The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent. It was a cold January afternoon in 2007, and I was sitting in a crowded auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island, nervously thinking about the week ahead. In just a few days, I’d travel across the world and step into a classroom for the first time as a…
While some organs, like the brain, work continuously, other body tissues, like muscle and fat, can enter an inactive state. Muscles are typically inactive except during exercise, and a special type of fat — called brown fat — activates only in the cold to help warm us up. When on standby, these two tissues burn…
While the US attempts to solve its missile stockpile crunch with cheap, easily mass-produced missiles, China’s production surge forces a stark reckoning with modern warfare’s industrial and attritional realities and the race to outgun near-peer adversaries. This month, The War Zone reported that General Atomics has unveiled a new low-cost air-to-surface missile, dubbed the “Strike…
A man uses measuring tape on his waist in California on Jan. 9, 2025. Credit: AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial body mass index and hoping to better identify people who need treatment for the disease caused…
The Suicide Squad is dead, kind of. Long live the Suicide Squad… kind of. Almost a full year after its launch, Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League came to an end this week with its last major update. Said ending is a bit of an odd duck: after finally whittling down the final Brainiac’s health bars,…
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Before he became a Saturday Night Live legend, Will Ferrell debuted on the show with a resounding thud — and now, footage of his unceremonious entrance to Studio 8H is back in circulation. In the third episode of new documentary series SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, the Anchorman star discussed his early work on the sketch…
Watch: People’s March brings thousands to streets of Washington DC Thousands of mostly female demonstrators took to the streets of Washington DC on Saturday to rally against President-elect Donald Trump two days ahead of his inauguration. The People’s March – previously known as the Women’s March – has taken place every year since 2017. A…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Saturday that he would pull out of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government in protest against the ceasefire and hostage release deal it has struck with Hamas. Israel’s…
British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool have reached the third round of the Australian Open men’s doubles by beating Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez and Austria’s Lucas Miedler. The 11th seeds won 6-4 4-6 6-4 inside one hour and 49 minutes, becoming the only Britons to win on day seven in Melbourne. Tenth seeds Joe Salisbury…
