If you don’t know it already Google “original Predator design” and take a gander at the results. You’re looking for the thing that looks like a cross between a giant cockroach and a cheap lawn decoration you’d buy at Spirit Halloween.Bear in mind: This wasn’t some early, rejected concept art. They actually took that suit to the set of 1987’s Predator in the jungles of Mexico. Carl Weathers tried to fight it. Jean-Claude Van Damme got inside it and attempted to performs stunt in it. (Guess how well that turned out.)Eventually, the filmmakers came to their senses, shut down production while they fixed…
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This season, South Park has drawn attention for repeatedly targeting President Donald Trump and his administration. In an interview with The New York Times, however, co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker clarified that this wasn’t intentional, but rather a byproduct of the times. “It’s not that we got all political,” Parker said. “It’s that politics became pop culture.” Stone added that they were also “attracted to” the idea that speaking out against the administration had become “taboo.” According to the creative duo, they didn’t decide to take on the US president until after their deal with Paramount was delayed by a…
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What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write A Line In The Sand? Nilima Rani Das was a real person from Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, who took a loan of under $10,000 from Dr. Yunus’s Grameen Bank with an interest rate of over 20%. She had to repay the loan in 46 installments and diligently paid 40 of them. Due to unavoidable hardship, she missed the 41st payment, after which Grameen Bank officials began to harass her, and the mistreatment gradually intensified. Unable to bear the threats and escalating abuse, Nilima, a 28-year-old housewife, took her own life, leaving…
Molecular biologist James Watson helped reveal DNA’s hidden shapeEverett Collection Historical / Alamy Stock Photo James Watson, one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died in a New York hospice facility at the age of 97. Along with fellow researchers Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, he won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of DNA’s double helix shape, which laid the groundwork for innumerable innovations throughout the field of biology. After that revolutionary discovery, Watson went on to serve as the director, president and chancellor of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New…
NBC screenshot Pete Davidson is back at his old stomping grounds. Davidson returned to “Saturday Night Live” this week, the show he called home for eight seasons as a cast member, to defend the “fiasco” that is his purchase of an old Staten Island Ferry boat with current “SNL”-er Colin Jost. Davidson stopped by Weekend Update to explain why he had to go do stand-up comedy in Saudi Arabia: “We’re losing millions on this ferry!” They wanted to make the boat less depressing, he said, so they gave it a new name: Titanic…
The film’s title, renamed from the story’s original Save the Green Planet!, speaks to a central fascination of Kubrick spanning from Lolita to Eyes Wide Shut. “Bugonia” refers to a mythological process holding that bees would spawn from the carcass of an ox. This sexual and reproductive anxiety is baked into the fabric of Bugonia as one species’ demise becomes another’s opportunity.Concerned about colony collapse disorder and its downstream effects for natural life, Teddy takes up beekeeping with religious devotion for the preservation of humanity. Lanthimos, like Kubrick, understands the slippery slope when people enter into intensive regulation of sexual activity. Teddy’s monomaniacal asceticism…
Today (November 7) is a big day for Hayley Williams. Physical editions of Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, the Paramore leader’s third solo studio album, are out now, and they include two songs that were not initially released on digital streaming platforms. Williams shared one of them, “Good Ol’ Days,” online last month, and now she’s released the other. Check out “Showbiz,” produced by co-writer Daniel James, below.Another reason today is a big day for Hayley Williams is that she got nominated for four Grammy Awards. Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party is up for Best Alternative Music Album,…
I love a good seasonal manicure. Rich espresso brown nails for autumn? Check. OPI’s iconic Funny Bunny Nail Lacquer to mirror the winter snow? Obviously. But what about the in-between period when autumn nail trends seem like old news, but you don’t want to commit to your winter nail shades yet? That, my friends, is when you need a good transitional manicure that will tide you over. And this year, I’m following Dua Lipa’s lead.While I was recently scrolling through the singer’s IG, I spotted one of her signature cool-girl manicures, and it immediately struck me as the perfect fall-to-winter…
In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed high cholesterol levels in a small number of people.In a trial conducted by Swiss biotech company Crispr Therapeutics, 15 participants received a one-time infusion meant to switch off a gene in the liver called ANGPTL3. Though rare, some people are born with a mutation in this gene that protects against heart disease with no apparent adverse consequences.The highest dose tested in the trial reduced both “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides by an average of 50 percent within two weeks after treatment. The effects…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Every week, I look at the biggest bestseller lists and note the overlap to see the bestselling books of the week, according to all the lists. It’s interesting to see the buzzy books of the moment, but the selection typically leaves something to be desired. That list is usually very predictable and anything but diverse. It points to just how monolithic (white, straight, cis, abled, etc) the biggest books are right now, representing only a very narrow range of voices. That said, there are…
Bacteria can effectively travel even without their propeller-like flagella — by “swashing” across moist surfaces using chemical currents, or by gliding along a built-in molecular conveyor belt. Credit: Jason Drees/ASU New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella—the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward. Movement lets bacteria form communities, spread to new places or escape from danger. Understanding how they do it can help us develop new tools to fight against infections. In the first study, Navish Wadhwa and colleagues show that salmonella and E. coli can move across moist surfaces…
Columbia Tristar/Getty Images In 1998, shortly after the success of “Scream,” screenwriter Kevin Williamson proved once again that he understood teenagers. He created and ran “Dawson’s Creek,” a teen drama that aired for six seasons on The WB. Set in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts, the show followed the puberty-soaked adventures of Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his friends; they grew up, fell in love, dealt with high school problems, and eventually went off to college. The show had a major impact on pop culture, not least because of its…
HBO Max’s new TV and movie release schedule for November 10 to November 16, 2025, includes Beat Bobby Flay Season 41, Homestead Rescue Season 13, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, and Eddington. On November 12, Beat Bobby Flay Season 41 dropped on HBO Max. The cooking reality show focuses on a culinary battle between two contestants. Later, the person winning the competition must face Chef Bobby Flay to make a signature dish. Further, Homestead Rescue Season 13 arrives on the streaming platform. It focuses on families who wish to live off-the-grid lives but fail to accommodate the commodities…
Rod Wave has been arrested by the Atlanta Police Department on multiple weapon and drug charges. The 27-year-old rapper-singer, whose real name is Rodarius Green, was taken into custody Friday (Nov. 7) in Fulton County, Georgia, and charged with possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies, reckless driving, possession of a Schedule V controlled substance and possession of Schedule II controlled substance, according to TMZ. Following his arrest, Rod Wave was booked into the Fulton County Jail, Fox 5 Atlanta reports. As of Saturday morning, he remained in custody. His attorney,…
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James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist most known for co-winning the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the structure of DNA and its significance in transferring information in living systems. The importance of this discovery cannot be overstated. It unlocked how genes work and gave birth to the fields of molecular biology and evolutionary phylogenetics. It has inspired and influenced my career as a scientist and as director of a bioinformatics and functional genomics research center.Watson was also an outspoken and controversial figure who transformed the way science was communicated. He was the first high-profile…
Brett Richards (Shawn Hatosy) is done putting out fires at Station 42. In Friday’s “Fire Country,” 42 responds to an emergency involving a man trapped inside a silo. Though the team keeps it professional, there is some degree of distraction as news of Bode’s possible relapse spreads among the crew. (His bag of pills was found, but his drug test came back clean; he hasn’t used.) In light of the pills, Jake thinks Bode needs to be taken off the team, but Manny believes they need to respond with empathy and care in order to ensure Bode’s success, and thus…
I had just turned 10 when The Mummy came out in May of 1999, and I remember cowering, wide-eyed, behind my giant bag of popcorn topped with Sno-Caps as man-eating CGI scarabs terrorized the characters on screen. I couldn’t sleep that night when we returned home from the movie theater, as visions of decrepit mummies and deadly, ancient bugs and men shriveling up as they got the life sucked out of them flashed in my little girl brain. I was so scared! I was hooked.The Mummy has long been one of my favorite films, partly due to my undying ’90s…
This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony is this weekend. Here is everything you need to know about the event, including how to watch/stream from the comfort of your home.How to Watch the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CeremonyThe 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will stream live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, starting at 8PM ET on Saturday through Disney+. An option to stream the show on demand will be available at the conclusion of the ceremony.A primetime special comprised of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction moments and…
By Howard Bloom The big question in astrophysics right now is whether our solar system has been penetrated by a giant spaceship. A spaceship from a distant solar system. And from a distant civilization. A spaceship that deliberately cruised past three separate planets, then hid behind the sun. Why swing behind the sun? Says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, to release probes that would explore our planet. Some UAV fans take this even farther. They speculate that this object will land at area 51. What’s true and what’s not? Is this new object in the sky the biggest spaceship we have ever seen? Or…
Rosalía blessed us last night with her highly-anticipated fourth album Lux. The record explores religion and feminine mysticism, both themes that she has been heavily leaning into with her outfits for recent press. She is often wearing all-white or all-black—the duality of lightness and darkness is a key motif in Lux. Last night, at the Los40 Music Awards in Valencia, Spain, Rosalía arrived in head-to-toe black, wearing a custom Balenciaga Spring/Summer 2026 look. She wore a cropped feathered top with her mid-drift exposed and a long low-rise taffeta skirt with a thin Balenciaga logo belt. The look was quite literally…
Winter bedding is different from summer bedding—thicker, loftier, softer, cozier—and now’s the perfect time to upgrade thanks to Brooklinen’s Flash Sale. We test a lot of bedding at WIRED for our numerous sleep-related buying guides, and Brooklinen is mentioned in nearly all of them. Its bedding is high-quality, aesthetically pleasing, and functions like it should. The brand hosts relatively frequent sales, but it’s rare that so many of our top picks are discounted at the same time. Many of our favorite bedding items we’ve hand-tested on our own beds are on sale through November 10. If you’re in the market…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Cry of the Lake? Close to where I live is a slimy puddle of water where King Charles I is said to have watered his horse after the Battle of Naseby. The well is steeped in history but rather underwhelming, and I started the book by thinking there should be a festival to mark its significance—and then wondered about the best way to cause havoc in the surrounding sleepy village. The emergence of a dead body seemed the perfect answer. The rest of the story evolved from the…
Plumes of ice particles, water vapour and organic molecules spray from Enceladus’s south polar regionNASA/JPL-Caltech The liquid water ocean hidden underneath the icy crust of Enceladus has long made this moon of Saturn one of the best prospects in the hunt for extraterrestrial life – and it just got even more promising. The discovery of heat emanating from the frozen moon’s north pole hints the ocean is stable over geological timescales, giving life time to develop there. “For the first time we can say with certainty that Enceladus is in a stable state, and that has big implications for habitability,”…
Courtesy of The CW, Paramount+, Hulu Loving television means celebrating the best it has to offer… and also calling out the series that really miss the mark. To that end: It’s time for our picks for the worst TV shows of 2025 so far! Among the latest inductees into our Hall of Shame are a celeb reality show no one asked for, a procedural that feels like a pale imitation of what came before, a prestige drama event that left a bad taste in our mouths, and a highly disappointing…
Predators: Badlands works best when it’s dealing with the organic. In the soft, frictionless world of so many computer-generated tentpole spectacles, there’s a textured sensuality to the world crafted by director Dan Trachtenberg that’s undeniably appealing. The scaled, rippled skin of the Predator has a certain kind of beauty; its hollowed out face, golden eyes and expressive mandibles tap into something primal and exciting. The extraterrestrial world is rich in oozing lifeforms and even the synthetic curves of the film’s humanoid characters, androids designed to explore the inhospitable planet, feel embodied; their skin delicate, apt to rip and scar. The film opens with an exile,…
Doechii’s “Anxiety” has been nominated five times at the 2026 Grammy Awards. This slew of nominations has prompted questions from people who thought they knew when the song was released and how the awards work. We’re here to clear that up. Check out the full list of nominees here. Get Doechii Tickets Here When Did Doechii Release “Anxiety”? Doechii has been striving for stardom for years. Evidence of the Florida rapper/singer’s ambitious come-up is peppered across the internet in the form of earnest vlogs on YouTube, which is where Doechii’s original Swamp fanbase first heard the artist’s uber-popular single. Doechii…
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