Science

How a Horse Whinnies: With a Whistle and a Song

In a laboratory in France, researchers examined horse larynges, adding tubes and helium to tease apart how a whinny is made. They concluded a whinny combines two mechanisms: a low, sung tone from vibrating vocal folds and a high, whistled tone produced when air is forced through the larynx. The

Sports

Pep Guardiola’s All-Time Best XI: Is This the Ultimate Manager Dream Team?

A 34-second social clip named an all-time starting XI made up of players Pep Guardiola has used and set off a fresh online debate — no stats, just pure chaos. FanZone host Ed Hindle runs through the picks rapidly: “Best goalkeeper to ever have lived… Manuel Neuer for Bayern Munich,” followed

Business

Susan Rice's Trump critique raises questions about board member speech

Susan Rice criticized President Donald Trump during an appearance on the podcast "Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara," and Mr. Trump responded by demanding that Netflix remove her from its board "or pay the consequences." The exchange comes as Netflix pursues an $82.7 billion bid for

Business

After Saks Bankruptcy, Richard Baker Says He Saved Luxury Department Stores

Richard Baker, who combined Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus into Saks Global about 13 months ago, has defended his role after the group's bankruptcy. Sitting in a borrowed Manhattan conference room across from his former company, he said, 'as an entrepreneur, we actually did a very

Culture

Blake Shelton's fibbing reputation surfaces on The Voice Season 29

Blake Shelton may have left The Voice, but his influence remains. Shelton coached the show for its first 23 seasons and is still remembered for an unusual tactic: bending the truth to win Artists. In the Season 29 premiere, 16-year-old Liv Ciara sang Ariana Grande’s “we can’t be

Culture

Shoppers say these suede boots are better than Uggs — on sale for $60

Cushionaire’s Hip-3 ankle boots offer a suede look at a lower price, and the style is currently 40% off. Numerous shoppers say they outperform pricier lookalikes — one review reads, "Let me tell you how much I love these boots! You can’t beat the price, and I have

World

US accuses China of massively expanding nuclear arsenal

The US has accused China of dramatically expanding its nuclear arsenal and of carrying out secret nuclear tests. Christopher Yeaw, the US assistant secretary of state for arms control and non-proliferation, told the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva that New Start had been seriously flawed and 'did not account

Culture

Assassin's Creed 3 set the stage for the series' naval gameplay

Assassin's Creed 3 is both fascinating and fundamental to the series' later development. Its expansive wilderness and smaller settlements felt restrictive compared to the franchise's massive cities, but they established a model that Ubisoft carried forward into Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Shadows. The game also

Tech

Best Steam Next Fest demos to try on PC

From record-shop management to match-three warfare and skateboarding trains, Steam Next Fest runs Feb. 23 to March 2 and brings a large slate of PC demos to Steam. Denshattack! lets you treat a 200 mph subway car like a skateboard in a futuristic, domed-Japan setting. Titanium Court mixes text adventure,

Culture

Boardwalk Empire Is a Great Period Crime Drama for Peaky Blinders Fans

It’s been four years since Peaky Blinders Season 6 streamed on Netflix, and fans will have to wait at least two more weeks for the movie sequel, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. The feature-length film, set to be the final chapter of the saga, premieres on Mar. 6, 2026.

Culture

7 Questions After The Night Agent Season 3 Finale

The Night Agent’s third season delivered ten tense episodes and closed many arcs, but the finale still leaves several unanswered threads. With high-level corruption exposed and key players apprehended or dead, the story wraps up cleanly in places while opening new possibilities elsewhere. Jacob Monroe’s assassination removed a

Sports

Barcelona get FIFA approval to complete signing of Ajay Tavares

Barcelona have brought an end to the transfer saga around Ajay Tavares after FIFA cleared the move, allowing the 16-year-old winger to travel to Barcelona for a medical and to sign his contract. The England U17 forward also holds a Portuguese passport, a detail that let him move to an

Business

Companies sue for refunds after Trump's tariffs deemed illegal

The Supreme Court ruled on February 20 that tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are illegal. Customs and Border Protection had collected more than $129 billion in IEEPA tariff revenue as of December 10, and the court did not order refunds; several major firms have since sued

Culture

Adam Levine: Blake Shelton "ruined" me on The Voice

On The Voice: Battle of Champions, Adam Levine says he’s had to rethink his approach to country singers. For years, country artists who made it through the Blind Auditions tended to end up on Blake Shelton’s team, and even after Shelton left they often gravitated toward Reba McEntire,

Sports

‘Most of us spoke’: Gyökeres says frank talks fired Arsenal derby win

Viktor Gyökeres has revealed that Arsenal’s brutally honest team discussions after the draw at Wolves brought renewed purpose and helped them secure a restorative win at Tottenham on Sunday. He produced arguably his best performance for Arsenal in the 4-1 derby, threatening from start to finish and scoring two

Tech

Asha Sharma inherits limited options as Xbox’s new CEO

Microsoft’s patience with Xbox appears to have run out. Phil Spencer announced an abrupt retirement as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, and his second-in-command Sarah Bond quit. The role went to Asha Sharma, a career executive in tech and services who briefly led Microsoft’s CoreAI project; fans have noted

Politics

France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing

France summoned the U.S. ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, to protest the State Department’s criticism of the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23, after the department said the incident "should concern us all" and that "violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role

Culture

10 Forgotten Sci-Fi Action Movies That Are Massively Underrated

Sci-fi has long been fertile ground for action, mixing alien encounters, enhanced soldiers and dystopian conflict. Classics like The Terminator, Minority Report and The Matrix show the genre's impact, but many worthy films fell through the cracks—some found long‑term fans after poor box office performance, others

Culture

The Greatest Movie of Every Year of the 21st Century (So Far)

More than two decades of cinema are surveyed here, with one film chosen as the best for each year of the 21st century so far. Limiting the list to a single title per year means notable masterpieces such as Spirited Away, Children of Men, and Uncut Gems are set aside

Tech

Which cordless drill wins the Drillympics?

I set up a series of timed DIY workstations — the “Drillympics” — to test cordless drills for speed, power, endurance and precision. The gauntlet included screw-driving, drilling wood and hammer-drilling into concrete, with a bit change at every station to mirror real job switching. The Makita DHP490Z emerged as the overall

Sports

How to buy FC Barcelona 2025/26 tickets: fixtures, prices & hospitality

See FC Barcelona live this season to watch Lamine Yamal’s mazy runs or Ferran Torres’ finishes. The club’s 2025/26 schedule includes home fixtures such as Villarreal (Sat 28 Feb, 16:15), the Copa del Rey semi-final against Atlético Madrid (Tue 3 Mar, 21:00), Champions League round

World

Doorbell image may show Nancy Guthrie suspect before Feb. 1

A new report says one of the images released by the FBI showing the masked figure suspected of kidnapping Nancy Guthrie may have been captured by her Nest doorbell on a day before Feb. 1, the night she is believed to have been abducted. That image shows the suspect without

Tech

Steam Next Fest brings a wave of Palworld-inspired creature-collectors

When Palworld sold 12 million Steam copies in under two weeks, it seemed likely both that Nintendo would respond legally and that copycats would follow. Nintendo filed suit within a year, and the latest Steam Next Fest has produced a crop of creature-collecting, base-building, open-world-survival-crafting demos that look to cash

Tech

How to take full-page screenshots in Chrome on any device

If you need more than a single visible screenshot, Chrome and your device include free tools to capture an entire web page as one file. Rather than stitching multiple images, you can make a single long screenshot or save the page as a PDF using built-in browser and system features.

Crypto

Step Finance and SolanaFloor Shut Down After Treasury Hack

Step Finance, SolanaFloor, and Remora Markets are winding down operations after a major treasury hack that drained millions in SOL and collapsed the STEP token. Step Finance explored financing and acquisition options following the breach but was unable to find a viable path forward. The shutdown includes Remora Markets. Step