Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement carried by state media Friday that two oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in or near the Strait of Hormuz, a day after Tehran claimed five other tankers had met similar fates. “Two violating oil tankers — one east of the Strait of Hormuz and
A surprising discovery made with NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is challenging a leading explanation for how the early universe emerged from darkness. The findings suggest that powerful explosions from dying stars may have actually interfered with a process scientists once believed they helped drive. An international research team, including astronomers from the University of Michigan,
(Left) Nicholas Galitzine in ‘Masters of the Universe’. Copyright: © 2026 Amazon MGM Studios Content Services LLC. (Right) Sydney Sweeney as Millie Calloway in ‘The Housemaid’. Photo Credit: Daniel McFadden/Lionsgate. Preview: Nicholas Galitzine is in talks for ‘Hollow.’ Sydney Sweeney will star in and produce the movie. It’s a new take on ‘The Legend of
Nick Cave is heading out on the road next year, reviving the format of his 2019 tour blending a Q&A, live performance, and career retrospective. The 2027 edition of Conversations With Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music kicks off in Vancouver next April, and will traverse North America before concluding in New Orleans
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1913, Albert Camus is born. How J.R.R. Tolkien’s Catholicism impacted his writing: “Tolkien, it is fair to say, saw God everywhere…above all, in his art.” | Lit Hub Biography Ed Simon explores the symbol of Guy Fawkes and V for Vendetta‘s anti-authoritarian afterlives. | Lit Hub Criticism
Workers at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant on April 30, 2025. Michael Wayland | CNBC DETROIT — There’s a growing concern that the global automotive industry may be stuck in neutral, if not reverse, heading into 2027. The auto industry — from the companies to their customers — has been surprisingly resilient this decade, but there
Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will commute every current death sentence in California to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Newsom announced the decision Thursday in an open letter, saying he will use his constitutional clemency authority to commute the sentences of 548 people currently facing the death penalty. “I take this action
Slayyyter’s next album, Wor$t Man in America, is inching closer by the minute, and she’s been generous with her output since announcing the project, giving us several new songs alongside self-directed music videos. She now shares another new track, “Hey Boyyy,” as well as a clip that follows the pop star around Hollywood and Paris
Why did crocodiles survive the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago? New research suggests that their preference for warm environments may have given them a crucial advantage during one of Earth’s greatest mass extinctions. Scientists led by UCL (University College London) found that crocodiles and their ancient relatives spent much
(Left) Ben Wang in Columbia Pictures ‘Karate Kid: Legends’. Photo: Jonathan Wenk. © 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. (Right) Marvel Comics’ Iceman. Photo: Marvel Comics. Preview: Ben Wang is in talks to be Iceman in Marvel’s X-Men movie. Inde Navarrette, Sadie Sink, Kit Connor and Adam Driver are aboard. The film will be in
Adam Peterson Makes the Case for Sexual Desire in Space This first appeared in Lit Hub’sCraft of Writingnewsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisement For centuries, sailors enduring months-long voyages would gaze out at sea mammals sunning themselves and think the thought as old as thought itself:“Would.”Even famously reliable Christopher Columbus—[jerkoff hand motion]—claims in his
An infant in Wisconsin has died of measles, the state health department said Thursday — the third measles-related death reported in the U.S. this week. It’s Wisconsin’s first measles-related death since 1990, the health department said, adding that a coroner had listed measles as the infant’s immediate cause of death. The news came just one
Cage The Elephant have announced full details of their new album ‘Dying In Reverse’ and shared its latest taster ‘Make It Easy’ – check it out below. Their upcoming seventh album is set to be released on February 5, 2027 via Big Loud Rock. You can pre-order it here. The band shared the title track
Expedia CEO Ariane Gorin said Thursday the company hasn’t yet seen artificial intelligence agents affecting the way customers book, but the early signs show potential for an industry shift. “It’s a great way for people to do inspiration, to do trip planning,” Gorin said in an interview with CNBC. “We haven’t seen it change the
What if time is not a fundamental part of the universe, but something that emerges from the changes taking place inside it? A physicist at the University of Birmingham has created a miniature universe in the laboratory that offers a surprising new way to investigate this possibility. Using thousands of atoms cooled to temperatures barely
Sign at the entrance to the Wonder store in Midtown Manhattan. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images Food startup Wonder has confidentially filed for an initial public offering, the company said Thursday. Created by serial entrepreneur Marc Lore in 2018, Wonder advertises itself as “the best restaurants from across the country, all in one
What I Lost, What I Lose by Erica Dawson At my third ECT procedure, Tamara, a nurse, brought me warm blankets thin as sheets and inserted the catheter in my vein. She pushed Zofran for nausea, Toradol for pain, placed the scopolamine patch, for motion sickness, behind my left ear. The nurse anesthetist pushed a
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