Photo by Christopher Michel, CC license In a world first, marine biologists were able to have a discourse with a humpback whale, pushing out the boundaries of cooperation and understanding that could be possible between our two species. An adult female humpback whale, known as Twain, in Southeast Alaska, was located along with a group …
Protesters prompt Kyle Rittenhouse to leave university event early Kyle Rittenhouse, now 21, fatally shot two people at a 2020 protest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. He was acquitted on all charges. Kyle Rittenhouse’s speaking event at the University of Memphis took a sharp turn when he left the stage as his views …
Elon Musk said on Saturday that he will file a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against non-profit watchdog Media Matters and others, as companies including Disney, Apple and IBM reportedly have paused advertising on X amid an antisemitism storm around the social media platform. Media Matters, a U.S. group that describes itself as “a progressive research and information …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This story was originally published on October 18, 2023. LONDON — It is a multibillion-dollar plan to build a metropolis in the Indo-Pacific which critics fear may one day act as a Chinese military outpost. Now the vast Colombo Port City project has a …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. TEL AVIV — Israeli officials are becoming guardedly optimistic that a hostage deal with Hamas can be reached, but any agreement is likely to be interim and limited. A deal is likely to involve just a few dozen captive Israeli children and elderly, among …
Israel expanded its military operations in Gaza in the “second stage” of what will be a “long and difficult” war with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said late Saturday. The stepped-up offensive includes heavy bombardments that cut off communications and internet connections in the Gaza Strip, as military officials suggested an anticipated ground assault …
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft blasted off this morning at 10:20 am Eastern time and is now en route to its namesake metal-rich asteroid. The long-delayed mission will examine the asteroid with a suite of scientific instruments and determine whether the hunk of rock was the core of a baby planet that never fully formed. But that’s …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain’s Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord is trying to foment a rebellion. This week Richard Allan played host to a motley crew of civil rights campaigners and technologists in a room just off the wood-paneled …
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. KYIV — Ukraine’s long-range Beaver drones seem to be making successful kamikaze strikes in the heart of Moscow, but Serhiy Prytula is coy about how much he knows. “We are not sure whether we are involved in this,” he says with a charming but …
The first Russian lunar mission in nearly half a century ended with a bang. The Luna-25, which left earth on August 10, crash-landed on the moon nine days later after an incident involving the pre-landing maneuvers malfunctioned, Russian space agency Roscosmos said late Saturday on its Telegram channel. According to Roscosmos, the last communication with …