An experiment on catcalling involved men embodying a female avatar who is getting ready for a party Chiara Lucifora and Aldo Gangemi et al. 2025 Men who embodied female avatars via virtual reality didn’t respond well to being catcalled, raising hopes that this approach could make perpetrators more aware of the effects of such harassment….
Spotify reported on Tuesday that its premium subscriber base grew by 5 million in the first quarter, representing a 12% increase year-over-year. This brings the total to 268 million, marking the second-highest total ever and the highest net addition of paid subs for a first quarter since 2020. Spotify also reported a record-high quarterly operating…
Black maternal mortality in the United States remains a serious public health crisis. Black women are nearly 3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women in the U.S. In a recent interview, R&B singer, Summer Walker, shared that she “almost died” giving birth to her two children. In an interview with…
Tens of millions of people on the Iberian Peninsula had their day upended by power outages that lasted hours. Across Spain and Portugal, hospitals ran on generators, trains were halted and supermarkets were shuttered. By Monday evening, some power was restored in parts of Spain and areas in Portugal, but many residents were still waiting…
These investments are projected to create 6,480 job opportunities.
For the first time in its history, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) commenced a regular season this spring with no draft. A quintessentially American event, defined by hopes and dreams being on public display while teams trade players into the professional leagues without their explicit input, was scrapped by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated…
All the stars who showed their support for women's cancer research at An Unforgettable Evening gala
Thrive Capital has bet big on artificial intelligence, including emerging giants of the field like OpenAI and Databricks. Now the venture capital firm is taking a different approach: creating and buying companies that it believes can benefit from A.I. — including in industries that seem far more humdrum, such as accounting — and holding on…
Two men used a chain saw to deliberately cut down the celebrated Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England in a “moronic mission” a year and a half ago, and the felling was filmed on a cellphone, a prosecutor in northeastern England said on Tuesday. The tree, a beloved landmark that stood by Hadrian’s…
Beneath the great, white expanse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, a mysterious realm of streams and lakes lies out of sight. Much about this hidden water world remains poorly understood. But a new study suggests that if scientists continue to overlook it, they might greatly underestimate global sea level rise. Factoring this subglacial water into…
