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December 19, 2025 The GIST New 'cloaking device' concept shields electronics from disruptive magnetic fields by University of Leicester edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Sadie Harley scientific editor Meet our editorial team Behind our editorial process Andrew Zinin lead editor Meet our editorial team...
During International Homelessness Week, social enterprise Connection Crew brought together over 70 leaders from social enterprises, homelessness charities, event partners and impact-driven organisations to celebrate 20 years of delivering employment pathways for people affected by homelessness. Sinc...
19 December 2025 He didn’t inherit studios, patrons, or privilege. Ram Vanji Sutar was born to a carpenter in rural Maharashtra, yet became India’s greatest sculptor, building the world’s tallest statue and a legacy etched in......
Science & Tech ‘It just feels good when you solve the hard problems’ Students compare answers after taking the Putnam exam.Photos by Megan Martinez Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer December 19, 2025 6 min read Why do students volunteer to take this notoriously difficult math exam? For the fun of...
It s the most wonderful time of the year—a season filled with sweet treats, glowing lights, and, for millions of eager viewers, formulaic romantic comedies. Hallmark Channel, a leading force in the genre, produced 24 new films for its 2025 holiday lineup. Meanwhile, streaming platforms like Netflix ...
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It’s been one year since we broke ground on our Richland Parish Data Center in Louisiana, which will house our largest multi-gigawatt AI training cluster, Hyperion. Once operational, this data center will play a vital role in supporting our technologies and accelerating our progress toward personal ...
The world s tallest buildings represent humanity s remarkable capacity to overcome architectural and engineering challenges, pushing the boundaries of vertical construction to unprecedented levels. These towering structures not only define modern city skylines but also showcase innovations in materi...
As 2025 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of our biggest moments of the year. We shared our vision for personal superintelligence, broke ground on cutting-edge AI data centers, strengthened protections for teens, launched products enjoyed by billions of people, and more. Driving AI Innova...
The Last Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA) has released renderings of its new museum building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré. Kéré’s design for the 60,000-square-foot building is inspired by the nearby Mojave Desert, the surrounding Red Rock Mountains, baobab trees, and Las Vega...
A total of 1,435 couples almost tripled the Guinness World Record for the largest number of people kissing beneath the mistletoe...
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Single-use vapes, or e-cigarettes, contain lithium batteries and liquids, encased in plastic, that when discarded, can leach chemicals into the environment or even explode and cause fires at waste plants.In the United Kingdom, these single-use devices have been banned. Beginning in June 2025, it bec...
Google plans to take a tangible first step in a new AI and computing moonshot by launching two prototype satellites to orbit in early 2027. Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a research “moonshot” aiming to build a data center in space. The tech giant plans to use a constellation of solar-...
It seems like only yesterday a millennial was a college kid that baby boomers chided for being entitled and Gen Xers thought were way too sincere and needed to learn how to take a joke. Today, the oldest millennials, those born around 1980, have hit their 40s and have lived long enough to have some ...
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College Chicago will host an exhibition next year titled “If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground” and guest curated by leading photography scholar and Harvard professor Sarah Lewis. Opening September 3, “If Emmett Till Lived” will f...
The English conquest of Ireland, often seen as a traumatic event by nationalists, did not occur overnight. It was a gradual process that took over 400 years, often a tug-of-war back and forth with the native Gaelic rulers. It did not come to a decisive end until the Nine Years' War that concluded in...
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Protected areas (PAs) are cornerstones of global biodiversity conservation strategy, yet their social impacts remain contentious. The prevailing narrative often pits global benefits, like biodiversity protection and carbon sequestration, against local costs like restricted access to land and resourc...
A single video of an electric vehicle burning can rack up millions of views in a matter of hours. Headlines sometimes frame battery fires as proof that EVs are inherently dangerous, often implying that electric cars ignite more easily than gasoline vehicles. This perception has become so widespread ...
NASA aimed big for its SPHEREx’s first 3D cosmic map. Only six months after starting operations, the orbital space telescope has completed its inaugural infrared scan of the entire sky. Although infrared isn’t visible to the human eye, the map’s 102 wavelengths remain detectable across the universe—...
After injury, the visual system can recover by growing new neural connections rather than replacing lost cells. Researchers found that surviving eye cells formed extra branches that restored communication with the brain. These new pathways worked much like the originals. The repair process, however,...
The Milwaukee-based Ruth Foundation for the Arts has named the five artists who have won its 2026 Ruth Awards. They are Yuji Agematsu, Ranu Mukherjee, Will Rawls, Ellen Sebastian Chang, and Anna Martine Whitehead. The winners will receive an unrestricted grant of $100,000 each, which will be disburs...
