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Aerial view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park with Los Angeles skyline behind it.

The Lucas Museum opened with Star Wars bait—and a bigger bet on what counts as art

George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s new Los Angeles museum uses a Star Wars draw to make a broader case for comics, illustration, murals and cinema as art history.

7m ago

Empty red-seat cinema auditorium with a wide projection screen and wall speakers.

Hollywood had its biggest summer ever. The strange part is what brought audiences back

4h ago

Hewlett Packard Enterprise headquarters in Spring, Texas

HPE’s AI boom is running into a very ordinary problem: not enough parts

16h ago

Infographic showing ESA’s Juice spacecraft path past Earth on September 28, including the 8,640-kilometre closest approach and later route toward Jupiter.

Juice is skimming Earth again—and borrowing its speed for Jupiter

20h ago

Computer-rendered protein structure in blue and teal against flowing lines, illustrating an AlphaFold viral protein model

AlphaFold just mapped thousands of viral protein partnerships. The models still need a lab check

A new AlphaFold Database release makes high-confidence structural predictions for viral protein pairs from 2,812 viral proteomes freely searchable, expanding a research resource while underscoring the gap between a plausible model and a verified biological mechanism.

21h ago

NOAA infographic mapping notable U.S. weather and climate events in August 2026, including drought covering 59.1% of the contiguous United States on September 1.

The U.S. just had its hottest summer on record. Drought still spread across 59% of the country

1d ago

An Indian Army veterinarian gives a rabies vaccination to a family dog while people hold the animal.

Bhutan stopped dog-transmitted rabies deaths. The harder part is keeping them at zero

2d ago

Map showing global temperature percentiles for August 2026, with most regions shaded above average and the warmest areas in dark red.

August broke the global heat record. The ocean set one too.

2d ago

Artist’s concept of the PRIMA far-infrared space telescope against a colorful nebula

NASA’s next space telescope has a $1.2 billion ceiling—and it still has to pass one more test

NASA has advanced PRIMA, a proposed far-infrared space telescope, into the next design phase—but the mission must clear a confirmation review before construction can begin.

2d ago

Storm waves crash against a pier, illustrating the coastal-weather risks associated with a strengthening El Niño

El Niño is surging toward a very strong peak—and its effects could last into 2027

3d ago

Composite image of the face-on spiral galaxy M101, with purple X-ray data and a golden central core; seven newly identified hypersoft X-ray sources lie among the specks of light.

The faintest X-rays may be hiding the stars that explode

3d ago

A contraceptive implant beside a ruler, showing its small size

WHO widens contraception choices—and sets a five-to-10-year clock for male methods

4d ago

Archived image accompanying: UFL shifts into Rhode Island and Colorado, plans 10-team league

UFL shifts into Rhode Island and Colorado, plans 10-team league

The UFL will replace Birmingham and Houston with teams in Pawtucket and Colorado Springs in 2027, using compact soccer stadiums before growing to 10 teams in 2028.

5d ago

Archived image accompanying: Bessent Emerges as Trump’s Leading Contender for AI Czar Role

Bessent Emerges as Trump’s Leading Contender for AI Czar Role

6d ago

Archived image accompanying: Megan McArthur to Bring Ocean-to-Orbit Lessons Back to Scripps

Megan McArthur to Bring Ocean-to-Orbit Lessons Back to Scripps

6d ago

Archived image accompanying: Toyota Stadium district adds hotel, convention and music venue

Toyota Stadium district adds hotel, convention and music venue

6d ago

Archived image accompanying: Ted Leonsis Takes NHL Governors’ Chair at a Pivotal Moment

Ted Leonsis Takes NHL Governors’ Chair at a Pivotal Moment

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis has been unanimously elected chairman of the NHL Board of Governors. He takes the role as owners weigh expansion and an eventual transition beyond commissioner Gary Bettman.

6d ago

Archived image accompanying: Cognex Bets $500 Million on RealSense’s Robot-Vision Platform

Cognex Bets $500 Million on RealSense’s Robot-Vision Platform

6d ago

Archived image accompanying: Einride Taps Nvidia Hyperion to Scale Driverless Freight Network

Einride Taps Nvidia Hyperion to Scale Driverless Freight Network

7d ago

Archived image accompanying: Former Fox Business Producer Jennifer Eckhart Dies at 36 in Florida

Former Fox Business Producer Jennifer Eckhart Dies at 36 in Florida

7d ago