A species of early humans whose appearance has often been compared with that of the hobbits in J.R.R. Tolkien’s works may still exist on a remote island in Southeast Asia, despite being considered long extinct.
Bob Iger talked candidly about some of Disney’s lackluster box office performances and the entertainment giant’s output at a recent conference.
Texas Republicans called it "Marxist" to bar members from associating with Holocaust deniers
Bedouins of the Negev desert face rockets from Gaza and discrimination and arrest by Israel. They seek safety as the war energizes the far right.
After a rocky start, the nascent cable news network has a chance to make a major impression on viewers when it presents its first-ever presidential primary debate Wednesday.
Singapore and Zurich tied for the largest index of 104 in a new study, indicating they're the most expensive cities among 173 places.
As a bisexual woman, I know that policies against queer people do not make us disappear, they determine how much we risk by being open about our identity.
Three contributing critics pick their best fiction of the year, including work by Victor LaValle, Ed Park, Lauren Groff, Yiyun Li and Tania James.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- It's been three years since Casey Goodson Jr. was shot and killed by then-Franklin County deputy Jason Meade while walking into his grandmother’s home. Meade’s trial has been postponed multiple times and is now scheduled to start more than three years after Goodson’s death. Tamala Payne, Goodson’s mother, said not a [...]
With the start of COP28 in Dubai, The Nature Conservancy emphasises that the role the food system plays in climate change is often overlooked, but that aquaculture provides a promising solution in meeting greenhouse gas emission targets.
Super Bowl 58 (or Super Bowl LVIII for the Roman numeral traditionalists) is virtually sold out to advertisers, according to CBS, the network airing the game. More than two months before the game, only a handful of advertisers have revealed themselves, which means this Super Bowl ad tracker will be updated as for announcements, teasers...
Blame Pepsi for the plot of Home Alone. Each holiday season, a new generation of viewers watches McCaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister fume as his bed-wetting cousin Fuller shotguns a 1990-vintage can of Pepsi just before they're supposed to share sleeping quarters. When Kevin's brother Buzz eats the last slice of cheese pizza, Kevin flips out...
Dentsu X, the communications and media division of the advertising agency network, has named Shenda Loughnane as its new global brand president, succeeding Sanjay Nazerali, who is leaving the business. Loughnane will take up the position from Jan. 1, stepping up from global managing director of iProspect, a role she has held since November 2021....
While the crypto sector has received negative attention since events including the FTX scandal and publication Rolling Stone calling NFTs "worthless," brands in the space have been doubling down on refining their messaging and strengthening their marketing to appeal to a wider audience. For blockchain platform Solana, what began as a groundswell of community critique...
A new industrywide report shows how buyers, including top advertisers, continue to waste money on inefficient supply paths and low-quality media. Media quality and the cost of media are not correlated, according to the Association of National Advertisers' programmatic media supply chain transparency report. The study analyzed campaign data from 21 brands including State Farm,...
Ryan Garcia returned this past weekend, what’s the verdict on how he looked? | Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images
It’s Tuesday, so it’s podcast day!
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In the politically correct quest to avoid causing offense, Christmas keeps getting axed.
The 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 472 research/teaching positions and 49 teaching positions.
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Festive capsuleers,
Today marks the beginning of the Winter Nexus, and what a party it will be! Multiple snowstorms have started to travel around New Eden, creating a winter wonderland filled with festive Yoiul challenges and sensational rewards. The event runs until 4 January, and it pays to get started right away, as there are amazing daily rewards to be claimed!
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Adversarial algorithms can systematically probe large language models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 for weaknesses that can make them misbehave.
Joe Weisberg—the geopolitically entangled, heavily therapized creator of The Americans and The Patient—is the trickiest character he’s written (so far).
The first thing I noticed about the monument to Southern women is that its Confederate flag flew upside down. One of the flagpole’s ropes had snapped so that the Stars and Bars fluttered in the breeze as the Bars and Stars. I had driven seven hours from Manhattan to see the memorial, a squat marble building that looms over a tree-lined boulevard in Richmond, Virginia. The rebel nation’s former capital has contended with its legacy by removing all Confederate statues from city property. But I know this monument was recently polished. Читать дальше...
A reelected Donald Trump would continue to attack studies that stand in the way of his agenda—and to make support for scientific inquiry a tribal belief.
Donald Trump and his cronies left his first administration with a playbook for self-enrichment in a second term.
In a second term, Donald Trump would appoint more judges who don’t care about the law.