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Hazel Scott: America’s leading musical experimentalist of the 1930s
Hazel Scott was a prodigiously talented pianist who became one of America’s leading musical experimentalists of the 1930s and 1940s, blending classical training with jazz improvisation in a style known as “jazzing the classics”. Her early recognition at Juilliard and rapid rise through New York’s jazz and Broadway scenes made her a trailblazer, while her…
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Zambia treason charge, Big Church Festival death and CERN’s tiny Big Bang mark busy day
Overseas turmoil deepens as Zambia charges opposition leader Mundubile with treason, while a wooden sign collapse kills a father at West Sussex’s Big Church Festival. Elsewhere: CERN recreates early-universe plasma, Chelsea sign Martinez, and Mark Rylance stars in a new Tartuffe.
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Absolutely talks sharing the line-up with sisters RAYE and Amma at Reading 2026
Absolutely (Abby-Lynn Keen), the 22-year-old experimental pop artist, spoke to NME backstage at Reading Festival 2026 after performing on the main stage alongside her sisters RAYE and Amma, who both played separate sets elsewhere on the bill. It marked her first visit to Reading, and she described the experience of drawing a large, enthusiastic crowd…
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Sunderland’s Wilson Isidor applies the finishing touch to sink Fulham
Sunderland beat Fulham 1-0 at the Stadium of Light, ending a 17-year wait for a Premier League win over their opponents and securing their first victory of the season. The winning goal came from substitute Wilson Isidor, who combined with fellow replacement Habib Diarra in a match otherwise defined by caution and few clear-cut chances,…
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Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe’s Origins
Physicists at CERN have generated the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) — the extremely hot, dense state of matter thought to have filled the universe in the first microseconds after the Big Bang — using far smaller particle collisions than previously achieved. Because this primordial substance no longer exists naturally, recreating it in miniature gives researchers a…
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Shark sightings surge along southern Maine coast as experts explain what’s driving the spike
Shark sightings have increased noticeably along southern Maine’s coast this summer, prompting local police to warn beachgoers to take care in the water after several white sharks were filmed near popular beaches. Experts say the rise in reported sightings does not necessarily mean shark numbers have grown, as good weather, more beachgoers, and wider use…
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“We’re not doing 30 bets a year”: Vijay Pande on betting small after running $4 billion at a16z
Vijay Pande, who built Andreessen Horowitz’s life-sciences investment practice into one managing nearly $4 billion, has launched a smaller venture firm, VZVC, with investor Zach Werner. The firm plans to make only a handful of concentrated investments each year, operate without associates and use AI heavily, reflecting Pande’s view that focused backing is more effective…
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Psilocybin Might Make Your Brain Live in the Moment
A large neuroimaging study suggests psilocybin does not simply make brain activity chaotic: it may make the brain more strongly reflect whatever a person is experiencing at the time. This matters for psychedelic therapy, as it reinforces that the setting, activity and environment during a session could influence its effects. Researchers studied 62 people with…
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Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities
Canada is recruiting dozens of academics from US universities through a new research funding programme, as uncertainty over American research grants and political pressure on higher education encourages some scholars to leave. The move matters because it could strengthen Canadian universities in areas such as climate resilience and medicine while highlighting growing tensions in US–Canada…