Friday December 19, 2025


December 19, 1980


Jake Gyllenhaal - Videos - Filmography


Netflix Lands a New Streaming Hit in Guy Ritchie & Jake Gyllenhaal's 2023 Action Movie "The Covenant"


The Covenant follows John Kinley, a U.S. Army Green Beret Master Sergeant sent home after surviving a Taliban ambush and a harrowing trek to safety, and his subsequent journey to rescue Ahmed, his Afghan interpreter, whom John feels indebted to for saving his life.



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Archived Blogs This Week


The Tragic Death of Rob Reiner and his Wife Michele Updated Friday


Brown University Shooting Updated Friday


Bondi Beach Hanukkah Terrorist Attack Updated Friday


Remembering Actor Gil Gerard - Buck Rogers


Remembering Actor Anthony Geary - Fade to Black


Susie Wiles' Vanity Fair Interview Updated Friday




December 19, 2025


Christmas Sweater Day


Many are overly stated and labeled 'ugly', while others are beautifully crafted, part of the fun of Christmas.




December 19, 1843


Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol was first published. It recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man.






The X-Files and the Epstein Files


Epstein files live updates: DOJ releases documents weeks after Trump signed bill.


The truth is out there in many iterations on both topics. Government conspiracies covered up for decades. Powerful and influential people wanting to hide the truth and protect their self interests. Victims waiting for justice their lives irreparably damaged by decisions made beyond their control. Hundreds of thousands of documents to be revealed as the slow dissemination of truths we already know - becomes part of the closing chapter of reality. Redactions. Delays. There will be more in whatever time remains. Thank you for your patience.




December 18, 1946


Steven Spielberg - Videos - Filmography


As a storyteller, I aspire to touch people with my films.



Steven Spielberg Presents "Taken"

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Steven Spielberg Presents "Disclosure Day"



Disclosure Day is an upcoming American science fiction film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp based on a story by Spielberg. The film stars Emily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo. It is scheduled to be released in the United States by Universal Pictures on June 12, 2026.




Space in the News


Astronomy Index


For the first time, scientists have watched a black hole twist spacetime itself - just as Einstein predicted a century ago.


There Are Colors Missing From The Sun - And We Still Can't Fully Explain Why. With decades of high-resolution solar spectroscopy, there are some spectral lines whose origins have never been clearly identified


Alien Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Just About to Make Its Closest Approach to Earth


Researchers have identified a distinctive ultraviolet signature of water in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS


Saturn's rings extend further above and below the ring plane, forming a 'halo'


A Single Solar Storm Could Trigger an End to Space Travel. Here's How.


Forget stardust - it was star ice all along. Carl Sagan famously said that "We're all made of star stuff." But he didn't elaborate on how that actually happened.


The UN's International Asteroid Warning Network is closely watching comet 3I/ATLAS. Here's why.


The moon-forming event: Why it was by explosive ejection rather than a giant impact


One of NASA's key cameras orbiting Mars takes 100,000th image


Possible 'superkilonova' exploded not once but twice


Dazzling cosmic jet reveals time-stamped history of star birth


PUNCH mission spacecraft producing unprecedented images of Sun


Welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites


Thank the JWST for confirming the first runaway supermassive black hole





Physics in the News


Physics


Physicists Propose First-Ever Experiment To Manipulate Gravitational Waves


AI helps solve decades-old maze in frustrated magnet physics


Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from





Chemistry in the News


Chemistry


Scientists Unveil Eco-Friendly Breakthrough To Eliminate Forever Chemicals


This Simple Chemistry Fix Could Revolutionize Flow Batteries


Light-driven chemical process forms flexible electrodes on skin, textiles and glass





Technology in the News


Artificial Intelligence


Harry Potter-style 'moving invisibility cloak' technology developed


Scientists Identify Promising New Magnetic Material for the AI Era


MXene-based e-tattoos harvest energy and monitor health in real time


Sub-millimeter-sized robots can sense, 'think' and act on their own


Detecting distant vehicles for safer roads: A new camera-based technique sees farther


UPS buys hundreds of robots to unload trucks in automation push


New software could reduce dependency on big data centers for AI


Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in new kind of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM


How AI helps solve problems it doesn't even understand


Professors and students create face-reading software that helps people communicate and move


Scientists Discover How To Purify Light, Paving the Way for Faster, More Secure Quantum Technology





Health in the News


Health Files ~ Alternative Healing


Scientists just cracked the code on 'junk DNA' linked to Alzheimer's


New Genetic Map Reveals How Thousands of Genes Drive Disease


AI Helped Scientists Stop a Virus With One Tiny Change


Indoor Tanning Makes Your Skin's DNA Decades Older, New Study Finds


New Immunotherapy Strategy Could Treat Many Types of Cancer


New Pill Could Finally Treat Sleep Apnea Without a Mask


Scientists Discover Better Way To Screen for Breast Cancer


Even the Fittest Women Can't Outrun Menopause


Scientists Identify 6 Key Depression Symptoms That Predict Dementia Risk


A new test could reveal Alzheimer's before symptoms appear


Experimental Pill Targets Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Appear


New 'Molecular Glue' Gel Could Help Treat Permanent Voice Loss


People's facial mimicry predicts their choices


Holding back: Team reveals mechanisms behind difficulty in suppressing laughter


Scientists rewired Down syndrome brain circuits by restoring a missing molecule


Shared inflammation pathways explain why heart disease and depression often occur together


AI learns to decode the diseases written in your DNA


Scientists find the missing links between genes and disease


Nearly Half of All Heart Attacks May Be Missed by Current Screening Tools


Scientists Finally Reveal How Cancer-Fighting T Cells Switch On


AI found a way to stop a virus before it enters cells


New AI Can Predict Which Diseases Your DNA Might Spark





Brain in the News


Brain Index


New study reveals how the brain measures distance


Glowing neurons let scientists watch the brain work in real time


Scientists reveal why some brains stop growing too soon


'Zap-and-freeze' snapshots catch brain cells in the act of learning


Disappointment alters brain chemistry and behavior, mouse study shows


ADHD Isn't Just a Deficit: New Study Reveals Powerful Psychological Strengths


The brain switch that could rewrite how we treat mental illness


Psilocybin Breaks Depressive Cycles by Rewiring The Brain, Study Suggests


Psychiatric Disorders Share Far More DNA Than Scientists Realized





Planet Earth In the News


Planet Earth Index


This Clever Math Trick Could Change How Scientists Study Earthquakes


Blizzard conditions and destructive winds forecast for the northern Plains and northern Rockies, U.S.


Glacier Cave: Scientists Reveal When the World's Glaciers Could Disappear


Ice Age Lake Reappears in Death Valley Following Record Rains


Back-to-back atmospheric rivers forecast to impact the U.S. West Coast through December 20


Second levee fails in Washington, forcing more evacuations, as atmospheric river renews flood threat


Arctic sees unprecedented heat as climate impacts cascade


Earth Estimated to Lose 3,000 Glaciers a Year at 'Peak Extinction'


Scientists Discover How Early Earth Saved Its Water From Total Destruction


The North Pole keeps moving. Here's how that affects Santa's holiday travel and yours


Elusive December sun leaves Stockholm in the dark - recording just a half-hour of sunlight in the first half of December, putting it on track for the darkest December since 1934 if the trend continues, meteorologists said.


Australia's climate future: New model goes global





Archaeology in the News


Archaeology


Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut's famous jars once held opiates valued enough to be buried with pharaohs - and stolen by tomb raiders.


Magdala stone: 2,000-year-old carving from Jerusalem is world's oldest known depiction of a menorah


Rare 1,300-year-old medallion decorated with menorahs found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount


Pompeii victims were wearing woolen cloaks in August when they died - but experts are split on what that means


Has 'culture' become obsolete as an archaeological concept?


How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat - with the help of an ancient fingerprint


Pahon Cave provides a look into 5,000 years of surprisingly stable Stone Age tool use





Paleontology in the News


Paleontology Index


Iconic 'Little Foot' fossil may be new type of human ancestor


Giant sea monsters lived in rivers at the end of the dinosaur age. The discovery paints a striking picture of flexible super-predators adjusting to a rapidly changing world just before mass extinction struck.


Bones Almost on Top of Each Other - Extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovered in the Hateg Basin in Transylvania










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