Month Archives: May 2026

The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 cases and 80 deaths, does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency. Source link...

Melting glaciers, like the one in Ilulissat Icefjord, could release vast stores of methaneGerald Wetzel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Meltwater flushed frozen methane hydrates out of the sediment at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet after the last glacial maximum, which occurred 29,000 to 19,000 years ago, raising...

Freddy Peralta recently rattled off his impressions of a few of the Mets’ starting pitchers before the topic turned to his own season. What does Freddy Peralta think of Freddy Peralta? “I think good,” the right-hander said. “I know that I have more to give and it’s a long season....

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta announced the latest round of updates for its Edits video editing app, including advanced controls for transitions, text and sticker opacity options and live photos. First, on transitions. Edits users can...

Former India player Aakash Chopra has lauded Shubman Gill for playing a fighting knock in the Gujarat Titans' (GT) IPL 2026 clash against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He opined that the GT skipper wants to prove that KKR erred in releasing him ahead of the IPL 2022 auction. KKR...

There is still very little visibility of the Moon tonight, but we are now in a new lunar phase and it will slowly begin to reappear. What is today’s Moon phase?As of Sunday, May 17, the Moon phase is Waxing Crescent. Tonight, 1% of the moon will be be lit...

In the post-Romero era of zombie horror filmmaking, there are only a handful of titles that truly stand out, and one that deserves to be considered among not just the best zombie movies but greatest horror movies of this century is Yeon Sang-ho’s Train to Busan. The high-speed masterpiece of ravenous zombie...

Last week, we asked you to vote on the topic of Motorola’s new flip foldables – the Razr 70 series or, as they are known in the US, the Razr 2026 series. While there are three models involved, we can come to only one conclusion. And that conclusion is that...

A basic fact not well understood by the public and politicians is that developers must raise money for their projects — and cannot if the expected return doesn’t compensate for investors’ risk.In other words: No profit, no project.One elected official who gets it is Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, a...

Alice Mabel Allen (1886-1976) grew up in the village of Adams in Jefferson County. In 1908, while attending Syracuse University, Mabel, as she was known, kept a diary which New York Almanack is publishing each week.Monday, May 18Excused from math. Letter from Rosina asking Edith and me to dinner. Studied with...