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Something mysterious awaits Kevin Mills at the far end of the bowling lane, down there in the shadows.It doesn’t matter that his fingers find just the right grip on the ball. Or that he takes three careful strides on the way to a smooth throw, finishing in a classic bowler’s pose. Something is making him uneasy.Sure enough, it sounds weird when the ball hits home, more clattering than thunderous. The pins don’t scatter like normal; two remain standing. Kevin Mills, a longtime league player, was skeptical…

Just two days ago, a spokesperson for BBC Radio 1 was explaining why Kylie Minogue’s Padam Padam hadn’t made its playlist, despite the writhing electropop song being her first Top 10 single in 12 years and now bordering on a national obsession. (Last week, it even made it into Hansard, referenced by Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle in a speech about Pride: “And finally Mr Deputy Speaker, in the words of Kylie, padam.”) “Each track is considered for the playlist based on its musical merit and whether it is right for our…

Last year a new finding in particle physics stunned scientists: a fundamental particle responsible for one of the Universe's four fundamental forces was heavier than predicted.The discovery of a discrepancy between the W boson's theorized and experimental masses promised new insights beyond the Standard Model, the theoretical blueprint that describes how matter behaves.Now scientists have run the same numbers again using an updated technique, this time discovering the particle's mass is a close fit with the Standard…

Liang Tebo burial feature. a, A single adult inhumation (TB1). The skull is to the right of the scale bar, as shown by the exposure of the supraorbital ridge. A flexed burial position with the right knee brought to the chest and a complete right foot, and the left knee flexed below the pelvis, with the tibia and fibula underneath the femur. b, In situ nodule of red ochre (a natural earth pigment) next to the mandible. c, Maxilla and mandible. Scale…

Benee performs at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 18, 2022 in Manchester, Tennessee.Josh Brasted | Wireimage | Getty ImagesZoi Lerma was working at a Los Angeles bagel shop in early 2020 when she first heard the song "Supalonely" by Benee. She liked it so much that she choreographed a dance to the tune and posted it on TikTok. Her video has since amassed more than 45 million views, turning her into a TikTok celebrity and helping to make Benee a global sensation.As of Sept. 2, "Supalonely" has appeared in…

Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers held unconventional closing arguments Monday in the antitrust trial between Epic Games and Apple, peppering both sides' attorneys for three hours about how far she could - and should - go to change Apple's App Store business.App makers and regulators around the world are watching the trial and Gonzalez Rogers has hinted in sharp questions to Apple that she may be receptive to some of the Fortnite game creators' allegations that Apple misuses its control over the App Store and hurts…