The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating FrogCarly Anne YorkBasic Books, $30 What’s the purpose of your study? It’s the question many basic-science researchers dread. And it’s the question that Carly Anne York received about 10 years ago from a fellow volunteer at the Virginia Zoo. At the time, York was a Ph.D. student studying squid…
From “Minecraft” to “Love Island” spoofs, NFL teams turn schedule reveals into full-blown entertainment spectacles. For NFL teams’ social media departments, May 14 is the Super Bowl.
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a minor league contract with Kenta Maeda, giving the struggling right-hander another chance to regain his form. Cubs manager Craig Counsell confirmed the deal before Friday’s game against the White Sox. The 37-year-old Maeda had a 7.88 ERA in seven relief appearances for Detroit before he was…
Yesterday, on May 15, Maddock Films, the producers of Bhool Chuk Maaf and PVR Inox, in a joint statement, announced that the Rajkummar Rao-Wamiqa Gabbi starrer Bhool Chuk Maaf will arrive in cinemas on May 23. The official statement did not answer the question that was on the minds of several people in the industry…
The move was the latest victory for Syria’s new government as it attempts to stabilize the nation after a long civil war and decades of dictatorship.
Loneliness Is Inflaming Our Bodies—And Our Politics Medical research shows that social isolation is a serious chronic stressor. You can say something similar about its impact on our political system By Kim Samuel Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images Hannah Arendt has been on my mind a lot lately. The 20th-century German-Jewish political philosopher escaped the Nazi Holocaust,…
Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million in new funding, the company has raised more, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing, submitted Thursday, reveals that Moonvalley actually landed (so far) around $53 million total from a group of 14 unnamed…
Major League Baseball is introducing “Rivalry Weekend” as a new concept this year by having some of the best rivalries in the sport go head-to-head at the same time. Friday marks the beginning of the inaugural Rivalry Weekend that includes interleague contests like the Cubs vs. White Sox, Yankees vs. Mets and Dodgers vs. Angels,…
Kristen Stewart touched down at the annual beachfront Cannes bash of Breaking Through The Lens (BTTL) on Friday, ahead of the world premiere of her feature debut The Chronology Of Water in Un Certain Regard. Adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir of the same name, the film the stars Imogen Poots as a woman who goes…
The International Criminal Court confirmed that its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, will step down pending the results of an investigation into allegations against him.
