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Science & Exploration 30/09/2025 1402 views 34 likes Our Milky Way galaxy never sits still: it rotates and wobbles. And now, data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia space telescope reveal that our galaxy also has a giant wave rippling outwards from its centre. We’ve known for about a hundred years that the galaxy’s stars rotate around its centre, and …

Sep 30, 2025, 07:36 PM ET Lawrence Moten, a basketball star at Syracuse in the early 1990s who still holds the program scoring record, has died. He was 53. An athletic department spokesperson said Tuesday that multiple staff members learned of Moten’s death from various contacts and that Moten was at home in Washington, D.C., when he died. A cause …

In 2013, NBC produced a 4-minute, 41-second commercial to hype up its acquisition of broadcast rights for the English Premier League. Jason Sudeikis starred as “an American Coach in London.” After that viral marketing success, some TV writers and producers realized that Ted Lasso, as Sudeikis’ character was named, could be good television. The resulting series became the first big …

We covered a study last week in which researchers tested bite-resistant wetsuit material with real sharks. Their testing revealed that wetsuits made with these special materials can mitigate damage from large white and tiger shark bites—“large” meaning up to 3 meters, or around 9 feet. But those results are suddenly much less reassuring in light of today’s story. Back in …

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water—one of the biggest great white sharks ever tagged in the Atlantic has been lurking near a well-loved coastal destination. And no, this isn’t a film plot. It’s happening right now. A 14-foot predator tracked just off the beach Weighing over 1,650 pounds and stretching nearly 14 feet …

IDC x AC (Image credit: Android Central) This is an exclusive column featuring expert analysts from International Data Corporation (IDC), who provide insights into the latest products, news, and more. The smart glasses arms race is officially on, and Meta just fired a massive shot across the bow. With the launch of their latest lineup, including the updated Ray-Ban Meta …

There is a very personal tragedy at the heart of John Leguizamo’s play, The Other Americans, which this underpowered production attempts to connect to the bigger themes of how racism and a feverish pursuit of the American Dream jointly capsize a family. As well as writing the play (Public Theater, to Oct. 26), Leguizamo also plays its 59-year-old patriarch, Nelson …

  Magic: The Gathering has become the Fortnite of trading card games, and as annoying as I find the practice of constantly dumping different IPs together, even God’s strongest soldiers are not immune to propaganda. At MagicCon Atlanta, Wizards of the Coast and Sony announced that PlayStation series are getting seven different Secret Lair drops for various games, and folks, …

‘Eleanor the Great’ and the Joys (and Perils) of Lying  The New York Times ‘Eleanor the Great’ Review: Weaving a Tangled Web  The New York Times ‘Eleanor the Great’ hands the reins to Scarlett Johansson  The Washington Post Scarlett Johansson Receives Support from Husband Colin Jost at an Eleanor the Great N.Y.C. Screening, Plus David Beckham and More  People.com June Squibb explains how she …

‘Eleanor the Great’ hands the reins to Scarlett Johansson  The Washington Post ‘Eleanor the Great’ Review: Weaving a Tangled Web  The New York Times June Squibb explains how she lobbied Scarlett Johansson to direct ‘Eleanor The Great’  NPR Scarlett Johansson Receives Support from Husband Colin Jost at an Eleanor the Great N.Y.C. Screening, Plus David Beckham and More  People.com Scarlett Johansson has a ‘lovely’ …