April 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Songbirds reveal the dark side of making new brain cells as adults A new study in songbirds might help explain why humans don’t generate many new brain cells, called neurons, as adults By K. R. Callaway edited by Claire Cameron Scientists have long studied…
Sportswriting legend Red Smith once said that writing a column is easy: “All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” In 2026, though, no blood is required. All you do is sit down at a laptop and have Claude or ChatGPT write the story for you. That seems to be the takeaway…
Michael Rothstein Close Michael Rothstein ESPN Staff Writer Michael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a reporter on ESPN’s investigative and enterprise team. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. and Nate Taylor Multiple Authors Apr 16, 2026, 04:35 PM ET A Texas court on Wednesday issued a default judgment of more than $2.8 million against…
The S&P 500’s rise on Friday caps a striking three-week streak, powered by investors’ optimism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and strong corporate earnings.
After talks in Islamabad last weekend led to a two-week cease-fire, Pakistan is offering to host another round in an attempt to sustain continuing peace efforts.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Céline Dion has released her first original song in several years, unveiling a new French-language track titled “Dansons.” The song, written by longtime collaborator Jean-Jacques Goldman, marks a creative reunion between the pair, who previously worked together on Dion’s 1995 album D’eux, the best-selling French-language album of…
Investors are dangerously underestimating the lasting impact of the Middle East war, as markets rally on optimism over a ceasefire agreement and rapid economic rebound. That’s the view of Sophie Huynh, portfolio manager and strategist at BNP Paribas Asset Management, who warned the market is not reflecting “the economic reality of what we could be…
A nursery worker has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and the nursery fined £240,000 after a 14-month-old boy was restrained and died in their care. Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained face-down with a blanket over his head while being put to sleep at the Fairytales Day Nursery in…
Over the last few months, every phone maker under the sun has refreshed its lineups, especially at the affordable end, with no major budget phone launches now expected until next year. That made it the perfect time to go back and reassess The Verge’s recommendations for the best budget phones you can buy right now….
Appointment as US ambassador likely to have involved scrutiny of Chinese and Russian business links
