Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Wildlife poaching is a serious issue in many parts of the world. One way of monitoring poaching activity is to put recorders in the forest to listen for gunshots. [CLIP: Gunshot] On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this article, consider…
Simple rituals can strengthen workplace culture—no mandatory fun needed. Early in my career, a colleague and I made a shared commitment one summer to eat healthier. Salads. Smoothies. The full routine. Like many well-intentioned plans, our discipline began to fade after a few weeks. Eventually, we introduced what we jokingly called Grease Wednesdays, a weekly…
This past week Team USA won gold in both the women’s and men’s ice hockey at the Winter Olympics, presenting Donald Trump with a golden opportunity. Instead of seizing the easy political points, he embraced his chance to ingratiate himself with the boys by inviting them to the State of the Union address. He followed…
There’s hasn’t been a more solid radio duo in Australia than Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson. The pair met in 1999 when Sandilands flew from Brisbane to Sydney to audition to replace 2Day FM Hot 30 host Phil O’Neil, who had moved to London, leaving Henderson, his then-wife and longtime co-host, behind. They were…
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Facing a serious election challenge, Prime Minister Viktor Orban is holding up a big E.U. loan for Ukraine. Analysts say the timing is no coincidence.
Psst! Can you keep a secret? Yana Iskayeva/Getty Images The average person is keeping nine types of secrets, ranging from having told a lie to covert romantic desires. This can be a major burden, because secrets have the troubling habit of flashing into the mind unbidden. Confessing them can sometimes bring relief, but some secrets…
Plaid, a company that connects financial applications to users’ bank accounts, enabling payments and data verification, has allowed employees to sell some of their shares at an $8 billion valuation, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Thursday. The valuation represents a 31% increase from the $6.1 billion valuation the 13-year-old company achieved in April of…
The Magpies face the Toffees at St. James’ Park four days on from their 3-2 Champions League win over Qarabağ, which secured a place in the last 16. It also ended a run of four consecutive away games but after losing their previous two home games prior to the victory over the Azerbaijani outfit, head…
Netflix is walking away from its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over its storied Hollywood rival. On Thursday, Warner’s board announced that Skydance-owned Paramount’s latest offer to buy the entire company for $31 per share was superior…
