George Washington's stash of centuries-old cherries found hidden under Mount Vernon floor
Enslaved people picked the cherries around 250 years ago, likely in pre-Revolutionary War times.
Scientists discover once-in-a-billion-year event — 2 lifeforms merging to create a new cell part
Researchers think a microbe that was engulfed by an algal cell 100 million years ago has since evolved into an integral part of the cell's machinery.
What Can We Learn From Our Forever War in Ukraine?
It has been a while since the United States won a war. It looks as though we are about to lose yet another one – the war in Ukraine. This is a proxy war justified as an effort to “weaken
Yet Another Drug War Failure
An especially hot news item in 2024 has been the surge of drug-related violence in Ecuador. Until recent years, Ecuador was hailed as an island of relative stability in the swirling violence of the illegal drug trade in the Western
April 20, 2024: Final Nail in America’s Coffin?
When future historians go searching for the final nail in the US coffin, they may well settle on the date April 20, 2024. On that day Congress passed legislation to fund two and a half wars, hand what’s left of
Iraq Weekly Roundup: 13 Killed
Eight more people were killed. The post Iraq Weekly Roundup: 13 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com.
Tabloid publisher David Pecker takes stand to outline 'great relationship' with Trump in hush-money trial
The judge in Donald Trump's hush-money trial delayed a decision on whether the former president should be held in contempt for multiple alleged gag order violations as the National Enquirer's ex-publisher retakes stand.
Auxin Solar alleges unfair trade practices from Chinese suppliers, asks Commerce to intervene
For the second time in less than a year, the U.S. Department of Commerce is being asked to determine whether or not a handful of solar manufacturers that are based in China but that have operations across Southeast Asia are
Watch: 'Below Deck Mediterranean' Season 9 shows Captain Sandy proposal
Bravo released an extended preview of "Below Deck Mediterranean" Season 9. The clips include Captain Sandy proposing to Leah Shafer, crew members hooking up and losing the yacht's anchor.
Post Malone launches graphic novel, film adaptation
Post Malone, Platinum Dunes and Vault Comics announced a collaboration Tuesday for a graphic novel and feature film adaptation.
Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid
Enlarge / At critical pressures, the fluid's spheres become a mixture of different states. (credit: Adel Djellouli/Harvard SEAS)Building a robot that could pick up delicate objects like eggs or blueberries
Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again
Engineers have partially restored a 1970s-era computer on NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft after five months of long-distance troubleshooting, building confidence that humanity's first interstellar probe can eventually resume normal operations. Several dozen scientists and engineers gathered Saturday in a conference room
iPhone Sales Drop 19% in China
Apple's iPhone sales dropped sharply in China in the first quarter of this year as the company saw strong competition from domestic brand Huawei, according to a new report from market research firm Counterpoint Research. CNBC: Apple saw sales of
AI Is Poisoning Reddit To Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO'
An anonymous reader shares a report: For years, people who have found Google search frustrating have been adding "Reddit" to the end of their search queries. This practice is so common that Google even acknowledged the phenomenon in a post