Enlarge / The jets of material ejected around black holes can be enormous. Active galactic nuclei, powered by the supermassive black holes they contain, are… Read More »We now know why black hole jets produce high-energy radiation
It had been more than three hours of tense, back-and-forth combat—projected over the massive Jumbotron at San Francisco’s Chase Center—when the sellout crowd, smashing inflatable… Read More »The excitement around e-sports is growing. But where are the profits?
Enlarge / Workers walk outside Hon Hai Group’s Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China, in 2010. Violent worker protests have erupted at the world’s largest iPhone… Read More »Apple iPhone factory workers clash with police in China
Washington’s ultimate goal – and that of the otherwise often divided Venezuelan opposition – is to push Maduro to set free and fair terms for… Read More »US allows Chevron to expand energy business in Venezuela
A Mississippi-based furniture company laid off nearly 2,700 workers in the US just days before Thanksgiving, according to multiple reports. Just before midnight on November… Read More »The company is laying off 2,700 workers as they slept days before Thanksgiving
Wisconsin officials uncovered a series of failures and federal violations at a nursing home where a renegade nurse cut off a man’s foot without his… Read More »After a renegade nurse cuts off a man’s foot, the state discovers a slew of system malfunctions
Former President Donald Trump, seen here on Nov. 15 announcing he would run in the 2024 presidential election, hosted Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, a… Read More »Trump faces backlash for hosting dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes
When ordering pizza, you might be wondering whether the Caprese pizza or the Margherita pizza is a better option. This is a common question as… Read More »What is better in 2022?
Enlarge / Whales and their relatives evolved from land-dwelling mammals, a transition that involved major physiological and morphological changes — which geneticists have begun to… Read More »The evolution of whales from land to sea
“Hunting has become big business,” said Mr. Herring. “And people who have leased land to hunt don’t want there to be people who don’t pay.… Read More »It’s public land. But the public can’t get to it.
A crowd of naked people gathered at Bondi Beach for a photo shoot to raise awareness of cancer.Don Arnold/WireImage Spencer Tunick’s latest art installation saw… Read More »Photos of thousands of people stripping down on iconic Bondi Beach for a nude shoot to raise skin cancer awareness
Enlarge / No, those donut marks aren’t mine, officer. The Perseverance rover landed in the Jezero crater on Mars, largely because of extensive evidence that… Read More »No sign of the expected lake bottom where the Perseverance rover landed
In the spring, my colleague Cade Metz, who covers artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, robotics, virtual reality and other emerging technologies for The New York Times,… Read More »Tech turmoil complicates Canada’s oversight of the online world
The Creekview High School community mourns the loss of a former volleyball player and her father who died in a crash. Alivia Mynes, 18, and… Read More »Former Thanksgiving volleyball striking house dies with her father in crash, team says
Enlarge / An iteration of what happens if your site is shut down by a DDoS attack. The European Parliament website was taken offline for… Read More »The European Parliament declares Russia a terrorism sponsor, after which the site goes offline
