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LONDON — Britain’s Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design that marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid concert performance.The coin features an image of the Queen front man, head thrown back and holding the microphone stand midperformance. A musical stave that runs around the edge of the coin represents his four-octave vocal range.The first coin was struck by Mercury’s sister Kashmira Bulsara at the Royal Mint in Wales last week.“As Freddie died young, he didn’t get the chance of being awarded a royal medal for his talents in the music world. So to have…

Energy consumption in the U.S. is changing how people perceive the environmental risks associated with AI. New research challenges the common assumption that artificial intelligence places a heavy burden on the climate. The findings indicate that current levels of AI use have only a small impact on global greenhouse gas emissions and could even support […]

Paramount Pictures 33 years after Stephen King’s novel “The Running Man” hit bookstore shelves, Edgar Wright’s new cinematic take on the story reached theaters. Starring Glen Powell as beleaguered everyman Ben Richards, “The Running Man” follows this anger-prone guy as he competes in a deadly game show to secure money for his child’s vitally needed medical treatment. Lots of energetic action sequences ensue as Richards gradually becomes a mythic hero to everyday people in this dystopian reality. This $110 million-budgeted project was released into theaters in the hopes of continuing…

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday urged countries at United Nations climate talks to take “concrete actions” to stop climate change that is threatening the planet, telling them humans are failing in their response to global warming and that God’s creation “is crying out in floods, droughts, storms and relentless heat.”In a video message played for religious leaders gathered in Belem, Leo said nations had made progress, “but not enough.”“One in three people live in great vulnerability because of these climate changes,” Leo said. “To them, climate change is not a distant threat, and to ignore these…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s foreign minister on Monday criticized a plane that arrived in the country with more than 150 Palestinians on board as part of a “broader agenda” to clear out Gaza and the West Bank through a network of chartered flights.Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola did not say who South Africa believed had organized the chartered plane that arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday with 153 Palestinians, but his comments were seen as accusing Israel of being behind a campaign to remove people from the Palestinian territories and send them to other countries.“Indeed, we are suspicious…

Chatter about an AI bubble has been everywhere lately, and top tech companies like Google, Meta, and Microsoft have doubled down on their AI investments for 2026. But how have analysts in the past accurately identified forming tech bubbles? Hosts Michael Calore and Lauren Goode sit down with Brian Merchant, WIRED contributor and author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, to break down the four criteria some researchers have used in the past to understand and brace for the worst.Articles mentioned in the episode:Please help us improve Uncanny Valley by filling out our listener survey.You can follow Michael Calore…

Summit Entertainment Roger Ebert, almost certainly the most well-recognized film critic of all time, was a science fiction fan from way back. He was a hardcore sci-fi geek in high school — running clubs, attending conventions, and writing letters to sci-fi fanzines. It’s no surprise, then, that he wrote many a loving review for sci-fi movies — but the films he chose to lavish that love on could be surprising. It wasn’t just the expected classics of the sci-fi genre, like “Star Wars” and “2001: A Space Odyssey,” that Ebert raved over. He…

Paramount Pictures Even if he engaged in some fuzzy math with the captain in his effort in order to maintain his reputation as a miracle worker, James Doohan’s Montgomery “Scotty” Scott will always be one of the finest engineers in Starfleet. Mentored by Professor Pelia (Carol Kane) in his early Starfleet years, young Scotty (Martin Quinn) would go on to become one of the most critical members of the Enterprise crew under both the commands of Captain Chris Pike (Anson Mount) in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and later (in…

Let’s be real — relationships are hard work. Even the strongest couples hit rough patches. Maybe you’re arguing more than usual. Maybe you’re not arguing at all, but the silence between you feels heavier than words. Maybe you’re just tired — not of each other, but of feeling stuck in the same loop. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. And no, you’re not “failing” at love. You’re just human. Relationships evolve, and sometimes they need a little help to grow in the right direction. That’s where couples therapy near me comes in — not as a last resort, but…

They shouted no slogans nor held any placards. In their hands were petitions on seemingly innocuous subjects like air quality, city parks and paid parking.But the orderly line of people snaking around a Putin administration building in central Moscow one chilly September morning were there to deliver a larger message. In the face of the Kremlin’s snowballing restrictions on dissent, they wanted to show that Russians unhappy with their government are not alone. “The room for politics in Russia has shrunk a lot, but some opportunities are still there,” said Boris Nadezhdin, a longtime politician who helped organize the gathering…