As President Trump attempts to help negotiate an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, questions have grown about what will happen to Ukrainian territory claimed by the Kremlin and held by Russian forces. Mr. Trump has said any ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine would involve “some land swapping,” though it isn’t clear exactly what that means. Russia launched a …
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Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being “sexist” and “creepy” while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, fellow grad students told investigators. More than 550 pages of investigation documents were recently released by Idaho State Police in response to public records requests. They include summaries of interviews with …
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YUCAIPA, Calif. (KABC) — An organization announced it is pulling back its search teams and a reward once offered for information leading to a 7-month-old boy reported missing in Yucaipa. This comes as investigators cast doubt on the mother’s story about her son, Emmanuel Haro, being kidnapped, and court records show a 2018 abuse charge against the boy’s father. Over …
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Joining forces from three other Republican-led states, the Mississippi National Guard will deploy 200 troops to Washington as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing federal policing and immigration overhaul in the nation’s capital. Trump District of Columbia U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Protective Services wait on a tow truck to take away a food truck on the National Mall, …
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A persistent claim circulated online that woodpeckers avoid concussions from pecking because their long tongues wrap around their skulls, protecting their brains. It’s true that some scientists in the past have believed the woodpecker’s long tongue provides some sort of inbuilt protection against brain damage due to frequent and impactful pecking. However, peer-reviewed research in 2022 challenged this notion, using …
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“I CAN’T BELIEVE it,” said Donald Trump, America’s president, as he greeted Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, outside the White House on August 18th. “I love it.” Mr Trump was referring to Mr Zelensky’s decision to bow to American pressure and wear a suit-like garment to the meeting, an issue that had contributed to an acrimonious blow-up in the Oval …
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Jimmy Kimmel has hit out at reports that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was losing money before the series was canceled. Variety published a new interview with the late-night host on Monday, August 18, which featured quotes he shared last month about The Late Show‘s reported money problems. “I just want to say that the idea that Stephen Colbert‘s …
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Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. The 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Best of Show award was given to this 1924 Hispano-Suiza H6C Nieuport-Astra Torpedo on Sunday. The car certainly looks unusual compared to any remotely modern vehicle, but its particularly bizarre exhaust caught my eye immediately. I did a little research and figured …
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Neural organoids were differentiated from iPSC-derived Neural Progenitor Cells (NPC) for up to 14 weeks and characterized throughout development (Fig. 1a). Gene expression of synaptic plasticity markers was quantified from week 0 to week 12. Calcium signaling development was analyzed from week 2 to week 14. Finally, electrical activity was characterized by High-Density Microelectrode Arrays (HD-MEAs) over two independent time periods, from …
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Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), a legendary writer of science and science fiction, once noted in “The Solar System and Back,” that the planet Mercury is rarely visible when it is truly dark. “I suspect, in fact,” he observed, “that many people today (when the horizon is generally much dirtier and the sky much hazier with the glare of artificial light than …
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