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Researchers claim they’ve created healthier burgers that taste as good as a Big Mac
Researchers at Stanford University in California trained an AI tool to create burger recipes based on age, taste and nutritional needs. They claim it tastes better than a Big Mac.
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Gilla Band confirm new album Pugnello for September and share Placeholder
Dublin noise-rock band Gilla Band have announced their new album, Pugnello, which is set for release on 25 September 2026 via Rough Trade. It marks their first full-length record in four years, following 2022’s Most Normal, a period during which members pursued other projects such as guitarist Alan Duggan Borges’ electronic venture the Null Club.…
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Slowcore Bands imy3 & towhead Announce New Split EP: Hear Two Tracks
Slowcore acts imy3, a Philadelphia-based duo, and towhead, a Bay Area trio, have announced a new untitled split EP, due out on 8 July via Cherub Dream. Both bands draw on 1990s slowcore sounds blended with the playful, home-recorded electronic textures common in DIY music, and the release marks a formal collaboration between two closely…
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Anarchists United names inaugural writers discovery fellows under Lilly Wachowski
Lilly Wachowski’s Anarchists United Foundation has named the five recipients of its 2026 Writers Discovery Fellowship: Emma Bruno, Erin Deason, Sarah Granger, Coquie Hughes and Chelsea Javier. The foundation, which the Matrix co-director set up to tackle inequity across film and television, uses the six-month scheme to champion underrepresented voices, making the announcement a notable…
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Bari Weiss takeover fears grip CNN staff as Paramount-Warner Bros deal nears completion
CNN staff are reportedly anxious about their future as Paramount Skydance moves closer to completing its acquisition of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, with many fearing the network will be handed to Bari Weiss, currently editor in chief of Paramount-owned CBS News. The concern matters because CNN remains a significant profit generator and a key…
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Age-verification failures found among platforms covered by Australia’s under-16 social media ban
A study has found that several social media platforms covered by Australia’s forthcoming under-16 social media ban are failing to verify the ages of their users, with researchers reporting they were never once asked to confirm how old they were while setting up accounts. The findings matter because the ban is intended to keep younger…
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Ancient fire use at Wonderwerk Cave dated to 1.79 million years ago
Researchers say they have found evidence that early human ancestors used fire at Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa as long as 1.79 million years ago, pushing back one of the earliest known records of fire use by hominins by hundreds of thousands of years. The finding, announced in a 24 June press release from the…
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Creatine may ease depression symptoms alongside standard treatment, review finds
A systematic review published in Genomic Press’s journal Brain Medicine suggests that creatine monohydrate, a widely used muscle-building supplement, may help ease symptoms of major depressive disorder when taken alongside standard treatments. The findings matter because creatine is cheap, readily available and generally well tolerated, raising the possibility of an accessible add-on therapy, though the…
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Fighting fraud in the next round of budget reconciliation legislation
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777, a genre-fusing debut single from ONE OK ROCK supergroup YAO
YAO, a new collaborative project uniting Japanese band ONE OK ROCK with artists Awich, Paledusk and Chico Carlito, has released its debut single, ‘777’. The venture matters as an experiment in fusing acts from different musical backgrounds into a single unit, with its name drawn from the Japanese concept of “Yaoyorozu no Kami”, meaning Eight…