NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A motley crew of scientists were honored this week for their unusual contributions, which included studying cockroach milk, the evolutionary history of kissing and testing soil health by using underwear.The satirical Ig Nobel ceremony, which honors unusual but real studies, took place in Zurich on Thursday and was presented by the digial magazine the Annals of Improbable Research.The awards, which were founded in 1991, took place outside of the U.S. for the first time this year over the concern that the honorees wouldn’t be able to get a visa.Other winners included researchers…

Texas Christian University has changed its position and decided to reinstate press credentials for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after pulling them last week, just days before the team got their season underway.The Horned Frogs’ season opener was across the pond in Dublin, Ireland, where they took on the Bill Belichick-led University of North Carolina Tar Heels, but Star-Telegram TCU reporter Steven Johnson had to cover the game from the stands.That was because, as OutKick’s Ian Miller wrote, the university had pulled the outlet’s credentials because of a report about a locker room altercation that resulted in the dismissal of senior…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sony Pictures Television Studios has fired Jim Thornton from “Wheel of Fortune.”A Sony spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Friday: “Following a thorough investigation, Jim Thornton’s employment with Wheel of Fortune has been terminated, effective immediately.”The news of Thornton’s termination comes after he was suspended from the game show earlier this week. “We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton. He has been suspended from Wheel of Fortune, and we are recasting while we conduct a thorough investigation,” a spokesperson for Sony Pictures Television Studios told Fox News Digital…

Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the way to international rules on the use of autonomous weapons, three diplomats said.The 128 states that are party to the Convention on ​Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), an international framework hosted under the United Nations in Geneva that regulates or bans specific types of weapons considered excessively injurious or indiscriminate, have been meeting this week in the Swiss city.They are set to decide whether consensus can be reached on a non-binding text that may usher…

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The US Open is developing a reputation for debauchery, and on Friday, things got so bad that tennis star Aryna Sabalenka stopped a match because, apparently, the stadium smelled more like weed than your neighbor’s van with the Dio album cover airbrushed on the side.The Belarusian was taking on Uzbekistan’s Kamilla Rakhimova in a third-round match Friday in Queens.However, during the match, she was seen saying something to the crowd and then approached umpire Eva Asderaki‑Moore.ARYNA SABALENKA FIRES BACK AT REPORTER FOR ASKING QUESTION ABOUT PARTYING AFTER US OPEN VICTORY”Someone is smoking weed,” Sabalenka could be heard saying. “Do you…

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 Qatari-donated jet for the first time since security concerns caused the president to leave Turkey on a different aircraft, The Washington Post first reported.In July, Trump unexpectedly left the NATO summit in Turkey on a different plane, citing a potential threat as the conflict with Iran escalated. He switched to a smaller military aircraft in secret, using a catering truck for deception.The swap raised further questions about the modified Qatari jet’s security as a presidential aircraft. That same month, Trump announced that the jet would…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Emily Ratajkowski and her boyfriend showed major PDA while on vacation in Italy.The 35-year-old model and her boyfriend, Romain Gavras, 45, were photographed sharing a passionate kiss while walking through the streets of Rome.For the outing, Ratajkowski wore a black minidress with a plunging halter neckline, which she paired with black sunglasses, a black purse and white sneakers.Gavras kept it casual in a pair of white baggy jeans and a green button-up shirt, which he paired with sunglasses and a white baseball cap. SYDNEY SWEENEY, SCOOTER BRAUN PACK ON PDA DURING ROMANTIC…

The U.S. Air Force is accelerating its timeline for a cheaper, more expendable successor to the MQ-9A Reaper, officials said Sept. 3, after combat losses left the service unwilling to wait out the rest of the drone’s life.Lt. Gen. Christopher Niemi, the Air Force’s chief modernization officer, told reporters at the Pentagon that a follow-on was already under discussion as the MQ-9 aged out. “Although we have plenty of MQ-9As today, we are going through them at a rate that is concerning to us,” he said, according to Breaking Defense, which covered the briefing.Defense Daily reported that Air Force Secretary…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! We’ve covered robot dogs patrolling with police and training to handle terrain that could someday take them to the moon. We’ve even watched wheeled versions tackle some pretty wild ground. And whenever we show these machines, one question keeps coming up: What happens when they reach a flight of stairs? Well, Robot.com may have an answer.Its new four-legged R-dog is built to carry packages where traditional wheeled delivery robots can get stuck. It can also show ads along the way, turning your future delivery into something of a moving billboard.So, can R-dog…

Using fake radio signals to spoof the enemy is a common stratagem.The Department of Defense wants to take that idea one step further and wield AI-generated “personalities” to mimic real people — and fool enemy AI trying to identify patterns in friendly cellphone traffic.The goal is to mask “digital exhaust,” the metadata automatically emitted by mobile phones, such as location and specific device IDs. Intelligence agencies, law enforcement, militaries and even criminals have become adept at using this digital debris to locate users and analyze their behavior.In particular, “accessing foreign mobile phone networks exposes individuals and organizations to surveillance and…