Here’s how brain-eating amoebas may infect people
Science Newsby Meghan Rosen15d ago
Some deadly amoebas may be primed to invade the brain. Naegleria fowleri, known widely as the brain-eating amoeba, typically dine on bacteria in ponds.
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top 64%Rock Critic Nik Cohn Details His 1983 Arrest by the FBI
Vanity Fairby Nik Cohn15d ago
Soon after dawn two men from the FBI came to my door. You’re under arrest, said one. Drug trafficking, said the other. Conspiracy. Importation, distribution. Controlled substances. Heroin. Cocaine.
Renewable energy companies fuel Brazilian data center boom, investigation finds
Mongabay Globalby Shanna Hanbury15d ago
Renewable energy companies are driving most of Brazil’s plans for new data centers, according to a recent joint analysis by The Intercept Brasil and Mongabay.
Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe
OCCRP15d ago
Reported by Black-masked law enforcement officers escorted Balázs Hankó, a former Hungarian culture minister, into a district court on Thursday, where a judge ordered him held in pretrial detention...
SpaceX launches crew to space station, including astronaut who'll miss birth of 3rd child during 6-month mission
CBS Newsby William Harwood15d ago
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on a flight to the International Space Station Thursday carrying two NASA astronauts, a cosmonaut and a Canadian crew member whose wife plans a launch of her own...
Gabon, home to the medicinal plant behind ibogaine, wants a fairer share of its global boom
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu15d ago
- Gabon passed a decree this year requiring benefit sharing for commercial uses of the medicinal plant iboga, its derivatives, and associated traditional knowledge, but the mechanisms for...
The Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Just Isn't What It Used to Be
GQby Jayson Buford15d ago
Cody Bellinger came up to bat with a chance to put the game away, but I was too busy trying to counter the chants from the surprisingly loud Red Sox faction at Yankee Stadium: battle cries of...
Social Security claiming ages may soon get new names. What retirees need to know
US Top News and Analysisby Lorie Konish15d ago
One of the biggest decisions retirees make — when to claim Social Security benefits — would be described differently under a bill that may soon become law.
Making the Elizabeth Holmes Doc Fried Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s Brains
Vanity Fairby Hillary Busis15d ago
Half an hour before the New York Film Festival’s one and only screening of You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, the standby line to get...
Rick Ross arrested after woman accuses rapper of strangling, hitting her at Miami Beach home
CBS Newsby Sergio Candido15d ago
Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday in connection with a domestic violence incident at his Star Island mansion, where a woman accused him of repeatedly striking her and restricting her breathing...
Brian Chesky interview: AI agents need their own operating system | TechCrunch
TechCrunchby Ivan Mehta15d ago
Airbnb rolled out its new AI-powered search this week as part of its fall update, a significant step for a company that has been slow and deliberate about AI.
Dolphins keep their social and hunting lives in separate waters, study finds
Mongabay Globalby Abhishyantkidangoor15d ago
- Scientists have found that dolphins have separate areas in the ocean where they hunt and socialize.
What we're learning about the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane
CBS Newsby Kerry Breen15d ago
One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday.
World Space Week 2026 Celebrates the "Rocket Revolution"
SpaceNewsby World Space Week Association15d ago
HOUSTON, Texas (September 30, 2026)— World Space Week events, beginning October 4 in 100 nations, will celebrate how launch innovation has stimulated the rapidly-growing space economy and enabled...
Trump says he’d consider issuing pardons to administration officials before he leaves office
NBC Newsby Rebecca Shabad15d ago
President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he’s considering pre-emptively pardoning members of his administration before the end of his second term.
Why the Browns and three points look like the play for 'Thursday Night Football' in NFL Week 4
FOX Newsby David Troy15d ago
Week 4 of the NFL season is here, and we have an AFC North battle as the treat for "Thursday Night Football."
Judge keeps immigrant delivery driver shot by ICE in custody for alleged assault
NBC Newsby The Associated Press15d ago
AUSTIN, Texas — A Venezuelan delivery driver who was shot in his car by a federal immigration agent in Texas will remain in custody on charges that he assaulted an officer while trying to evade...
At IFPDA’s October Prints & Drawings Month, Museums Are Quietly Rethinking Where Works on Paper Belong
Hyperallergicby IFPDA15d ago
For most of museum history, prints and drawings have lived in a kind of curatorial basement: light-sensitive, rotated sparingly, and confined to dedicated study rooms and print cabinets while...
Kennedy to roll out $10 million challenge to encourage Presidential Fitness Test in schools
NBC Newsby Aria Bendix15d ago
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce a new nationwide competition for schools aimed at expanding participation in the Presidential Fitness Test, which President Donald Trump...
Raids Across Europe Target Far-Right Network Accused of Producing Neo-Nazi Music
OCCRPby Simon Q15d ago
Reported by Authorities in five European countries carried out coordinated searches on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a suspected far-right criminal organization accused of producing...