On the prowl for invasive pythons, researchers are interrupting snake orgies

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...
CNN

DOJ debunks social media claim of discrepancy in LA mayor vote count while Trump sows doubt in California’s elections

A Los Angeles-based Justice Department official late Friday debunked a baseless claim of a discrepancy in the vote count of the city’s mayoral race that has circulated on social media. The claim, ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Think They Just Accidentally Proved String Theory

String theory attempts to unify general relativity and quantum theory. Popular in the 1990s, string theory fell out of favor as it failed to provide testable predictions and required ten dimensions ...
Science Daily

String theory suddenly emerged from simple physics rules

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.
National Catholic Register

Eric Church Shares ‘Six Strings of Life’ in Epic UNC Commencement Address

In this season of commencement addresses, country music singer Eric Church brought down the house May 9 with his incredibly thought-provoking speech summing up the “six strings of life.” Church ...
InfoWorld

F-strings with superpowers: What’s new in Python 3.14 beta

Are you ready for Python Pi? The 3.14 beta is out now, and we’ve got the rundown on what’s so great about it, including the new template strings feature, or “f-strings with superpowers.” ...
National Catholic Register

The Priest Who Counsels the Count of Monte Cristo

There is a moment in The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale of betrayal, imprisonment and revenge — that is easy to overlook. It arrives quietly, without spectacle: a scraping sound ...
Wall Street Journal

‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Review: A Revenge Tale Retold on PBS

Alexandre Dumas knew what 19th-century readers wanted from their epic novels. The same stuff we do. Injustice. Indignation. Suffering. Gleefully unapologetic vengeance. And then—maybe—an ...
IndieWire

Another ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Adaptation Butchers the Literary Classic Into Bore

Despite an Oscar-winning pedigree, the latest attempt to transfer Alexandre Dumas’ swashbuckler is dogged by wooden performances and a misunderstanding of its source material. Unfortunately, everyone ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’s Father, a Trailblazing Black General

Ahead of the March 22 premiere of a new TV adaptation, learn about the life of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the French Army officer who inspired the beloved novel Based on a True Story Joel Sams No one ...
Mashable

Site to 'check' women's 'body counts' goes viral — and some men are defending it

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Larysa Vdovychenko / iStock / Getty Images In today’s episode of f*ck the patriarchy, there’s a new website called “Check Her Body Count” that claims to use AI ...
KPBS

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO On MASTERPIECE

Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Sundays, March 22 - May 10, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV On the eve of his wedding, Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned. After escaping and discovering a ...