The last time the perpetual tensions between India and Pakistan escalated into a face-off, Indian officials were forced to confront an uncomfortable reality: The country’s huge military was bloated, antiquated and underprepared for imminent threats at its borders. The humiliating downing of an Indian jet by Pakistan in 2019 injected new urgency into India’s modernization…
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feldman. I love spending time in nature, but that can feel really hard to do when you live in a city, even out in the suburbs. It’s tough to feel like you’re really outside when you’re outside, but if you start thinking like an urban naturalist,…
GREEN BAY, Wis. — How does the NFL draft shape this season’s schedule? Maybe a little bit, but not a lot. At the start of the draft in Green Bay, Wis, the league announced the schedule would be released May 14. Like the draft, the schedule release has grown from a procedural box to be checked to…
The Game celebrated a major milestone on April 25—his son King Justice Taylor’s 18th birthday. Taking to Instagram, the rapper shared a touching tribute to his “middle child & my best friend.” “1st off… lemme start this by saying I absolutely love you son. Like really really love you !!! You mean the world to…
Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank met this week for the first gathering of its kind in years. Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly-minted senior position. On Saturday night, Mr. Abbas formally named Hussein al-Sheikh, a close confidant, as his deputy….
Sharing a quantum computer could put you at risk of hacking BlackJack3D/Getty Images Hackers may be able to “vandalise” other people’s results on a quantum computer, say researchers, who warn that the problem will only get worse as devices become larger and host more users simultaneously, unless manufacturers plug the security gap. Sharing access to…
This week in Ozempic news: No more compounded GLP-1s, weight-loss pills are coming, and WeightWatchers is filing for bankruptcy. There’s never a dull day in the world of weight-loss medication. This week brought new restrictions on compounded GLP-1 medication, the cheaper, copycat versions of brand-name drugs that telehealth companies like Hims & Hers and Noom…
British actress and model Elizabeth Hurley made international headlines this week after her new romance with country music star Billy Ray Cyrus went public. The Austin Powers star, 59, set the internet alight when she shared a picture of herself and the crooner, 63, sharing a kiss at Easter to her millions of followers. Cyrus…
Some mourners had spent the night sleeping in the streets near the Vatican, and they started lining up at dawn on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square to bid farewell to Pope Francis. Hours later, world leaders took their seats in rows near an altar set up in front of St. Peter’s Basilica. The scene was…
