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NPR’s Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele discuss championship night in women’s soccer and the return of King James to the NBA court.

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. A time traveler visiting from an earlier era might reasonably conclude that humanity has entered the age of cyborgs and cybernetics. Pedestrians regularly walk down city streets with tiny computers in their hands and even smaller digital devices shoved in their ear canals. Virtual reality headsets, though still bulky, can transport users into convincingly realistic digital versions of far away museums and  long past historical events. And yet, despite all this technology, people today still can’t really feel what it’s like to touch objects in their…

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This photo released by the Christian Association of Nigeria shows the dormitories of St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School after gunmen abducted children and staff in Papiri community in Nigeria on Friday. Christian Association of Nigeria/AP hide caption toggle caption Christian Association of Nigeria/AP ABUJA, Nigeria — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a final…

In late 2016, just a few weeks after Donald Trump won his first presidential election, Teen Vogue published a story that set the internet ablaze: “Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America.”The story garnered more than 1.3m hits, making it the magazine’s most-read story of the year. Elaine Welteroth, then the editor-in-chief, told NPR that the day it published, Teen Vogue sold “in that month, more copies of the magazine than we had that entire year”. It was a transformative moment for the publication: proof that a magazine long associated with Disney child stars and headlines like “Prom Fever!” could shine light…

“The things we had to consider were typical health and safety, and effective placement (breathing height, multiple monitors for multiple spaces, not near windows/doors),” a Kawaiicon spokesperson who goes by Sput online told WIRED over email. “To be honest, it is no different than having to consider other accessibility options (e.g., access to venue, access to talks, access to private space for personal needs),” Sput wrote. “Being a tech-leaning community it is easier for us to get this set up ourselves, or with volunteer help, but definitely not out of reach given how accessible the CO2 monitor tech is.” Kawaiicon’s…

UK poultry producers are battling a “bad season” of bird flu, with cases much worse than at this point last year, putting a squeeze on supplies of Christmas birds including turkeys, chickens and ducks.Two industry insiders said they expected supplies of all poultry to be tight ahead of the festive season, especially for organic and free-range birds, which are seen as the most vulnerable to infection.There are also likely to be fewer heavier birds available as some producers have started processing them earlier to try to avoid the risk of infection.About 5% of the UK Christmas poultry flock, including turkeys,…

It’s fitting that Charli XCX accompanied her post on X about “the realities of being a pop star” with a photo of Lou Reed — the enigmatic frontman of the Velvet Underground. The image is a screenshot of Reed from a 1974 interview where he answers rapid-fire questions as laconically and languidly as possible, much to the chagrin of the rabid journalists huddled around him. As Charli, who once said she wants to make a “Lou Reed record,” might put it, that’s art, baby. In her new Substack published Friday, Charli begins with a few clarifications. While she writes “being…

Getty Images November 22 will be a historic day for all the Barcelona fans around the world as the team coached by Hansi Flick will make their return to the Spotify Camp Nou for the first time since May 2023, when they won 3-0 against Mallorca. Since then, the Blaugrana played at the Estadio Olimpico Lluís Companys as the historical arena was undergoing a full reconstruction. Spanish star Lamine Yamal will also be back at the Camp Nou, as he managed to play his debut game with Barcelona at the old stadium. On April 29, 2023, Yamal made his professional…

I was settling into one of those airport activity tables with high stools and electric outlets at my flight’s gate, waiting for the agent to announce boarding, when I felt a gathering storm at the apex of my butt cheeks. This was my last flight after being away from home on a book tour in May. For the past two weeks, I hadn’t left my chair much, due to all the posting, podcasting, writing, and tense, nervous scrolling that releasing a book involves. But I’d moved just fine from plane to hotel to bookstore. I’d even made a point of…