New Year’s Eve is celebrated across the world with a mix of joy, hope, and anticipation, but it’s also steeped in superstitions that reflect the diverse cultural beliefs about starting the year off right. From wearing specific colors to performing quirky rituals, these traditions often revolve around themes of luck, prosperity, and protection. While some…
Bodies found in abandoned houses raise questions of identity, manner, and cause of death, as well as the reasons that they came to be in the houses in the first place. Unfortunately, the answers to some of these questions are never likely to be known. Those that are determined frequently point to misfortune, drugs, and…
Published Dec 31st, 2024 4:48PM EST The floodgates finally opened up in the last few weeks, and if the leaks are accurate, we know much more about the Nintendo Switch 2 now than we did a month ago. We’ve seen leaks from case makers, dummy units, and even supposed photos of the console itself. Now,…
Published Dec 31st, 2024 3:41PM EST The last week of 2024 is ending with a cosmic gift—potential New Year’s auroras lighting up the skies over parts of the northern United States. As the Sun enters an active phase of its 11-year solar cycle, these dazzling light displays are becoming more frequent, promising an unforgettable start…
Karol G, the 33-year-old Colombian singer and songwriter known for her chart-topping reggaeton and Latin pop hits, became the first artist to top the Billboard 200 last year with an all Spanish-language album. And in July of this year, she completed her world tour in support of that album, titled Mañana Será Bonito, having grossed…
The newly-discovered dinosaur species, Lishulong wangi, lies in the heart of the early sauropodomorph-sauropod transition, according to a paper published in the journal PeerJ. Photograph (A) and interpretative line drawing (B) of the cranium of Lishulong wangi in right lateral view. Image credit: Wei Gao. Lishulong wangi roamed the supercontinent Laurasia during the Early Jurassic…
Delayed and missing iOS 18 Apple Intelligence features are Appleâs focus right now when it comes to iPhone software, with the next batch of AI additions set to come via iOS 18.4 this spring. Thatâs not surprising, considering that Apple already teased this release schedule. What is more surprising are the Apple Intelligence development side…
In a new paper, planetary researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Washington introduce a new thermodynamic concept called the centotectic and investigate the stability of liquids in extreme conditions — critical information for determining the habitability of icy moons and ocean exoplanets. The surface of Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color…
Published Dec 31st, 2024 12:32PM EST Rumors about the next-generation iPhone SE have been spreading like wildfire for months, but according to a new leak, those rumors have missed one major detail. On Tuesday, leaker Majin Bu said on X that Apple is doing away with the SE branding next year, potentially for good, and…
Using data from the APOGEE survey, astronomers from the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam, the University of Vienna and Paris Observatory have reconstructed the properties of ‘hidden’ stars within the disk of our Milky Way Galaxy. Orbits of a few real stars are illustrated on top of the total stellar light of the Milky Way…
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