Running from Uganda to Egypt, the Nile is essential to the survival of millions of people living in Africa. But a combination of climate change and human overuse is drying up the river, and worsening conditions for farmers who fear low harvests and l ...

Two weeks after a New York jury sided with Kevin Spacey in a sexual abuse lawsuit, an Italian film museum announced Thursday that the actor would receive a lifetime achievement award and teach a master class there early next year.

TikTok’s updated privacy policy fails to address the most contentious issue in handling user data. The wildly popular short form video app said its staff in several countries around the world—including, most controversially, China—can access user dat ...

Apple and Google have both come under fire for allegedly having a strong monopoly on the app industry.

A new study in Brain and Behavior has unraveled the relationship between migraines, bipolar disorder, and patient outcomes. Nicole Sekula and colleagues conducted an 11-year longitudinal study demonstrating that those with bipolar disorder and migrai ...

The International Space Station had to fire its thrusters this week to make sure it avoided space junk in orbit around Earth. The station fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds in what NASA called a "Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Mane ...

Scientists in Ecuador have discovered six new species of rain frog. The new species were all found on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorean Andes, in two national parks. But the scientists who discovered them have warned that all six Pristimantis spec ...

Naughty Dog game director has clarified that the masked loading areas God of War Ragnarok aren’t due to a PS4 hardware limitation. Kurt Margenau, game director at Naughty Dog, took to Twitter to share his thoughts on an earlier statement from game jo ...

We are making a new Ukraine,” says Tetiana Burianova, as she surveys her volunteers clearing up a shattered house, part of a day’s reconstruction efforts in a war-ravaged village about 75 miles north-west of Kyiv. While the government – fighting the ...

What if I told you that in the future, you could choose how long you wanted to sleep? And not only that, but you could also choose what kind of sleep you wanted! Wouldn’t that be amazing? We currently sleep almost 8 hours a day, and it is necessary. ...

AirPods Pro 2 have been widely praised since their release last month, but there have been a few early bugs. Many AirPods Pro 2 users are now taking to Reddit and other online forums to complain about a pesky audio drifting issue, which occurs even w ...

Children are among those pleading for hours for digital gifts, as the company takes a cut of up to 70%.

Hopes for the seamless unveiling of an impressive floating home in Panama quickly sank when the structure ended up becoming partially submerged. If there's one quality you're looking for in a floating home, it's that it floats. Without ...

A sensor of history

The pandemic coronavirus' debut wrought universal havoc—not even seasonal flu viruses were spared. Amid travel restrictions, quarantines, closures, physical distancing, masking, enhanced hand washing, and disinfection, the 2020-2021 flu season w ...

Investor and founder Vinny Lingham wrote a series of tweets on Sept. 29 outlining a potential short-term future whereby Bitcoin will act as a store of value for those suffering a devaluation of their local currency. The British Pound fell to its lowe ...

It’s amazing and hilarious to see how many things that The Simpsons has predicted over the years. Well, another one was pointed out on Twitter that I’m sure you’ll all get a kick out of.

When classrooms in California reopen for the fall term, all 6.2 million public school students will have the option to eat school meals for free, regardless of their family's income. The undertaking, made possible by an unexpected budget surplus ...

In a strange sort of way Jennette McCurdy’s mother, Debra, is getting what she’d always dreamed of: fame. Never mind that the title of her daughter’s memoir is the brilliantly punchy I’m Glad My Mom Died, or that it details Debra’s controlling and ab ...