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Zach Braff: ‘You can be talented and good-looking, but acting success is still like winning the lottery’
Actor and director Zach Braff discusses the challenges of breaking into entertainment, reflecting that success in acting resembles winning the lottery despite talent and appearance.
Streaming Ratings: ‘Carrie’ Has a Bloody Good Opening Week
Carrie debuted as the No. 1 streaming title in the United States during its opening week, accumulating 1.26 billion viewing minutes across eight episodes on Prime Video.
The fire retardant in the seafood chain
Ethoxyquin, a fire retardant added to fishmeal since 1967 to prevent spontaneous combustion during shipping, has raised health concerns as a potential carcinogen now banned in Europe but still permitted in the U.S.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered a simpler 5,000-year-old wooden post structure near Stonehenge that also aligned with solar solstices, predating the famous stone monument by 500 years.
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East Africa’s Oil Rivalry Spurs Multi-Billion-Dollar Projects Across The Region
East African nations are pursuing competing mega-billion-dollar energy infrastructure projects, including a $17 billion refinery in Kenya and a $20 billion energy hub in Tanzania, intensifying regional rivalry over energy dominance.
Egypt’s LNG Comeback Is Set to Start in Cyprus
Egypt’s gas production is declining as demand rises, creating opportunity for Cyprus’s new Cronos LNG project to supply feedstock to Egyptian export infrastructure beginning in 2028.
Georgia PSC Approves Secret OpenAI Contract
Georgia’s Public Service Commission staff approved a contract between Georgia Power and OpenAI for a 3.2 gigawatt data center in Effingham County, drawing criticism from environmental groups over lack of transparency.
Burnham announces £65m for drought-hit farmers after Labour pressure
Prime Minister Burnham announces £65m in drought relief funding for farmers following pressure from Labour MPs and grassroots, addressing climate crisis impacts including early harvests and reduced yields.
Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds
Carbon pollution has driven a massive expansion of marine heatwaves across European waters this summer, with some regions experiencing temperatures 6°C above normal, according to new research.
The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
Heatwaves and wildfires are accelerating thaw in permafrost regions containing three times more carbon than all living vegetation on Earth, creating significant climate tipping point risks according to a Stockholm University climate researcher.
Living with drought has taught pastoralists lessons the world needs
Pastoralists from Tanzania to Mongolia are advocating at a UN conference for greater protections and funding to combat desertification, arguing their generations of adaptation experience offers crucial climate resilience lessons.
In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
The Hawk Fire near Reno, Nevada, forced 90,000 people to evacuate as suburban expansion into wildfire-prone regions increases risks, mirroring similar blazes across the American West and Canada.
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
Data center power demands are driving efforts to loosen Clean Air Act regulations, with new EPA guidance exempting standalone power plants from acid rain emission controls, raising environmental concerns.
Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts
Britain prepares to cut funding for particle physics and astronomy research, including contributions to Large Hadron Collider upgrades, raising concerns about the future of blue-sky scientific research.
A tiny “rainbow on a chip” could help supercharge 6G networks
Researchers at Loughborough University developed a rice-grain-sized microchip that produces precise light frequencies, potentially enabling faster 6G networks and advanced quantum timing applications.
A ghostly ribbon of stars reveals hidden dark matter
Astronomers have identified the first stellar stream outside the Milky Way, offering new insights into dark matter distribution across galaxies through the analysis of stars stripped from an ancient globular cluster.