A stunning 1,500-year-old monastery has been unearthed - with parts of it's intricate mosaic floor still somehow preserved. Discovered in the city of Kiryat Gat, Israel, some 56 km south of Tel ...

Hi everyone! This is Lauly from Taipei. I hope 2025 has been kind to you so far. I am writing this week's newsletter having just finished attending my eighth year-end banquet hosted by Taiwanese ...

In the 20 years since “A Million Ways,” OK Go have used their music videos to stage silly, improbably precise viral happenings. The big one, of course, was “Here It Goes Again,” the one ...

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The U.S. Bureau of Industry & Security has removed three Indian entities, Indian Rare Earths, IGCAR, and BARC, from its restrictive list. This move aims to boost joint research and collaboration in ...

Errors in quantum computers are an obstacle for their widespread use. But a team of scientists say that, by using an antimony atom and the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, they could have ...

Manchester City have made a breakthrough in transfer negotiations for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, paving the way for the forward to become their third signing of the January ...

Prof James Catto from the University of Sheffield described the findings as a "major breakthrough" in treating bladder cancer. The University of Sheffield led the trial, alongside Barts Cancer ...

Mediators gave Israel and Hamas a final draft of a deal on Jan 13, an official briefed on the negotiations said, after a midnight “breakthrough” in talks attended by envoys of both the ...

Reuters Mediators on Monday presented Israel and Hamas with a final draft of a deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza, after a midnight “breakthrough” in negotiations attended by envoys from both Joe ...