Illuminating the Headlines
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Whether poop speeds through your gut like a bullet train or takes a more smell-the-roses approach could have more profound implications for your overall health than a first glance would suggest.
A new study shows a simple nasal spray that reduces brain inflammation, improves memory, and may slow aging related brain decline.
Scarlet fever was probably not introduced to the Americas by European colonists, after all.
If you're trying to listen carefully to something, it might be better to keep your eyes open.
Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a "superpower" that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.
The growth of the human population has not always been a smooth ride, but has been punctuated by some strange fluctuations.
negotiators are set to head to Pakistan but Iran's state media said officials may skip the discussions.
Continued disagreements over the extension of a key government spy authority are threatening other facets of the GOP agenda.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said the U.S. had fired on and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.
A three-meter (9.8-foot) tsunami warning has been issued for Japan after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency and the US Geological Survey.
Donald Trump says after the Iranian ship ignored warnings, the US navy "blew a hole" in its engine room. The US has released footage of the attack.
military said it launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea.
After a spate of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites in London, British authorities are investigating a shadowy online group with possible ties to Iran.
Can humans regrow limbs? Researchers find SP6 and SP8 genes are vital for regeneration in axolotls and mice, creating a viral gene therapy that mimics salamander regrowth powers.
Countries are navigating between the desire to speed up the green transition and worries over Beijing’s clean-tech dominance.
Bitcoin traded at $74,335 after Iran reimposed controls on the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, with the modest 1.6% pullback standing out against a 5.7% jump in Brent and a 1.2% drop in European equity futures.
The upbeat economic growth has reduced the urgency for fresh stimulus measures, prompting economists to postpone forecasts on the timing of interest rate cuts.
The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.
Wave of inflation will persist as higher fuel prices feed through into businesses
Even if fuel shortages can be avoided, airfare prices overseas and in the United States are expected to continue to climb as the war in Iran disrupts supplies.
"He asked to do some ridiculous things"
Sruthi Chandran has been elected the new Debian Project Leader 'DPL' after running unopposed in this year's elections.
You might be burnt out.
When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests
No translation, no buffer: A pope Americans hear directly.
Officials say a gunman in Louisiana killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two other people Sunday in an attack of domestic violence.
Patrick Muldoon, known for his roles in Day of Our Lives, Melrose Place & Starship Troopers, died suddenly April 19 following a heart attack.
Growth of dollar-pegged crypto assets under Donald Trump risks accelerating dollarisation and enabling criminal misuse
Canadian PM Mark Carney has vowed to reduce his country's reliance on the US by strengthening the economy and inking trade deals with others.
A real photo of the iPhone 18 Pro in its new color options shows off two very welcome additions.
New Glenn’s reused booster lands on a drone ship, but AST’s BlueBird satellite faces a fiery end.
Welcome to the second day of the 2026 NBA Playoffs! We've got four series tipping off, starting with Celtics-76ers at 1 ET on ABC.
Newly leaked hands-on images of the Huawei Pura X Max have surfaced online hours before the official April 20 launch, offering the first real-world look at the world’s first "wide foldable". The live photos confirm a disruptive 16:10 aspect ratio and a premiu…
The latest increase reverses a large chunk of Friday's sharp decline.
Solar led global energy growth in 2025 as electricity demand surged, driven by EVs and data centers, the IEA says.
The predictions site Polymarket is talking to investors about raising $400 million in funding at a valuation of about $15 billion including the new money, according to two people familiar with the talks. The financing would add to the $600 million already inv…
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is fast becoming a bet on physical AI and automation rather than a traditional car company. Barclays analyst Dan Levy sees that shift gaining traction, pointing to the
A ticket matched all five white balls but missed the Powerball number, falling just short of a $75.8 million jackpot.
UAE Central Bank Governor Khaled Mohamed Balama raised the idea of a currency swap line with Federal Reserve and Treasury officials during meetings in Washington last week.
Deal for Kelonia Therapeutics could come as soon as Monday
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Shredded cheeses offer plenty of convenience, but are they tasty? We sampled a couple of options from seven brands to test the flavor and quality.
He spent a week filling his gas can with urine. His neighbor handled the rest.
Guidance concerns rattled investors, but the longer-term picture may look very different
This "sync loop" is a productivity game-changer
Watch Tyler Reddick make a wild run in NASCAR Overtime to win at Kansas Speedway and earn his fifth win of the 2026 season.
The infamous Gutter appears to have been far more ambitious in an earlier development phase
Meet OpenMythos: An Open-Source PyTorch Reconstruction of Claude Mythos Where 770M Parameters Match a 1.3B Transformer
Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters Space Force weighs Vulcan flights without solid boosters
These games were announced years ago, but where are they now?
New research suggests that sustained exercise may quietly reshape the biology of stress.
If you sip on canned sparkling water or seltzer regularly, listen up.
Fish oil supplements may not always support brain recovery, as EPA was linked to impaired healing after repeated mild brain injuries. The findings suggest omega-3 effects are context-dependent and not universally beneficial.
There's lore about chickens surviving from seconds to months after their heads are chopped off, but what does the science say?
Luminous fast blue optical transients (LFBOTs) are among the universe's brightest and fastest explosions but their origin is not completely understood. A new study takes a closer look at the galaxies they occur in, offering two important clues about their nat…
Liftoff is scheduled for 2:48 a.m. ET on Monday (April 20).
What does it take to reach the moon? NASA's Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch shares the three career mantras that shaped her success/
Watch the crescent moon cross the blue-white stars of the Pleiades on April 19 from the comfort of your home.
In fact, it is so close to the real thing that it's tricking some astronomers.
Comet Pan-STARRS, also known as comet C/2025 R3 (Pan-STARRS), just got closest to the sun and should still be visible from the Northern Hemisphere on Monday, April 20.
Converging lines of evidence provide a strong case for what had been a long running mystery among geologists.
A simple pattern links billions of people: just a few connections apart. New research suggests this may be an unavoidable feature of human networks.
The northern lights may be visible overnight from up to 20 northern U.S. states on Saturday, April 18, into Sunday, April 19, 2026, during a G1 or G2 geomagnetic storm.
People often solve simple arithmetic problems, such as basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, in their minds. The precise mental processes they rely on to solve these problems, however, are not entirely clear. Researchers at Université de Bo…
A new study has solved the mystery of Antarctica’s Blood Falls, revealing the hidden pressure and salt-rich water that causes the red water to flow from beneath Taylor Glacier.
The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, running faster than the human world record in a show of China's technological leaps.
Tage Thompson and Mattias Samuelsson engineered a furious comeback to win Game 1.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a showdown in Parliament over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. Starmer will appear before the lawmakers Monday. Mandelson, a friend of Jeffrey Epstein, was appointed despite failing …
A few of your favorite pairs reunite — for better or worse — this week. Read our Episode 2 recap!
The global memory chip shortage may result in the next MacBook Pro and Mac Studio models launching later than expected, according to the latest...
"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" and "Project Hail Mary" continue to lead the North American box office.
We’ll start things off this week with a story that’s developing more than 25 billion kilometers from Earth — on Friday, NASA announced that the command had been sent to shut down …
Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by the bacterium known as Legionella. According to Mayo Clinic, most people who catch Legionnaires' disease breathe in the bacteria from water or soil.
A case of measles has been confirmed in a Baltimore area resident who recently traveled internationally.
Context.ai breach enabled Google Workspace takeover at Vercel, exposing limited customer credentials and prompting $2M data sale claim.
HiPP is recalling some baby food jars in Austria after samples tested positive for rat poison in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Officials believe the tampering occurred in 190-gram jars of carrot and potato baby food for 5-month-olds sold at SPAR s…
'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8' winner Jimbo was among passengers evacuated from a United flight that was diverted amid a reported bomb scare: 'Everyone thought we were dying,' Jimbo tells EW.
DIRECTV, one of the largest satellite television providers in the United States, is upgrading its main video delivery platform. The company is implementing new software from Harmonic, a technology firm listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker HLIT…
Abt Electronics might be an unfamiliar name to many, but this Illinois superstore scored unparalleled customer satisfaction ratings from Consumer Reports.
Tesla launched 'Robotaxi' in Dallas and Houston with virtually zero availability — just days before Q1 earnings. Data shows the same pre-earnings pattern as January.
A ground stop was in effect, impacting Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport flights on Sunday morning.
Some students are finishing online degrees in weeks or months.
A Florida woman fought Mercedes-Benz of Fort Lauderdale for over two years after discovering her car had a zip-tied bumper and odometer discrepancy.
Samsung has released a new One UI 8.5 beta update for the Galaxy S25 series. It is the tenth beta update for South Korea and Germany, but it is called the ninth beta update in India and the UK. It is the same update in all four countries, featuring the same f…
MUTAN’s Goonya Monster spin-off games—the hopping action game Toad’s Soul Hopper, runner game Pirarucu’s Money Rush, shooting game Snail’s Knock Out, and balance physi…
Ford has regained the title for the fastest American production car at the Nürburgring after beating the Corvette ZR1X's lap time by more than eight seconds.
Apple is planning to add "Undo" and "Redo" options to the iPhone's Home Screen customization menu on iOS 27, according to...
At the end of March, Google started teasing a screen-less Fitbit band. 9to5Google can now report that this device will...
Sony-owned chain forces people onto phones despite once-strict ban, writes David Ehrlich
Apple is working to bring the biggest change to iPhone messaging in years.
To put it simply: Apple Silicon is impressively optimized for running local AI models. And the data is clear: people...
Intel Arc G3 for gaming handhelds announcement expected in a few weeks Intel's dedicated Panther Lake chips for gaming handhelds are now expected to make
Visually, Gemini Live has remained mostly unchanged since launch, but Google is now testing a redesign that removes the fullscreen interface.
Anthropic says Claude Opus 4.7 is more tasteful on work tasks.
Leaked iPhone Ultra/Fold cases confirm a wider book-style foldable design for Apple’s 2026 flagship. However, the leaked images suggest a conflict between the device's ultra-thin 4.5mm chassis and MagSafe compatibility, as dummy units lack magnets while cases…
Series S runs well, but image quality and features take a big hit.
Microsoft is preparing a major Windows 11 reliability update for May 2026 with improvements across File Explorer, explorer.exe, taskbar, Settings, clipboard history, input systems, and Windows Hello. Early Insider builds show faster performance, fewer crashes…
Sometimes, as hackers and makers, we can end up with messy lashed-together gear that is neither reliable nor tidy. Rackmounting your stuff can be a great way to improve the robustness and liveabili…
Limited Cooler Master RTX 5080 sent for repair after PSU swap What do you do when you install new hardware and see a spark inside your PC?
Nintendo has released its maintenance schedule for the week of April 26, 2026: Technically two new sessions are on the docket, though both are happening at the same time. Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch will be impacted with DLC and virtual game cards, but the d…
Apple account change notifications are being abused to send fake iPhone purchase phishing scams within legitimate emails sent from Apple's servers, increasing legitimacy and potentially allowing them to bypass spam filters.
The ultimate Android AI showdown
A healthy thymus in adults is tied to longer life, reduced disease risk, and improved cancer treatment response.
Researchers investigating a rise in lung cancer among younger non-smokers have uncovered a puzzling pattern linked to diet and environmental exposure. A diet packed with fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is widely considered healthy and typically seen as a…
Is fructose the real cause of obesity? A new study explains how fructose metabolism bypasses energy "brakes" and triggers fat storage independently of calorie count.
A new study explores the statistical links between childhood trauma, adult attachment styles, and sexual preferences. Researchers found nuanced associations between emotional insecurities and whether individuals prefer submissive or dominant roles during inti…
A researcher explains what we know — and what we don't — about the link between loneliness and memory problems.
A 22-year-old woman who started vaping has been given 18 months to live after being diagnosed with cancer
Experts share the best foods for good gut health, so you get enough fiber, prebiotics, and probiotics.
Maintaining a firm grip helps you perform better at the gym and in everyday life. We spoke to experts about why it matters and how to improve your grip strength.
The nickname of this species the Tree of Death tells you everything you need to know about its lethality. Native to the Caribbean, Florida, the Bahamas, and parts of Central and South America, the …
Worms reduce inflammation only on high-fiber diets; low fiber disables their benefits and disrupts gut health.
This is one bug you don't want to be 'kissed' by
Research suggests that the Mediterranean diet and certain others can lower Parkinson’s risk, while those high in ultraprocessed foods can increase it.
From lap bands to fen-phen, plenty of obesity aids have crashed and burned.
A team of researchers from Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University’s Health Sciences have found a mechanism that allows certain forms of cancers to evade immune systems. They also figured out how to disable it.
New research suggests your morning coffee may boost memory, especially when sleep is lacking. Learn how caffeine and rest impact brain health and function.
Scientists have observed particles forming from the vacuum, revealing how matter may emerge from seemingly empty space.
French mathematician Frank Merle, who won a prestigious Breakthrough Prize on Saturday, told AFP that fundamental research must be supported because it is a "foundation stone" for the future.
Protein engineering is a field primed for artificial intelligence research. Each protein is made up of amino acids; to optimize a protein function, researchers modify proteins by switching out one of 20 different amino acids for another. For a protein that is…
A new model reveals that waves on alien oceans, especially on Titan, could behave in ways that defy everything we know from Earth.
A set of ancient bones found in Argentina is drawing unusual attention from researchers. There’s something about this dinosaur that refuses to fit neatly into existing categories.
Researchers in the UC Santa Barbara Materials Department have uncovered the elusive quantum mechanism by which energetic electrons break chemical bonds inside microelectronic devices—a detrimental process that slowly degrades performance over time.
Buried for over 50,000 years, this tiny Neanderthal fossil is now at the center of a surprising scientific puzzle.
Expect bright fireballs during the Lyrid meteor shower, which will peak in moonless skies on April 22, 2026.
The largest 3D map of the universe, created based on data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, shows 47 million galaxies in stunning detail.
Yellowstone has long been one of the most studied volcanic systems on Earth, yet a hidden process deep underground is now coming into focus.
Early humans crossed Philippine seas 40,000 years ago, building coastal networks, fishing offshore, and developing maritime skills.
A remarkable discovery answers one of the greatest survival stories in Earth’s history—and a decades-old scientific mystery.
Long hidden beneath the shifting sands of the North Sea, a perfectly preserved anchor has just come to light after nearly 2,000 years.
Superconductivity is a state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero, typically at very low temperatures. Past studies have found that in various materials, this unique state is accompanied by unusual electron arrangements.
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