A very rare treat is about to grace Earth’s night skies. On the evening of 28 February 2025, all seven of the other planets in the Solar System will appear in the night sky at the same time, with Saturn,…
‘Bystander’ mice attempt to revive unconscious companions, a new study reveals, suggesting our natural inclination to help others in need runs deep within our mammalian heritage. The researchers also observed firing in a part of the brain responsible for involuntary…
· · February 24, 2025 It has been claimed on social media by a prominent Call of Duty leaker that Verdansk will return to Warzone with Season 03 of Black Ops 6. It was also mentioned that it’ll be ‘pretty…
This week is peak Maw-feeding season, for it is the release week of Monster Hunter Wilds, in which there are many maws. Fanged maws! Tusked maws! Pincered maws! Floppy toad maws! Whatever the Rompompolo has on the front of…
The US board game industry could end up seeing sky-high tariffs on imports from China, where the majority of board games are manufactured. Currently sitting at 10% – as implemented on February 4, 2025 by the current US administration –…
A Peasant Woman digging (summer 1885) is among the least known Van Gogh paintings in UK public collections. An important early work, it is normally on display at the University of Birmingham’s Barber Institute. Next month it is going on a…
Cate White, Miguel (robe man). Courtesy Cate White In April of 1972, the long-circulating magazine Cosmopolitan featured a centerfold of nude movie star Burt Reynolds, a bold first in displaying male nudity for a mainstream American magazine. Intended partially to…
The Courtauld Institute of Art In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by Titian and Picasso. What can they and other such discoveries tell us? Something’s stirring. Every few weeks, it seems, brings…
El Greco Painting (Photo Credits: X / Twitter) A $9 million artwork by a Spanish Renaissance artist that the grandson of Romania’s last legitimate king wants Christie’s to give him was taken from the family by a disgraced uncle who…
The painting Islamic Scientists was one of the last that Syrian artist Mahmoud Hammad produced before his death in 1988. It is also perhaps his most ambitious. The work tackles a vast timeline, condensing centuries of Islamic history into a…
