The Ah Louis Store in San Luis Obispo, California, turns into a winter wonderland every holiday season. Green garlands, giant nutcrackers, baubles and bows go up in early November on the historic downtown building that houses the gift shop. Inside, customers can choose from over 500 different types of ornaments and a variety of holiday…
15 December 2025 Ethan Hawke thinks Paul Dano is a “world-class human being”. Ethan Hawke has praised Paul Dano The Blue Moon actor thinks the recent “hateful” comments situation, which saw director Quentin Tarantino brand the Swiss Army Man actor “weak sauce” and the “worst f****** actor in SAG”, was a “great lesson” in dealing…
An employee works inside a textile mill at Bhilwara in India’s Rajasthan state, on July 6, 2025. Himanshu Sharma | Afp | Getty Images India’s total goods exports for November rose 19% on year to $38.13 billion, with sharp improvement in the country’s trade with U.S. India’s merchandise goods trade deficit, which had touched a…
Mass demonstrations in Bulgaria were spurred by spreading outrage over graft that many say was fueling an authoritarian power grab.
A puzzling ultraviolet light seen across the Milky Way could come from the destruction of nuggets of dark matter, the mysterious stuff that makes up around a quarter of the matter and energy in the universe. The light could originate with a type of dark matter called axion quark nuggets, researchers suggest in a paper…
Fusion power has the potential to rewrite trillion-dollar energy markets, but first, startups have to prove their designs will work and won’t be too costly. Neither is easy, especially when considering the massive magnets and lasers used in many designs must be installed with millimeter precision or better. Fusion startup Thea Energy says it’s pixel-inspired…
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia apologized on Sunday night for his “disrespectful” social media post after finishing runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza became the program’s first Heisman Trophy winner on Saturday night in New York. Pavia posted a photo of him with his linemen at the ceremony with a message to voters…
Last month, the industry and moviegoers were in mourning as Dharmendra passed away on November 24 at the age of 89. More than a month after he left for the heavenly abode, his much-loved film Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011) is expected to be re-released in cinemas. A source told Bollywood Hungama, “The re-release of Yamla…
Mr. el Ahmed’s bravery in disarming one of the gunmen was praised by Australian officials and a video of his actions went viral worldwide. He is recovering in a hospital.
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported last Monday that 2025 is shaping up to be the second-hottest year on record, with data suggesting it will tie with 2023 for…
