British Airways Destroyed Our Guitar and Won’t Pay Up
Dear Tripped Up, I’m a co-owner of Luaka Bop, a New York-based record label, and last June was accompanying the Staples Jr. Singers, a gospel group from Aberdeen, Miss., on a European tour. For a British Airways flight from London to Paris, three musicians were required to check their guitars, but only one instrument arrived […]
Seismic study reveals ancient ‘islands’ deep within Earth’s mantle
Schematic representation of the process of subduction of tectonic plates and of a mantle plume rising from an LLSVP. In the latter, the mineral grains are larger than those in the subducted plates. Credit: Utrecht University Deeply hidden in Earth’s mantle there are two huge “islands” the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht […]
Trump to meet with Republicans key to tax negotiations and other GOP priorities
President Donald Trump will meet with a trio of moderate House Republicans at the White House on Wednesday as he courts unified GOP support for his agenda in the closely divided chamber, according to two Republicans familiar with the meeting. The discussions are likely to include the fate of a state and local tax deduction […]
Thought Corals Were Stationary? Think Again – They’re Inflating And On The Move
Corals might appear stationary, but different species are capable of moving more than just their branches. In a new study, the mushroom coral Cycloseris cyclolites has been recorded navigating toward light, suggesting they’ve been underestimated until now. “Not all corals are attached to the substrate; some are solitary and free-living, allowing them to migrate into […]
Thurman Thomas Says He & Jim Kelly Will Jump Through Tables If Bills Win Super Bowl
Thurman Thomas I’ll Jump Through Table If Bills Win SB … Jim Kelly Will Too!!! Published January 23, 2025 12:30 AM PST Play video content TMZSports.com If Josh Allen and Co. are able to lock up a Super Bowl win in the next few weeks, Thurman Thomas tells TMZ Sports he’ll jump through some tables […]
“Hint Of Unease Came When…”: On Mohammed Shami’s Injury Status Amid 1st T20I Omission, Report’s Big Claim
Mohammed Shami‘s much-anticipated comeback will be further delayed as the Indian pacer was not named in India’s playing eleven for the first T20I against England, fueling speculations whether national selectors are sanguine about his fitness. Ironically, the seemingly fit-again 34-year-old pacer bowled for close to half an hour at the side nets, targeting […]
At £1.42 now, BT’s share price looks cheap to me anywhere under £3.64
Image source: Getty Images BT’s (LSE: BT.A) share price looks cheap on the surface. But is it? My starting point for assessing it is comparing it to its competitors on key valuation measures I trust. On the price-to-sales ratio, BT trades at just 0.7 compared to a peer average of 1.2. So it looks very […]
2025 Travel: Luxury Resorts Prioritize Privacy and Being Worth the Expense
This year, travelers of means will be checking into remote new lodges and upscale all-inclusive resorts, and demanding reasonable prices, relatively speaking. “The high-end market is responding to three plagues in travel: overpriced, overcrowded and overheated, as in global warming,” said Jack Ezon, who runs the bespoke travel agency Embark Beyond, based in New York. […]
Thawing permafrost helped trigger ancient Icelandic landslides, new research shows
Researchers investigated the role of thawing permafrost in past landslides around Eyjafjörður, Iceland’s longest fjord. Credit: Bjarki S., Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 When glaciers and ice sheets melt, they can destabilize slopes and reactivate faults, which in turn can trigger landslides and reshape the surface of Earth over long periods of time. Researchers can […]
Democrats' immigration debate plays out inside Hispanic Caucus
With Democrats poised to deliver an early immigration victory to President Donald Trump, members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus split over how to approach the issue in a closed-door meeting Wednesday morning. Some discussed using Democrats’ limited political leverage under unified GOP rule: Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.) floated conditioning Democratic support for a debt-limit increase […]
