The Google Pixel 10a comes out on March 5, and right now, Amazon and Best Buy are both offering free $100 gift cards when you preorder. The phone’s price is $499, but the gift card sweetens the deal. It’ll be automatically added to your cart. Amazon’s gift card is a physical one that ships with…
Regular engagement in the arts can lead to ‘widespread longer-term physiological changes’ Maskot/Getty Images I can pinpoint the precise comment that made me want to embark on a career researching the health benefits of the arts. I was fresh out of university, working in the NHS, managing the performing arts programme at Chelsea and Westminster…
Taking time to paint in Cornwall, UK Ashley Cooper/Alamy Russell stood with his hand on the door, wondering whether to go in. It just wasn’t his scene. He was only here because his doctor had told him to come. It had started with a stroke. He’d been walking home from work when the blood supply…
Psst! Can you keep a secret? Yana Iskayeva/Getty Images The average person is keeping nine types of secrets, ranging from having told a lie to covert romantic desires. This can be a major burden, because secrets have the troubling habit of flashing into the mind unbidden. Confessing them can sometimes bring relief, but some secrets…
Adam Weiss at SEEQC, a quantum chip foundry, configuring a dilution refrigerator SEEQC There’s a lot I love about the 1980s, from the new wave of British heavy metal to abundant purple blush favoured by the era’s make-up artists. But among all that hair, noise and glam, there were some ignored superstars: superconducting circuits. In…
The San Diego Padres are on the brink of a major transition as reports indicate that at least five groups have submitted bids to purchase the team. According to sources from The Athletic and the San Diego Union-Tribune, these bids were placed on Wednesday during the first round of offers. While the sources remain unnamed…
In an exciting matchup, the New Orleans Pelicans are set to take on the Utah Jazz after a standout performance from Saddiq Bey, who lit up the scoreboard with 42 points in the Pelicans’ recent 129-118 victory over the Jazz. This clash will take place in Salt Lake City at 9:30 p.m. EST, and both…
Manny Machado made headlines during Thursday’s Spring Training game, showcasing his power with two dramatic home runs. Trailing the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 in the top of the third inning, Machado stepped up to the plate and launched a two-run homer to left field, tying the game at 3-3. However, the Reds responded with a six-run…
In a commanding display, the Edmonton Oilers dismantled the Los Angeles Kings with an 8-1 victory on Thursday night, marking the end of their four-game losing streak. Connor McDavid, securing his ninth 100-point season, contributed a goal and an assist, while Leon Draisaitl shone with a goal and three assists, showcasing the offensive firepower that…
Unlike traditional Russian propaganda outlets like media companies RT and Sputnik, which the West swiftly sanctioned at the start of the invasion of Ukraine, such campaigns “allow for a level of… plausible deniability that complicates counter-influence efforts”, said Sophie Williams-Dunning, a cyber and tech researcher at the Royal United Services Institute think tank.