“Shōgun” is a miracle of a TV show. Not only does it capture its audiences’ attention with its complex plot threads and painstaking world-building, but it also delivers career-best work from every single one of its cast members. In fact, the FX series may just launch several careers into stardom, including that of Anna Sawai. […]
If you filed an extension and you're just getting started on your taxes, the IRS can help but you might experience long wait times.
The salmon, which went extinct around five million years ago, is thought to have reached immense sizes of almost 9 feet in length.
San Francisco Giants southpaw ace Blake Snell was scratched from his start and will land on the 15-day IL due to a left adductor strain.
A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach developed by scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Lancaster, could be used by customs worldwide to aid in the enforcement of illegal ivory from being traded under the guise of legal ivory. The study is published in PLOS ONE today (April 24).
Climate change can be characterized as the Grim Reaper or some other harbinger of dire times for humanity and natural environment, including forests. Previous studies reporting a decline in forest productivity due to climate warming and long-term drought may suggest that trees' survival hangs in the balance.
In a paper appearing in Science Advances, Michigan State University researchers have unraveled a surprising genetic mystery centered on sugars found in what gardeners know as "tomato tar."
Every cuckoo is an adopted child—raised by foster parents, into whose nest the cuckoo mother smuggled her egg. The cuckoo mother is aided in this subterfuge by her resemblance to a bird of prey. There are two variants of female cuckoos: a gray morph that looks like a sparrowhawk, and a rufous morph. Male cuckoos are always gray.
Oncorhynchus rastrosus, a giant species of salmon that lived in the North American Pacific Northwest a few million years ago, sported a pair of front teeth that projected out from the sides of its mouth like tusks, according to a study published April 24 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kerin Claeson from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, U.S., and colleagues.
A research paper published in Science Advances reveals a direct correlation between plastic production and plastic pollution, such that every 1% increase in plastic production is associated with a 1% increase in plastic pollution in the environment.
As humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast Asia around 65,000 years ago, and faced the sea crossings necessary to continue east into the islands of the Wallacean archipelago (the migration of Homo sapiens out of Africa to Australia), these abilities were put to use like never before.
For all the students wondering why they would ever need to use the Pythagorean theorem, Katie Steckles is delighted to report on a real-world encounter
In Breathe, Earth is stripped of its oxygen, the plants are dead, oceans are dried up, no one trusts anyone — but we don't know what caused it. This sci-fi film fails to stand out among superior one-room thrillers, says Simon Ings
Photographer Diane Tuft has documented how global warming is affecting bodies of water around the world
Thomas Metzinger's The Elephant and the Blind explores deep meditation, which can take us to states where the sense of self vanishes, arguing that this may be crucial in cracking consciousness
Cancer has been one of the world's most feared diseases for decades. But this "cancerphobia" no longer matches the evidence and is doing great harm, argues David Ropeik
Feedback is pleased to see that researchers are looking into the urgent issue of which angle blood might travel at following a violent act in space
AI companies are trying to impose safety measures on their chatbots, while researchers are finding ways around them all the time. Where will this end, asks Alex Wilkins
#10. Wyoming7% of veterans in Wyoming are uninsured That amounts to roughly 4,123 uninsured veterans in the stateThe veteran uninsurance rate in Wyoming is about 16% higher than the national average #9. Georgia7.1% of veterans in Georgia are uninsured That…
Over 9 million veterans receive healthcare through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), but as many as 1.5 million remain uninsured — amounting to about 6% of veterans nationwide (or one out of every 15 veterans), data shows. These insurance gaps…
ORTA Denim’s new collection for AW 25/26 is a love song to denim’s rebellious side, reimagined with modern stretch and eco-performance.
Explore the dynamic nature of solar flares, intense bursts of radiation from the Sun, their causes, effects on Earth, and the remarkable visuals they create.
The raging inferno that is a passionate and devoted fanbase with a mission can never be put out.
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