualization of children – have since been deleted, according to the chatbot.
Just one day after a bombshell Wall Street Journal story on the president’s growing signs of aging, Donald Trump went on a bizarre posting spree about dead birds and wind turbines. Throughout Friday, Trump posted several different photos on Truth Social of dead birds near
Matt and Ross Duffer credited the success of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" with helping to convince the Prince estate to license two Purple Rain tracks
SpaceX will be moving around 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit in 2026
[Independent (Kampala)] Africa is not a sleeping giant; it is a suffocated one. Its lungs have long been pressed by the weight of imperial duplicity, its arteries drained by extractive economies masquerading as partnerships, and its political spine bent by postcolonial elites
'Passenger' will open May 29.
The Quadrantids rank among the most spectacular sky shows of the year The post How to Glimpse the Prime Meteor Shower of 2026 appeared first on Nautilus .
A new study reveals that bacteria can survive antibiotic treatment through two fundamentally different "shutdown modes," not just the classic idea of dormancy. The paper is published in the journal Science Advances.
Angiosperms, also known as flowering plants, represent the most diverse group of seed plants, and their origin and evolution have long been a central question in plant evolutionary biology. Whole-genome duplication (WGD), or polyploidization, is widely recognized as a key
In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the oldest human ancestor. A new analysis by a team of anthropologists offers powerful evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis—a species discovered in the
For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the University of Vienna and University of Tartu (Estonia) and published in
Every day, millions of people use thermal paper without thinking about it. Receipts, shipping labels, tickets, and medical records all rely on heat‑sensitive coatings to make text appear. More specifically, heat triggers a reaction between a colorless dye and a "developer,"
Joshua will initially stay in Nigeria as he recuperates from injuries sustained after the crash, his promoter said on Thursday.
Drake’s list of lawsuits continues to grow. The latest is a new RICO class-action filed in Virginia that names Drake, streamer Adin Ross, online casino Stake (Stake.us), and Australian clip farmer George Nguyen as defendants. The suit accuses them of using Stake’s platform to
Acclaimed filmmakers pen essays on the current movies that left them inspired — and sometimes envious.
China's BYD overtook Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) seller in 2025, as Tesla faced declining sales for a second year in a row. BYD said Thursday that it sold about 2.26 million EVs in 2025, up nearly 28 percent from the year before. In a release
The pop star will perform with the whole Muppets gang when the musical special premieres on Disney+ and ABC on Feb. 4
Meanwhile, Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an analysis by the AFP news agency showed.
Many of us have spent the last two weeks largely checked out and concentrating on happier things than the intimate details of Jeffrey Epstein’s private life. Sadly, that’s all about to change. Come Monday, it’s going to be all Epstein all the time. That’s because the Department
Victoria Jones, the daughter of Tommy Lee Jones who acted and appeared with her father in two of his films, was found dead at a San Francisco hotel on Thursday, Jan. 1, according to NBC Bay Area. She was 34. The San Francisco Fire Department released a statement to media
In 2023, Paul Scheer spent a few days talking to fathers who accompanied their daughters to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in LA, either as concert-goers or just chauffeurs. I love this video. One of the dads summed up the vibe of being there for your loved ones, even if it’s maybe
Residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Spending much of the winter break in DonutSMP with my son has been truly wonderful The post How I Fell Back In Love With Minecraft After 10 Years Away appeared first on Kotaku .
No-shoes policies are on the rise across offices dominated by younger workers, where employers hope fuzzy socks and slippers on carpeted floors will foster a stress-free workplace.
The Chicago-based food giant has seen its grip on the category loosen as upstart rival Goodles wins over shoppers with premium “Cheddy Mac” offering.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday selected Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's intelligence agency, to serve as his chief of staff as negotiations continue to end Russia’s war against the eastern European country. Zelensky wrote on the social platform X that
BBC Sport Africa takes a look back at some of the key talking points from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations group stage.
We downloaded, we installed, we played, and here's what we decided The post The 12 Best Video Games Of 2025 appeared first on Kotaku .
This Daisy Ridley-starring zombie drama is surprisingly quiet and contemplative.
A collaboration with the Kohler Co. pottery and foundry, this funded industrial residency enables artists to produce ambitious new works in vitreous china, cast iron, and brass.
The Trump administration has violated the fundamental business principle of honoring legally binding contracts, which will cost both the Treasury and the people dearly and create obstacles to future governmental deal-making.
RAM, Shmam. These are things to get genuinely excited about this year.
It's a countdown to... something?
You'd think all the killing, starving and displacing would dull the hate a little, allay the lust for revenge and even stoke some compassion for the freezing babies and frightened children
The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot will remain locked up while awaiting trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled. Judge Matthew Sharbaugh wrote in an order
Investors have already thrown their weight behind the company ahead of its planned IPO.
One of the most impressive set pieces in Fallout 3 took months of work to get right.
The protein p53, best known as the "guardian of the genome" for its role in preventing cancer, can affect blood vessels in different ways. However, it has not been clear how p53 can slow blood vessel growth in some cases and damage blood vessels in others.
You read that right. A Clair Obscur player turned a day off into an 8-hour slugfest with one of Expedition 33's toughest bosses.
Prince is seeing a significant Spotify streaming boost in his catalog thanks to key syncs in the series finale of “Stranger Things.” Since the episode debuted on New Year’s Eve, “Purple Rain” has seen a 243 percent increase in Spotify global streams and a 577 percent surge in
The life of a popular “Real Housewife” is going under the microscope with TLC’s new docuseries, “The Cult of the Real Housewife,” which takes a look into the controversial marriage and religious practices of “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star, Mary Cosby. The new series
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot admitted on Friday that it has been posting sexualized images of children on X, blaming “lapses in safeguard” for the content. “We’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them—[Child sexual abuse material] is illegal and
Quantum particles have a social life, of a sort. They interact and form relationships with each other, and one of the most important features of a quantum particle is whether it is an introvert—a fermion—or an extrovert—a boson.
Your best bro is learning what it means to be verse thanks to the HBO Max hockey show The post Straight Men Watching Heated Rivalry Is My New Favorite Thing appeared first on Kotaku .
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