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For those of us lucky enough to step onto our decks or open our front doors to a view of the northern San Juans, one silhouette dominates the horizon: Mount Sneffels. Known as the “Queen of the San Juans,” this 14,158-foot peak is more than just one of Colorado’s most photographed landmarks. Its dramatic 7,200-foot rise above Ridgway captures the imagination of locals and tourists alike, and its history is as deep and jagged as the mountain itself. While many of the surrounding peaks are composed of crumbly volcanic ash and debris, Sneffels is a massive igneous stone. It rose up from a “plug” of magma that cooled slowly underground. This peak is remarkably solid, allowing for the sharp, serrated spires unlike its more rounded neighbors. The mountains stood as silent witnesses to the Tabegu...

Porsche's incredible 992-generation 911 is a technological force that blends grand touring sensibilities with a platform that's still illogically quick and still fun to drive. The first examples were launched at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, and Porsche is still introducing new variants of the chassis today. You never want to buy those first couple model years, though; it's better to give automakers some time to work out the production kinks. By 2021, in spite of a global pandemic that derailed so much progress, Porsche had pretty much perfected the eighth...

Picture this. Your car brakes start to make a grinding noise, a hazard light glows on your dashboard and you know absolutely nothing about cars. What do you do? Most people would call a mechanic — someone who specializes in automobiles as their job and can be trusted to efficiently diagnose and repair the issue. Even if you know nothing about cars, it still makes sense to trust the expertise of a mechanic. Seems logical, right?  Then why do we not apply the same logic to political and societal questions? Society’s dismissal of social science expertise reflects a dangerous conflation of lived experience with expertise — one that also frames training as elitism, resulting in less informed political decision-making. In the press and within research, numerous concerned academics warn Ame...

Update 7:56 p.m. ET:  Highguard developer Wildlight Entertainment has released an official statement on social media confirming the layoffs at the studio after several staff members began sharing news online that they had been let go.  It did not state how many employees are affected, but this news comes after level designer Alex Graner announced he and "most of the team" were laid off, which you can read in the original version of this story below.Wildlight also states that a "core group" of team members will continue to support Highguard, though it has not stated how the rollout of its content roadmap will be affected.Wildlight's statement reads as follows: Today we made an incredibly difficult decision to part ways with a number of our team members while keeping a core group of develope...

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed that the Warlock class is coming to Diablo IV as part of the upcoming Lord of Hatred expansion, as well as the mobile-centric Diablo Immortal this June. Plus, you can play using this new Warlock class starting today in Diablo II: Resurrected as part of a new Reign of the Warlock DLC. To announce the news, Blizzard released a Warlock class cinematic that is loosely about a more generic Warlock – one that could exist in any of the three aforementioned Diablo games. The Warlock will join the already available Paladin in Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred when that expansion launches on April 28.  The Lord of Hatred expansion costs $49.99, and preordering gets you ...

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, LCGC International highlights the work of women who are shaping the future of analytical science—not only through technical innovation, but also by expanding career pathways, improving lab culture, and driving sustainability. From cutting-edge separations and biomonitoring strategies to reflections on leadership, diversity, and industry careers, these pieces showcase how women scientists are advancing both science and the scientific community.Investigating Total Breakthrough Behavior to Improve HILIC×IP‑RPLC Analysis of OligonucleotidesThis interview explores how understanding total breakthrough behavior can transform the analysis of complex oligonucleotide therapeutics. Megane Aebischer (Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Wester...

Update 7:56 p.m. ET: Wildlight Entertainment has released an official statement on social media confirming the layoffs at the studio after several staff members began sharing news online that they had been let go. The studio also states that a "core group" of team members will continue to support Highguard, though it has not stated how the rollout of its content roadmap will be affected.Wildlight's statement reads as follows: Today we made an incredibly difficult decision to part ways with a number of our team members while keeping a core group of developers to continue innovating on and supporting the game.We're proud of the team, talent, and the product we've created together. We're also grateful for players who gave the game a shot, and those who continue to be a part of our community.O...

After 30 years in the United States, world-leading computational biologist Bao Zhirong has taken up a full-time position at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen.Bao, who pioneered imaging technologies that allow scientists to track the behaviour of individual cells in real time as organs form and diseases emerge, has been a chair professor at SUSTech’s life sciences school since January, according to his new faculty profile.He was previously at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre – one of the world’s most distinguished cancer hospitals – where he oversaw multimillion-dollar research projects funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).One of Bao’s most influential contributions was AceTree, a cell-tracking software developed in his ...

Apple has been promising a new-and-improved, cutting-edge, AI-powered Siri since it first unveiled Apple Intelligence in 2024. Over about a year and a half since then, the release date for this new era of Siri has been continuously pushed back. According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, we’ll likely have to wait even longer. While the new Siri was expected to launch with the upcoming iOS 26.4 update in March, now, the changes are expected to roll out more slowly over time, reportedly postponing some features until the May iOS update, or even until the release of iOS 27 in September. Apparently, Apple ran into trouble when testing the software, requiring the launch date to be pushed back further. The changes are rumored to make the longtime digital assistant more like t...

Humans are spending more time in outer space than ever, and we're bringing our gonads with us. But scientists are concerned that sexual health in space is a 'policy blind spot' that needs to be taken more seriously.Spending extended time in space wreaks havoc on the body: cosmic radiation is unavoidable, microgravity makes everything a bit too effortless, and all the usual cues for knowing what time it is go totally out the window.There's plenty of research about these safe-for-work side effects, but whether it's because of priorities or due to prudishness, reproductive health remains a blind spot.In a review led by University of Leeds embryologist Giles Palmer, nine scientists have expressed their concern about just how little we know, at a time when commercial and frequent spaceflight is...