People

Billy Strings Says He's Still in 'Denial' Over His Mom's Shocking Cause of Death: 'It Was Just Unnecessary'

The bluegrass musician's mom Debra died of a drug overdose in June Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019, and her work has ...
Taste of Country

Billy Strings Was Blindsided When He Learned His Mom’s Cause of Death

Billy Strings is opening up about the unexpected death of his mother, Debra Apostal, which happened in June. Strings — whose legal name is William Lee Apostal — says his mom wasn't sick leading up to ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wants to ‘Honor’ His Late Mom With a New Album Featuring Her Poetry

Billy Strings revealed that he wants to set his late mother’s poetry to music for a potential new album during an extensive interview about drug use and addiction on the Dopey podcast. Strings’ mother ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Created a Particle Accelerator That Fits on a Single Microchip

Machines like cyclotrons and synchrotrons help scientists recreate the conditions of the Big Bang and probe the very edges of particle physics. They also tend to be very big. Now, a new study details ...
The Conversation

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

Marika Taylor currently receives funding from EPSRC, STFC, UK government deparments and the European Horizon programme. In 1980, Stephen Hawking gave his first lecture as Lucasian Professor at the ...
Reuters

Microchip forecasts quarterly net sales below estimates as inventory clearing weighs

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Microchip Technology (MCHP.O), opens new tab forecast third-quarter net sales below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, indicating tepid demand for its chips as customers in the ...
The New York Times

Planting a Flag, and a Flagship, for Black Art

The reopening of the Studio Museum in Harlem, after seven years of construction, comes with dazzling alumni and collection shows. The conceptual artist David Hammons created a black, red, and green ...
Wall Street Journal

The Microchip Era Is About to End

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Allysa Finley and Dan Henninger. We are in the microchip era, which promises an industrial revolution that will ...
Engadget

Amazon Echo Studio (2025) review: A comprehensive redesign for Alexa+

I vividly remember testing the first Echo Studio. Even though that was nearly six years ago, I can clearly recall my surprise that Amazon had finally built a smart speaker that actually sounded good.
The Verge

Amazon’s Echo Studio is smaller but mightier

The Atmos smart speaker goes up against the HomePod 2… and wins. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. is a senior reviewer covering TVs ...
WAFF

Tangled String Studios announces plans to close after nearly 14 years in Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A staple in the Huntsville music scene announced Friday that it plans to close. Tangled String Studios said on Facebook that it will close on Jan. 1, 2026 after nearly 14 ...
WHNT

Tangled String owner says studio will close its doors on Jan. 1, announces lineup of final shows

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — After 14 years of business, Tangled String Studio will close its doors on January 1, 2026, owner Danny Davis said. Tangled String opened in April 2012 and has served the ...