The group of rare earth elements (REEs) comprises a total of 17 elements, all of which possess similar chemical properties. In addition to the two lightest elements, scandium and yttrium, the group also includes lanthanum, cerium and neodymium, as well as the radioactive promethium.

Spanish police searched a laboratory near Barcelona on Thursday in an investigation into the source of an African swine fever outbreak that has sparked jitters for Europe's top pork producer.

YC-backed Givefront is building a fintech designed specifically for nonprofits, including food banks, churches, and homeowner associations.

Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s office, removing layers of dust and grime that had covered the monument for decades

It could be part of the problem.

ZDNET experts tested and compared both versions of LG's flagship OLED TV to help you decide which is the best fit for you.

Italy didn’t exert undue influence over the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA takeover of smaller rival Mediobanca SpA, Finance Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 68 more photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, one day before the Justice Department’s (DOJ) deadline to release all of its information on the disgraced financier on Dec. 19. Some photos show lines from the Vl…

Rioux, 19, is the world’s tallest teenagerRedshirt freshman has only appeared in blowouts so farOlivier Rioux lumbered through the lane, caught a bounce pass from teammate CJ Ingram and dunked, sending Florida’s bench and the home crowd into a frenzy.Rioux barely left his feet to make it happen. Con…

International court has repeatedly decried US sanctions amid its ongoing investigation into Gaza war crimes.

The Russo Brothers released a short clip that isn't the more substantial video that should be in theaters soon.

Proposal would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical proceduresUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration unveiled new actions aimed at eliminating transition-related medical care for minors across the US on Thursday, referri…

Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.

arXiv:2512.14710v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Unsupervised multi-domain adaptation plays a key role in transfer learning by leveraging acquired rich source information from multiple source domains to solve target task from an unlabeled target domain. However, multiple source domains often contain…

Updates from the ceremony in Salford, 7pm GMT startOur Anti-Spoty 2025 | Follow us on Bluesky | Mail NiallBorn: Keighley. Age: 26. Sport: Rugby unionWon in 2025: Rugby World Cup with England. Continue reading...

An education company that helps children as young as three learn to code filed for bankruptcy, blaming an expansion strategy that outpaced its ability to turn a profit.

Paul Rudd is bestowed the power of gun by Ice Cube in this Christmas' oddest theatrical release.

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new technology, which does not require strong technical skills, has the potential to…

Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a steep decrease in ionic conductivity. Now, scientists have synthesized a new class of materials, called state-independent electrolytes (SIEs), that break that rule.

Here is a recap of Billboard Boxscore's top 10 comedy tours of 2025, featuring Matt Rife, Nikki Glaser and more.

The longtime multi-instrumentalist appeared to confirm he's no longer a member of the band in a now-deleted post on Threads

For much of human history, weapons were passive instruments that became lethal only through human action. But thanks to, and in part, because of robotics, many modern weapons have taken on a life of their own. It is difficult to provide an exhaustive list of all the robotic technologies currently de…

A very supportive macro backdrop is being ignored for now, said Bitwise's Andre Dragosch.

From https://community.libre.space/t/soyuz-2-1b-fregat-vostochny-launch-2025-12-28-1305-utc/14152 :Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat - Vostochny Launch - 2025-12-28 13:18:05 UTCQuoteSoyuz-2.1b/Fregat launch planned at 28 December 2025 with two AIST-2T as ...

Are you as pumped for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as we are? Then you’re going to love this new poster for the movie, which is set to premiere in theaters next summer.

What looked like a mysterious exoplanet was actually the sparkling debris from a violent collision between massive space rocks. Even more astonishing, astronomers watched a second collision unfold in the same system, revealing a surprisingly chaotic neighborhood where new worlds may be born. In a ra…

Prudie says: “Really bringing end-of-the-year holiday-adjacent semi-checked-out energy to this exchange.”

Odds that the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur will be signed in January appeared to improve slightly after a call between Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

The board of trustees of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, has voted unanimously to rename the once-prestigious venue as “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” CNN reports that vote by the Kennedy Center board, which consists of members handpicked …

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The Kennedy Center board unanimously voted to rename the performing arts venue the "Trump-Kennedy Center," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.The big picture: Exerting his influence over the iconic institution has been one part of Trump's push to reinvent D.C. — which in…

We need fundamental budget reform in this country. A two-year budget cycle with automatic funding when legislators fail to act would be a good start.

Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block a resolution sponsored by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make its rulemaking open to public comment, something that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. halted in March. King’s resolution, offered un…

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has decided against releasing its postmortem of the party’s 2024 losses it looks to build on 2025 momentum and take back power in Congress during next year’s midterms.  “Here’s our North Star: does this help us win?” DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement sh…

Summit divided on idea of loan secured against Russian assets, as Belgium seeks guarantees if scheme goes wrongBelgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assetsEU leaders are racing to secure a funding deal for Ukraine that has been cast as a choice between “…

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S&P Global Ratings upgraded Renault SA to investment grade, citing its expectation that the French manufacturer can sustain its recovery even in the midst of challenges for the European car sector.

The prospect of further suspensions to local polls has triggered a blame game between the parties.

China Focus: China launches satellite to enhance survey, mapping service capabilities.China on Tuesday sent a new satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite La...

Adult Swim has given a two-season renewal to Joe Cappa’s animated series “Haha, You Clowns,” which will return for a Season 2 and Season 3. “It’s amazing that Joe and the team made something as radically heartfelt and strangely uncanny as ‘Haha, You Clowns,’” said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adul…

As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their "quick thinking" son's bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.

Ghana has sent a military contingent to assist with reconstruction and relief efforts in hurricane-hit Jamaica, following the destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa over a month ago. This marks the third time this year that Ghana has extended support to nations in crisis, after previously providing…

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arXiv:2512.14954v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Computing next-token likelihood ratios between two language models (LMs) is a standard task in training paradigms such as knowledge distillation. Since this requires both models to share the same probability space, it becomes challenging when the teac…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will present Italy's request for a postponement of a contentious EU trade deal with South America's Mercosur bloc to a summit of regional leaders at the weekend, amid French-led opposition to signing the mammoth transatlantic free-trade pact that…

Adapted by Craig Mazin ("The Last of Us") and "Minions" director Kyle Balda, "The Sheep Detectives" is a tale of mystery and animalian investigative practices, starring Hugh Jackman.

Frédéric Péchier, an anesthesiologist, was found guilty of poisoning 30 patients, of whom 12 died.

Plus, Bank of England cuts interest rates but signals caution on future reductions

From populations of multicellular organisms to selfish genetic elements, conflicts between levels of biological organization are central to evolution. Plasmids are extrachromosomal, self-replicating genetic elements that face selective pressures from ...

The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to other meteor showers, it's more subdued, but experts say it's still worth a glimpse.

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Using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, astronomers have discovered a new millisecond pulsar (MSPs) at a distance of some 7,000 light years away. The newfound pulsar, which received designation PSR J1728−4608, belongs to the so-called "spider" class of MSPs. The finding was reported i…

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Diplomat due to be Britain’s UN envoy is handed key post in Washington after contest to replace Peter Mandelson

The latest Android 16 QPR3 beta added a helpful new privacy tool to let you know when your location is being tracked by an app.

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., owner of the New York Stock Exchange, is in talks to invest in crypto payments firm MoonPay Inc. as part of a funding round, people familiar with the matter said.

Trillions of tokens, billions in compute, and a company racing in multiple directions—critics and boosters alike debate whether OpenAI’s breakneck expansion rests on a solid foundation or something shakier.

Japanese boyband JO1 hits the lanes with Tetris Kelly, discussing their latest project, how they’re pioneering a new genre and bringing it to Los Angeles at Jingle Ball. Have some fun with the guys as they go head-to-head against each other for bragging rights! Tetris Kelly: I’m scared.  All right, …

Since the implementation of China’s Clean Air Action and the Minamata Convention, which aims to mitigate anthropogenic mercury (Hg) emissions to the environment by phasing out Hg usage, China has reduced atmospheric Hg concentrations by approximately 39% (1), primarily by controlling industrial emis…

For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It’s a lot.

The price is wrong.

President Trump's Truth Social announcement of a blockade around Venezuela has left international law experts scrambling to assess how it would be implemented and if it constitutes an act of warThe big picture: A traditional naval blockade involves military forces cutting off access to a coast, a mo…

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion of the rescheduling pr…

CEO Murray Auchincloss clashed repeatedly with Albert Manifold over strategy before his abrupt departure

Microsoft's Applied Skills help IT pros validate hands-on technical expertise and real-world skills. But what sets these credentials apart from traditional certifications?

Delfin Midstream Inc., the developer of a $4.3 billion liquefied natural gas export project off the coast of Louisiana, won’t complete its planned fundraising until next year, according to people familiar with the matter.

The plane, a Cessna C550, crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

O’Neill is the first woman to lead one of the top five major oil companies.

arXiv:2512.15378v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Kernel-based methods such as Rocket are among the most effective default approaches for univariate time series classification (TSC), yet they do not perform equally well across all datasets. We revisit the long-standing intuition that different repres…

University of Michigan is turning its campus into a real-world AI proving ground, where emerging technology meets the next generation of workers before they even graduate. That experiment took center stage during Google LLC’s recent “GCP Goes to School” immersive event — a week-long, hands-on experi…

On the latest episode of Billboard's On the Record podcast, Warner Chappell's CEO and COO, Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall, explain the booming industry behind Christmas songs.

I don't believe in "exposure therapy."

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine.

A little under half of registered voters believe President Trump should pay more attention to high prices, according to a new Fox News poll. When asked to pick a single issue from a list that Trump ought to “be paying MORE attention to right now,” 42 percent in the poll said “high prices,” with “hea…

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released a new batch of 68 photos obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Follow live updates here.

As of Dec. 18, shop the Apple Mac Mini with M4 chip for just $479. That saves you $120 off its list price, bringing it back down to its Black Friday price.

A business jet crashed while landing at an airport in Statesville, North Carolina, authorities say.

arXiv:2509.22188v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: A connected graph is called \emph{geodetic} if there is a unique shortest path between each pair of vertices. We introduce a systematic method for constructing new presentations of free products that give rise to previously unknown geodetic …

New plaques have appeared under the portraits of former US presidents at the White House.

Earlier this week, several AI-generated videos claiming a coup d’état in France were posted on Facebook. The fake clips quickly went viral, prompting outrage from the Élysée Palace. An investigation by Le Monde revealed that a young Burkinabé student, eager to make a name for himself, was behind the…

Samsung's QN90F offers fantastic streaming and gaming performance, making it a compelling holiday deal.

In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs have expanded in scope, and there have been some real “omg” biotech stories from the fields of gene therapy, IVF,…

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🇧🇷🇫🇷From Rio to Paris, @BiancaCosta is blending bossa nova and rap into her own sound, the bossa trap. The result? 50 million streams worldwide 🌍

Now 26, she’s releasing her debut album, “Gringa”, Portuguese for “the foreigner”. 

Speaking with FRANCE 24’s Stella Elgersma, she talks about Brazili…

Blowers becomes the longest-priced winner in UK racing history by taking the opener at Exeter on Thursday at odds of 300-1.

Ukraine has agreed with the holders of its warrants to convert the economic growth-linked securities into bonds, pushing through a restructuring to help shore up its war-torn finances.

Trump Mobile insists you have a little refurbished phone as an appetizer to the T1.

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market.

The order to place cannabis in the same category as Tylenol with codeine would mark the most significant change in US drug policy since 1971.

arXiv:2512.15662v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Human beings solve complex problems through critical thinking, where reasoning and evaluation are intertwined to converge toward correct solutions. However, most existing large language models (LLMs) decouple reasoning from verification: they either g…

arXiv:2512.15398v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) constitutes a significant public health issue affecting 10% of reproductive-aged women, highlighting the critical importance of developing effective diagnostic tools. Previous machine learning and deep learning detecti…

Ronald Hicks, who endorsed message condemning ICE raids, to lead one of biggest US archdiocesesPope Leo XIV has named a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York, one of the biggest US archdioceses, in a signal that the church will continue its stance against the Trump administration on im…

Bernstein analysts said Uber investors have been overly fearful of the threat posed by self-driving cars, particularly if autonomous-vehicle technology gets widely licensed.

Two of Italy’s top newspapers, La Repubblica and La Stampa, are likely to be sold to Greek media tycoon Theodore Kyriakou, whose political and business links abroad have sparked concern over editorial independence. The proposed sale, which involves foreign investment from Gulf allies and has drawn i…

Quote from: meekGee on Today at 03:51 pmWhile we're waiting, is "observation" now a new word?  I first noticed it during the maiden Vulcan launch.Northrop's been using it for years in relation to solid ro...

UK operator releases data exploring how British people lived online in 2025, finding record-levels of data consumption including a rise in both broadband usage and mobile traffic

Trump media, the company behind the president's personal social media platform Truth Social, is inexplicably merging with a Google-backed fusion energy company called TAE Technologies. The deal is worth $6 billion, according to reporting by Financial Times.
Why is an entity known for publishing fren…

A building-sized asteroid had a 1-in-32 chance of hitting Earth at its peak, but astronomers soon found there was zero chance of it impacting the planet