Far beneath Earth’s surface, slow-moving convection currents churn within the mantle. These currents are closely tied to the movement of tectonic plates, and they do more than just shift the plates above. They also stretch and distort the mantle material itself. A new study published in The Seismic Record shows that much of this deformation…
Apple is about to become a very different company. This September, Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down and will be replaced by John Ternus, the current head of hardware. But the shift is bigger than just a CEO transition — it’s the most significant move yet into a world where Apple’s executive team isn’t…
Back in 1993, Bora Milutinović offered a succinct diagnosis of the American men’s soccer player: “This is the problem with these people: they don’t have a problem.” What the then-US men’s national team head coach meant, presumably, is that making it in soccer wasn’t existential for American players, as it is for many others worldwide….
I totally forgot that today is Prince Louis’s birthday. It always sneaks up on me! Princess Charlotte’s eleventh birthday is coming up on May 2nd as well, not to mention Prince Archie’s seventh birthday coming up in two weeks’ time. Anyway, the Prince and Princess of Wales posted a new birthday portrait of Louis on…
Generative AI is dissolving the economic logic that made standardized enterprise software the only practical choice for most companies. What replaces it will be shaped not just by the rapidly evolving capabilities of this new technology, but by leaders willing to ask a harder question: Which workflows do we actually need to own?
The scene seemed so far-fetched you could be forgiven for thinking you might be hallucinating. On the weekend in which psychonauts celebrate “Bicycle Day” – the anniversary of the first LSD trip – Donald Trump was in the Oval Office double-checking that he was correctly pronouncing the name of a lesser-known psychedelic, ibogaine, as he…
Who: Arsenal vs Newcastle UnitedWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: Emirates Stadium in London, United KingdomWhen: Saturday at 5:30pm (16:30 GMT)How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 13:30 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream. This season’s Premier League title race is quickly – and unexpectedly – becoming one…
The St Vincent and the Grenadines government has delayed a controversial effort to amend a section of the country’s constitution that the opposition says renders the prime minister ineligible for his position in parliament. Two bills, among six listed for the parliament session on Tuesday this week, were aimed at clarifying a section of the…
If you were to imagine a waterfall, a misty cascade into an azure pool surrounded by towering trees might come to mind. That mental vision might also be accompanied by the imagined roar of water splashing down. But when it comes to our brains, does imagining a waterfall activate different areas compared with seeing or…
