Lead Pixar’s new film Hoppers, reviewed March 6, 2026, follows 19‑year‑old environmental activist Mabel Tanaka as she “hops” into a robot beaver to infiltrate a forest and try to restore a vanished wildlife community. Directed by Daniel Chong from a script by Jesse Andrews, the movie stages a comic, eco‑sci‑fi fable that pits a small‑town … Read more
Lead: At 82, Joan Price and her partner, Mac Marshall, have deliberately sustained an active sexual relationship by scheduling weekly encounters, adapting to physical limits and experimenting with aids like lubricants and toys. Their routine, part practicality and part ritual, illustrates a growing focus among clinicians and educators on extending a person’s “sex span” — … Read more
Lead: On Thursday, March 5, pool play in the 2026 World Baseball Classic pressed on at Tokyo Dome as the tournament shifted its spotlight to Pool C action in Japan. The defending multi-title nation, Japan — champion in 2006, 2009 and 2023 — is chasing a fourth crown with a roster anchored by 2025 NL … Read more
Lead: A team led by PhD student Ewoud Wempe at the Kapteyn Institute (University of Groningen) reported on 5 March 2026 that a vast, flattened concentration of matter surrounds the Local Group. Using cosmological simulations initialized from the cosmic microwave background, the group produced a “virtual twin” of our neighborhood that reproduces the locations and … Read more
Two of the largest prediction-market operators — Kalshi, led by Tarek Mansour, and Polymarket, led by Shayne Coplan — have escalated a months‑long rivalry that surfaced publicly after an FBI search of Coplan’s Manhattan residence in November 2024. The clash centers on regulation, branding and market strategy: Kalshi presents itself as a CFTC‑regulated, U.S.‑facing exchange … Read more
Lead: On March 6, 2026, amid a week of escalating U.S.-Israeli operations, Israeli forces announced fresh air strikes on Tehran and Beirut while Iran continued missile and drone attacks across the Gulf. Governments from the UAE to Kuwait and Qatar reported large numbers of incoming projectiles and extensive interception activity, and the UAE said several … Read more
Lead March 5, 2026 — U.S. stock futures fell Friday as crude oil jumped and traders prepared for February’s U.S. jobs report. Dow futures dropped about 220 points (0.5%), while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures were down roughly 0.5% and 0.6%, respectively. West Texas Intermediate climbed above $86 a barrel and Brent traded above … Read more
Sri Lanka has taken custody of the Iranian logistics ship IRIS Bushehr and transferred 204 of its sailors ashore after the vessel sought help while anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters on Friday. The move followed the sinking of the Iranian warship IRIS Dena by a U.S. submarine earlier in the week, an action … Read more
Lead. Kevin Federline was named in a civil lawsuit while his ex-wife Britney Spears faced a separate criminal matter this week. Court records show Bank of America filed a suit against Federline in Hawaii on February 19, 2026, seeking $12,186.64 in alleged unpaid charges. Days later, Spears was arrested for an alleged DUI in Ventura … Read more
Lead On March 6, 2026, global oil futures jumped to their highest levels since the summer of 2024 after escalating hostilities around Iran drove markets higher. Qatar’s energy minister cautioned that exports from the Persian Gulf could stop entirely, warning prices might climb to $150 a barrel if shipments are interrupted. West Texas Intermediate rose … Read more
Lead: On 5 March 2026, multiple battlefield and open-source reports—compiled alongside the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessment—describe continued Russian offensive pressure on eastern and southern Ukraine, episodic strikes on Ukrainian-controlled infrastructure, and intensified information and diplomatic messaging from Moscow. Ukrainian officials reported localized Ukrainian strikes against Russian air-defense and logistics sites, while … Read more
March 5, 2026 — In a swift sequence of events on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that his company would accept a Department of Defense role vacated earlier that day by Anthropic PBC. Anthropic’s departure followed its insistence that its models not be used for certain purposes, including domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous … Read more
Lead: On March 5, 2026, Israel’s military announced it is entering a new phase of operations against Iran after claiming air superiority and striking strategic targets inside Iranian territory. IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the campaign — named Operation Roaring Lion — destroyed roughly 80% of Iran’s air defenses and more … Read more
Lead A recent study published in Nature reports that tanycytes — specialized cells lining the brain’s third ventricle — actively transport tau protein out of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) into the bloodstream. Researchers led by Vincent Prévot (Inserm, Paris) found this clearance route in cell models and mice, then identified disrupted tanycyte function and fragmented … Read more
Lead: On March 6, 2026, the widening U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran has delivered mixed outcomes for Vladimir V. Putin: an immediate economic uptick from higher oil and gas markets and potential battlefield relief in Ukraine, but also a diplomatic setback as an assertive U.S. posture under President Trump exposes limits in Moscow’s partnerships. While Moscow … Read more
