Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. Most of us know the story of Moby-Dick, the 1851 novel by Herman Melville that dots many a high school required-reading list. That book, told from the perspective of Ishmael, a sailor aboard the whaling ship the Pequod, takes us on…
Amazon’s satellite-based internet service, Leo, will enter , so says company CEO Andy Jassy. Writing in his annual letter, Jassy claimed Leo would offer download speeds of up to 1Gbps, far more than what Starlink presently offers. Sadly, Amazon declined to offer any more details about what that mid-2026 service would look like. But given…
Shefali Shah, known for her quietly powerful performances and discerning choice of roles, has long been a force in Indian cinema and OTT storytelling. From her breakout role in Satya to her widely acclaimed portrayal of DCP Vartika Chaturvedi in Delhi Crime, Shah has consistently leaned into narratives that are rooted, complex, and emotionally resonant….
A temporary cease-fire in the war on Iran faces multiple hurdles and investors are watching the release of U.S. government data on inflation.
The truce is under strain because of two issues, Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. and Iranian negotiators are scheduled to meet in Pakistan this weekend.
The changing abundance of prey animals may have forced early humans to invent new tools RAUL MARTIN/MSF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY A drop in the number of huge animals 200,000 years ago may have forced ancient humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools in favour of lightweight toolkits to hunt smaller animals. That’s according to a new study…
Microsoft is starting to remove “unnecessary” Copilot buttons from its Windows 11 apps. In the latest version of the Notepad app for Windows Insiders, Microsoft has removed the Copilot button in favor of a “writing tools” menu. The Copilot button in the Snipping Tool app also no longer appears when you select an area to…
SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the finale episode of The Last Thing He Told Me Season 2. Turns out Judy Greer’s Quinn Favreau, née Campano, wasn’t as hands off in her family’s operations as she first led Hannah (Jennifer Garner), Bailey (Angourie Rice), Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Walau) and viewers of The Last Thing He Told Me…
A maze of crude oil pipes and valves is pictured during a tour by the Department of Energy at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Freeport, Texas. Richard Carson | Reuters Oil prices were higher on Friday amid persistent tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, with the vital shipping lane still largely closed despite a ceasefire…
Cole Payton, QB, North Dakota State You have to go back to 2013 to find a year in which fewer than four quarterbacks were selected in the top 100 picks. But in this year’s mediocre quarterback class, the fourth quarterback may not go off the board until day three. After Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza and Alabama’s…
