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Black Lives Matter movement changed workplace cooperation between Black and white employees, research shows

The increased public attention on racial injustice after the murder of George Floyd influenced how Black and white employees interacted at work, new University of Washington research suggests. The study, recently published in the Academy of Management Journal, examines how major societal events tied to race and injustice can shape workplace behavior. Researchers specifically investigated how the heightened salience of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement impacted cooperation between Black and white coworkers.

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Le onde “quadrate” sulla spiaggia sono un segnale di risacca, un fenomeno i…

Le onde “quadrate” sulla spiaggia sono un segnale di risacca, un fenomeno in cui due o più sistemi di onde si incontrano e creano correnti forti verso il mare aperto. La risacca può trascinare persone anche forti fuori dalla costa in pochi secondi. Riconoscere le onde quadrate e nuotare parallelamente alla costa è la strategia corretta per evitare il pericolo.
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The FBI built a small town to simulate cyberattacks

A fake hotel and power company inside the FBI’s Kinetic Cyber Range training facility.
There’s also a fake power company to jack up prices thanks to the fake data center. | Image: FBI

Last year, the FBI opened a Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, for simulating cyberattacks. Think of it sort of like the famous Hogan's Alley, but for modern digital crime training. It's a massive 22,000-square-foot replica of an entire town, complete with a convenience store, gas station, hospital, and even fully furnished houses.

It's a training facility where the bureau can re-create real-world scenarios for training and research purposes. All of the various buildings and facilities are hooked up the way they would be in a real town. There's even a small data center with over 200 servers that can be hacked, infected with malware, and st …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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Nel 2014, durante uno scavo preliminare legato alla costruzione di una ferr…

Nel 2014, durante uno scavo preliminare legato alla costruzione di una ferrovia nei monti Monti Sayan, in Siberia meridionale, gli archeologi hanno portato alla luce una sepoltura medievale eccezionalmente rara e complessa, rimasta poi in fase di studio per oltre dieci anni a causa della quantità e della delicatezza dei reperti. La tomba apparteneva a […]
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Un parásito que vive en el cerebro de un tercio de la humanidad y que se creía dormido… nunca lo estuvo. La ciencia acaba de descubrir qué estaba haciendo en silencio

Siempre se ha creído que Toxoplasma gondii permanecía inactivo, encapsulado en quistes silenciosos dentro del cerebro humano. Un nuevo estudio demuestra que no era así: incluso en su fase “latente”, el parásito sigue trabajando, adaptándose y preparándose para volver a activarse.

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As 'Disclosure Day' Premieres, Steven Spielberg Says He Believes Aliens Really Have Visited Earth

Steven Spielberg grants that his 1977 UFO film Close Encounters was "speculative," writes the Associated Press, but "Disclosure Day, he insists, is the real deal." "It's my first film that will be considered science fiction that I do not consider to be science fiction," Spielberg said in a recent interview. "It's much more reflective of the world as it is evolving and discoveries that are being made as we speak." Spielberg, at 79, is trying to revive and reconsider the alien wonder that's long lingered in his mind, from "E.T." to "War of the Worlds." "Disclosure Day," Spielberg's first summer movie in a decade, is already being hailed as one of his best in years. But this time, Spielberg is testing whether he can conjure some of his trademark movie magic less with imagination than with conviction. "I've been a believer since I made 'Close Encounters' 50 years ago," Spielberg says. "But I would always say: Until I've seen a UAP or a UFO with my own eyes, I'm not going to categorically state that life from out there has come here. But I've changed that," he adds. "I'm now willing to change my mind because of the circumstantial evidence which is overwhelming..." Spielberg, having long followed reports of alleged alien encounters, was inspired by the 2023 House Subcommittee on National Security hearing on UAPs: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. Among the witnesses was whistleblower and former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch, who testified that the government concealed a program investigating UAPs. The Pentagon then denied it... Those 2023 testimonies and others so fueled Spielberg that he produced a 50-page treatment on what would become "Disclosure Day." During the writing process with Koepp, he texted him more notes, he says, "than I've ever sent to anyone in my life." "There was a period in there where I believe he re-read the script every single day for a year," Koepp says. "We'd be in different time zones and I would wake up to 30 or 35 texts from his most current reading of the script. When the leader of the project has that level of commitment, it tends to bring along everyone. You up your game." The article calls it "a grand bookend for one of the most cosmically-minded moviemakers of our time." But the man who filmed some of the world's first summer blockbusters also shared his thoughts on the future of movies. "Even though the numbers are still not pre-COVID level numbers for any films being released now, it's more robust than it has been for many years. The audience gives me belief that people still want to congregate in a dark space in the company of strangers to share an experience of a film made by storytellers. And that gives me faith to continue making films." Rolling Stone wrote that "There's a lot to love in Disclosure Day." Though they also offer this pithy summary of its plot. "Remember when Steven Spielberg digitally replaced the guns in the hands of government agents for the 20th anniversary of E.T., then expressed regret about the decision? Imagine that he not only restored the weapons but crafted an entire two-and-a-half-hour feature around that one sequence as a mea culpa. That's Disclosure Day." The filmmaker may be staging a pulpy campaign with this sci-fi throwback, but he sincerely seems to believe the truth is out there — and will set us free... [W]hile the quality of his output can vary wildly when you look at the big picture of his career, there's still a baseline of love — for filmmaking, for storytelling through images, for giving people an experience that pushes emotional buttons and taps adrenal glands — that gives his work a sense of vitality and displays the sensibility of an artist at work... There's also a weird full-circle feel to it, and not just because he's returning to the fertile ground of Close Encounters and his other science fiction spectacles. You can see traces of everything from Duel to Minority Report show up, to the point where this almost doubles as a career retrospective in miniature... Yes, Spielberg does believe that we are not the only game running in the cosmos. But he also believes that our better angels have not left the building, and that movies still have the power to communally blow minds and open hearts. The Associated Press calls it "a grand bookend for one of the most cosmically-minded moviemakers of our time" and "a distant answer to the final notes of Close Encounters."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Is Planet Nine Real? New Discovery at the Edge of the Solar System Adds a Twist

Sun Solar EclipseThe hunt for Planet Nine continues as new discoveries make the Solar System’s biggest mystery even harder to solve. Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the Solar System? The idea has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s. Labeled as planet X, prominent astronomers had put [...]
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How to watch Belgium vs. Egypt online for free

Belgium's Jeremy Doku pictured

TL;DR: Live stream Belgium vs. Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup for free on BBC iPlayer. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.


The first round of 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage fixtures has thrown together some really interesting matchups, but Belgium vs. Egypt stands out in the schedule.

These sides are probably favorites to progress from Group G into the knockout rounds, but only one team can finish top. This will be a fascinating battle between two teams stacked with talent, with all eyes on the likes of Mohamed Salah and Jérémy Doku. We've already seen some really intense contests from this competition, and this looks like one of the most difficult games to predict ahead of kick off.

If you want to watch Belgium vs. Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

When is Belgium vs. Egypt?

Belgium vs. Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off at 3 p.m. ET on June 15. This fixture takes place at Lumen Field.

How to watch Belgium vs. Egypt for free

Belgium vs. Egypt in the 2026 FIFA World Cup is available to live stream for free on BBC iPlayer.

BBC iPlayer is geo-restricted to the UK, but anyone can access this free streaming platform with a VPN. These tools can hide your real IP address (digital location) and connect you to a secure server in the UK, meaning you can unblock BBC iPlayer to live stream the 2026 World Cup for free from anywhere in the world.

Live stream Belgium vs. Egypt for free by following these simple steps:

  1. Subscribe to a streaming-friendly VPN (like ExpressVPN)

  2. Download the app to your device of choice (the best VPNs have apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Linux, and more)

  3. Open up the app and connect to a server in the UK

  4. Visit BBC iPlayer

  5. Watch Belgium vs. Egypt for free from anywhere in the world

Credit: ExpressVPN
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If you want to retain permanent access to the best free streaming services from around the world, you'll need a subscription. Fortunately, the best VPN for streaming live sport is on sale for a limited time.

What is the best VPN for BBC iPlayer?

ExpressVPN is the best choice for bypassing geo-restrictions to stream live sport on BBC iPlayer, for a number of reasons:

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Lamentablemente, no es una proyección para nada lejana: Es tu futuro cercano. Para 2050 casi la mitad del mundo vivirá con calor extremo si el calentamiento supera los 2 °C

La era del “calor tolerable” podría estar terminando: un estudio reciente publicado en Nature Sustainability indica que 3.790 millones de personas vivirán con niveles de calor peligrosos para la salud y la vida diaria si el planeta sigue calentándose, afectando especialmente a regiones tropicales y subtropicales.

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AI Learned the Rules of the Universe and That Became a Problem

Quijote SimulationsAI could accelerate the hunt for new physics, but sometimes it knows too much to see what’s right in front of it. Artificial intelligence could make it much cheaper and faster to search for new laws of physics, according to a new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP). But the [...]
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