On the back of so many old stretch limousines, a small chrome “boomerang” juts up from the rear quarter like a piece of abstract sculpture. It looks decorative, even a little mysterious, which is why ...

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Magic Light Pictures have created three charming new idents exclusively for BBC One and BBC iPlayer commissioned especially for this festive season. The idents feature much-loved characters from the ...

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The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University Caroline Spry undertakes research work for La Trobe University. Allan Wandin works for Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She’s too young to type—let alone have her own ...

A boomerang carved from a mammoth tusk is one of the oldest in the world, and it may be even older than archaeologists originally thought, according to a recent round of radiocarbon dating.

The crescent-shaped boomerang was carved from a mammoth tusk by hunter-gatherers some 40,000 years ago, according to new research. Talamo et al., PLOS ONE, 2025 In the 1980s, archaeologists discovered ...

Jai Courtney teased in a recent interview that fans might not have seen the last of his rendition of George “Digger” Harkness / Captain Boomerang. Courtney previously portrayed the Australian ...

American parents are still facing weakened financial security as a result of their adult children returning home. The trend of ‘boomerang kids’ has been highlighted over several years in an annual ...