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Is per­pet­u­al motion pos­si­ble? In the­o­ry… I have no idea…. In prac­tice, so far at least, the answer has been a per­pet­u­al no. As Nicholas Bar­ri­al writes at Mak­ery, “in order to suc­ceed,” a per­pet­u­al motion machine “should be free of fric­tion, run in a vac­u­um cham­ber and be total­ly silent” since “sound equates to ener­gy loss.” Try­ing to sat­is­fy these con­di­tions in a noisy, entrop­ic phys­i­cal world may seem like a fool’s errand, akin to turn­ing base met­als to gold. Yet the hun­dreds of sci­en­tists and engi­neers who have tried have been any­thing but fools. The long list of…

Veteran stage actress Patti LuPone has apologised after a backlash over remarks she made about fellow Broadway stars Kecia Lewis and Audra McDonald in an interview.The feud sent shockwaves through the theatre industry, with an open letter signed by around 700 fellow Broadway artists, reprimanding her.It also calling on her to be banned from the upcoming industry Oscars, the Tony Awards.”I am deeply sorry for the words I used during The New Yorker interview, particularly about Kecia Lewis, which were demeaning and disrespectful,” she said in a statement posted online.Watch the video abovePatti LuPone has apologised after over 500 Broadway…

“For relief you can trust, trust Tylenol. Hospitals do.” — From a 1981 TV commercial for Tylenol. In the second episode of the three-part Netflix true crime documentary series “Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders,” James Lewis fiddles with a box of Extra Strength Tylenol some four decades after he became the prime suspect in the case, and says to the off-camera filmmakers, “You think I’m going to open this and get my fingerprints all over?” His face masked in a kind of semi-rictus grin, Lewis struggles with the foil seal on the bottle, noting, “It’s pretty well sealed…Everyone opens a…

For My Sunday Song #435, we are going to visit a song that I only know because of my daughter. It is Nessa Barrett’s brutal song “I Hope UR Miserable Until UR Dead” off her debut E.P., ‘Pretty Poison’ released back in 2021. The song was written by a whole slew of people including Nessa herself. It also has Evan Blair, Madi Yanofsky, Samuel Mark Catalano and Tim Randolph. The song only went to #88 on the Billboard Top 100 chart, but it is #1 in my book. Some toxic relationships end and you can either take the high road…

Will the Federal Reserve undershoot its inflation target this year? The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCEPI) grew at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in April 2025, marking the second consecutive month of below-target inflation. PCEPI inflation has averaged 2.1 percent over the last three months and 2.6 percent over the last six months. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, also remained low. Core PCEPI grew at an annualized rate of 1.4 percent in April 2025, after growing just 1.1 percent in the prior month. Core PCEPI inflation has averaged 2.7 percent over the last three…

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England will lock horns with West Indies in the second One-Day International of the three-match series at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Sunday. The hosts come into this fixture with high confidence after delivering a dominant performance in the series opener at Edgbaston, where they thrashed the Caribbean side by a massive 238-run margin. It was a comprehensive display from England with both bat and ball, setting the tone for the series.With a 1-0 lead, England now have the opportunity to wrap up the series with another convincing win. A win in Cardiff would not only seal the series but…

Paris Saint-Germain has finally fulfilled its long-time ambition of winning the UEFA Champions League trophy after beating Inter Milan. The Ligue 1 outfit won the biggest club football tournament in convincing fashion, scoring five goals against their opponent. PSG Win First Champions League Title Les Parisiens’ ambition in grabbing the ultimate club football trophy in Europe has finally been accomplished their season. After coming close to winning it back in 2020, in which they lost to Bayern Munich, Luis Enrique’s side changed things around this year. Despite such a tough start in the competition earlier this season, PSG were able…

The Philadelphia Flyers may not be fit for Minnesota Wild’s Marco Rossi in terms of trade and money ask Anthony Di Marco: At this time, don’t think that there is a fit for Minnesota Wild forward Marco Rossi and the Philadelphia Flyers. Sources say that the Wild would want forward Tyson Foerster from the Flyers for Rossi, or a one of the Flyers later first-round picks. The Flyers aren’t interested in either of those. Rossi’s contract ask is believed to be “too much” for both the Wild and Flyers. David Pagnotta: Have heard that Marco Rossi’s camp is looking for…

Faarea MasudBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesTough choices are “unavoidable” as the government finalises spending plans for areas ranging from the NHS and defence, to schools and the criminal justice system, a think tank has warned.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said the level of spending on health would dictate whether cuts were made to “unprotected” areas – those outside the NHS, defence and schools.While funding increased sharply in 2024 for transport, net zero, hospitals, schools and prisons, it would no longer increase year on year, given the government’s commitments, the IFS said.The government said the Spending Review on 11 June…