Illuminating the Headlines
Trying to persuade kids to eat healthily is a challenge many parents face, and a small new study suggests that pregnancy might be a prime time to influence toddlers' tastes.
The agents guiding the shape of your aging journey may not just come from within.
A new study has revealed a previously hidden layer of the human genome.
President Trump agreed to drop his lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for a fund that can compensate allies who were targeted under the Biden administration.
'Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu' is eyeing a $160M global opening at the Memorial Day weekend box office.
President Donald Trump has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, supercharging his effort to oust incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican primary runoff. Paxton and Cornyn qualified for the May 26 runoff after a March 3 primary.
Trump was briefed on various military options if the war resumes.
Alexus Grynkewich said Europe should "absolutely" expect additional U.S. troop withdrawals as NATO allies provide more of their own defense.
Thomas Massie is in a close race with Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein in Kentucky after repeatedly defying the president.
ABC has greenlit a Texas-set 'Grey's Anatomy' spinoff.
Israeli authorities are issuing Palestinians demolition orders in East Jerusalem at an accelerated rate since Israel launched war with Iran, human rights groups and U.N.
Tuesday brings one of the busiest primary days of the 2026 calendar year, with six states holding nominating contests.
The SMILE mission lifted off at 11:52 p.m. ET on Monday (May 18).
I think there's plenty of fire lit under them already."
The S&P 500 closed lower for its third consecutive session on Tuesday.
Victor Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds, Dylan Harper finished with 24 points and a team playoff-record seven steals, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-115 in a double-overtime classic to open the Western Conference finals.
The victim's family is demanding answers as to how this could have happened.
On Tuesday, the National Football League announced that Nashville will host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030 at the New Nissan Stadium.
Bella Hadid wore a bold "naked" top while in France for the Cannes Film Festival.
Investigators have been looking at a handful of Chinese firms that together control the majority of unrefrigerated shipping container manufacturing around the globe, the sources said.
Lululemon has publicly rejected founder Chip Wilson's ideas to fix the struggling athleisure brand, including an overhaul of its board and has issued some strongly worded criticisms of its former leader.
(Bloomberg) -- Yields on the US Treasury’s longest-dated bond rose to the highest level in almost two decades as investor concerns mount that accelerating...
Elon Musk broke his silence regarding the jury decision to throw out the case against OpenAI and Sam Altman. The Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI frontman has already indicated that an appeal will be filed regarding the decision, which went against him yesterday.
The president’s remark comes in the wake of his long and unprecedented pressure campaign on the U.S.
Cerebras stock rose on a report that the newly public AI chip developer will receive fast-track inclusion on the S&P Dow Jones Indices.
— After 177 years, Pabst is discontinuing Schlitz beer. The beer was based in Milwaukee starting in 1849 and was later produced by the Pabst Brewing Company. Pabst bought the brand in 1999.
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to its rules and forms governing registered offerings that are designed to increase efficiency, flexibility, and cost savings for publ…
Google and Blackstone announced plans to create a new AI cloud company using the tech giant’s chips.
Nvidia Corporation ($NVDA), a leading chipmaker that powers much of the AI boom, is heading into earnings with one big issue still hanging over the stock: China.
The oil market could start to see "real panic" by the first week if June as nations draw down their oil stores, HFI Research said on Monday.
The dominance of the AI theme has grown so extreme that some very large structural questions now seem urgent and compulsory.
Musk vows to appeal OpenAI verdict, House lawmakers water down housing affordability bill, the world needs more rare earth mines, and more news to start your day.
Statistically, since 1980, companies that have conducted forward stock splits have handily outperformed the benchmark S&P 500 in the 12 months following...
Evercore says ‘low leverage leaders’ are key
The stock market has climbed a wall of worry since President Donald Trump returned to the White House on Jan. Tariff fights rattled investors...
Plex says that it has considered getting rid of Lifetime Passes.
This follow-up to Disco Elysium is righteously angry at the state of the world, though sometimes its anger gets the better of it
LG's latest hits one frame per millisecond at a full 1080p resolution.
You don't necessarily have to get rid of your old Kindle, but it will be harder to use.
Civ 7’s devs talk walking back the game's most controversial decision.
ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.
There's not a lot to it, but it’s hard to find much fault with these stealthy co-op heists.
Terms such as 'NSFW' and 'Mature' removed in favour of more descriptive content labels, 17 new tags have been introduced
For those of you that havent jumped in with early access yet, today we welcome you to Japan with Forza Horizon 6! You have so many driving adventures ahead of you (and adventures out of the drivers s…
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book launches on the Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21st, and is a further evolution of Nintendo platformers like Super Mario Bros.
A new study compares CPZ and LPC models, creating a genetic roadmap to accelerate myelin regeneration therapies for Multiple Sclerosis.
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The rare people with highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) might owe it to how they sleep.
A group of Canadian researchers say pollen released by plants during reproduction has gone up across Canada in recent years and is exacerbating allergies from hay fever to hives.
The wrong peak in the wave function. Roger Penrose pointing out that the arrow of time was smuggled in through the back door. The no-boundary proposal is beautiful.
The research could bring about more efficient missions, with savings on time, money and fuel.
Lowe, aged 82, of Carlyle, passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Born on October 30, 1943, he was the son of Henry and Amelia (Lee) Lowe. Bernard is lovingly remembered by his brother Gary Lowe, sister Ruth Ann Hopper, and num…
Cosmologists have long struggled to determine whether the universe's accelerating expansion is being driven by a simple cosmological constant, or whether dark energy's influence is evolving over time. In a new analysis published in Physical Review D, Samsuzza…
SpaceX's Starship is the key to NASA's Moon plan and the timeline is already slipping.
The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today.
A newly discovered asteroid estimated to be about 62 feet wide will zoom near Earth on Monday, though it isn’t expected to pose a threat to the planet.
Looking back at 14 years of Hubble telescope data for Jupiter's moon Europa has given Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists a better understanding of its tenuous atmosphere. The findings have cast doubt on previous evidence suggesting that the icy mo…
"This dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar system and end up on Earth."
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no obvious spiral arms. Reddish-brown clumps and filaments of dust partially obscure the galaxy's full face, while …
Within the Canadian Shield, hydrogen gas is steadily building up naturally among some of the oldest rocks on Earth. Now, for the first time, geochemists at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa have measured its presence, mapped its concentra…
Today's Arctic may feel remote and desolate, but more than 70 million years ago, it was a surprisingly lively place for some of Earth's ancient mammals.
A new study led by researchers at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC) reveals how the disks of galaxies like the Milky Way are affected by ancient galactic collisions.
A coronal mass ejection from the Sun could cause the aurora to appear farther south than usual on Monday night, according to NOAA.
Jack Avery says his ex, TikTok influencer Gabbie Gonzalez, is being accused of conspiring to hire a hitman to kill him ... and now he's seeking court ordered protection from her and sole legal and physical custody of their daughter.
Wear OS 7 has been announced, set to release to supported smartwatches later this year. Google claims that watches upgrading from Wear OS 6 to Wear OS 7 can expect up to 10% improvement in battery life, plus plenty of new features. Wear OS 7 Canary is now ava…
Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.
Google Search received big updates at I/O 2026. For starters, AI Mode is now powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash globally...
Artificial intelligence has become an unwelcome topic at college commencements. Graduates at several colleges and universities have interrupted speakers with boos when they mention AI. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the latest keynote speaker to face heckl…
Pre-training is responsible for the large-scale training runs that give Claude its core knowledge and capabilities, according to the company. It's also one of the most expensive, compute-intensive phases of building a frontier model.
The Hawaii-bound jet crashed at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport just after takeoff, leaving a massive debris field and flames over a half-mile radius.
Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.
A new study suggests a single ketamine infusion followed by low-dose buprenorphine significantly sustained reductions in suicidal ideation in adults with major depressive disorder.
The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius arrived at its last stop Monday. Now, the waiting begins.
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The federal cybersecurity agency left plaintext passwords in a spreadsheet uploaded to a public GitHub repository, per a report by independent journalist Brian Krebs.
Relay Therapeutics aims to treat patients with vascular anomalies, a collection of rare diseases that impact blood and lymphatic vessels.
Under the Department of Energy order, the PJM Interconnection can curtail power to data centers with backup generation as a last resort before instituting rolling blackouts.
Allegiant Air introduces nonstop flights from Kansas City (MCI) to Fort Lauderdale starting Oct.
Even with a tentative deal, the LIRR says trains will not run on Tuesday morning.
SpaceX is now targeting a Thursday, May 21, launch for its newest Starship design, the Starship V3 megarocket. See our latest updates here.
Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) is cutting around 10% of its workforce in a large restructuring. More than 7,000 employees are being moved into roles tied to ...
NAI+BCG versus Nadofaragene Results: NAI+BCG treated patients were twice as likely to achieve a complete response (CR) at any point of the study versus nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg in BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with carcinoma…
Radar, a hardware and software company that helps retailers better manage inventory and cut back on theft, is now valued at over $1 billion.
Google unveils $100/mo AI Ultra plan at I/O for developers: higher Gemini limits, Antigravity access, 20TB storage, YouTube Premium.
‘Honestly? We botched it.’…
Alongside other Android XR announcements at Google I/O 2026, XREAL has confirmed that its Project Aura glasses will be launching...
Google just announced its world-exploring game, Project Genie, is getting a new feature that drops you in real-world locations, like...
OpenAI advances AI content provenance with Content Credentials, SynthID, and a verification tool to help people identify and trust AI-generated media.
Google expands Gmail’s AI Inbox with conversational voice search, letting users ask Gemini to find buried email details.
Google now lets you use its web-based AI Studio vibe coding to build native Android apps. The feature was announced at Google I/O 2026.
At Google IO, we were given a tease of an upcoming "Android Halo" feature that, at least on first glance, isn't clear how or what it will do.
introduced a $650 pair of high-end wireless headphones, setting a new ceiling for the company in a segment that has already grown more pricey in recent years.
GO Fest season is soon upon us and one of the most exciting parts of the events this year is the release of Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y, both of whom will be available via Super Mega Raids. We just got new updates in regards to how these raids will work f…
Interactive social media site Status announced Tuesday $17 million in combined seed and Series A funding, with investors including General Catalyst, YC, LightShed Ventures, and Abstract.
This defensive move against Project Helix sure doesn't feel like good news.
Three new Intel-powered Surface devices arrive for businesses, but they all have high price tags.
Epic gains the upper hand in its long-running battle with Apple over App Store costs. Fortnite returns to iOS worldwide (excl. Australia) as a result.
Apple announced major accessibility updates powered by Apple Intelligence, including new capabilities for VoiceOver, Magnifier, and Voice Control.
Microsoft’s new Xbox Player Voice portal makes fan feedback a lot more visible.
Hantavirus infections caused by the strain found in Colorado usually happen in the spring and summer.
Michigan health officials are reporting an increase in Salmonella infections linked to three multistate outbreaks tied to contact with backyard poultry, particularly baby chicks and ducklings.
As Allegheny County residents step outside to enjoy near-record heat this week, local health experts are warning about the dangers of Lyme disease after an unusually high number of tick bites reported across the country. In April, the Centers for Disease Cont…
A new study shows a 2,000% explosion in off-label leucovorin prescriptions for autism following media coverage and White House statements.
Losing muscle strength is a natural part of aging. At the core of this decline is a drop in the number of muscle stem cells (MuSCs), the specialized cells responsible for maintaining and regenerating muscle tissue throughout our lives. Loss of muscle strength…
Wastewater data shows that RSV has a moderate presence in multiple Northern California regions, even though it's most common from October to March.
Emerging research shows there are ‘super-responders’ to GLP-1 drugs, and others who don’t respond at all.
As next-generation GLP-1 contenders rise, key readouts are on the way from Pfizer, Viking Therapeutics and Eli Lilly.
By Charlotte Van Campenhout ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 18 (Reuters) - A luxury liner at the centre of an outbreak of hantavirus docked at the Dutch port of ...
This study describes that cardiolipin deficiency-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Treg cells impairs gut–immune tolerance.
Plus, why you should be aiming for at least 5,000 steps a day.
An outbreak of a deadly hantavirus aboard a cruise ship has heightened fears about another global pandemic—which experts say the world isn’t ready for.
A new technology called LinCx allows scientists to create custom electrical connections between neurons with high precision. Researchers say it may help treat disorders caused by damaged brain circuits. Damage to brain circuits plays a major role in many neur…
A mysterious manuscript hidden in a French museum archive has revealed traces of lost work tied to Archimedes.
Four different spacecraft captured the massive surge of energy as it just kept going.
A lost dinosaur trackway rediscovered in northern Mongolia reveals 31 giant footprints dating back 120 million years to the early Cretaceous.
Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.
A newly developed bacterial cellulose manufacturing technique could lead to strong, multifunctional materials capable of replacing plastics.
If there's one thing to learn from Tommy Klein, it's that joy can exist everywhere, every single day.
The James Webb Space Telescope wasn’t supposed to find any of this. When it launched in late 2021, astronomers expected it would peer further back in time than any instrument in human history. They hoped to see the first faint galaxies — the small, dim, chemi…
In January 2004, a golf-cart-sized robot bounced down through the atmosphere of Mars on a cluster of airbags, rolled to a stop, and started doing what it was sent to do. NASA’s engineers had given it 90 Martian days to work. Maybe 92 Earth days if you wanted …
A pair of launches — one a rocket-carrying satellites and the second a missile with a mock warhead — are planned hours apart Tuesday night and Wednesday
Water molecules do not simply swirl around in complete disorder; they can form certain preferred structures. This scientific fact is often presented in entirely unscientific ways. For example, when people speak of an alleged "memory of water" or of "water clu…
The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players can either cooperate or cheat.
Plant machinery turns light into anti-inflammatory power inside eye cells.
A vanished ocean may have sculpted Central Asia’s dinosaur-era mountains, revealing new forces behind ancient geological change.
Neanderthal populations in southern Europe collected shellfish throughout the year, with a marked preference for the colder months, according to a new international study led by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Uni…
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