Nanodiamonds are tiny diamond particles only a few nanometers in size. Because they are chemically highly stable and can host so-called color centers, optically active defects in the crystal lattice, they are considered promising materials for quantum technologies, sensing and
Satellite images published Wednesday by Al Jazeera show that Israel, instead of leaving Gaza as required under the ceasefire deal it signed last October, is quietly building dozens of heavily fortified permanent military bases around the entire inner perimeter of the coastal
Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute have developed a new hybrid methodology that combines quantum mechanics and thermodynamic calculations to predict the phase diagram of nickel-cobalt alloys.
The weather on Earth can get pretty messy sometimes. But in space, it can be wild, and the effects can be far-reaching. Solar flares, giant explosions on the sun, can send out streams of energy that block radio communications and fry satellite electronics. Geomagnetic storms,
The first of 18 WTE plants nationwide will tackle growing waste and boost renewable energy capacity.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Wednesday yelled for President Trump to “get engaged” on lowering medical debt as prices soar in part due to the expiration of ObamaCare subsidies. In his Wednesday speech on the Senate floor, Cassidy said 60 percent of personal bankruptcies have
The company is aiming to raise $75 billion, the most ever for an IPO, in a deal that would value it at $1.75 trillion.
The attorneys who represented George Floyd’s family following his murder in 2020 are demanding a public apology after the Minnesota Republican Party honored Floyd’s convicted killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin, at a convention last weekend. GOP state delegates
"There's a new sheriff in town," is how someone who deals with Weiss put it.
Jewish Columbia University professors on Tuesday filed a claim with the university about antisemitism they faced while supporting protests in support of the Palestinians in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. The professors filed the claim with the U.S. Equal Employment
Mr. Potato Head, Optimus Prime and Mr. Monopoly are uniting — in the world of AI. AI audio startup ElevenLabs has partnered with Hasbro to bring a collection of the toy and game company’s suite of characters, including some from Transformers, the board games Monopoly and Clue,
In November, Zach Bryan announced a stadium tour with openers like MJ Lenderman, Dijon, Alabama Shakes, Ben Howard, and more. Today, Lenderman announced he's dropping off the bill. The run kicked off in March, with the indie rocker's shows slated for late July to early
Lego's design director tells Polygon how its new Smart Play sets help kids embody the ultimate Pokémon trainer fantasy
Iran is using Lebanon as leverage in peace talks with the U.S., exploiting tensions between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the process. Trump held two expletive-laden calls with Netanyahu earlier this week, demanding he retreat on
In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south.
Scientists from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, sought to study one stellar subject and ended up finding something even more exciting. The team's results published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Close to 100 scientists from all over Europe, the United States, and Japan are gathering this week at the Institute for Solar Physics (KIS) in Freiburg to present and discuss the first scientific results from the successful third flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory
The luxury venture, spanning an abandoned island and a stretch of seafront on the southern coast, has drawn opposition from environmental campaigners and critics of Prime Minister Edi Rama.
The Hill held its second annual Invest in America Summit on Wednesday, as lawmakers, regulators and industry leaders spoke about how the U.S. economy is changing and keeping up with its competitors. Whether it was how artificial intelligence (AI) and President Trump’s tariffs
An influential conservative think tank contends that a quarter of all ObamaCare exchange enrollments were improper, adding more fuel to claims from the Trump administration and GOP lawmakers that the exchanges are rife with fraud. The Paragon Health Institute's report found
"I have to be honest with myself and with you: I'm deeply struggling right now," the singer wrote on Tuesday
Humans can communicate various instructions to dogs without using actual words—simply by modulating the tone of their voice, a new study from ELTE University's Department of Ethology shows. By repeating the nonsense syllable 'bü' in different intonations, humans successfully
Disney+ series “Daredevil: Born Again” is renowned for its iconic hallway fight sequences, so it’s only fitting that the season concludes with another epic moment. The episode follows Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) as he gets patched up and is running late to Karen Page’s (Deborah
Shia LaBeouf pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of simple battery and was sentenced to probation for a Mardi Gras brawl in New Orleans. He will be required to attend an alcohol treatment program, Laboeuf’s attorney, Sarah Chervinsky, told the AP. The “Transformers” actor
Israel's PM laughed off reports of friction, but he has tested the patience of other US presidents.
Xbox Game Pass is about to lose Lost In Random: The Eternal Die, one of the best roguelikes in years. Play it before it goes.
Hyperallergic joined the artists and organizers for the opening week of the new city-wide event, featuring over 30 original commissions.
“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke gave a moving speech while being honored at Variety‘s Power of Women London, presented by Lifetime, about surviving two brain hemorrhages in her 20s. Clarke went in depth about surviving the hemorrhages in her cover story last week, but
“Get the truth.” That was the simple directive director and executive producer Alexandria Stapleton received from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson when she started working on “Sean Combs: The Reckoning.” The four-part Netflix documentary traces the allegations of sexual assault,
Some say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Geoff Barrow definitely wouldn't. The Portishead member was not flattered when he accused the Weeknd and Phantogram of plagiarism over a decade ago, nor when he alleged that Lil Pump sampled him without permission in
Quantum computing, once only a theoretical possibility, promises to deliver faster, more energy-efficient computers—but only if scientists can build and scale the hardware needed to run the machines. New research from Virginia Commonwealth University brings scientists one small
The Hadley circulation, a key atmospheric conveyor belt transporting heat and moisture from the tropics to the subtropics, directly influences subtropical aridity, the positions of tropical rainfall belts, and extreme weather risks. However, climate models have long shown
It remains to be seen if GOP senators will stick together and defeat amendments related to a controversial DOJ settlement fund.
Nations in the Five Eyes intelligence partnership warned that fake profiles and job offers are targeting military officers, spies, and others with access to classified or sensitive information.
Could the next “Goodfellas” be fully made with AI? Or perhaps the next “Wolf of Wall Street”? Martin Scorsese likely wouldn’t do that — yet. But the 83-year-old Oscar-winning director has become the latest auteur to embrace the technology on after he joined the German AI firm
With 4,763 places of worship registered in 2025, evangelical churches are growing in Spain, fuelled by Latin American immigration. The trend is clear at mass events such as the Festival of Hope.
Many rivers flow into the Arctic Ocean north of the Arctic Circle—including the Lena in Siberia and the Mackenzie River in Canada. The deltas of these large and small rivers store large amounts of carbon, which is bound there in frozen soils and sediments. Climate change,
In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at The Kitchen in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles in this video . The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album. It’s a great insight as to
Quentin Tarantino is not a fan of the majority of movies coming out of Hollywood these days. Writing for Sight & Sound magazine, the Oscar winner revealed that “it’s almost impossible” for him these days to watch a new movie and not pick it “to death.” “Flaws, implausibilities,
Patagonia claimed Pattie Gonia's merchandise has confused customers who believed it resembled that of the 1972-founded company.
The Senate on Wednesday voted to start considering a package to fund immigration enforcement agencies after weeks of delay while Republicans pushed back on the White House’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund.” The 53-46 vote kicks off hours of debate, followed by a series
Former President Biden’s (D) son, Hunter Biden, took to social media to shut down accusations that he left a bag of cocaine at the White House in 2023 during his father’s presidency. Hunter Biden, who has struggled with substance abuse for years, shared a video message on the
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to plop down a luxury resort off the coast of Albania, and the locals aren’t too happy about it. Trump’s daughter said she and her sleazy husband fell in love with an uninhabited island called Sazan while on a sailing trip. “We were on a
LONDON, June 3 - Security agencies from the \"Five Eyes\" alliance which includes the United States and Britain issued a warning on Wednesday about Chinese spies aggressively using online job platforms to recruit people with access to sensitive information.
The policy, which has been enforced since September 2025, has seen fewer than 4% of illegal migrants returned to France.
The manga industry has a big problem and it’s not lack of demand, but a lack of authorized supply. “There is a global demand for manga worldwide, and there’s far more demands than any content that’s officially translated right now, and that’s a very big issue,” Shoko Ugaki, the
Just in case you were wondering, Nvidia's RTX Spark isn't supposed to be a one-off. The company is not just flirting with becoming the fifth high-profile vendor of consumer laptop chips to see if people bite. At Computex 2026 in Taipei, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed at
Sage Elsesser is a skateboarder, artist, and model, but this is a music blog, so around here he's known for rapping. As Navy Blue, Elsesser has carved out a space within the heady, abstract underground hip-hop landscape. In March he guested on a track with Cavalier, Quelle
You can now officially Tombstone Piledrive Strauss Zelnick
Kyrgyzstan was elected to the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for 2027-2028, marking a rare win for Central Asia.