“Bugonia” refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees could spawn spontaneously from dead cow carcasses, and that cow dung was beneficial to the hive. It’s a myth, of course, but that didn’t stop ...

This might be recency bias (or maybe mass hysteria meeting peak consumerism), but I knew all year that my top movie of 2025 would be Wicked: For Good. The first installment basically became a ...

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The fear of surrendered will is a common theme in the past year's biggest films and shows. What is that telling us?

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 30 November with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At the time, the comet was about 286 million kilometers from Earth.

A federal judge praised a violent Honduran immigrant who sexually assaulted a woman who has cerebral palsy after sneaking into the United States, spared him from spending two more years in prison and ...

Stan Van Gundy, a former NBA head coach and current broadcaster for the league’s games on Amazon Prime Video, suggested that San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama should have his nickname changed.

Steven Spielberg’s new UFO movie has reignited speculation within the alien conspiracy theory community, especially after cryptic billboards teasing the upcoming film popped up across the country this ...

Immigration officials say the illegal immigrant with a history of reckless driving who caused a horrific hit-and-run crash Sunday, which sent a woman flying nearly 80 feet and has left her in serious ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...

An illegal alien who shot and seriously wounded a 61-year-old civilian and injured four police officers in Omaha previously had a violent record, the Department of Homeland Security revealed.