Month: April 2026

Middle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilotMiddle East crisis live: Iran rejects Trump’s 48 hour deadline to ‘make a deal’; US races to find missing pilot

Iran launches missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait after US president says regime will face ‘all hell’ Search for missing US crew member of downed fighter jet enters second day Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s demand that the regime cut a deal in 48 hours or face “all hell”. ...

Gambling Is Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought, Rewriting Human EvolutionGambling Is Thousands of Years Older Than We Thought, Rewriting Human Evolution

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that rolled with it, went out on a limb, gravitationally waved, and spotted relics in our midst. First, hundreds of prehistoric dice sets shed light on the dawn of gambling. Then: these disembodied arms are horny, the forbidden fruits ...

A Fox host says ‘many people’ think women shouldn’t be president. Thank goodness we’ve got a man in charge | Arwa MahdawiA Fox host says ‘many people’ think women shouldn’t be president. Thank goodness we’ve got a man in charge | Arwa Mahdawi

Jesse Watters gave a litany of reasons why women shouldn’t lead before denying he agreed. But peddling these ideas normalizes them Oh dear, it looks like Jesse Watters’ mother needs to give him a good talking to again. The Fox News host regularly spouts so much deliberately provocative nonsense that ...

#MilitaryTok reactions to Iran war stray from White House messaging: ‘Now I’m regretting everything’#MilitaryTok reactions to Iran war stray from White House messaging: ‘Now I’m regretting everything’

As Trump’s administration aims to bring ‘warrior culture’ back to the military, young service members express anxiety and snark online over potential deployment If posts coming from the White House were to be believed, the US-Israel war on Iran looks something like scenes from Top Gun, Braveheart and Deadpool – ...