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REPORTER: I’m here live with Uncle Bill just moments after Thanksgiving dinner. Bill, can you walk us through what happened tonight?

UNCLE BILL: Sure, I mean, obviously, I’m not happy with the result. Before we took our places, I was informed I’d be sitting at the kids’ table, which, frankly, I think is a slap in the face given my history with this organization. Everyone likes to preach that we’re a family around here, and you just don’t expect to be treated this way by family. I respect the host’s judgment, but I disagree with the decision. I just tried to focus on the meal and do my best out there.

REPORTER: Were you given a reason as to why you were demoted?

“If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has ‘seen’ dark matter.”

The post Was Dark Matter Just Detected for the First Time? appeared first on Nautilus.

Fossils from a 3-ton shark unearthed in northern Australia suggests these creatures grew into massive, fearsome predators earlier than previously thought

The post This Huge Ocean Beast Shifts Sharks’ Evolutionary Timeline appeared first on Nautilus.

Our neural command centers evolve through predictable major turning points from birth to death

The post The Five Eras of the Human Brain appeared first on Nautilus.

The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts how their ties to Trump, the Pentagon and Israel are tightening control over what we see, hear and say.

The post The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons appeared first on MintPress News.

“President Donald Trump on Wednesday sought to bring a swift end to perhaps the most damaging saga of his term, signing a measure compelling the release of the Epstein files after losing a monthslong, tooth-and-nail fight to prevent their disclosure.” – CNN

Literature from western India describe diverse savanna landscapes, defying the dogma that these ecosystems resulted from relatively recent deforestation

The post Ancient Folklore Upends Dangerous Savanna Myths appeared first on Nautilus.

Compared to human breast milk, the milk from grey seals is richer in sugars that could one day supercharge baby formula

The post Got Seal Milk? appeared first on Nautilus.

As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.

The post U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028 appeared first on The Intercept.

Here’s how this is gonna go: First, you will step up to the rental counter only when I give you The Look. The Look is not markedly different from my resting face. In fact, it’s no different at all. But it’s your job to recognize The Look, so pay attention. If, upon your turn, you hesitate for one single second, I will call out “Next,” in a way that strikes fear into the hearts of God, everyone in line behind you, and this cardboard cutout of Hertz brand ambassador Tom Brady.

When you get to the counter, do not ask how I’m doing—I’m stuck inside a Hertz location for eight hours a day. How do you think I’m doing?

What you do need to do is give me your driver’s license and credit card within the first three seconds of approaching the counter. This is not something I’ll ask you verbally. This is something you must understand innately, while I stare at my computer and hold out my hand just enough to suggest I might be waiting for something, but not enough to make it clear what I’m waiting for. And I swear to god, if you start reading me your reservation number out loud, I will shut you down and send you out of here on a bicycle.

The photographer Rob Clayton is one of the most astute chroniclers of the British built environment. Since his 1990 series Estate, a heartfelt documentation of the Lion’s Farm Estate in Oldbury in its final decade, he has used photography to capture the changing face of towns and cities. In his new book, Provision, published by […]

Campaigns calling for smartphone-free childhoods might be well meaning, but the choice is not so simple for all families

- by Alice Gregory

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