Israeli attack on north Gaza police station kills eight

Gaza’s interior ministry denounces ‘horrific massacre’ that killed station chief, other police personnel and civilian.

An Israeli drone attack has targeted a police station in northern Gaza’s Jabalia camp, killing at least eight people, according to local officials.

The Hollywood Reporter Lands 2026 Daytime Emmy Nomination

The Hollywood Reporter has landed another Daytime Emmy nomination for its roundtable series, Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter.

Off Script was nominated in the arts and popular culture program category, marking the third consecutive nod for the awards-season showcase. In total, the series has garnered six Daytime Emmy nominations since 2017.

Onion-like chemical halos may surround phytoplankton that power half of global photosynthesis

Phytoplankton apply the onion skin principle
Each phytoplankton cell in the ocean is surrounded by chemical layers of varying sizes that bacteria can detect to track down the phytoplankton. Credit: Image edited using AI: Riccardo Foffi / ETH Zurich

The interactions between microscopic algal cells and bacteria in the oceans play a pivotal role in the global carbon cycle. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now taken an important step toward deciphering the chemical language that brokers these interactions.

How the SKA will use fast radio bursts to decode the universe

How the SKA will use fast radio bursts to decode the universe
Image of some of the SKA-low antennas. Credit: SKAO

There are parts of the universe that are extremely hard to see, even for our most advanced telescopes. Gas and dust don't emit light and are visible only by the light they block from stars and galaxies. Magnetic fields are even harder to detect because ordinary light typically passes right through them. However, according to a new paper available on the arXiv preprint server by Manisha Caleb of the University of Sydney and their co-authors, a potentially game-changing new tool being commissioned could use a particularly violent astronomical phenomenon to provide new insight into these hard-to-see places.

‘I’m Allergic to Antagonists Who Are Bad for the Sake of Being Bad’ – How The Blood of Dawnwalker’s Vampires Go Beyond Just Being Bosses

Everything that happens in The Blood of Dawnwalker is rooted in the vampiric takeover of Vale Sangora. During the peak of the Black Death plague, the evil Brencis murdered the valley’s human lord, Skender, and claimed the region for himself. To say he now rules with an iron fist would be putting it too bluntly – this bloodsucker is far more cunning than your regular warlord. Born to nobles during the Roman Empire’s glory years, he’s as cruel as he is dignified, and employs a carefully selected court to aid him in controlling the valley’s population. The people are his flock in both senses of the word; a religious congregation and a blood farm.

Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

Google Images, the tech giant’s image search engine, is taking on Pinterest with its latest redesign that turns the site into a browsable, dynamic gallery of images from across the web. Google is also adding a way for users to create AI images right in Search, as it celebrates 25 years since the debut of Google Images.

Variety’s Actors on Actors Lands Two Daytime Emmy Nominations

Variety‘s “Actors on Actors” has received two Daytime Emmy nominations this year, both in the outstanding arts and popular culture program category.

That includes a nod for series’ spring 2025 run, which was geared toward the TV awards season and ran on PBS SoCal as “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” The show then moved to CNN’s streaming platform for its film-centric fall 2025 edition, “Variety & CNN Actors on Actors,” which received the other nomination.