Science

NeMO‑Net Girl Scout Patch

NeMO‑Net is a NASA game and citizen science project tied to a Girl Scout patch. Designed for ages 11+ and lasting about one hour, the single-player iPad game asks players to classify coral reef images by painting 2D and 3D pictures of coral. The classifications you make train NASA’

Politics

Congress Reaches Deal on Housing Bill With CBDC Ban

The House and Senate have reached a deal to move forward with a housing bill that includes a ban on the Federal Reserve creating a central bank digital currency until 2030. A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders released an updated version of the 21st Century Road to Housing

Culture

Claudia Black exits Ahsoka over pay, role’s future unclear

Claudia Black, who appeared in three episodes of Ahsoka Season 1 as Klothow, has declined to return for Season 2. Season 2 is scheduled for early 2027, and Black said in a late‑last‑year interview with BleedingCool that she turned down the offer because the pay was insufficient for

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz: Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd

Sports

Mbappe: 'I'd have to play until 80 to shut up critics' after record night

Kylian Mbappe hit back at detractors after a record-breaking night, scoring twice as France beat Senegal 3-1 in New Jersey and becoming his country’s all-time leading goalscorer. His second goal, a sensational long-range strike, sealed the result and ensured Didier Deschamps’ side started their World Cup campaign on the

AI

Eight vibe-coding startups raising billions

Vibe coding — AI-assisted tools that turn plain-English prompts into working software — has prompted excitement and unease across tech. SpaceX said it was acquiring AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion, a move meant to strengthen its place in the AI coding race. Other deals have followed: Cognition acquired Windsurf after

Politics

Sierra Leone first lady refuses to condemn FGM without 'reliable data'

Fatima Maada Bio has denied supporting female genital mutilation but said she will not openly condemn it until she sees "reliable data" showing the practice is harmful. A group of health professionals, survivors, human rights activists and politicians wrote to the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development

Culture

Orion sci-fi thriller sets U.S. release for this fall

Orion, a new sci-fi thriller likened to Project Hail Mary and Arrival, will reach U.S. theaters later this year after being acquired by Blue Harbor Entertainment. The film follows an amnesiac astronaut played by Drew Van Acker who has returned to Earth and faces interrogation from a NASA agent

Culture

Judas Priest's cover of Fleetwood Mac's 'The Green Manalishi'

On Killing Machine — retitled Hell Bent for Leather in the United States — Judas Priest included a cover of an early Fleetwood Mac song, “The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown).” The choice reached back to Fleetwood Mac’s pre-Nicks era and the band’s founder, guitar virtuoso Peter Green. “The

Sports

Messi explains why he cried after Algeria hat-trick

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick as Argentina beat Algeria 3-0 in their 2026 World Cup opener at Kansas City Stadium. The Inter Miami forward drew attention not only for his record-equalling performance but for an emotional celebration that left him in tears. Messi said the tears had nothing to do

World

Russian warship fires warning shots at yacht in English Channel

A Russian frigate fired warning shots with small arms near the UK-registered yacht Bright Future while sailing in the English Channel, the Russian defense ministry said. The ministry said the ship attempted to contact the yacht by radio, signal flares and sound signals, and opened fire after receiving no response

Culture

'Jurassic Park' Meets 'Tombstone' In New Dino Western

The team behind Primitive War is developing Dinosaurs of the Wild West, a sci‑fi western that places dinosaurs in a frontier setting. Primitive War blended Jurassic Park‑style dinosaur terror with an Apocalypse Now‑like Vietnam War backdrop and became a streaming cult hit, helped by performances from Tricia

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci-Fi Survival Quiz: Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, Star Wars each offer a distinct test of instinct and grit. Eight questions will figure out which

Culture

Lemony loaf, quick stir-fry and courgette achaar from Ravinder Bhogal

Courgettes don’t have to be boring. Shave them with a vegetable peeler and eat raw with olive oil and lemon juice, spiralise for noodles, grill until blackened and fold the creamy innards into tahini, grate for fritters, roast thick rounds until caramelised, or pickle to brighten gloomier months. Grated

Sports

Argentina vs Austria World Cup 2026 preview

Argentina vs Austria will kick off on 22 Jun 2026, 13:00 EST and 17:00 GMT. The fixture at AT&T Stadium in Arlington will be the first meeting between the two nations. Argentina opened their campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Algeria as Lionel Messi scored

Culture

Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo: a relationship timeline

They weathered many storms in a nearly decade-long marriage before calling it quits in May 2026. Jelly Roll, born Jason Bradley DeFord, was already the father of two — daughter Bailee and son Noah — when he met the then-escort in 2015 while living out of his van. His career took off

Tech

Autonomous ErgoChair Ultra 2 review: a mesh chair I actually like

The Autonomous ErgoChair Ultra 2 is a well-built office chair that works for a full day of work and an evening of gaming. Its polymer ‘spine’ and flexible mesh back mould to the sitter, providing solid support without fiddly dials or levers, and the absence of a metal frame keeps

Tech

AnduinOS 2.0 beta offers speed, privacy and an easy Windows-to-Linux transition

AnduinOS 2.0 beta is available after what the developer describes as a ground-up architectural rewrite. The team says it reimagined how the distribution is built, distributed and maintained in response to community feedback. The release is assembled within a sandboxed debootstrap and chroot pipeline and uses a proprietary XML-based

Culture

Inside the all-new Italia Conti stage school

When I step into Italia Conti’s smart Woking building, which has been its home since 2022, the first thing I notice is the quiet: no dancing on tables, no corridor rehearsals, just students on their phones. The school marks its 115th anniversary this year; it was founded in London

Culture

Tom Holland Picks Owen Cooper as Potential New Spider-Man

Tom Holland rose to international fame in 2016 when he became Peter Parker for the MCU, brought in through Sony Pictures' partnership with Marvel Studios. After a small but notable role in Captain America: Civil War, he appeared in two Avengers films and headlined a solo trilogy distributed by

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? Five universes: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, Star Wars. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you'd actually make it out

Sports

Norway vs Senegal: World Cup 2026 preview

Norge face Senegal on 22 Jun 2026, kick-off 20:00 EST (00:00 GMT). Norway opened the tournament with a 4-1 win over Iraq, Erling Haaland scoring the first two goals. Senegal provided plenty of counter-attacking threat in their opener against France but lost 3-1; the direct, pacy trio of

Culture

Victoria Beckham 'gutted' after Harper's unsuccessful visit to Brooklyn

Victoria Beckham is devastated after her 14-year-old daughter, Harper, attempted to see her brother Brooklyn as the family’s rift continues. Harper, dressed for David’s Hollywood Walk of Fame event, travelled to Brooklyn’s Los Angeles home to hand over a letter but left after just a few seconds

Tech

When is the full Path of Exile 2 release date?

The Path of Exile 2 1.0 release date isn't set precisely, but Grinding Gear Games is aiming to ship the full update before the end of the year. Early access began on December 6, 2024, so the target roughly aligns with that two-year anniversary and would deliver

Science

San Carlos Reservoir Nearly Drained, Widespread Fish Kill Prompts Closure

Seasonal snowfall in the Mogollon Mountains and Black Range was weak in 2026, leaving the Gila River watershed's March snowpack at 2 percent of the 1991-2020 median and April streamflow at 39 percent of normal. By June, mandatory water releases for downstream agriculture and the dry conditions had