As Monty Python and the Holy Grail celebrates its 50th anniversary, the comedic movie continues to be loved, and the characters are an integral part of that legacy. There are five Monty Python movies, and while 1979’s Life of Brian is well-regarded, Holy Grail is in a class of its own. 50 years later, Holy
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Google is bringing AI image editing to Gemini, which means that you can use text-based prompts in the Gemini app or website to tweak existing images. This feature has been available in Google AI Studio for some time, and Google is now rolling it out to all Gemini users, with support for 45 languages. Google
The Trump administration has been soliciting ideas on ways to encourage Americans to get married and have more children, according to a new report in the New York Times. View Source Here
The division of human cells may not exactly align with what’s written in textbooks Iokanan VFX Studios/Shutterstock Scientists have discovered a kind of division that allows cells to use the information encoded in their shape to direct what kinds of cells their offspring become. This could help us develop ways of engineering tissues and deepen
The new Overwatch 2 Stadium game mode was launched last week, as the headliner of Season 16 and the ‘third pillar of Overwatch.’ The mode has been incredibly well received by players, who are sinking hours into it, but there’s always room for ways to improve and build on what’s already out there. The Overwatch
The experimental guitarist Nathan Salsburg has announced a new album, Ipsa Corpora, that comes out on June 20 via No Quarter. It’s his first fully acoustic solo album since 2018’s Third. See the album cover below. Ipsa Corpora consists of one 40-minute composition. Salsburg recorded the album in December 2024 with James Elkington at Chicago’s
Contestants on The Price Is Right are often so full of energy and excitement that it manifests in strange ways, especially during broadcasts of the popular game show. Based on recent scenes, a big winner recently lunged toward and tackled one of the models. So, what happened in recent game show scenes to bring this
Universal Pictures has released a brand new How to Train Your Dragon video for the upcoming live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation’s blockbuster franchise. The movie is scheduled to arrive in theaters on June 13, 2025. “On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart. The
The New York Public Library (NYPL) recently released a list of 25 of the best new poetry books out this year. To come up with the list, the NYPL’s librarians and staff read more than 250 poetry books and narrowed them down to the current list, which covers everything from identity (AAPI, Black, LGBTQ+, Middle
The Radial Menu UI as it appears in-game while playing Stardew Valley Credit: Eric Ravenscraft Valve’s Steam Deck has quickly become my go-to gaming handheld. I’ve clocked—oh god—500 hours just in Hades II on the Steam Deck. Yet I spent full weeks of my life using this device without diving into its most powerful feature:
This article was produced by ProPublica in partnership with The Oregonian/OregonLive. Sign up for Dispatches, to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. In Phnom Penh’s hot season, when the Cambodian capital’s sweltering, subtropical air routinely soars to 100 degrees, more workers than usual visited the infirmaries inside a factory that
Robots equipped with the π0.5 AI model were tested in homes they had never seen before Physical Intelligence An AI enabling robots to do chores like making the bed or cleaning up spills in homes it has never seen before could allow many more robots to become generally useful, its creators say. Large language models
Stardock Entertainment announced they will assume production management for the historical turn-based strategy game Ara History Untold, while Oxide Games will continue as the lead developer. Xbox Game Studios will continue to publish the game. “With our decades of experience in delivering high-quality strategy games, Stardock is uniquely equipped to lead development on future content
Adam Wiltzie has announced a reissue of Stars of the Lid’s first album, Music for Nitrous Oxide, to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The new edition is out on July 25 via Wiltzie’s Artificial Pinearch Manufacturing. Below, see a newly released video for an edited version of the album’s “Adamord.” The sound engineer Francesco Donadello did
If you’ve been following our coverage, you’d know how special Found is to us. It’s a show that continues to do remarkable work with its strong messaging regarding hope, working through trauma, and bringing people home. The series has strong writing that keeps us glued to the screens every week. It also has one of
Musician Andrew VanWyngarden has been working in the industry since the 2000s. He is arguably best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the psychedelic pop band MGMT. For his work as part of MGMT, VanWyngarden received multiple Grammy nominations. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in VanWyngarden’s net worth in 2025 and how much
Bookshop.org, a platform that has raised more than $38 million for independent bookstores since 2020, does a roundup of the bestselling books on its site each week that looks at the previous week’s bestsellers. While we have already made a habit of looking at bestselling books each week according to big mainstream sources, Bookshop.org’s list