Back in the early 2000s I gave a public talk called “Seven Ways a Black Hole Can Kill You.” Despite the rather macabre subject matter, it was actually a fun talk—real science disguised as a tongue-in-cheek series of cartoonish astrophysical antics. I covered the usual topics, including simply falling into a black hole and getting…
Baxter HolmesApr 24, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. Multiple Authors RASHARD LEWIS NEVER played a game for the Oklahoma City Thunder….
Denise Richards has been a fixture of our screens since the early 1990s. After a breakthrough role in TV’s Starship Troopers, she found movie stardom in Wild Things, before reaching the pinnacle of her career: becoming a Bond Girl. But Richards’ private life has brought as many headlines, thanks to her high-profile marriages to Charlie…
United States President Donald Trump has claimed Iran is “collapsing financially” and said the country is losing millions of dollars a day due to Washington’s naval blockade of Iranian ports. In a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday night, Trump wrote: “Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately…
An internal Pentagon document reportedly raised the prospect of a change in position in retaliation for the UK not joining the Iran war.
Everybody wants to be like Leighton Meester, or at least get her ideas on Mother’s Day gifting. Ahead of Mother’s Day, E! exclusively spoke with the actress about what she thinks moms really want for the holiday, and the answer is actually “pretty simple.” “I think moms are pretty simple in terms of just wanting…
A new Michael Jackson biopic, with the star’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role, is packed with famous musical figures. These are some of them.
Public servants working for the Tokyo metropolitan government are being encouraged to swap their suits for shorts this summer to combat sweltering heat and rising energy costs caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. Inspired by the country’s Cool Biz energy-saving initiative, Tokyo officials hope the measure will cut dependence on air conditioning. Cool Biz,…
BEIJING — Foreign automakers are finally catching up with their Chinese rivals on technology, as they battle a sales slump in the world’s largest car market. U.S., Korean and German automakers rushed to announce a new lineup of models for China around the Beijing auto show that kicked off Friday. “We have plans to really…
Pentagon email obtained by Reuters reveals US anger at Spain, UK as Iran war tensions persist. An email has circulated within the United States Defense Department laying out potential measures the US could take against NATO allies it believes have not sufficiently supported its war on Iran, such as Spain and the United Kingdom, according…
