How European city life is continually rewriting insect DNA

How European city life is continually rewriting insect DNA

Cities are known to shape the evolution of wildlife within them, but according to a study of European cities published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, this is not a one-off event. Rather than a single urban genotype of a species spreading from one place to ano...

‘Percy Jackson’ Star Walker Scobell on Thalia’s Return in the Season 2 Finale, the Annabeth ‘Slow Burn’ and Season 3: ‘Logan Lerman Had a Wonderful Performance, but Now I’m on My Own’

‘Percy Jackson’ Star Walker Scobell on Thalia’s Return in the Season 2 Finale, the Annabeth ‘Slow Burn’ and Season 3: ‘Logan Lerman Had a Wonderful Performance, but Now I’m on My Own’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the season finale of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” now streaming on Disney+. Fresh off his breakout role in “The Adam Project,” Walker Scobell was just 12 years old when he took on one of YA literature’s most beloved heroes, Percy Jacks...

Scientists are building viruses from scratch to fight superbugs

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering system for Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an antibiotic-resistant bacterium of global concern, in a new PNAS study. The system is enabled by NEB’s High-Complexity Golden Gate Asse...

Pathé & Car Manufacturer Peugeot Strike Strategic Partnership

Pathé & Car Manufacturer Peugeot Strike Strategic Partnership

French mini-major Pathé and car manufacturer Peugeot have struck a strategic partnership, covering film production, distribution and exhibition. The accord brings together two of France’s oldest companies. Both launched in 1896, with Armand Peugeot founding Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peuge...

YouTube CEO promises more AI features in 2026

YouTube CEO promises more AI features in 2026

YouTube is just as wary of the rise of AI slop as you, and that’s why more AI-generated content is coming to the platform in the near future. In a lengthy blog post outlining YouTube’s 2026 plans, CEO Neal Mohan said the company will continue to embrace this new "creative frontier" by soon allow...

Spain mourns 2 fatal train crashes

Spain mourns 2 fatal train crashes

The latest crash came two days after Spain's worst railway disaster since 2013 that left many Spaniards in disbelief. The death toll in that crash, in southern Spain, rose to 43.