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Fossils of the creature Spicomellus revealed elaborate body armor used to attract mates and deter rivals. Matt Dempsey/The Natural History Museum, London hide caption toggle caption Matt Dempsey/The Natural History Museum, London A dinosaur that roamed modern-day Morocco more than 165 million years ago had a neck covered in three-foot long spikes, a weapon on its tail and bony body armor, according to researchers who unearthed the curious beast’s remains. The discovery of the animal Spicomellus in the Moroccan town of Boulemane painted a clearer picture of the bizarre, spiked ankylosaur, which was first described in 2021 based on the…

The track will appear on the band’s soundtrack album for Tron: Ares Nine Inch Nails try to grasp something real in a chaotic, pixelated world in the new music video for their recent single, “As Alive As You Need Me to Be.” The video was directed by Maxime Quoilin, who centers the clip around a close-up performance from Trent Reznor, while using an array of different effects to bend space and warp reality. For all the mesmerizing technical wizardry on display, there’s something distinctly tactile about the look of the video, especially as the tension in the visuals builds alongside…

The Los Angeles Clippers have been accused of engaging in salary cap circumvention with star forward Kawhi Leonard, according to a bombshell Wednesday report from investigative journalist Pablo Torre. The story stems from a March 2025 bankruptcy filing of Aspiration, a now-bankrupt sustainability company that received $50 million in funding from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.Aspiration has since dealt with accusations of fraud, and co-founder Joseph Sanberg has since pleaded guilty to defrauding multiple investors. That filing included a list of creditors to whom Aspiration still owed money. Among them? KL2 Aspire LLC, a corporation that lists Kawhi Leonard as its manager.Those filings…

Help Fodor’s help you.At Fodor’s, we spend our days (and, let’s be honest, plenty of nights) making sure that you—our curious, passionate travelers—get the kind of information that makes your journey not only easier, but better. We’re your companions for the path not yet taken. That’s why we’re excited about Google’s new Preferred Sources feature. It’s an easy, smart way to keep the voices you trust (ahem, ahem) at the top of your feed, right when you want them.Here’s what it means: You can now tell Google that Fodor’s is a source you want to see more of—front and center…

A Venezuelan government official claims footage showing a strike on a vessel allegedly carrying illegal narcotics bound for the US – first shared by Donald Trump – is AI-generated. Though he didn’t substantiate with evidence, he attached screenshots of a conversation with an AI chatbot. In this edition of Truth or Fake, Vedika Bahl explains why AI chatbots, and even specific AI detection tools are never 100% reliable in verifying synthetic content.

ToplineTaylor Swift’s engagement rink, tennis star Naomi Osaka’s bedazzled Labubus, Rhianna’s new favorite necklace and a handful of other viral celebrity accessories all have one thing in common: They were made by small businesses. A Labubu doll of Naomi Osaka of Japan on Sept. 1, 2025.Getty ImagesKey FactsKansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce skipped big-name celebrity jewelry designers when commissioning Swift’s engagement ring and instead worked with female-owned small business Artifex Fine Jewelry of New York City. Google searches for Artifex Fine Jewelry, owner Kindred Lubeck and “old mine brilliant cut,” the style of diamond in Swift’s ring, skyrocketed…

CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies training AI models, has struck an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a 2-year-old Y Combinator-backed startup that helps enterprises develop customized AI agents with reinforcement learning, the companies announced on Wednesday. “Reinforcement learning is emerging as a pivotal force to strengthen model performance on agentic and reasoning tasks,” said Brian Venturo, Co-founder of CoreWeave, in a statement to TechCrunch. “By combining OpenPipe’s advanced self-learning tools with CoreWeave’s high-performance AI cloud, we’re expanding our platform to give developers at AI labs and beyond an important advantage in building scalable intelligent systems.” CoreWeave and OpenPipe did…

Children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vaccines against preventable diseases including measles, mumps, chicken pox, polio and hepatitis, said Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, on Wednesday in a speech during which he likened vaccine mandates to “slavery”.Ladapo, hand-picked for the role by Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, is a long-time skeptic of the benefit of vaccines, and has previously been accused of peddling “scientific nonsense” by public health advocates.In his announcement on Wednesday, at a press conference in Tampa hosted by DeSantis, he said that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed, and that he…

It’s time to cha-cha back to the ballroom (or waltz if you prefer to take things a bit slower). Dancing With the Stars is readying for its return, and that means announcing the full cast of contestants, as well as their pro partners. Good Morning America revealed the full lineup of famous faces on Wednesday morning. Nine additional celebrities are joining the previously announced Robert Irwin, Alix Earle, Whitney Leavitt, and Jenn Affleck. The list includes major ’90s nostalgia hits, a talk-show favorite, and a 2024 Olympian who has something to prove. Just some of the notable names joining the…

September 3, 20254 min readA Giant Map Shows How DNA Changes as We AgeA map of DNA methylation changes in human organs—from the stomach to the retinas—could help researchers discover more targets for antiaging therapiesBy Chris Simms & Nature magazine The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of DNA methylation — the addition or removal of tags called methyl groups — becomes less precise as we age. The result is changes to gene expression that are linked to reduced organ function and increased susceptibility to disease…