When Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Democrat and nonvoting delegate for Washington, D.C., attended a recent gala to accept an award honoring her decades-long career in Congress, she appeared to be struggling to read her brief remarks. Standing onstage at Arena Stage in April, Ms. Norton referred to the “National Environment for the Arts,” lauded…
A Mexican redknee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi) Shutterstock/Milan Zygmunt When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my biology-professor dad brought me a present home from work: a jar of sticks. Or at least that’s what I thought it was. When some of them started moving he explained that they were stick insects. I kept…
Default passwords and outdated firmware are turning your home camera into a public livestream, report warns Thousands of exposed webcams are offering a front-row seat into private and corporate life A simple web browser is all it takes to peek into 40,000 unsecured camera feeds Thousands of internet-connected webcams, intended to enhance safety and convenience,…
Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly reenters five Billboard charts thanks to its tenth anniversary … More vinyl release, and it almost hits No. 1, but Miley Cyrus rules instead. AUSTIN, TEXAS – OCTOBER 01: Kendrick Lamar performs in concert during the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park on October 01, 2016 in…
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Watch: wild chimpanzees filmed using forest ‘first aid’ Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants – in multiple ways – to treat open wounds and other injuries. University of Oxford scientists, working with a local team in the Budongo Forest, filmed and recorded incidents of the animals…
Israel’s bombing of Iran came so close to the home of Mahin, 80, that a massive explosion filled the air with smoke in her affluent neighbourhood of Tehran. Yet Mahin has remained among the millions of residents of the Iranian capital refusing to evacuate. “Where shall I go? I feel more comfortable at home,” she…
There are more deep-set, fundamental forces at play here, says Maiden. “AI, which mimics expertise and effectively closes the gap between the expert and the novice, threatens our professional identity,” he explains. “If used for idea generation, it gets increasingly fraught, as ideas are a projection of people and their values—they create emotional and social…
A cosmic particle detector in Antarctica has emitted a series of bizarre signals that defy the current understanding of particle physics, according to an international research group that includes scientists from Penn State. The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high…
Nick WagonerJun 11, 2025, 06:02 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In over a decade with the company, Nick has led ESPN’s coverage…
Until the end of June, three brands have decided to set up their pop-up in Los Angeles. On the menu: bikini and summer dresses by Australian brand Outcast Clothing; exclusive collaborations with the Paris Saint-Germain soccer team; and the arrival of ready-to-wear by Korean brand Glowny, beloved by millennials. “Le Club Outcast” by Outcast Clothing…
