One grain to rule them all: History of rice as a global food

Rice is the most popular food in the world, providing sustenance to more than 3.5 billion people each day.

How AI Is Rewriting The Economics Of Streaming Advertising

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For years, streaming advertising sold itself on abundance. More inventory. More targeting. More platforms. More viewers shifting from linear television into connected environments. The assumption was straightforward. If audiences were migrating to streaming, advertising dollars would follow.

BlackRock Will Own 80% Of Meta's Massive New AI Data Center In El Paso

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BlackRock is set to take an 80% ownership stake in one of the biggest artificial intelligence data center campuses in the country—Meta's $14 billion, one gigawatt project in El Paso—in one of the clearest signs yet that Wall Street is becoming a major financier of the AI race and signaling a new model for financing the accompanying infrastructure boom.

The 25 Best Anti-Trump Protest Songs

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From hip hop to folk to punk, from personal statements to sweeping anthems -- here are our favorite songs about the worst president ever

July 28, 2026

The ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Rotten Tomatoes Review Score Is In

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Hours after glowing social media previews went online, many calling Spider-Man: Brand New Day better than the three movies that came before it, official reviews have now been released. Its Rotten Tomatoes critic review score is in, though it keeps fluctuating as more reviews are added.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day DLC officially arrives in 2023's best Marvel game

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Peter gets some fresh threads to celebrate his latest MCU outing

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Martian space suits will need to be 40% lighter

Long before a human ever sets foot on the Red Planet, we already know how harsh the environment is. Once a human finally does, the only things protecting them from that environment will be the infrastructure we've built there and the spacesuit that keeps them in a protective bubble. Unfortunately, modern spacesuits aren't built with Martian gravity, which is three-eighths of Earth's, in mind. To prove that point, a team of NASA and industry engineers made a presentation at the 55th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) showing that the newest generation of spacesuits is simply too heavy to use on Mars.

Forget The Playbook: Why Founders Would Benefit From Improv

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Most leaders build their sales pipeline around processes. Thijn Lamers, a member of payment provider Adyen's founding team (Listed for €7.1bn in 2018) and now Co-Founder of Noah (which is modernizing how money moves across borders), is different.

Britney Spears Reaches Different Career-First Milestones

The Singles Collection, perhaps the biggest hits compilation by Britney Spears, reaches career-first milestones on multiple U.K. charts this week. LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 22: Singer Britney Spears attends the 2016 Billboard Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on May 22, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Lester Cohen/BBMA2016/Getty Images for dcp)

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Council Post: The Business Case For Redesigning Identity Security

Paul Zolfaghari is President of Saviynt, a leader in cloud identity security and management solutions.

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Identity security is often treated as an IT control. It governs who can access which systems, helps teams meet compliance requirements and supports the basic hygiene of onboarding and offboarding employees. While many of these functions are still necessary, this model has fallen behind in how modern enterprises operate.