The Eta Aquarids meteor shower as visible in Sri Lanka in 2024 Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto/ Getty Images The Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers will soon be appearing in the night skies. This year, they will start becoming visible within days of each other in April, with the bright Lyrids peaking on the night between 21…
Dave McMenaminJun 12, 2025, 02:58 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Los Angeles Lakers forward Dorian Finney-Smith underwent surgery on his left ankle and is expected to be able to…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published June 12, 2025 “After 355 years, it is time to say goodbye.” With this message, Canadian department store chain Hudson’s Bay is closing its doors for good. The company has filed for bankruptcy and is liquidating its assets, resulting in the loss of more than 9,000 jobs. It marks…
A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material’s potential for preventing medical implant infection. The collaborative study led by researchers at RMIT University in Australia is the first reported use of antibacterial coatings made from resilin-mimetic proteins to fully block bacteria from…
The asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction ESA-Science Office In four years, on 13 April 2029 to be exact, a large asteroid named Apophis will fly by Earth just 32,000 kilometres above the surface. Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 YR4, was once thought to be on…
Topline Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday, being quickly pushed about by security while saying he was trying to ask Noem questions, presumably about the immigration protests that have erupted in the city. Key Facts In a video published…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The crash of an Air India flight bound for London comes at a pivotal time for Boeing, which has been struggling with the fallout from a series of safety and production crises. The cause of…
Chris Kreider is joining the Anaheim Ducks after the winger waived his no-trade clause to allow the New York Rangers to deal him away. The Rangers will receive prospect Carey Terrance in the trade, which both teams announced Thursday. The Rangers are also getting a third-round pick in this year’s draft that originally belonged to…
AI models go head-to-head in Chatbot Arena Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images An industry-standard league table for ranking artificial intelligence models is being deliberately distorted by technology giants, researchers have claimed, leading to a misleading picture of which AIs are the best. Sara Hooker at Cohere Labs, a US non-profit, and her colleagues claim to have found…
A gene-edited grey wolf created by Colossal Biosciences Colossal Biosciences The creation of genetically modified grey wolves that are claimed to resemble extinct dire wolves has been criticised by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Colossal Biosciences, a US company aiming to “de-extinct” several species with gene-editing technology, announced earlier this month that…
