Here are some ways the world might end in ice, according to science fiction. Earth freezes. Humankind’s remnants huddle in ice caves, fending off giant alien monsters (Snowball Earth). Or people shelter in the New York Public Library as ice encases the Empire State Building (The Day After Tomorrow). Or a train hurtles in an…
The White House has been promising a set of national rules to guide artificial intelligence since late last year, and today Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) fired the first volley. The senator shared a discussion draft for codifying the executive order signed by President Donald Trump in December calling for an AI bill. Her stated goal…
Kyle Sandilands’ former boss Craig Bruce has shared a telling interesting observation after the shock jock’s shock axing from ARN. Speaking on his Game Changers Radio podcast, Bruce shared why he thinks listeners are hearing so many ads at the moment on the KIIS airwaves now The Kyle and Jackie O Show has been pulled….
Near the center of Beirut, one image captures the aftermath of an Israeli strike.
We are in the space age. Rockets launch to space almost every day. Orbital space stations have now housed humans continuously for decades. The sky is swarming with satellites and space telescopes. Humans have been to the moon—and are going back. And robots are scattered across the solar system and puttering around on the surface…
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The WNBA and its players’ union (WNBPA) have reached a verbal agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement, ending 17 months of negotiations after players opted out of the previous deal and averting mounting fears of a strike. The agreement would be the sixth in league history and is being framed by both sides as…
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul has broken her silence following recent reports of an alleged domestic violence incident between Paul and her ex-boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen. During an interview with Good Morning America’s Lara Spencer ahead of her upcoming debut as The Bachelorette, Paul, 31, said, “I’m a person that will always speak my…
A Brussels court ruled that Étienne Davignon must stand trial for the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Lightning strikes over Volcán de Agua in Guatemala Mario Dalma Leon/Getty Images Physicists have solved a longstanding mystery around the process that creates volcanic lightning: when similar particles rub together, why do some become positively charged while others become negatively charged? The exchange of electric charge when two objects touch, called the triboelectric effect, is…
