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As Bay Area hosts World Cup, empty red seats are everywhere at Levi’s Stadium : NPR

As Bay Area hosts World Cup, empty red seats are everywhere at Levi’s Stadium : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Fans watch from the stands during the World Cup Group B soccer match between Qatar and Switzerland in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Saturday, June 13, 2026. Eakin Howard/AP hide caption toggle caption Eakin Howard/AP SANTA CLARA, Calif. — There appeared to be thousands of empty seats scattered throughout Levi’s Stadium for the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland on Saturday. On an unseasonably warm June afternoon by Bay Area standards, with the temperature at kickoff around 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius), many of those vacant seats were on the east side of the stadium that typically can get very hot for much of the year. With the Swiss fans clad it bright red, they blended in with the empty red seats. On Friday, FIFA blamed the empty seats during the World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara on fans who watched from the concourses. For NFL games at Levi’s Stadium, crowds are often late arriving because of tailgating outside the venue in the heart of Silicon …

What is the Common Travel Area? Why the Ireland-UK border arrangement isn’t a ‘loophole’ for migrants

What is the Common Travel Area? Why the Ireland-UK border arrangement isn’t a ‘loophole’ for migrants

Published by Sam Flores

A horrific knife attack in Belfast has exacerbated tensions which have spilled over into widespread disorder. Much of the violence has targeted migrants and ethnic minorities. Hadi Alodid, 30, a Sudanese refugee who entered the UK in 2023 via Ireland, has been charged with attempted murder. Politicians of all stripes have used the attack to raise the need to change the Common Travel Area (CTA) on the basis that it has become a “loophole” in the UK’s immigration regime. Politicians generally want to be seen offering immediate solutions where issues arise. But here they risk playing into profoundly damaging narratives for societal cohesion, while upending arrangements that thousands rely upon on a daily basis. What is the Common Travel Area? The CTA began to operate in 1922, after Ireland’s independence from the UK. Neither country wanted to impose a full immigration regime where people had previously moved freely, especially in the context of managing their new land border. The CTA allows British and Irish citizens to move, live and work freely between the two countries, …

Barfly music venue to reopen in Camden: will this be London’s coolest area once more?

Barfly music venue to reopen in Camden: will this be London’s coolest area once more?

Published by Sam Flores

How Camden came to be this free spirited “incubator” for talent comes down to class and creativity. It’s traditionally been a poor area, a cheap place to live, while also being graced with the presence of London artists, from Charles Dickens, who had a house in Bayham Street, to Walter Sickert (creator of the grisly series of paintings, The Camden Town Murder), to the many musicians who played shows here, including Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, The Ramones and Prince. Withnail and I was set here and perhaps set the tone for the place more than any other: it ain’t pretty but it is fun. Source link

Area 51 Mystery Jet Caught On Thermal Camera Sparks Sixth-Gen Stealth Fighter Speculation

Area 51 Mystery Jet Caught On Thermal Camera Sparks Sixth-Gen Stealth Fighter Speculation

Published by Jenni Sidey

The military aviation and defense news blog The Aviationist has spent years tracking mysterious aircraft activity around U.S. restricted airspace. Its latest report highlights a thermal image that may reveal a previously unseen next-generation stealth fighter jet design featuring cranked-kite wings and canards near Area 51. “Had to update this composite image with the latest mysterious aircraft. We have reported on all of them over the years, starting 12 years ago with the Amarillo and Wichita sightings, then the January 2026 image by Uncanny Expeditions, and now the most recent one by Project Fear,” The Aviationist wrote on X. Had to update this composite image with the latest mysterious aircraft. We have reported on all of them over the years, starting 12 years ago with the Amarillo and Wichita sightings, then the January 2026 image by Uncanny Expeditions, and now the most recent one by Project Fear.… pic.twitter.com/d7AeMwI6SO — The Aviationist (@TheAviationist) June 5, 2026 The Aviationist cited a thermal image shared by the Project Fear YouTube channel earlier this week. The Aviationist reached out …

A physical therapist says you should work on strengthening this often overlooked area if you want to age well and stay independent

A physical therapist says you should work on strengthening this often overlooked area if you want to age well and stay independent

Published by Jenni Sidey

One of the things that worries me most about getting older is losing the ability to use my hands properly. I’ve been helping my grandmother to catalog several lifetimes’ worth of pictures—some taken, some inherited—because she struggles to hold a pen for more than a minute or two. While spending more time with my grandmother has been a wonderful experience, watching her struggle has left me thinking about how grip strength and fine motor skills can begin to deteriorate later in life. Article continues below You may like “Grip strength often doesn’t get much attention, but it plays a huge role in overall health,” explains Devin Trachman, clinical director of Physical Therapy Central. “This is especially true as we get older. “It is about so much more than opening jars or carrying groceries. Strong hands help us stay independent and continue doing the things that make daily life feel normal and enjoyable. “As the years go by, we rely on our grip for countless small but important tasks like holding a glass of water, using …

‘Save Willy Act’ introduced in California to help save whales in Bay Area

‘Save Willy Act’ introduced in California to help save whales in Bay Area

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In a move that will certainly tug on the heartstrings of anyone that grew up in the 90s, Representative Sam Liccardo (D-Ca.)and other co-sponsors have introduced the Save Willy Act, aiming to protect the whales that enter the San Francisco Bay. The bill’s appropriate name is inspired by the 1993 drama Free Willy, in which an orphan boy befriends and ultimately saves a captive orca.  “With at least eight whale deaths already recorded this year in the San Francisco Bay Area, we welcome the attention this bill brings to protecting whales in coastal waters,” Kathi George, Director of Cetacean Conservation Biology at The Marine Mammal Center, said in a statement. If passed, the Save Willy Act would create a “Whale Desk” in the U.S. Coast Guard’s San Francisco station, where the public and mariners can report sightings and warn vessel operators of whales in the bay to avoid often fatal collisions. Additionally, the bill instructs the Coast Guard to …

Brain scans of 800 incarcerated men link psychopathy to an expanded cortical surface area

Brain scans of 800 incarcerated men link psychopathy to an expanded cortical surface area

Published by José Betancourt

Individuals with high levels of psychopathy tend to struggle with feeling concern for others, and new research links these psychological traits to specific structural properties of the brain. A recent analysis of brain scans from over 800 incarcerated men reveals that those scoring high for psychopathy possess an expanded brain surface area and a compressed organizational layout of their brain tissue. The resulting paper appears in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science. Empathy is not a single characteristic. It involves several distinct psychological skills that allow people to navigate social situations. Cognitive empathy allows a person to actively understand the perspective or mental state of someone else. Empathic concern is the emotional ability to actually feel sympathy or care for another person’s well-being. In clinical psychology, psychopathy is typically characterized by a severe lack of these empathic traits. It is also distinctively categorized by high levels of manipulation, impulsivity, and antisocial behavior. Historically, researchers seeking to understand the biological roots of psychopathy have examined the physical structure of the brain. Most previous imaging studies …

Area 51 just had 17 earthquakes in a single day

Area 51 just had 17 earthquakes in a single day

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Something strange is happening underneath Area 51. According to United States Geological Survey data earlier this week, over 100 people have reported at least 17 earthquakes within the span of only 24 hours not far from the infamous, highly classified military base. The comparatively shallow events about 2.5 miles below the ground ranged between 2.5 and 4.4 in magnitude, with the strongest reportedly recorded in “an unusual place to get an earthquake,” according to geophysicist Stefan Burns. Conspiracy theories are already spreading online about aliens, UFOs, and other spooky phenomena, but one hypothesis at least initially sounds more plausible and unnerving. Based on the region’s past along with recent domestic policy reversals, there is technically a not-zero chance that the U.S. re-started underground nuclear tests. That said, don’t go racing to the underground bunkers just yet. What is Area 51? Disregarding sensational extraterrestrial rumors, Area 51 operated for decades as the national nexus of cutting-edge weapons development and experimental …

Beyond the ESEI-BioMed Project and long-term impact for reinforcing Nanomedicine for Oncology in the European Research Area

Beyond the ESEI-BioMed Project and long-term impact for reinforcing Nanomedicine for Oncology in the European Research Area

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The HORIZON 2020, WIDESPREAD-06-2020-ERA Chairs, funded the ESEI-BioMed project for advancing tumour diagnostics and nanomedicine in the frame of the new translational research centre, TRANSCEND, at the Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi, Romania The ESEI-BioMed project titled “Enhancing and Strengthening the Excellence in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research at TRANSCEND” is currently implemented within the TRANSCEND Research Centre at the Regional Institute of Oncology Iasi (IRO). After almost six years of implementation, the official funding period of the project will end in December 2026. Briefly, the ambitious goal of the project is to promote an institutional reform aiming at unlocking the research potential and becoming a visible nanomedicine research hub for oncology on the map of the European Research Area (ERA). To achieve this objective, the project seeks to establish a model of leadership defined by experience, professional excellence, and excellent research management in the field of nanomedicine. According to the Nanomedicine Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2016-2023 published by the European Technology Platform for Nanomedicine (ETPN), nanomedicine has the potential of revolutionising medicine and providing cost-effective …

To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity

To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity

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Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco. Homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan has created a LinkedIn page for the home, which he said he’d “like to exchange […] for Anthropic equity.” The San Francisco Standard reports that Duncan described this as a “diversification play,” as he’s “under-concentrated in AI investments relative to the importance of AI in the future, and over-concentrated in real estate,” while a young Anthropic employee might be “in the exact opposite scenario.” Duncan is asking potential buyers to email him to discuss deal specifics, but he said it would be a private transaction that doesn’t require the buyer to sell their stock outright. On LinkedIn, he also said the homebuyer would “continue to retain 20% of the upside value of the shares exchanged for the duration of the lockup period.” Duncan, who described himself as a longtime Bay Area resident who moved to Miami during the pandemic, bought the property in 2019 for $4.75 million. It’s currently occupied by “a …