The Oldest Octopus Fossil Ever Isn’t An Octopus At All, Scientists DiscoverThe Oldest Octopus Fossil Ever Isn’t An Octopus At All, Scientists Discover

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that were ritually sacrificed, kicked out of the galaxy, taxonomically revised, and wore many hats. First, scientists shed light on human sacrifice and cousin sex using ancient DNA from the bones of people who lived in fifth-century Korea. Then: ...

Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?Celebrity on celebrity: are we losing the art of the big star interview?

The biggest names in and out of Hollywood are choosing to be interviewed by their peers rather than journalists, leaving many more revealing questions on the table We live in a time where ultra-rich businesspeople have accrued more wealth and power than ever, creating a growing sentiment that they ought ...

‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify

Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged it Jason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month. The friend, bassist Burniss Earl Travis, was curious about Moran’s new record that he ...

‘Endless war’: inside an Israeli kibbutz near Lebanon’s volatile border‘Endless war’: inside an Israeli kibbutz near Lebanon’s volatile border

Residents describe the constant disruption of life under fire and whether military action should wind down It is a day after Israel killed more than 300 in a ceasefire-defying attack in Lebanon, and five miles from the border, at kibbutz Cabri in northern Israel, the quiet of the early Thursday ...

Trump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney BlumenthalTrump’s Iran fiasco has led him into the gravest territory | Sidney Blumenthal

As the president spirals over his disastrous war, his threats have escalated beyond the red line of international law Donald Trump has hung nine glowering portraits of himself throughout the White House, each one projecting a variation on the theme of intimidation. But gazing into his narcissistic pool of grimacing ...