After the release of One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson’s success began to surge, and he’s been consistently recognized with awards for his directing work this season. He’s now added another honor to his collection: he won Outstanding Directorial Achievement for a Theatrical Feature Film at the 2025 Directors Guild of America Awards. This win significantly increases his chances of winning the Best Director Oscar.
A new study reveals how a mathematical trick-imaginary rotation-can induce confinement and chromomagnetic condensation within the well-known framework of SU(2) Yang-Mills theory.
Ethereum, ever the über-productive socialite, has birthed 28 major developments this month. From institutional finance to AI integration and quantum-resistant security, it’s the digital equivalent of a Renaissance man-or perhaps, a Renaissance blockchain. Fidelity Digital Assets, never one to miss a soiree, launched FIDD, a USD stablecoin built on Ethereum, because nothing says “institutional-grade” like a stablecoin with a monogram.
Paimon just got a copy of the “Liyue Gazette” from the government, and it’s been over a week since the Lantern Rite festival began! Let’s check it out together and see what’s happening this year!
There’s a wealth of fantastic Western RPGs available, and some, like Deus Ex and Fallout 3, are truly exceptional – often considered masterpieces. They’re so well-made that even fans of Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) will likely enjoy them.
The TV series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is connected to a larger series of movies known as the Monsterverse. This universe started with the 2014 Godzilla film and will continue with Godzilla x Kong: Supernova in 2027. The first season of Monarch happens soon after the events of the first Godzilla movie, but the second season jumps forward in time to a different point in the Monsterverse timeline. Here’s a breakdown of when Season 2 takes place and how it fits with the other Monsterverse films.
The initial trailers for Avengers: Doomsday have done something unprecedented in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – they’ve broken an 18-year pattern. This new Avengers film, which promises a journey across the multiverse, marks the first time Robert Downey Jr. has been a major star in a Marvel movie without being the central focus of the promotional materials.
A new approach reveals how to detect subtle non-Hermitian behavior in Dirac materials by observing the system’s response to minimal changes.
On February 16th, players with a Nintendo Switch – and those with the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, thanks to compatibility – will finally be able to experience Caves of Qud. This sci-fi roguelike game first launched in early access in 2015 and will have its full release at the end of 2024, but for science fiction enthusiasts, it’s been a long wait that will be well worth it.
But there’s so much more great anime out there! So, we’ve put together another list of short series that everyone will enjoy, not just those new to anime.