2025 was an awesome year for us. We released our third studio album, Te Rā, and got to tour not only in our home country ...

Mars has long been pictured as a cold, quiet desert, its famous dust storms more cinematic backdrop than active player in the ...

Well, another year of soaking up much of what the entertainment world had to offer is just about in the books. I’ve compiled a baker’s dozen of titles that I enjoyed, a list extremely heavy on ...

Nearly 3.7 kilometers beneath the Greenland Sea, scientists have stumbled on a hidden landscape of icy methane and dense ...

Washoe Meadows State Park in South Lake Tahoe is where Californians in the know go to hit the mental reset button.

Wildlife watching at Fairy Stone offers opportunities to spot white-tailed deer moving gracefully through the underbrush, wild turkeys strutting with prehistoric dignity, and if you’re particularly ...

Contrary to popular belief, our universe may not be constantly expanding after all. A groundbreaking study by South Korean ...

Billy Steele, Deputy Editor, Reviews I didn’t discover Bandsplain in 2025, but I definitely listened to it more than any ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...