Anne Tyler is a magician. You finish her delightful new novel feeling closer to life
Anne Tyler's prose style is clear and unshowy. Her sentences have no flourishes. You could almost say that their only identifying feature is their lack of an identifying feature Read more...
Mars's moon Phobos was once a ring of rubble around the Red Planet
Astronomers from the SETI institute used the slightly off orbit of Mars's second moon, Deimos, to confirm Phobos goes through a ring-to-moon cycle. Read more...
Hearbreaking video emerges of George Floyd calling for the end of gun violence
Heartbreaking video footage resurfaced Thursday of George Floyd calling for the end of gun violence saying 'these shootings going on...put them guns down.' Read more...
The Fall of Autumn Live Performance Producers Are Giving Up on 2020
Uncertainty about the coronavirus and the challenge of protecting audiences and artists is prompting many prominent presenters to wait till next year. Read more...
Judy Punch Review On With the Horror Show
In this bizarre satire, married puppeteers enact a grotesque comic tragedy of violence and revenge. Read more...
Scott Morrison tells protesters not to attend demonstrations
Scott Morrison has urged protesters not to attend Black Lives Matter demonstrations this weekend. Read more...
Airline restarts flights, cancels them again when passengers can't follow Covid-19 regulations
Just weeks after restarting domestic flights, Indonesian carrier Lion Air has canceled them again, citing issues with passengers not following Covid-19 regulations. Read more...
The hunter becomes the hunted 'Dead' bear shot with a rifle springs up and attacks its would-be killer
Alex Machavo, of Medford, Oregon, was attacked by the injured animal near Shady Cove on Thursday. According to Andrea Carlson, a local sheriff's spokeswoman, the hunter and his wounded target rolled down a 50-ft embankment with the bear biting 22-year-old Machavo all the way down. Read more...
Tiger Woods plays down injury fears ahead of The Northern Trust
Woods played down an injury scare on the eve of his first appearance since missing the cut in the Open Championship as he attempts to play back-to-back events for just the second time this season. Read more...
'Sinister' Chinese mussel has found its way into British waters
First found in China, it has caused significant problems in other areas it has invaded. It can form dense mats of up to 1,500 mussels per square metre - which can suffocate scallops and oysters. Read more...
Scientists create synthetic red blood cells that are even better than the real thing
The artificial 'cells' were able to carry oxygen and squeeze through capillaries just like red blood cells. But they were also capable of delivering drugs, detecting toxins and magnetic targeting. Read more...
6 Shows to Stream From Latin America
Our writer recommends The House of Flowers, The Queen of Flow and four other Spanish- and Portuguese-language shows now on Netflix and Hulu. Read more...
The Healing Power of Baseball
During epidemics, war and national tragedy, baseball was medicine for the masses. During this crisis, were still waiting for the prescription to be filled. Read more...
How a City Once Consumed by Civil Unrest Has Kept Protests Peaceful
Newark, New Jerseys largest city, made no arrests and reported only minimal property damage during a weekend march. Read more...
How the settings for the aggression level of Tesla's computerised driver hardly inspire confidence
In Taiwan, a Tesla model 3, allegedly on autopilot assistance, crashed into an overturned truck blocking the lane. The settings for the aggression level are named 'mild' and 'Mad Max'. Read more...
Fed Expands Municipal Bond Program, Opening Door to Some Smaller Cities
At least two cities or counties in every state will be able to issue to the central banks program, meant to help municipal bond markets. Read more...
At the Governors Ball, Winners and Even a Happy Also-Ran
Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Patricia Arquette, Felicity Jones and Michael Keaton all mingled at the Academy's official post-Oscars party. Read more...
ARGONAUT ABSOLUTE RETURN Fund sails to 37% profit
Norris learnt his trade at asset managers Baillie Gifford and Neptune. He owns Argonaut outright and runs three investment funds from London offices with assets between them of 100million. Read more...
Daily Report The Mystery of Amazons Bookstores
How an offhand remark about Amazon opening new bookstores spawned a viral reaction and a backtracking. Read more...
Apple wins dismissal of lawsuit over MacBook logic boards
Apple Inc won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit accusing it of defrauding consumers by selling MacBook laptop computers that contained "logic boards" it knew were defective, and which routinely failed within two years. Read more...