Most people live within reach of stores, the internet, and public roads. But that’s not true everywhere. In some parts of the world, isolation profoundly affects nearly every aspect of daily life.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

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FILE - The 7-foot tall "2026" numerals are displayed at an illumination ceremony in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File ...

FILE - The 7-foot tall "2026" numerals are displayed at an illumination ceremony in Times Square, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray, File ...

The 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships will continue on Wednesday in Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The United States faces Sweden in its final preliminary game on Wednesday, Dec. 31.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to hold a press conference on the afternoon of Dec. 30, days before he is sworn into office. Mamdani's transition team has not said what the nature of ...

Mohsen Baqery is a Staff Writer at GameRant based in Turkey. He mainly covers video game news and industry features while occasionally publishing guides and listicles. Mohsen started his journey into ...

The Baltimore Ravens face the Green Bay Packers in Week 17 of the NFL season on Saturday at Lambeau Field. The Green Bay Packers host the Baltimore Ravens tonight at Lambeau Field in a key late-season ...

Arsenal enter this showdown with the pressure firmly on, sitting atop the Premier League standings after grinding out a narrow victory over Everton and knowing that second-place Manchester City ...

NFL RedZone — an around-the-horn live highlight show demonstrating all the action on NFL Sunday — is back for Week 16 of the 2025 season. Week 16’s slate starts with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs.