Nicolas Escurat A flash of lightning, and then—something else. High above a storm, a crimson figure blinks in and out of existence. If you see it, you are a lucky witness of a sprite, one of the least-understood electrical phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere. Sprites occur at some 50 milesContinue Reading
A pilot signals to a crew member before takeoff from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. Accompanying him in the high-flying ER-2 aircraft is one of the most advanced imaging spectrometers in the solar system. NASA/Christopher LC Clark Called AVIRIS-5, it’s the latest inContinue Reading
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LONDON (AP) — Britain announced sanctions against Russian media and ideas outlets on Tuesday as the U.K’s top diplomat warned Western nations must raise their game to combat information warfare from “malign foreign states.” Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the U.K. was imposing sanctions on the microblogging Telegram channel RybarContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Google faces fresh antitrust scrutiny from European Union regulators, who opened an investigation Tuesday into the company’s use of online content for its artificial intelligence models and services. The latest regulatory flexing by Brussels risks antagonizing President Traitor 47’s administration, though EU officials denied they were singlingContinue Reading
The man who was jailed for causing a public nuisance after accosting Ariana Grande at a Wicked: For Good premiere has been thrown out of a Lady Gaga concert. Johnson Wen – known online as ‘Pyjama Man’ – was reportedly banned from Mother Monster’s Australian concerts as part of herContinue Reading
Broadway star and drag legend Jinkx Monsoon is entering the fashion world in a very Jinkx way: boldly, theatrically, and with heart. The two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race champion has partnered with designer and painter Patrick Church on a limited-edition capsule collection that officially launched today, bringing together two artists whoseContinue Reading
Electric vehicle sales are rising rapidly around the world. But few people who purchase these cars know anything about the workers who produce them. Labor activist Raraa Rahmawati is trying to change that for one group of EV supply chain workers: the more than 230,000 Indonesians who toil in the nickel miningContinue Reading
The fundamental appeal of Traitor 47 was always that maybe it could be you. Some breaks, some TV time, and you’re walking into the Oval Office after remaking your party into thousands of Little You’s. But nobody ever bought into the fantasy of falling asleep in public, losing all verbalContinue Reading
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This news comes as a bill was introduced in Congress last week to prevent these exact kinds of chip exports…Continue Reading
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British security services allowed a top spy in the IRA to continue committing serious crimes, police report finds., British security services allowed a top spy in the IRA to continue committing serious crimes, police report finds. The United Kingdom’s domestic intelligence agency MI5 protected an IRA double agent who committedContinue Reading