7 Japanese-Inspired Bedroom Accessories That Make a Dorm Room Feel Like a Ryokan

Yanko Design

7 Japanese-Inspired Bedroom Accessories That Make a Dorm Room Feel Like a RyokanA dorm room rarely arrives with any intention behind it. The furniture is standard issue, the lighting is whatever the university installed, and the walls... more…

The Dominican Baseball Factory

ProPublica

Teams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it. more…

Lost For 40 Years, Mexico’s Third Animated Feature, ‘Roy Del Espacio,’ Is Back With Help From Two Animators (EXCLUSIVE CLIP)

Cartoon Brew

Isabelle Aspin and Brian Smee explain how they created new animated footage for the restoration of Mexico’s long-lost 1983 animated sci-fi feature. more…

Spawn 77 & Transformers Top The Top 10 Weekend Comics Bestseller Chart

Bleeding Cool News

It was a week without new Absolute, Next Level launches, Spider-Man, X-Men or Armageddon titles. But the launch of Spawn '77 #1 by Todd McFarlane and Mark Spears blows away the top of the bestselling charts this week for Image Comics, which also sees Transfor… more…

120 Photos of New Beloved and Clever Street Art

Streetartutopia.com

120 works from streets around the world A fox leaps through wet grass, an orange visor reflects the city, and a woman stands among flowers and red birds. Explore more street art at World Art Utopia. A Fox Leaps Through the Grass — By Morpho in Ludwigsfelde… more…

A mammoth-ivory hunter pulled a wolf’s head from the Siberian permafrost with its fur, whiskers and brain still intact — the animal had been dead for roughly 40,000 years

Space Daily

The permafrost's deepest freezer just gave up one of its most pristine secrets—a wolf so perfectly preserved that scientists can study its brain, tissue and final moments from an Ice Age that ended long before humans domesticated its descendants. The post A m… more…

Why Cheap Engine Oil Filters Could End Up Costing You Dearly

Jalopnik

It's just an oil filter, right? Well, not exactly. Here's how replacing your filter with a budget option might end up being a costly mistake. more…

TC in LA: A Week of Looney Tunes

Dianeravitch.net

One of the best bloggers is TC in LA. In this post, he or she eviscerated the madness of our political scene. This is one you should read. Consider subscribing. There are 56 days to the midterms. My apologies for the late delivery. “Life” got in the way. Mond… more…

People Share 32 Things We May Lose When Older Generations Are Gone

Pleated-jeans.com

Every generation leaves a few things behind. Some are major cultural traditions, while others are just strange little habits nobody realized were endangered until Grandma became the only person still doing them. My grandparents knew how to repair almost anyth… more…

What was choking Dal Lake is now shaping Kashmir's traditional art

The Times of India

A Kashmiri artisan is transforming lake weeds into a new papier-mache ingredient. This innovation addresses the rising cost of traditional paper for the craft. Simran Irshad developed a technique using dried and pulverized lake vegetation. She has trained … more…

United Steelworkers International President Brown to address U.S.-Canada trade tensions, call for policies that prioritize workers

Financial Post

MONTREAL, Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The United Steelworkers union (USW) will on Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 12:30 p.m. hold a press conference in which USW International President Roxanne Brown will address the escalating trade tensions between the United S… more…

USW: U.S.-Canada Trade Conflict Hurts Workers

Financial Post

MONTREAL, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Steelworkers (USW) International President Roxanne Brown today called on U.S. and Canadian trade representatives to return to the table to hammer out an agreement that prioritizes working families. At a press… more…

Archaeologists Discover the World's Oldest Evidence of Habitual Drug Use in the Teeth of a Hunter-Gatherer Who Lived Up to 25,000 Years Ago

Smithsonian.com

This individual may have regularly sucked on betel nuts, known for their mind-altering properties, leading to worsening dental disease. Researchers say the discovery sheds light on addiction in prehistoric environments more…

Birla Estates eyes ₹10,000-15,000 crore business development in FY27

Business Standard

The developer plans Rs 9,600 crore worth of launches in H2FY27 and aims to record annual bookings of Rs 15,000 crore over the next three fiscal years more…

Cambridge researchers made cellulose acetate films that absorbed less than 5% of sunlight; coated surfaces stayed about 5°C below the surrounding air without power

The Times of India

Innovative researchers have created a revolutionary cellulose acetate film that excels in passive cooling. By absorbing minimal sunlight while efficiently emitting infrared heat, surfaces coated with this film remain cooler than the ambient air without needin… more…

In 1984, Lincoln's handwritten final public address emerged from a secret compartment in an antique table; the forgotten manuscript later sold for $231,000

The Times of India

A remarkable manuscript discovery at New York City’s Morris-Jumel Mansion brought an overlooked piece of Revolutionary-era history back into focus. In 2013, archives intern Emilie Gruchow was cataloguing old manuscripts in the mansion’s hot attic when she fou… more…

Europe's "Less" Is Doing More Than Anyone Gives It Credit For

OilPrice.com

Brent is sitting a touch above $104 this morning, down slightly from yesterday's surge. The Strait of Hormuz, which used to move something like a fifth of the world's oil and LNG before the war, has been effectively shut since March. Saudi output dropped arou… more…

Steelworkers union president calls for Canada-US unity in Quebec amid the trade war

National Observer

As the trade war with the United States continues, steel workers in Canada are asking both governments for support and a return to the negotiating table. more…