Wearing a Santa hat, biologist captures a giant python in Florida using a ‘spy snake’

Tracking a single male python through protected wetlands led biologists to one of the largest breeding females captured this year.
Naples Daily News

This Santa has a huge python slung over his shoulder, not a sack of toys

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida made a Facebook post showing a wildlife wearing a Santa hat with Burmese python on his ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
WTHR

Bluegrass artist Billy Strings to perform 2 shows at Fishers Event Center next spring

Strings will be performing at the Fishers Event Center on Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25, 2026. The tour extension is in support of his latest full-length album, "Highway Prayers, which was ...
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 ...
The Motley Fool

Could Recursion Pharmaceuticals Be the Next Big Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock?

Recursion Pharmaceuticals' work could change the way that drugs are developed. Its pipeline features some exciting candidates, and it's partnering with major drugmakers. However, Recursion still needs ...
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 ...
Whiskey Riff

Billy Strings Opens Up On His Mother’s Tragic Overdose: “I Don’t Understand, Guess I Never Will”

Sharing some heartbreaking news regarding his mother’s unexpected death. Earlier this summer, Billy Strings, whose real name is William Lee Apostol, informed the world that his mother tragically ...
STAT

Recursion’s incoming CEO: Beyond hype on AI-driven drug development, it’s time to show results

Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. LONDON — In the year-plus since Najat Khan joined the AI-focused drug ...
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 ...
Live For Live Music

Billy Strings Performs “Leaning On A Travelin’ Song” On ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ [Watch]

[Update 11/20/25]: Billy Strings appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night for a performance of “Leaning on a Travelin’ Song”, the opening track from his Grammy Award-nominated ...
Psychology Today

Steven Pinker on the Recursive Loop That Made Us Human

In Hans Christian Andersen's folktale, The Emperor's New Clothes, when a child cries out that the emperor is naked, he isn't revealing a secret. Everyone already knows it. What changes in that instant ...