The pop star was "very [disappointed] to learn" the late French icon was a famed racist and homophobe.
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With its circular single-stranded DNA molecules, MIT spinout Kano Therapeutics plans to make gene and cell therapies safer and more effective.

The comedian also says he'd "put trigger warnings" on old jokes now.
Ricky Gervais Says “Working Classes” Are the Only Group You Can Mock Without “Blowback”
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The tribute took place during TSO's December 21st concert at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia.
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Coinbase Institutional says shifting market structure, not hype cycles, will shape crypto trading and adoption in 2026 as activity concentrates in a few key areas.

Download a one-page summary of this report here. Americans’ concerns about health care costs are high and growing, and state officials are under pressure to respond to them. About half of adults reported that it is difficult to afford the cost of health care, and more than one in three American hous…

New laws in the UK, Australia and France were brought in during 2025 with the aim of protecting children from harmful content online, but experts remain divided on whether they will achieve this goal

The post Fate of Accountability for Undergraduate Certificates to Loom Over Ed Talks appeared first on The Century Foundation.

Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures

When Mark Benedict and his wife, Mary Shaw, moved in 2017 to Salmon Prairie, Montana, a remote enclave about two hours north of Missoula, they felt like they had won the retirement lottery. Their...

Nvidia Corp. today disclosed that it has purchased $5 billion worth of Intel Corp. shares through a private placement. The graphics card maker originally announced plans to make the investment in September. At the time, it stated that the deal involved about 214.7 million Intel shares, which corresp…

Science Corporation, founded by Neuralink’s first president, Max Hodak, has unveiled a prototype machine to extend the life of organs for longer periods.

Climate news hasn’t been great in 2025. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit record highs (again). This year is set to be either the second or third warmest on record. Climate-fueled disasters like wildfires in California and flooding in Indonesia and Pakistan devastated communities and caused billio…

Looking ahead to the New Year? These GitHub Podcast episodes help you cut through the noise and build with more confidence across AI, open source, and developer tools.
The post 5 podcast episodes to help you build with confidence in 2026 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

An electrical engineer by training, Su is the chair and CEO of the semiconductor company AMD.

Eleven new professors join the departments of Biology; Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; and Physics.

Mugo & Elmorsy, The Conversation Farmers are under pressure. Fertilizer costs have soared in recent years. Tariffs are

Tom Ireland, Science Focus It's easy to see why going grey is considered a sign of a stressful life - just look at pictures of prime ministers and presidents before and after their time in...

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

Advances delivered what may feel like medical miracles, including the first bladder transplant, a lifesaving personalized gene therapy and more.

From clever cockatoos to vomiting spiders, these cool critters captivated us this year.

'Heated Rivalry' breakouts Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star in an erotic audio tale in which they play fae princes.

Researchers suggest a sea change in satellite design to protect the ozone layer.

Simplify AI experimentation with zero-infrastructure MLflow that launches in minutes, scales automatically, and seamlessly integrates with SageMaker's model customization and pipeline capabilities.

New Lambda capability lets you build applications that coordinate multiple steps reliably over extended periods—from seconds to up to one year—without paying for idle compute time when waiting for external events or human decisions.

Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply annoying

Cantor Fitzgerald sees early signs of a new crypto winter, but one that’s less chaotic, more institutional, and increasingly defined by DeFi, tokenization and regulatory clarity.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presiden...

Survivors and families of the victims of a deadly train crash in southern Mexico are demanding answers as the government vows to investigate what caused a train to derail on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico

The ‘Rents reflect on 2025 and look ahead to what they hope to take into the new year with them. Plus! Poetry!

Roofman hasn’t gotten enough attention.

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.

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

The agency under the Trump administration signaled changes to how it regulates PFAS and greenhouse gas emissions and appointed key new leadership.

Maintaining a healthy ocean includes ensuring that fisheries are sustainable and fish stocks are abundant. If you like to eat seafood, go fishing or visit the coast, then how United States fisheries are managed affects you. We see a number of troubling signs that our fishery management system is unr…

Premier David Eby says logging the province's old-growth forests for pulp is not an option, as the BC government looks for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island.
The post The Canadian Press: Eby says no to harvesting old-growth to extend life of B.C. pulp mill appeared first on Ancien…

These days, it’s common knowledge that birds are living dinosaurs. Victorian naturalists proposed the notion after spotting similarities between dinosaur fossils and contemporary bird skeletons...

The search engine optimization discipline that has guided web marketing efforts for more than two decades is now being disrupted by generative artificial intelligence systems that deliver direct answers rather than lists of links. The good news is that much of what makes content rank highly on searc…

Insurance company Aflac Inc. has disclosed that a cyberattack that targeted the company in June resulted in the theft of records relating to 22.65 million individuals, making it one of the largest data breaches reported this year in the U.S. insurance sector. The company first detected unauthorized …

December always brings with it one of the highlights of our calendar, the Annual General Meeting, and with it an invaluable moment to reflect on our science, our community and our impact. Despite what has been an undeniably challenging period for the wider world, the ocean and the academic sector, t…

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Following International Mountain Day, which creates awareness of the importance of mountain environments around the world, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Pariacaca Mountain Range in Peru.

Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean. This data underlines how the mission will continue to strengthen the long-term reference record of sea levels, a key parameter of cl…

Danny Ramirez’s role in “The Last of Us” will be recast for Season 3 due to scheduling conflicts. Ramirez joined the cast of the HBO apocalypse drama in Season 2. He played Manny, who was described as “a loyal soldier whose sunny outlook belies the pain of old wounds and a fear that he will […]

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure has dropped by two-thirds. The reasons why, experts say, are complicated.

What does geospatial science look like at Audubon California in 2025? It starts at the Salton Sea, where our science is helping move roughly 2,000 acres of wetland habitat toward restoration...

It was a light holiday week, but AI never sleeps. I’m going to leave it short and sweet, since you all have better things to do today, just a few bullet points on the big enterprise and emerging tech news: * As AI reshapes the web, search engine optimization’s heyday for advertisers is starting to […

The MBA recently hosted the internationally-recognised PRIMER and PERMANOVA+ two-week hybrid (in-person and online) course in multivariate analysis, delivered by PRIMER-e.  The MBA is welcoming marine scientists, ecologists, data-analysts and practitioners from around the world to the iconic Laborat…