More than 2 billion kilometers farther from the sun than Pluto, a frigid world named Makemake sports the most distant gas ever seen in our solar system, new observations reveal. “By surprise, we found evidence of gas” on Makemake, even though it currently resides 53 times as far from the sun as Earth does, says…
Justin Rose has vowed Europe’s Ryder Cup stars will not be distracted by the melee around Donald Trump’s visit to Bethpage on Friday, while spectators have been warned to brace themselves for security chaos as a result of the US president’s presence. Europe face broader challenges after the USA team member Collin Morikawa called for…
The senators gave Match—which operates Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid—until October 15 to provide evidence of efforts to prevent romance scams and show how such fraud occurs. Two U.S. senators sent a letter to Tinder parent Match on Wednesday, pushing for action against dating scams on the company’s platforms and asking for information about its efforts…
Blumhouse and K Period Media, partnership with the Sundance Institute, have announced this year’s Fellows selected for the 2025 “Screamwriting” program, for underrepresented emerging film and television writers aspiring to work in the horror genre. This year’s nine participants were selected to further develop their scripts with the guidance and mentorship of accomplished filmmakers and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The S&P 500 fell on Wednesday as artificial intelligence giants Nvidia and Oracle came under pressure for a second day. The broad market index dropped 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite pulled back 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 160 points, or 0.4%….
President Xi Jinping told a U.N. climate summit that China will reduce emissions across its economy, expand renewables sixfold and make electric cars “mainstream.”
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, regrown noses, you name it. But creating something that works as well as our original equipment remains an enormous challenge. Here to walk us through the…
When Dante’s professional career began in 2002, the first iPhone was far from being invented and the Europa League was still called the UEFA Cup. 23 years and 17 iPhone generations later, that very Dante is still on the field. After many years in the Bundesliga, where the Brazilian won numerous titles in Munich and…
The Trump administration might be fond of calling the energy transition the “green new scam,” but that isn’t stopping it from seeking a significant stake in what promises to be the largest lithium mine in the Western Hemisphere. In exchange for renegotiating the repayment period of a $2.26 billion Department of Energy loan, the Trump…
After the Prince and Princess of Wales’s busywork theatrics in the past two weeks, I expected them to take a multiweek vacation to recover. I guess that isn’t happening yet – surely, the kids’ school has a half-term break coming up? So, dreadfully, William and Kate are back at work yet again, the poor exhausted…
