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In 2019, LIGO and Virgo recorded something truly bizarre – a gravitational wave event less than a tenth of a second in duration. Compared to the drawn-out chirps of black hole binaries on decaying orbital spirals, it was a sharp crack. The best explanation of the event, named GW190521, was a chance encounter of two black holes snaring each other …

Many protestors responding to “Operation Midway Blitz,” the stepped-up immigration enforcement in Chicago, are politically active for the first time in their lives. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Chicago has a long, proud history of activism and is considered by many the birthplace of community organizing. So it’s no surprise that there’s fierce opposition in the city to increased immigration enforcement. On …

Forget the solo beach paperback: travellers are now joining structured reading retreats that mix books, place and community. At I’Brindellone, a trattoria in Florence,  a dozen men and women sit around a long table, wine glasses in hand, deep in discussion about a novel: Still Life, a novel by Sarah Winman. On the walls hang photographs of the city’s 1966 …

Jimmy Kimmel, who had his late night show suspended indefinitely by Disney-owned ABC in the wake of comments about the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect, Tyler Robinson, is receiving more support from high-profile Hollywood celebrities. Pedro Pascal, who recently starred in The Fantastic Four: First Steps from Disney and Marvel, took to Instagram on Thursday to write, “Standing with you Jimmy …

MINNEAPOLIS – Eight defendants have been federally charged with wire fraud for their roles in a massive housing stabilization fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. “Today we announce the first wave of charges in a massive fraud in Minnesota’s housing stabilization program,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson.  “I want to be clear on the scope …

Several flags including that of the United States, Cambodia, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN are seen outside a building in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Asian central banks may find more room to ease policy after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point Wednesday and signaled …

There are some encouraging signs that California’s summer COVID wave might be leveling off. That’s not to say the seasonal spike is in the rearview mirror just yet, however. Coronavirus levels in California’s wastewater remain “very high,” according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as they are in much of the country. But while some COVID indicators …

Illustration showing a healthy substantia nigra in a human brain. Degeneration of this structure is characteristic of Parkinson’s disease. KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images Parkinson’s Disease affects around a million people in the United States, and that number is on the rise, in part because our population is getting older. Dr. …

While GNSS processing methods on Earth correct for such distortions, GUARDIAN uses them as clues. The software scours a trove of data transmitted to more than 350 continuously operating GNSS ground stations around the world. It can potentially identify evidence of a tsunami up to about 745 miles (1,200 kilometers) from a given station. In ideal situations, vulnerable coastal communities …

Astronomers have for the first time measured the speed and direction of a newborn black hole, thanks to gravitational waves produced as it bounced away from the site of its parent black holes’ merger. This first complete measurement of black hole recoil comes almost exactly a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves — tiny ripples in spacetime first …