mdesigner125/iStockphoto/Getty Images We know the only safe and long-term solution to climate change is cutting our greenhouse gas emissions. But in the face of still-rising emissions and escalating climate impacts, some are considering an option that – until recently – would never have escaped a researcher’s lips without a good deal of trepidation. This story…
Now is not the time to be lazy, cognitively speaking It can be enthralling to watch artificial intelligence models progress toward a mastery of deep learning. But are we as equally invested in our own abilities to think and learn? The human capacity to think deeply, find meaning, and apply wisdom is what makes us…
Former featherweight champion and the second-best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, Ilia Topuria, became the 10th person ever to win two UFC belts when he knocked out Charles Oliveira to claim the lightweight title in the first round of their UFC 317 main event on Saturday. His bitter rival, Paddy Pimblett, entered the Octagon from…
More than 30 years after he’d last played the role, Mark Hamill had a much darker idea for Luke Skywalker’s life in Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi (2017). The Emmy winner recalled his pitch for writer/director Rian Johnson about where Luke’s life had taken him in the years since Episode VI —…
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Welcome back to Week in Review! Lots of news for you this week — Travis Kalanick is possibly returning to the world of self-driving vehicles, CoreWeave’s CEO is now worth $10 billion, Apple users aren’t happy with how the company is promoting its new “F1” movie, and much more. Quick note that we will be…
Of all of the random polling done in the UK, this is probably one of the better questions to ask British people: who would you like to have dinner with? Who is your dream dinner guest/companion? I love this game. If we’re just naming random British couples, my top choice would probably be Emma Thompson…
The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup has wrapped up the group stage. Following three matches for each team, the knockout bracket is settled. The group stage consisted of 16 nations competing in four groups. The top two in each group advanced to the knockout bracket where they were seeded based on whether they finished first or…
Can you imagine the imprint a four-dimensional hexagon might leave as it passes through your three-dimensional kitchen table? Probably not, but some people can. One such person was mathematician Alicia Boole Stott, daughter of logician George Boole. Early in the 20th century, she made models of the shapes four-dimensional objects would create when passing through…
The third and final season of the industry-defining Squid Game confidently delivers each new round of the deathly games with spectacularly brutal aplomb — but its attempts at worldbuilding are disappointingly tired and uneven. Some of Squid Game’s most interesting dynamics from the first two seasons — the politics among the masked guards, the organ-harvesting…
