Billy Porter made an unforgettable entrance to the Met Gala in 2019, carried in on a cushioned platform held up by strapping topless men in gold pants, while Billy himself donned an Egyptian-inspired ensemble that had him dripping in gold and silver. It was the perfect embodiment of that year’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion.”…
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the cornerstone of global efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, has opened its five-year review conference in New York under the shadow of a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran. At the centre of the discussions will be Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile:…
Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants fed by the fossil fuel to drive their data centers. But their embrace might be a little too tight — the cost to build one of the facilities has spiked 66% in the last two…
Filtering a protein out of a pregnant person’s blood may help ease a dangerous complication of pregnancy. In a study of 16 women with early preeclampsia, pulling a particular protein from their blood slightly lowered blood pressure and extended some pregnancies, researchers report April 27 in Nature Medicine. If larger trials confirm the results, the…
Officials say each monk was found with around 5kg of Kush – a particularly potent form of the drug – hidden within “false walls” in their luggage.
The family of an Aboriginal mother of seven who died just weeks after giving birth say the Western Australian government knew she was experiencing domestic violence and fearing for her safety weeks before her death. Mary Ann Miller died of sepsis in Fiona Stanley hospital on 28 March, two weeks after giving birth to her…
After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California billionaire tax.
A series of coordinated attacks carried out by armed groups across Mali has exposed security vulnerabilities in the military-ruled country, analysts say. Since gaining independence from French rule in 1960, the West African nation has navigated cycles of political instability, punctuated by persistent attacks from armed groups, military coups and financial crises. Recommended Stories list…
Just a note: Today’s newsletter is going to be a bit more brief than your typical Monday morning reading. Why’s that? I had to fill in for Frank Stampfl, hosting Fantasy Baseball Today last night, and lemme tell you: That’s a lot of work. So I won’t be giving my usual six (or so) takeaways…
A former top researcher at Google AI division DeepMind announced Monday a record $1.1 billion seed round for his months-old startup Ineffable Intelligence. The startup is pursuing superintelligence and was founded in late 2025 by UCL professor and former lead of DeepMind’s reinforcement learning team David Silver. The seed round is the largest ever in…
