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Getty Images “Past is prologue.”  It’s been more than 400 years since Shakespeare wrote that line in “The Tempest,” but it still rings true. When it comes to the AP Top 25 or Coaches Poll, we all get frustrated when voters lean too heavily on last season and brush aside what we’ve actually seen on the field. Instead of throwing preseason expectations out the window, they treat them as gospel while dismissing early results as flukes. Power ratings should be different. If opinion polls are reactive, power polls are predictive. They’re not about what has happened, but what’s most likely…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Countless factors may (and may not) contribute to a mosquito’s thirst for your blood over others. And while there’s no single answer to this millennia-old question, researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands think they identified at least a couple influences that may increase your insect attractiveness: booze and certain nocturnal activities. While the team’s study is still in review ahead of its publication, their experiment offers an interesting and possibly life-saving approach to studying mosquito behavior. The blood-suckers are by far the world’s deadliest…

The heat hits me as soon as I open the door, the single panes of glass in the wall-width window drawing the late afternoon sunlight into my room. The red linoleum floor and minimalist interior do little to soften the impact; I wonder how I’m going to sleep. On the opposite side of the corridor, another member of the group I’m travelling with has a much cooler studio, complete with a small balcony that I immediately recognise from archive black and white photographs.Unconsciously echoing the building’s past, we start using this as a common room, perching on the tubular steel…

new video loaded: Why Trump Is Targeting a Brazilian JudgeBy Ana Ionova and Nikolay Nikolov•September 9, 2025Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro flooded streets in Brazil to protest the criminal prosecution of Bolsonaro on charges that he attempted to stage a coup in 2022. Ana Ionova, a correspondent for The New York Times in Brazil, explains how the Supreme Court justice presiding over the trial has taken center stage.

AR Murugadoss’ ‘Madharaasi’ scores big – becomes only Indian film this week to rank among global top scorers at the box office.Shri Lakshmi Movies The new Tamil film Madharaasi has created major buzz at the box office in its debut weekend – the Indian film ranked among top global scorers for the weekend ending September 7, according to Comscore. Directed by AR Murugadoss, Madharaasi earned $7.2 million at the ticket windows since its release on September 5, and is the ninth top-scoring film worldwide this weekend. The much-hyped Bollywood release – Baaghi 4 – scored just about $5 million over…

Ever since I was a child, I’ve despised answering the phone when an unknown number calls. Who could be on the other end? Literally anyone: an acquaintance, a telemarketer, a serial killer who’s menacingly breathing into the mouthpiece.While Apple’s upcoming Liquid Glass refresh in iOS 26 is likely to be the most immediately noticeable aspect of the software update as it starts rolling out to the public on September 15, I believe a smaller addition in iOS 26 might even have a bigger impact on how iPhone owners use their devices.The iPhone is finally getting call screening. Hallelujah. At launch,…

Fergus WalshMedical Editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesMore than 1,000 people across the UK with suspected dementia are to be offered a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease which it is hoped could revolutionise diagnosis of the disease.The blood test can detect biomarkers for rogue proteins which accumulate in the brains of patients with the condition and will be used in addition to pen and paper cognitive tests, which often misdiagnose it in its early stages.Scientists leading the trial at University College London believe the blood test will improve the accuracy of diagnosis from 70% to more than 90% and want to see…

Savannah Chrisley is opening up about the painful reasons behind her falling out with brother Chase. “As hard as I am [on him], there is some fear in me that something’s going to happen to Chase,” Savannah shared on Tuesday’s new episode of Lifetime’s The Chrisleys: Back to Reality. The eldest son and daughter of Todd and Julie Chrisley detailed their widening division on previous episodes of the new series, but focused mainly on Savannah’s resentment that she assumed the majority of family responsibilities when their parents were sentenced to federal prison for tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022.…

This United States’ international window once looked like it could be disastrous. Now, it has been upgraded to strangely uneven.A much-improved US got goals from Alejandro Zendejas and Folarin Balogun to beat a heavily rotated Japan side 2-0 at Lower.com Field in Columbus. The result lends some credence to Mauricio Pochettino’s insistence that the US’s recent subpar results were all part of a plan with a single target: arriving at the World Cup in peak form.The US head coach had been in a defiant mood almost from the moment the final whistle blew on his side’s 2-0 loss to South…

These days, revellers converge on the West Country from all parts of the UK and beyond to take part in the wonderful craziness of the Glastonbury festival.It turns out that at the end of the bronze age – also a time of climatic and economic crisis – the same sort of impulse gripped people.Experts have been examining animal bones excavated at middens (large prehistoric rubbish tips) in Wiltshire and the Thames Valley and found evidence suggesting that more than 2,000 years ago, people travelled from far and wide to congregate for great meat feasts.They have discovered evidence that bronze age…