Yersinia pestis bacteria viewed with an electron microscope Connect Images/Alamy An ancient ancestor of the pathogen that would later cause the Black Death and other major pandemics has been identified in a Bronze Age domestic sheep in Russia – making it one of the oldest pathogens ever found in an…
Adrien Brody’s Long Oscars Speech Is Being Criticized
Adrien won for his incredible performance as László Tóth in Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist; also nominated in the esteemed category were Timothée Chalamet for A Complete Unknown, Colman Domingo for Sing Sing, and Ralph Fiennes for Conclave. Adrien previously won the Best Leading Actor Academy Award in 2003 for his…
Language Learning Extensions : Vokab
Vokab is a Chrome browser extension designed to support passive German language learning by integrating vocabulary exposure into daily online activity. Each time a user opens a new browser tab, Vokab displays a new German word along with its translation, gender, and a visual cue to reinforce learning. This incremental,…
Unearthed report reveals staggering number of homes that will be hammered by Cyclone Alfred on its current course – as four million people are warned to brace for DAYS without power
Up to 660,000 homes could be damaged if a category two cyclone makes landfall in south-east Queensland, government modelling suggests. The region and northern NSW have been warned to prepare for the worst – as Tropical Cyclone Alfred writhes about 430 kilometres off Australia’s east coast. The cyclone is set to…
Angela Bassett Reveals One Iconic Scene From "Waiting To Exhale" Was Improvised
“And then afterwards, I guess they enjoyed it so much, they actually then went forward to secure the rights to use what we had filmed – just waiting and playing around – to include it in the movie.” View Entire Post › Source link
Inside Arsenal’s controversial Visit Rwanda deal – and why they can get a better deal if they ditch sponsor linked to regime accused of murder and torture
The Arsenal hierarchy were braced for the potential backlash. Partnering with an impoverished nation suffering from crisis, including allegations of politically motivated murders, was always going to court controversy. But as is the way in football, money talks. The figures involved were too good to be sniffed at. The Gunners…
T-Mobile and Perplexity announce new ‘AI phone’ priced at under $1K
It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company. And here it is: T-Mobile, the mobile telco owned by Deutsche Telekom (DT), said that it is building an “AI Phone,” a…
Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Thirteen years before any other woman joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics – or the NACA, NASA’s predecessor – in a technical role, a young lab assistant named Pearl…
Vernon Maxwell: I’d rather guard Michael Jordan than Drazen Petrovic
Yet to those who didn’t live through the Dončić experience — the front office executives, coaches and scouts who would love nothing more than to get their hands on a player of his ilk — all these justifications for the trade simply don’t compute. This is the NBA, where ego…
Emília Perez Director Trans Rights Comment
“oh right because trans rights are only important enough to speak on when you win an award. literally get fucked,” somebody else tweeted. Another wrote: “love how Emilia Pérez walked away with two oscars, a new meme, and literally no mention of trans lives.” While one more observed: “none of…