Year Archives: 2025

News

Huge blast at key Iranian port kills eight and injures more than 750

Moment driver sees huge explosion rip through Iran portAt least eight people have been killed and 750 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran's key ports, authorities say.The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country's largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday...

Science

US government defunds research on misinformation

Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sitesStefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated government research grants for studying misinformation and disinformation. The defunding comes at a time when propaganda and scams fuelled by the latest artificial intelligence technologies are flooding social media...

Tech

Amazon book sale slices into annual Independent Bookstore Day

Readers, patronizing their local shops for annual Independent Bookstore Day, are once again participating, perhaps unknowingly, in a competition between indie book stores and commerce giant Amazon. The holiday, created 12 years ago to promote local businesses in the same vein as Record Store Day, has become a nationwide boon...

Nature

‘The forest gives me everything’

Editor’s note: Despite its protected status, Peru’s Alto Mayo Protected Forest — a swath of Amazonian rainforest twice the size of New York City — has seen some of the country’s highest rates of deforestation. Since 2012, Conservation International has sought to halt the loss of forests by brokering “conservation...

MovieMovies

How films emulate gaming mechanics

Pretend it's a video game: How films emulate gaming mechanics About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at...

Market

What are NYC’s most expensive neighborhoods?

The first three months of 2025 brought a bit of a shakeup to New York City’s most expensive neighborhoods. While Hudson Yards held on to the crown, Little Italy — absent from the top 50 list for nearly a year — reappeared to claim the No. 2 title on Property Shark’s...

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