This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. There are microbes living in medicine cabinets across the U.S., next to the aspirin and the Band-Aids. And people want them there. Indeed, consumers probably paid good money for them. Probiotics are capsules or pills with…
Undefeated world super middleweight champion Terence Crawford announced his retirement from boxing on Tuesday, hanging up his gloves three months after a career-defining victory over Canelo Álvarez. The 38-year-old from Nebraska, who dominated Mexican legend Álvarez in Las Vegas in September to claim the undisputed super middleweight crown, announced his decision in a video posted…
Years from now, I’ll look back at 2025 as the year when a fundamental shift happened in wearable technology. Over the last decade, the category has been synonymous with health and fitness. In many ways, that association is still the primary one. But this year, I’ve seen an increasing number of tech companies pitch another…
17 December 2025 Rob Reiner’s home was full of “love” just weeks before he was killed along with his wife Michele, according to a movie industry pal. Rob Reiner’s friend has described his stay with the family weeks before the murders Cinematographer Barry Markowitz – who has been close friends with the couple for many…
The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.
The government said it would pay about $760 million to allow young Britons to take part in 2027.
The Minnesota Vikings came into Week 15 against the Dallas Cowboys with nothing to lose. They had been eliminated from the playoffs earlier in the day with a win by the Chicago Bears, so they came in with unique circumstances against the Cowboys. What they ended up doing with their chance to achieve something without…
As enterprises accelerate the deployment of LLMs and agentic workflows, they are hitting a critical infrastructure bottleneck: the container base images powering these applications are riddled with inherited security debt. Echo, an Israeli startup, is announcing a $35 million in Series A funding today (bringing its to-date total to $50 million in funding) to fix…
Homebound, the critically acclaimed Hindi drama directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, has been officially selected as India’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards and has now been shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of the contenders moving forward in the awards process. The…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Latest data from China showed a key gauge on consumption falling to its weakest level in nearly three years. But it does not capture the…
