• Planet Zoo Barnyard Animal Pack DLC Brings Seven Adorable New Animals Later This Month

    A new Planet Zoo DLC pack has been announced in the form of the Barnyard Animal Pack, which brings seven adorable new critters for guests to marvel at.Read this article on TechRaptor

  • I hope this email finds you (a very funny bot)

    This is inspired. Waldo Jaquith created a Mastodon bot in response to the cliché email opening sentence of "I hope this email finds you well." "Twice a day it proposes a novel way to conclude that sentence that opens so many emails," Jaquith explains. — Read the rest

  • Study Finds That Insects and Other Animals Have Consciousness

    Recent revelations from the Bee Sensory and Behavioral Ecology Lab at Queen Mary University have unveiled the playful antics of bumblebees.

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    Elliot Page on Coming Out as Trans and Finding Hope

    Elliot Page discussed his activism, love of writing and future roles at the TIME100 Summit in New York City.

  • "I never gave up hope we'd find her and bring her home"

    Father of missing 10-year-old talks about his range of emotions at the discovery of his daughter's remains nearly 24 years after she went missing.

  • Loren Carriere finds hope in Opelousas for the youth

    Carriere wanted to change the world but had to change himself first, so he started Hope For Opelousas

  • A cosmic coincidence: What eclipses tell us about Earth

    It was a long shot to trust the northern New England weather in early April, especially after a strange winter of warm spells followed by massive snowstorms. But hundreds of thousands of people gambled, or trusted their weather apps, and, as the atmospheric gods would have it, we were all in for a spectacular celestial treat. Clear blue skies, low humidity, great visibility. I drove for about 2.5 hours from Hanover to the north of New Hampshire with my two sons to an iconic mountain outcrop...

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    AI just helped us find out where Plato is buried

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating new discoveries across industries, from video production to medicine -- and now, it's expanding what we know about antiquity. On Tuesday, researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy announced that they have successfully used AI to decipher a papyrus scroll found in Herculaneum, a town near Pompeii that was also destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The scroll is one of 1,800 scrolls preserved in the Villa of the Papyri -- once owned by...

  • Early analysis finds eclipse had noticeable effect on birds

    Early results from a study of the April 8 total solar eclipse show a more noticeable effect on bird behavior than during the last eclipse.

  • US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles

    Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair elections this yearThe Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela, admonishing the president Nicolás Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the US eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the Opec nation.A senior US official, discussing the decision with reporters, said any US company investing in Venezuela would...

  • US finds Israeli military units violated human rights

    Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US finds Israeli military units violated human rights The State Department has determined that at least five Israeli military units were involved in gross violations of human rights, but is holding back on imposing any consequences

  • Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds

    Putin Did Not Order Alexei Navalny's Death, US Intelligence Finds In a surprising turn, The Wall Street Journal has issued a new weekend report saying that US intelligence agencies do not believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin planned or ordered the death of opposition activist and politician Alexei Navalny. "U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Putin likely didn’t order Navalny to be killed at the notoriously brutal prison camp in February, people familiar with...