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After a dramatic Game 1 overtime win, the reigning champion New York Liberty returned home to Barclays Center — where they were 17-5 in the regular season — with a chance to sweep the Phoenix Mercury in their first-round series and advance to the semifinals. Instead, they got steamrolled and suffered their worst home playoff loss in franchise history. The Mercury controlled all aspects of the game, but were particularly dominant defensively en route to an 86-60 win, which evened the series at 1-1 and forced a deciding Game 3 back in Phoenix on Friday night. “When you want to win and…

Even brief exposure to air pollution may alter the structure of the placenta and push the organ into an inflammatory state, recent laboratory research finds.Scientists already knew that particles found in air pollution can reach the placenta and get taken up by immune cells there.”There’s no doubt that particles are entering the bloodstream and then accumulating, or getting to, the placenta and being taken up by placental cells,” said Dr. Jonathan Grigg, a professor of pediatric respiratory and environmental medicine at Queen Mary University of London who was not involved in the recent study. You may like The new work…

The best museums in New York City will teach you something and expose you to beauty in some form, at some level. Some are massive, many more are teeny-tiny and uber specialized, and more still fall somewhere in between. The only difficulty about them, for each is wonderful in at least a few ways, is parsing which ones to visit when one has limited time and limited energy—even the best of us, after all, can fall victim to museum fatigue when too much standing and looking gets crammed into an itinerary.Below, we’ve attempted to give a glimpse at each of…

People are getting excited about doing vibe coding and being vibe coders, here’s why.gettyIn today’s column, I closely examine the relatively new field of vibe coding. If you aren’t familiar with what vibe coding is or possibly only vaguely heard about it, no worries, since I am going to bring you entirely up-to-speed. The keystones will be presented. Tradeoffs are identified. The future of this rapidly expanding means of devising software by tapping into the generative capabilities of modern-era AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Grok, Gemini, and other large language models, will be discussed.Let’s talk about it.This analysis of…

Google’s Nano Banana image-generation model, officially known as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, has fueled global momentum for the Gemini app since launching last month. But in India, it has taken on a creative life of its own, with retro portraits and local trends going viral — even as privacy and safety concerns begin to emerge. India has emerged as the No. 1 country in terms of Nano Banana usage, according to David Sharon, multimodal generation lead for Gemini Apps at Google DeepMind, who spoke at a media session this week. The model’s popularity has also propelled the Gemini app to…

Menopause and CancerMenopause and Cancer is a charity that supports people who are managing menopause following cancer treatmentCampaigners are calling for menopause support to be included into cancer treatment care plans.The majority (90%) of the 1,200 people surveyed by Menopause and Cancer said they were not provided plans to help manage menopause-related health changes brought on by cancer treatment.Its founder Dani Billington said the results were “not a surprise”.NHS England has been approached for comment.Ms Billington said there was currently no direct pathway for menopause treatment support included in cancer care plans.”We call for improved training for healthcare professionals, better…

There are so many horror stories about professional sports that it’s surprising there aren’t more horror movies about professional sports. The new film produced by Jordan Peele aims to fill that gap with its story of a rising star quarterback who encounters dark forces on his road to becoming the GOAT. Unfortunately, Him, directed by Justin Tipping (Kicks), squanders its potential. While it starts out promisingly, it seriously devolves in its second half into a surreal phantasmagoria that’s more gonzo than chilling. If you’re looking for a truly disturbing film about the dehumanizing effects of professional football in the corporate…

Eddie Hearn has threatened to sue Chris Eubank Jr, after the boxer fired the first shots during a press conference ahead of his rematch with Conor Benn by accusing his opponent’s team of dirty tricks and “sabotage”.Eubank Jr, who won their first bout by unanimous decision in April, claimed an ambulance taking him to hospital afterwards was stopped – and appeared to point the finger at Benn’s promoters, Matchroom Boxing.The claim was met with derision by Matchroom chairman Hearn, who said “I’ve never heard so much waffle” and later threatened to take legal action against Eubank Jr for his comments.…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Tucked along the picturesque Zeravshan River in the rocky mountains of northwestern Tajikistan lies the ruins of a forgotten, ancient palace. The monumental royal complex once presided over a bustling city along the Silk Road, not far from modern Tajikistan’s border with Uzbekistan. In its heyday, the palace’s walls were covered with colorful murals and intricate wooden carvings, most of which have been lost to time—until now. A study recently published in the academic journal Antiquity recreates and analyzes one of palace’s most surprising murals. The…

A decomposing body found in a car registered to singer D4vd has been identified as a missing 15-year-old girl, US authorities say.Police officers discovered the remains of Celeste Rivas inside the boot of the impounded Tesla on 8 September, after responding to reports of a foul smell at the Hollywood tow yard in Los Angeles.Authorities said both the cause and time of her death remained unknown. Rivas, from Lake Elsinore in California, was 13 at the time of her disappearance and was last seen on 5 April 2024, according to a missing person flyer cited by CBS, the BBC’s US…