Why Italy didn’t name heritage players to its Olympic hockey team, and why it thinks it can surprise
With a coach who knows how to win internationally and a determined roster, Italy isn't waving any white flags despite its underdog status.
PWHL player poll: Olympic picks, best trash talker, most underrated and expansion
In our first ever PWHL player poll, more than a quarter of the league weighs in on everything from expansion markets to the Olympics.
Richard Stallman to Speak on Software Freedom and AI at Georgia Tech
The free software pioneer returns to campus. Richard Stallman will be speaking on Software Freedom and AI at Georgia Tech university.
Studio Ghibli adds anime aircraft from Laputa: Castle in the Sky to its merchandise shop in Japan
Miniature Flaptor captures Hayao Miyazaki’s creative genius and transforms it into a pullback keychain. Studio Ghibli director and co-founder Hayao Miyazaki has a well-known passion for planes – not only…
Pokémon menstrual pads appear in Japan【Photos】
Unexpected collaboration has an admirable purpose. There’s an unspoken understanding in works of fiction that just because some aspect of daily life isn’t depicted, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist…
Japanese city to deploy anti-bear drones against ursine adversaries, stages adorable demo【Vid】
Repellant spray demonstration target considerably less threatening than actual bears. After a period of several months in which bear attacks became so frequent in Japan that “bear” was chosen as…
A Rotoscoped Film Underscores How Fantasy Is the Only Reprieve in Solitary Confinement
For Kiana Calloway, the brick wall became a green screen for theatrical performances and football games. For Sunny Jacobs, meditation brought her to a lush patch of grass and her…
Clouds Billow and Caverns Melt in Gabe Benzur’s Mystical Landscapes
Otherworldly riverine landscapes unfold beneath green clouds, and uncanny caverns are dotted with cotton candy-like shrubs in the surreal oil paintings of Gabe Benzur. With color forefront in his mind,…
A Monumental Bisected Orb by SpY Glows Amid Scaffolding in Xi’an
Known for large-scale installations incorporating a range of objects like metallic emergency blankets and orange traffic cones, SpY prompts us to not only see our surroundings differently but also to…
Senators’ Jake Sanderson apologizes for Leevi Meriläinen comments: ‘I’m pretty embarrassed’
Sanderson had regrets about his evaluation of Ottawa's goaltending on Saturday, after Meriläinen allowed six goals in a loss to Montreal.