China’s domestic film industry now has the scale to produce global box-office leaders on its own — even as it flexes make-or-break power over the fate of Hollywood’s biggest movies.

AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su will deliver a keynote address at CES, helping kick off the major tech event. You can watch the livestream on Monday, Jan. 5.

Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography

The bacteria behind the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is known for developing antibiotic resistance. Now there are two new treatment options.

And he did it with one scene.

Rogue teens have attacked some 120 companies—including Nike, Chick-fil-A, Instacart, and News Corporation—often posing as IT staff.

North America’s softwood sawlog market is undergoing significant change as economic pressures, environmental priorities, and new policy decisions reshape how timber is sourced and managed. These shifts are influencing log availability, mill activity, and trading conditions across the U.S. and Canada…

Take a look back at the year's notable data points on policy, regulation, labor, recycling trends and more.

The Washington-based company’s CEO recently departed. Meanwhile, DTG is navigating complex facility permitting in Yakima but may avoid a fine for an investigation led by the state’s Utilities and Transportation Commission.

The move is designed to ensure people pay all relevant tax on buying and selling crypto.

The BTC market has experienced a steady decline in implied volatility as institutions embraced derivatives to generate extra income.

ETFs tied to altcoins need to pull in deeper liquidity to match BTC's chill.

Star played "I'm Coming Out" and "Upside Down" during the performance

Double-detonating "superkilonova," Roman liquid gypsum burials, biomechanics of kangaroo posture, and more.

China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.

Whitlock held small roles in Goodfellas and Gremlins 2, stole scenes on The Wire, and lent his voice to Cars 3 and Grand Theft Auto V.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., The Wire Actor and Spike Lee Collaborator, Dead at 71
Wren Graves

The worker is "recovering" after he was seen on video being knocked off his feet by the 400-lb (180kg) rubber Indiana Jones prop.

Save big on ChatPlayground AI’s lifetime unlimited plan, now $79 (reg. $619) for a limited time.

“I’ve already listed them as beneficiaries on my 401(k).”

What dating trends will define 2026? Mashable journalists Rachel Thompson and Anna Iovine share their predictions for dating in 2026.

“I’m almost 50 years old. Enough is enough. I am exhausted by it.”

Netflix's trailer for the "Stranger Things" series finale teases the Hawkins teens' final confrontation with Vecna.

The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

What a cliché!

Across genres, musicians all over the world took big swings. They paid off in 2025.

I can't deal with this.

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Abstract: Despite recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) and their alignment, they can still be jailbroken, i.e., harmful and toxic content can be elicited from them. While existing red-teaming methods have shown promise in uncovering such vuln…

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every day when Rajaa Musleh wakes up and checks her phone, she fears she will see news that another member of her family has been killed in Gaza.  Musleh, a nurse and humanita…

Witnesses pressed lawmakers to act on PFAS-related legislation in 2026 to protect “passive receivers” including water utilities and waste facilities. Environmental groups instead pushed for PFAS to be more strictly regulated.

British heavyweight and Olympic gold medalist Anthony Joshua was in a speeding Lexus and survived a crash Monday morning in Nigeria that killed two other people, authorities said

A CIA assessment has concluded that Ukraine did not try to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin at his country residence as alleged by the Kremlin, a source with knowledge of the matter told NBC News

Strasbourg boss Liam Rosenior is the leading contender to be the next Chelsea manager, but others remain under consideration.

On 17 December, two Galileo satellites will be launched on an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in the 14th launch of operational satellites for the Galileo programme. This will be Galileo’s first launch on Ariane 6 and the fifth launch of Europe’s heavy-lift launcher.

The NASA Science Activation program’s PLANETS (Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology, and Science) project, led by Northern Arizona University (NAU), is pleased to announce the official launch of three free out-of-school (OST) time units that give all learners in grad…

Explore the year’s most surprising computational revelations, including a new fundamental relationship between time and space, an undergraduate who overthrew a 40-year-old conjecture, and the unexpectedly effortless triggers that can turn AI evil. The post The Year in Computer Science fi…

"I keep thinking nothing can surprise me at this point, but…" Rachel Reid, the author behind the show, said

NASA NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample...

Musk allies spin DOGE as having a "higher purpose" beyond federal budget cuts.

Streamers made a strong showing this year, as did horror. Big tentpoles, superhero sagas mostly fell flat.

This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby.

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.

Cooper was unfamiliar with the song prior to reading the lyrics.
Anderson Cooper Performs a Dramatic Reading of Taylor Swift’s “Wood” on New Year’s Eve
Alex Young

The cast member received medical attention and is recovering.
Disney Cast Member Crushed by Giant Boulder at Indiana Jones Show
Scoop Harrison

A heady new clapback track.
Doechii Enlists SZA for New Song “girl, get up”: Stream
Wren Graves

Comedian Toby Morton scooped up the domain before the board officially changed the venue's name.
Trump-Kennedy Center Website Launched by Former South Park Writer
Scoop Harrison

Looking for the perfect book to curl up with this winter? If you love the ocean, marine life and the stories behind our ocean, these three titles – reviewed in The Marine Biologist magazine – are essential additions to your reading list. Plus, MBA Members enjoy exclusive discounts when purchasing th…

The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Molly Spooner Studentship, a unique opportunity that enables undergraduate university students to experience hands-on marine biological research at the MBA.

Exeter University student and MBA Student Member, Jasmin Orak, joined the Marine Biological Association (MBA) this summer as a Spooner-Parke Summer Studentship awardee, spending 6 weeks immersed in hands-on marine microbiology research.

Calling all citizen scientists – one of Britain’s favourite seaside pastimes is going national. The Rock Pool Project has announced the launch of seven new hubs across the UK, bringing its Competitive Rock Pooling events to more coastal communities than ever before. Thanks to support from the Scotti…

The latest strike comes as the US Coast Guard searches for survivors of another that happened a day earlier.

Dr Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring.

The CMF Nothing Watch 3 Pro is on sale at Amazon for $64.57, down from the normal price of $99. That's a 35% discount.

Samsung isn't waiting until economic conditions are ideal to start selling its TriFold foldable phone.

18 nations will battle on hard courts in Australia to kick off the 2026 tennis season. Here’s where to stream it all without cable

Overture from Ministry of Defence Export Center comes as heavily sanctioned states turn to digital assets

Nancy Szokan, WaPo The ancient kings David and 

Prachi Patel, Chem & Eng News Winter has hit the northern hemisphere. And as the temperature dips, so does the distance an electric vehicle (EV) can travel on a charge. Cold weather depletes...

Jess Cockerill, Sci Alert Dogs have been 'man's best friend' for thousands...

Dave Levitan, Gravity Gone The Italian oil and gas giant Eni

K. Sjogren, SciNordic Danish scientists have solved the quantum mechanics problem that has been teasing them since the 1930s: how to calculate real life behaviour of atoms.The...

Steven E. Koonin, Wall St Jrnl Will fusion reactors soon deliver emissions-free power? New investment momentum—underscored by TAE Technologies' merger with Trump...

New footage shows orcas and dolphins coordinating hunts, hinting at interspecies teamwork to track and catch salmon off British Columbia.

There was more good health news about the COVID-19 vaccine for infants, kids and adults in December. There’s still time to get the shot this winter.

Data from Axial, the most-monitored underwater volcano, are helping geophysicists hone eruption predictions. For Axial, 2026 is their next bet.

Test your wits on the Slate Quiz for Dec. 31, 2025.

It's too good to give up.

The centuries-old verdict has been scrapped after decades of controversy about its use in Scottish criminal trials.

And now everyone has the gall to tell me to “drop the drama”?

Calling for Palestinian equality is not antisemitism, no matter what the ADL says.

He lost it.

“In my career, it’s unprecedented,” said John Reade, a market veteran and chief strategist at the World Gold Council.

Most federal services are shuttered, but the retail landscape remains mixed.

The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoodsMiriam Rivera Bordones tends her goats in a dusty paddock in the russet mountains of Chile’s Atacama desert. She also keeps chickens and has planted quince and peach trees and g…

Singer says goodbye to Single-Girl Summer, yes to the dress

With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens moreWhen Céüze 2000 ski resort closed at the end of the season in 2018, the workers assumed they would be back the following winter. Maps of the pistes were left stacked beside a stapler; the st…

At the start of the year, we outlined six key predictions shaping how biofuels markets would evolve in 2025. Now that new mandates have taken effect and policy signals have clarified, we can look back and evaluate how well those predictions aligned with real-world developments.

arXiv:2512.05278v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: This work establishes a novel, unified theoretical framework for a class of high order embedded boundary methods, revealing that the Reconstruction for Off-site Data (ROD) treatment shares a fundamental structure with the recently developed shifte…

arXiv:2512.20391v3 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Cooperative collision avoidance between robots, or `agents,' in swarm operations remains an open challenge. Assuming a decentralized architecture, each agent is responsible for making its own decisions and choosing its control actions. Most …

arXiv:2512.23183v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Developing robust and high performance quantum software is challenging due to the dynamic nature of existing Python-based frameworks, which often suffer from runtime errors and scalability bottlenecks. In this work, we present LogosQ, a high…

Companies like GFL Environmental and WM have made major investments in Ontario’s new EPR for packaging model, but the province may contend with transition growing pains after it starts on Jan. 1.

Russia launched more than 200 drones at Ukraine as new year struck, while Putin and Zelenskyy offered messages to their nations.

ODATE, Japan — Before students can come out to play at his school, Yoji Hikage has to give the all clear.

China fired rockets, massed assault ships and flew bombers around Taiwan on Tuesday, simulating a military blockade in a warning to the United States against supporting the Beijing-claimed island.

Josephine Wentzel spent years tracking down the suspect in her daughter’s death and is now helping others grieving cold cases.

This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a mid-November evening, at precisely 7:12 p.m., a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Florida coast. It appeared to be a perfect launch. …

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems, reinforcing its role as one of the agency’s primary test sites for aeronautics research. From early concept evaluations t…

Videos on social media showed cars set on fire during running battles as protests entered their fifth day.

Tottenham attacker Brennan Johnson will undergo the first part of his medical on Thursday after agreeing to join Crystal Palace in a deal worth £35m.

On 17 December, two Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marked the 14th launch for Europe’s Galileo constellation, reinforcing Europe’s satellite navigation capabilities, resilience and autonomy.

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The company's pivot to building an ether treasury sparked a 3,000% rally, attracting attention from high-risk investors.

The Digital Asset Basic Act is stalled as regulators clash over who should be allowed to issue won-pegged stablecoins, extending uncertainty in one of Asia’s most active crypto markets.

The bank raised its its price target on the shares to $24 from $9.50.