Basketball fans constantly argue about who the greatest player of all time is—is it Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, or perhaps Kareem Abdul-Jabbar? But when this power forward starts the playoffs with the L.A. Lakers, he’ll be entering his 19th playoff series in a 23-season career.
![The study demonstrates that wave-envelope dynamics exhibit modulation at two distinct timescales-a slow modulation with period [latex]\tau \sim eq 2\pi/(\mu M)[/latex] and a fast oscillation with period [latex]T \sim eq 2\pi/M[/latex]-resulting in characteristic sidebands at frequencies [latex]m_\phi \pm 2\mu M_\Phi[/latex] within the frequency spectrum, a clear departure from the single peak expected of monochromatic signals and indicative of a complex interplay between mass scales of comparable magnitude [latex]m_\phi \sim eq M_\Phi \sim eq M[/latex].](https://arxiv.org/html/2604.14480v1/x2.png)
New research suggests that interactions between ultralight dark matter waves can create complex patterns, potentially opening new avenues for detection.
This week, PlayStation revealed plans to release Wild Arms 4 on both PS5 and PS4. Originally a popular RPG series that started on the PS1, Wild Arms 4 first came out in Japan in 2005 and in the US for PS2 in 2006. While some fans were hesitant about its departure from the series’ traditional Western style, Wild Arms 4 still earned positive feedback and has become a favorite among dedicated players.
A free game called Hello, Yoshi, part of the My Mario series, is now available to download for Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and mobile devices. The game features Yoshi and allows players to interact with him using the touch screen. It was previously released in Japan last year, but is now available in Western regions.
James Gunn is carefully building his new DC Universe from scratch, focusing on characters like Superman, Supergirl, and several Green Lanterns as central figures. He’s also overseeing a separate, creatively independent universe led by Matt Reeves.
I recently read an interview with Jensen Ackles from June 2025, where he discussed the possibility of playing Batman in the DCU. He admitted it would be a huge challenge, and if he did get the part, he’d really need to work closely with James Gunn and the director to make it happen. He’d be relying on their vision a lot, it sounds like!
Shortly after hackers believed to be connected to North Korea stole around $285 million from Drift Protocol, a major platform for trading on Solana, the company Circle is facing a lawsuit. The suit claims Circle didn’t act quickly enough to stop the stolen funds, which were in the form of USDC. While Circle is working to defend itself in court, Tether has stepped in to provide up to $147.5 million to help recover the lost money. This has led Drift to switch from using USDC to USDT for its main transactions, and over 128,000 users and 35 related projects are making the change with them.
Variety reports that in the third season of the post-apocalyptic series, the story will center on Kaitlyn Dever’s character, Abby. Joining the cast is Li, who will play Miriam, a member of the Seraphites and the mother of Lev and Yara.
The character’s ‘Wasteland’ look is a significant change from her Season 1 outfits. While she primarily wore blue and yellow, inspired by the classic X-Men colors, the new design features a tougher, rust-red and brown color scheme.
![The study of unconventional superconducting materials reveals how electrical resistivity changes with temperature, demonstrating that extrapolations to zero temperature can indicate either conventional Fermi-liquid behavior - described by [latex]\rho=\rho\_{0}+AT^{2}[/latex] - or a non-Fermi-liquid, ‘strange-metal’ state characterized by [latex]\rho=\rho\_{0}+A\_{n}T^{n}[/latex] with [latex]n<2[/latex], with the presence of a non-physical residual resistivity in some high-residual-resistivity-ratio samples suggesting a complex transition below the superconducting temperature [latex]T\_{sc}[/latex].](https://arxiv.org/html/2604.14952v1/Figure5.png)
New research scrutinizes the electrical behavior of unconventional superconductors to distinguish between intrinsic quantum phenomena and the effects of superconductivity itself.