Ronald Diaz/ Conservation International An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo – which includes the Amazon rainforest – by scientists from the non-profit organisation Conservation International and members of local indigenous groups. Up…
Workers announce customers about power outages as they were closed outside of Costco Wholesale in Foster City, California, United States on Jan. 16, 2025. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images A union representing thousands of Costco employees voted to authorize a strike, paving the way for a work stoppage if the labor group and…
File: Park City Mountain Resort in Park City, Utah. Denise Truscello | Wireimage | Getty Images Vail Resorts shares have dropped in recent weeks as a labor dispute roiled one of America’s most prominent skiing destinations. The Park City Professional Ski Patrol Association, a union representing patrollers at the Utah mountain of the same name,…
Courtesy of Rhett Allain But what about the colors from a video projector? It essentially does the same thing. However, instead of a bunch of tiny RGB lights, it projects RGB colors to different locations on the screen. Projecting the Color Black Now we’re ready for the fun stuff. How does a video projector shoot…
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., greets customers during the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple on Monday released a software update for iPhones, iPads and Macs…
New Year’s Eve revellers have largely been praised for their behaviour at Australia’s biggest fireworks shows, while officers were kept busy with outbursts of trouble around local fireworks. More than a million people swarmed the main vantage points around Sydney harbour and hundreds of thousands of Melbourne partygoers were treated to a fireworks and laser…
Democrats in Virginia preserved their majority in the state legislature late on Tuesday in the first statewide elections since Donald Trump’s presidential victory in November. In special elections for open seats, Kannan Srinivasan, a Democratic state representative, defeated Republican Tumay Harding in a race for an open state senate seat in Loudon county, Virginia, just…
In the last few years, it seems, Malört has gone from a little-known liqueur to national sensation. The Chicago product was served as the unofficial drink of the 2024 Democratic National Convention; it’s been celebrated at festivals, and an entire book has even been written about it. But has this been the same Malört…
Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has briefly engaged in his first international tariff dispute. And the target wasn’t China, Mexico or Canada – frequent subjects of his ire – it was Colombia, one of America’s closest allies in South America. Colombia’s offence was refusing to allow two US flights carrying deported…
ATLANTA — Two more people standing trial along with rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty to reduced charges Wednesday after reaching deals with prosecutors. Two more Young Thug co-defendants accept plea deals Pleas from Rodalius Ryan and Marquavius Huey came just a day after another co-defendant, Quamarvious Nichols, took a plea deal. Ryan, 18, pleaded guilty…
