Waterfront Park is thus making its debut in a city eager for a win. When it began opening in stages over the last year, Seattleites swarmed the space, dodging construction fences and heavy equipment to check out the progress. Now much...
“Publishers have faced a difficult dilemma: stop offering books that the Kremlin dislikes, clandestinely cut the risky parts or openly redact them to show readers that something was censored. … ‘Right now we’re all playing Minesweeper,...
Since the heist, information has resurfaced showing that gaps in security appear to have been known for years – including a 2014 warning that alleged one of the museum’s key passwords was simply “LOUVRE.” – CNN
Architects have expressed optimism over the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City , citing his campaign's focus on housing and the environment. Read more
“Officials said the end of the PBS partnership could cost Alabama Public Television millions in funding, 90% of its content and thousands of audience members. ‘I’m afraid that it would be the end of APT-PBS as we know it,’ APT...
The planet mentioned in the first episode of the new Apple TV series Pluribus really exists and it's been used in a different sci-fi show before.
LEGO is giving Brad Pitt and his car from F1: The Movie the building brick treatment with a new Speed Champions set that is coming to shelves in January 2026.
As one instructional designer you’ll hear says, “If this technology becomes more ubiquitous, we’ll have courses created by AI, graded by AI, with submissions from students absolutely generated by AI. So it begs the question: What are we...
The Newburgh Vintage Emporium is a shop filled in Newburgh, New York with wonderful household goods and decorations for every flavor of eccentricity. Misty White Sidell of the New York Times visited to learn about a growing trend in...
Such settlements and strategic partnerships will help major labels set the ground rules for developing AI-music ecosystems. And it seems they are becoming common. – The Conversation
The khene is an instrument used by some ethnic groups that live in the highlands of Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos. It's a reedless mouth organ, so the khene is in the same instrument family as the harmonica. Pat Fernandez of Pat's...
Are the insects of the family Gerridae land animals or marine animals? That may be a silly question, because water walkers, or water striders, are both. They live on the surface of water, walking around like that's not a miracle....
Joseph Langelinck’s “highly unpleasant” tours cost around $8 USD, and they’ve reportedly sold out every session since they launched in May, with bookings well into 2026. – The New York Post
For years, Britain’s leading cultural figures have warned that substandard arts provision in schools is devaluing the sector and creating an increasingly elite industry. But the government’s proposed shake-up of the national curriculum,...
Predator: Badlands is surprisingly emotional and funny – which is totally unlike most Predator films that have come before.
Could machine analysis measure the qualities that make Dylan’s songs resonate – how complexity arises, how new images mix with the familiar, how ambiguity threads through songs? – Aeon
“The inaugural IndieChina film festival was planned to take place between 8 and 15 November. But on 5 November the festival’s curator … posted on Facebook that he had been forced to cancel 80% of the planned screenings because...