By trapping a microscopic particle with light and measuring its movement, scientists can now observe charge accumulation in real time, shedding light on how lightning begins.
Most narcissism is just annoying, but malignant narcissism is something else entirely. An expert on personality psychology explains what makes it so dangerous.
Izmir street vendors report the worst demand in memory for the New Year lottery draw, saying 'Turkey turned into a casino' as online platforms and the economic crisis cripple their traditional business.
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Jetstar has cancelled some flights after Airbus warned that intense solar radiation could corrupt data critical to flight controls in A320 and A321 aircraft globally.
A flight director reflects on STS-113, the ISS mission plagued by oxygen leaks, shuttle arm damage and multiple delays in the months before the Columbia disaster.
A 3.4-million-year-old foot fossil revealed a new human ancestor, showing multiple early human species coexisted rather than following a simple evolutionary path.
A confidential report substantiates complaints about senior council officials' behavior toward young female staff, including unwanted touching by a high-ranking executive.
Frontend performance has changed. It's not about bytes on the wire anymore. The real work happens on the browser's main thread, where native features beat JavaScript solutions.
Turkey's state energy company posted a record $1 billion loss in 2024 as government subsidies kept natural gas prices below market levels.
The Rivian R1S is quicker to 60 mph, but the Lucid Gravity actually won Edmunds' U-Drag race. Better handling and power-to-weight gave Gravity the edge with a 1.3-second victory.
After depleting savings in the first lockdown, India's migrant workers face hardship during the second wave. Many can't access food subsidies, with jobs scarcer than before.
Apple argues it's unfair for India to calculate antitrust fines based on global turnover, potentially exposing it to a $38 billion penalty over payment processor restrictions.
An Englishman named Wallace donated 50 elegant fountains to Paris. But his own life was even more complex, filled with family secrets, illegitimacy, and cross-cultural inheritance.
Three weeks after arriving at Sheffield's Becton Centre for help with a mental health crisis, 12-year-old Mia Lucas was dead. The inquest raises questions about whether her death could have been prevented.
Recent outages and security incidents have highlighted our vulnerability to global digital infrastructures. Understanding digital sovereignty is no longer academic—it's a strategic necessity.
The distinctive eight-point star appears in Norwegian knitting, Lithuanian traditions, Islamic art, and indigenous Canadian culture—proving some symbols truly belong to everyone.
NJIT scientists recorded how four major X-class solar flares in November 2025 disturbed Earth's ionosphere, affecting radio communications and creating auroras at unusual latitudes.
One charity claims they're saving Glasgow's homeless, but city officials say their approach is draining resources and making the crisis worse.
Blade Runner's androids raise uncomfortable questions about our limited understanding of empathy and what it truly means to be human.
Osteoarthritis isn't just 'wear and tear.' It's often a metabolic disease. Avoiding exercise can make things worse, while the right movement can help protect your joints.
When Tectoy launched the Sega Master System in Brazil in 1989, they created a Sega nation that persists to this day. An insider tells the unusual story of fighting Nintendo clones backed by big companies.
Three friends jokingly discuss the second law of thermodynamics using bananas and brownie batter as metaphors, exploring why entropy always increases in a system.
Environmental science student Buddy Wilson balances leading student government, ROTC duties, and international studies as a Rhodes Scholarship finalist.
A lawsuit accuses Kalshi of disguising sports bets as legal 'event contracts' to bypass state gambling laws and operate nationwide without proper licensing.
Moving from static keys to dynamic secrets with Vault cut our attack surface by 70% and improved security for our microservices.
Communities stepping up: A grocery chain helps during immigration raids, a gardener creates a temporary wetland, and ancestral lands are returned.
Remember when buying groceries was simple? Now every step in the store - from the cameras to the apps to the payment methods - is collecting information about you.
Using The Notebook as an example of how we romanticize relationships while conveniently ignoring the troubling beginnings - and what that reveals about how we learn about romance.
Learn how virtualization solves the problem of rendering massive lists. Build a high-performance chat feed using TanStack Virtual that handles thousands of messages.
Ty Cobb, who once served as Trump's White House lawyer, says the Constitution isn't equipped to handle a president as 'evil' as Trump, warning about the concentration of presidential power.
New documents released after a two-year legal fight show how Toyota and Aston Martin successfully lobbied to delay the 2030 petrol engine phase-out. A rare look behind the curtain at how carmakers influence climate policy.
Rock Paper Scissors seems simple, but it's a near perfect microcosm of adversarial reasoning. You need to predict your opponent while not being predictable yourself.
