Alan Rickman showed me the importance of kindness. He regularly invited groups of people to the film set, pretending they were his relatives or friends. In reality, he was giving seriously ill children and their families a special behind-the-scenes experience. He also helped me understand that kids aren’t interested in meeting the actors themselves—they want to meet the characters they love.
Understanding a quarterback’s personal life can sometimes be surprisingly useful for analyzing their performance on the field.
![Nonlinear simulations demonstrate the temporal evolution of massive scalar perturbations, where rescaling the evolved field as [latex]{\Phi\_{lm}}={\lambda^{n}}\phi\_{lm}^{(n)}[/latex] reveals that the [latex](0,0)[/latex] mode arises from the quadratic self-couplings of the linear [latex](1,1)[/latex], [latex](0,0)[/latex], and [latex](2,0)[/latex] modes, and exhibits excellent agreement between intermediate-time analytical predictions and corresponding numerical evolution.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.16016v1/x14.png)
New research reveals that while massive scalar fields exhibit predictable behavior around black holes, quadratic quasinormal modes may offer a pathway to observe previously hidden nonlinear dynamics.
There’s only one day left to play Pax Dei for free! This unique online game lets you build a medieval world with other players. While reviews haven’t been amazing, it’s still attracted a good number of players since it launched in October 2025.
Although she recently married Lord John Stirling, Francesca quickly developed a connection with John’s cousin, Michaela, after they met.
![The system models interactions between four baryons via a single meson, quantified by a coefficient [latex]N_{mj}^{nk}\phi[/latex], extending a previously established notation to delineate these multi-body relationships.](https://arxiv.org/html/2508.20498v2/x3.png)
New research explores the subtle interactions between hyperons and nucleons, shedding light on the strong force in exotic nuclear systems.
Ford, originally known as Susan Foreman, was the very first companion to the Doctor in the original 1963 series, ‘An Unearthly Child’. Appearing with William Hartnell, who played the First Doctor, she set the stage for all future companions on the show.
DC Studios is making history with the logo for its upcoming series, Lanterns. It’s the first project in the new DC Universe to be branded as an “HBO Original.” This is significant because HBO is known for critically acclaimed, high-quality television shows like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, and Succession, boasting a legacy of award-winning content over the past 50 years.
![For Kerr-(A)dS spacetime, the ranges of energy and rotation parameter define regions where the associated bumblebee field remains globally real or transitions to imaginary values, demarcated by critical curves and influenced by the cosmological constant [latex]\lambda=\Lambda m^{2}[/latex], with the dashed line indicating the threshold where the black hole becomes extremal.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.16037v1/pic4.png)
Researchers have developed a novel technique to generate a family of spacetime solutions within bumblebee gravity, offering insights into how Lorentz symmetry might be broken.
![A pronounced anomalous Hall effect is observed in valley-polarized polaritons, where strain-induced symmetry breaking generates an effective pseudomagnetic field driving a measurable drift velocity of [latex]1.69 \times 10^{5}~\mathrm{m/s}[/latex], as evidenced by the temporal evolution of valley polarization and confirmed by a two-Gaussian fit with a [latex]95\%[/latex] prediction interval.](https://arxiv.org/html/2601.15631v1/x2.png)
New research reveals an unexpected optical response in exciton-polariton systems, opening doors to exceptionally high-speed and tunable valleytronic devices.