timef 01/01/2026
- Repeat Moviegoers Help Hollywood Eke Out a Slightly Better 2025 nytimes.com2026-01-01 18:02:19
Ticket sales in North America totaled $8.9 billion for the year, up 2 percent from 2024. But the box office remains far below prepandemic levels.
- New York to Phase In Protections for Horseshoe Crabs nytimes.com2026-01-01 18:01:56
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will ultimately ban the catch and biomedical use of the crabs.
- Help! We Got Bedbug Bites in France, and the Luxury Hotel Won’t Admit It. nytimes.com2026-01-01 18:01:42
A country resort near Paris refused to cover $800 worth of medical and cleaning bills for a couple who woke up covered in bites. They’d like their stay comped, too.
- Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers nytimes.com2026-01-01 18:00:32
Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.
- 90 Minutes to Give Baby Luna a New Heart nytimes.com2026-01-01 18:00:16
After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an operation on the edge of what’s possible.
- How Japanese Scallops Became a Pawn in Diplomatic Tensions With China nytimes.com2026-01-01 13:00:12
Beijing is using a ban on the humble mollusk to punish Japan over its apparent willingness to defend Taiwan.
- Research Library at NASA’s Goddard Space and Flight Center to Close Friday nytimes.com2026-01-01 02:09:59
Holdings from the library at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which includes unique documents from the early 20th century to the Soviet space race, will be warehoused or thrown out.
- In Ukraine, an Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born in War Against Russia nytimes.com2026-01-01 01:00:12
As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous killing machines.
