A brutal, potentially record-breaking heatwave is setting over the US west, the latest in a string of extreme temperature events that’s putting communities on high alert for heat-related illness and death. The National Weather Service expects highs o ...

To be clear, the practice of nepotism — people parlaying their own success to benefit their friends and family members, children primarily — predates all of us, going back to the days of the old gods and young Earth. As does the act of identifying, b ...

The study, conducted by researchers at National Institutes of Health, found that those who consumed two or more cups of tea a day had between a nine per cent and 13 per cent lower risk of mortality.

The South American neighbors have exchanged ambassadors for the first time since 2019. The normalization process will include the full reopening of the border, which has remained largely closed to vehicles.

A former security chief for Twitter has turned whistleblower and testified that the company misled users and US regulators about gaps in its security. Peiter Zatko also claimed that Twitter underestimated how many fake and spam accounts are on its pl ...

At the beginning of July, Nancy Davis started feeling nauseous. The Baton Rouge resident considered COVID-19 or the flu, then decided to take a pregnancy test just in case. She saw the two blue lines denoting a positive test and ran to the living roo ...

More major casting is emerging for the upcoming sixth season of Black Mirror, with Under the Banner of Heaven and Signs star Rory Culkin the latest to sign up. Details are scarce on Culkin’s role and Netflix isn’t commenting but Deadline understands ...

Humans tend to take a lot for granted, even something as simple as a breath of fresh air. It’s easy to forget how much our bodies depend on oxygen—until it becomes an invaluable resource, such as aboard the International Space Station. Although astro ...

City lawmakers in San Francisco have introduced a resolution to decriminalize naturally occurring psychedelics, or “entheogens.” The measure would remove criminal penalties for possession of drugs like psilocybin or mescaline—both to reduce criminali ...

Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a second day on growing concerns about tightening European supply after Russia, a key energy supplier to the region, cut gas supply through a major pipeline. Brent crude futures rose $1.25, or 1.2%, to $106.40 a barrel ...

It turns out that Eddie Munson was such a massive breakout from “Stranger Things 4” that the character saved actor Joseph Quinn from a prolonged detainment at a U.S. airport. During an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” Quinn told host Jimmy Fallon th ...

Boss fights are great. Except when they're terrible! Things got heated when the PC Gamer staff debated whether the boss fight is good design or an antiquated videogame trope, so we decided to present our strongest evidence for each case.

Just putting this out there: Joe and Anthony Russo are not filmmakers. The brothers — best known for helming Avengers: Endgame — have just released their latest business venture, The Gray Man, on Netflix. To say they directed it would be a questionab ...

Northwestern research finds ‘bothsidesism’ in journalism undermines science

Millions of Chinese residents are prepared for even hotter weather this weekend, as more than a dozen cities have issued red alerts, the highest level of heat warning.

Enjoying that AC? Thank the mighty power of the sun and the renewable energy source keeping the grid afloat.

People are more likely to agree to cause someone else harm when pleasant background music is playing, according to two new studies published in Psychology of Music. The studies challenge the common thinking that pleasant, familiar music is related to ...

Elon Musk's daughter has officially been granted the name and gender change she filed.

As SpaceX gears up for another launch of Starlink satellites, astronomers are concerned the company maybe backsliding in its efforts to reduce the brightness of those satellites. A Falcon 9 is scheduled to lift off at 12:08 p.m. Eastern June 17 from ...

TikTok will now route US users’ data through Oracle’s servers.