A flock of sheep in a valley in the French Alps Travelart / Alamy Rapid erosion due to human activity, such as grazing livestock and farming, has stripped the Alps of almost all the soil formed since the retreat of the glaciers. This soil developed over millennia as plants, microbes and weather transformed hard rock…
Luck is absolutely a factor in the game of luck. Consider that two-time major champion Dustin Johnson was flirting with the projected cut line (he was 1-over and at the time of this writing it is projected to be 2-over) as he hit his approach shot on 18 at Royal Portrush during the Open Championship….
FRIDAY PM: Not a gangbusters weekend, but solid enough to make exhibition content. Warner Bros/DC Studios’ Superman is looking at $16M, -71%, in its second Friday, for what’s looking to be a $55M second weekend at 4,275 theaters, for a decline on the high-end that’s in the -56% realm. Worldwide all in by Sunday is…
The central bank is poised to hold interest rates steady this month, but there could be a path to cut as early as September.
Shigeru Ishiba of the long-governing Liberal Democratic Party could face calls to resign if his party fares poorly in Sunday’s Upper House elections.
A building collapsed on Netflix. The real shock is how the creative team made it happen. For the first time, a hit Netflix show used something unusual to craft a final scene: AI.
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Earlier this month, the Milwaukee Bucks waived star guard Damian Lillard. On Thursday, ESPN reported the nine-time All-Star and the Portland Trail Blazers were finalizing a three-year contract to reunite Lillard with the only other NBA franchise he’d played for. Lillard was drafted by the Trail Blazers…
Henry Cavill confirmed that he and Natalie Viscuso welcomed a daughter! I think they welcomed the baby girl late last year or early this year. [Just Jared]Some Timothy Olyphant photos, and I didn’t realize that he’s in Alien: Earth, the FX series which comes out in August. Should I watch it?? [LaineyGossip]Pedro Pascal explains some…
A video from a concert dominated internet discourse as people joked about a man and woman who appeared very upset to be shown on camera.
In November 2024 I was interviewed for a marvelous NPR podcast called Living On Earth about my latest popular science book, Under Alien Skies. While prepping for the show, one of the producers asked me a question that was so deceptively simple, so wonderfully succinct, and came from such an odd direction that I was…
