How Chain Restaurants Like Chili’s Suddenly Became Cool Again
Many casual dining restaurants whose heydays were thought past are attracting younger customers charmed by memories of family meals and stability.
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Prep talk: Freshman golfer Jaden Soong of St. Francis loves pressure
Jaden Soong, a freshman golfer at St. Francis High, thrives under pressure. “I will say I like pressure,” he said. Twice in the last two weeks, he has won playoffs to keep his season going. But the story of his first playoff win is comedy at its best. He had left the Temecula Creek Golf…
We’re getting close to recreating the first step in evolution of life
RNA is thought to have played a key role in life getting started Shutterstock/nobeastsofierce The goal of understanding how inert molecules gave rise to life is one step closer, according to researchers who have created a system of RNA molecules that can partly replicate itself. They say it should one day be possible to achieve…
How college students built the fastest Rubik’s Cube-solving robot yet
A team of Purdue University students recently set a new Guinness World Record with their custom robot that solved a Rubik’s Cube in just 0.103 seconds. That was about a third of the time it took the previous record-setting bot. But the new record wasn’t achieved by simply building a robot that moves faster. The…
Impossible $354M Through Second Weekend
Refresh for latest…: With a pair of phenomenal holds, Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning continued to dominate global turnstiles this weekend. To wit: Disney’s Lilo & Stitch added $113.1M from 52 offshore markets, lifting the international box office cume to $330.7M. The overseas drop was just 28%. The worldwide total…
Stanley Fischer, Who Helped Defuse Financial Crises, Dies at 81
He was the No. 2 at the Federal Reserve and the I.M.F. during periods of economic turmoil, and he mentored future economic leaders, like Ben Bernanke.
The startling similarities the Oklahoma City Thunder share with the NBA’s last dynasty
Zach KramMay 30, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram. The best team in the West is on…
Augmented World Expo 2025 will draw 400 speakers, 6K attendees and 300 global exhibitors
Augmented World Expo 2025 will draw more than 6,000 attendees, 400 speakers and 300 global exhibitors to its event June 10 to June 12.Read More
bitchy | Sources swear Nicola Peltz & Victoria Beckham beefed over Nicola’s wedding gown
In 2022, Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham gave their exclusive wedding photos to American and British Vogue. British Vogue ran the wedding pics as a cover – American Vogue did not. The Peltz-Beckham wedding was a much bigger story in the UK, whereas Americans were like “oh, a billionaire’s daughter married one of the Beckham…
Investors are piling into big, short Treasury bets with Warren Buffett
Investors always pay close attention to bonds, and what the latest movement in prices and yields is saying about the economy. Right now, the action is telling investors to stick to the shorter-end of the fixed-income market with their maturities. “There’s lots of concern and volatility, but on the short and middle end, we’re seeing…