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  • Jamie Lee Curtis in the very first "Halloween" from John Carpenter in 1978.
    Horror movie treats for the month of October
    Digital Gym Cinema serves up classics while Hollywood delivers new scares in anticipation of Halloween.
  • Tesla vehicles recharge in February in Corte Madera, Calif. The government wants to accelerate the transition to electric vehicle, but how fast the country can actually move is being hotly debated.
    How fast can the auto industry go electric? Debate rages as the U.S. sets new rules
    Automakers are building more electric vehicles, but the EPA wants to set rules pushing them to go even faster. Environmental groups say that's essential; traditional carmakers say it's not feasible.
  • A photo illustration shows the logo for Meta's Threads, an app that gained over 10 million users overnight.
    Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer'? Here's what we know so far
    Meta's new app, Threads, may be the latest in a long-string of Twitter's competitors, but it appears to have an edge in the game thanks to its ties to Instagram. Over 30 million users have joined.
  • PJ Harvey's latest album is <em>I Inside the Old Year Dying</em>. It's a knotty musical expansion of the world she created in <em>Orlam</em>, the epic poem Harvey published in 2022.
    'Life and death is such a fine line': PJ Harvey on creating in a place between worlds
    Harvey talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about her album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a ragged, highly crafted adaptation of her epic poem Orlam, and why she prefers to make art without boundaries.
  • Italian Film: 'Breaking up in Rome' ('Lasciarsi un giorno a Roma')
    What if you could discover your girlfriend’s secrets? Tommaso and Zoe have been together for ten years. A stubborn writer, he answers the "Agony Aunt" column of a women’s magazine under the pseudonym Marquez, a secret he has never revealed to Zoe. One day, amongst several letters, he receives one from a girl asking for advice on how to break up with her boyfriend. It is Zoe, his girlfriend. He decides to answer her privately under his pseudonym asking for more details and discovers problems he was unaware of. Meanwhile, another love story is unfolding between the mayor of Rome, Elena and her husband who is thinking about leaving her. Directed by, starring and co-written by Edoardo Leo, this romantic comedy asks how difficult it is to separate after a long relationship and pays homage to the gorgeous eternal city, Rome. For more information about the film, please visit here. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram
  • This photo, taken in New York on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, show the logo for Meta's new app Threads, right, and that of Twitter. Meta is poised to unveil the new app that appears to mimic Twitter — a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk.
    10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads
    Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations."
  • The celebratory hot dogs await their impending doom.
    How force-feeding ourselves hot dogs became a 'sacred American ritual'
    Competitive eating has found a particular foothold in the American zeitgeist — even becoming entwined with ideals like patriotism.
  • CARTA presents, 'Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny'
    The origin of humans is a difficult scientific problem in evolution that is grounded in biology and molded by culture. Recent advances in neuroscience and artificial intelligence have led to synergies and surprising new hypotheses. Mysteries such as the origin of language and human sociality are being illuminated by these advances. This symposium will be explored by researchers at the frontiers of A.I., machine learning, language, and sociality. Join the live webcast! “Artificial Intelligence and Anthropogeny,” is the topic of a FREE, virtual public symposium hosted by the UC San Diego/Salk Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA) on Friday, Mar. 3, 2023 (Beginning 10:00 a.m. Pacific with LIVE Expert Discussion and Q&A commencing ~ 1:30 p.m. Pacific), co-chaired by Terry Sejnowski (CARTA External Advisor; Professor and Director of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies) and Patricia Churchland (CARTA Internal Advisor Emerita; Professor Emerita, Dept. of Philosophy, UC San Diego). For updates regarding the live webcast on Friday, Mar. 3, 2023, follow CARTA’s Twitter (@CARTAUCSD), Facebook (@ucsdcarta), and LinkedIn accounts and/or visit the event page here. For more information, please email: khunter@ucsd.edu or carta-info@anthropogeny.org. Funding for this symposium was provided by many generous CARTA friends like YOU. Closed captioning for the recordings was made possible by CARTA Patrons Ingrid Benirschke-Perkins and Gordon Perkins.
  • Valentine’s Day at The Rooftop Bar at Mission Pacific Hotel
    The Rooftop Bar invites singles and friends to gather at Mission Pacific Hotel to enjoy gorgeous ocean views, unmatched sunsets, specialty Valentine’s cocktails, and fun snacks to celebrate friendship and love at this holiday dating mixer. The event will include a movie screening, a lock and key activity and specialty menu items. Stay Social! Facebook & Instagram
  • United States Supreme Court justices are pictured in October 2022: Sonia Sotomayor (front row from left), Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan; Amy Coney Barrett (back row from left), Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
    How the Supreme Court's conservative majority came to be
    The 6-3 majority was solidified in former President Donald Trump's term, but its roots go back to the Bushes and the political circumstances of 1991 and 2005.
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