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Monday December 23, 2024. 03:50 PM
Good news for loose tea fans: so-called 'tea bags' release millions of nanoplastic and microplastic particles when infused, according to mutagenesis researchers at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Oh, you thought they were made of paper? Most commercially available...
Evidently purturbed by talk of key financial backer Elon Musk effectively running his administration before he's even in the White House, president-elect Donald Trump called the talk a 'hoax' at a rally this weekend. 'No, he's not taking the presidency,' Trump told the...
Jeffrey Maddrey, New York Police Department's Chief of Department, resigned Friday afternoon. He was accused of sexually abusing a subordinate officer in exchange for overtime pay. If he chose the time hoping to avoid reportage on why he was headed out the door, it isn't...
President Biden today commutes the sentences of 37 of the 40 inmates on the federal government's death row. They will all spend the rest of their lives in jail instead. His administration having learned its lesson about not looking at the details of those being given...
There's another word that more accurately describes 'sex' with minors, but 'had sex' it is in the bipartisan ethics report into now-former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, to be released today after a month of GOP efforts to suppress it. According to CBS News, which has a...
Consider the fabled 'failed second album,' where hot new bands mess it up following up a breakthrough hit. I was thinking about this yesterday because I'd listened to Suede's Dog Man Star and Saint Etienne's Tiger Bay1—both received negatively when they came out. — Read...
Across Saturday Night Live's 50-year history, those behind the camera have rarely received as much attention as those in front of it, despite arguably doing more work. Just imagine trying to do Kate McKinnon's blobfish look with a turnaround of only a few days – or, as may be...
As we trudge toward having yet another old man in the White House, the discussion about upper age limits for the people steering our country has flared up once again – and no recent case demonstrates the potential merit of the idea quite like that of Texas Congressional...
Throughout its history, NASA has produced striking images, from the iconic Earthrise to the breathtaking images of the Pillars of Creation, first captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and later by the James Webb Space Telescope. Now, NASA has developed a way for people with ...
If you've never heard the wide (and wild!) range of noises that walruses make, I implore you to watch this short but informative (and hilarious!) video. It features marine biologist Kristyn Plancarte (who goes by 'kp.assionate' online) and several of the walruses she's had...
Since 1982, the British Medical Journal, now called The BMJ, has published an annual Christmas edition that features 'research articles which apply a serious academic approach to investigating less serious medical questions.' This year's edition includes a study of the...
When I spent Christmas in Denmark a couple of years ago, I was told by a local that it is a widespread Danish tradition to watch the broadcast of a Disney Christmas special showing various cartoon clips on Christmas Eve. I thought that the popularity of that tradition must...
TL;DR: Transform your data by putting it into clean, easy-to-read diagrams with Microsoft Visio 2021 Pro, now on sale for $17.97 (reg. $249) until the end of today. As much as everyone loves how hilarious The Office's portrayal of #corporatelife is, one thing's clear: no one...
Sunday December 22, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: The GoCable can charge your phone, transfer files, and open your drink, and it's only $24.99 (reg. $44). Life on the go can get a little wild, but staying charged up? That's a breeze. Whether you're jet-setting for a business trip, off on a spontaneous weekend...
In order to avoid paying actual recording artists the $.003 they earn for each play of their songs, Spotify has started filling out its playlists with songs they buy cheaply from production houses and then assign to 'ghost artists' with fake names and biographies. — Read the...
This sequence of photos shows a woman's parents waving goodbye to her. She took the photographs over 27 years when leaving their home. The images are a beautiful timelapse until they reach the inevitable conclusion and break your heart. The ritual of taking goodbye pictures...
TL;DR: This iPad 7th Gen comes with a pair of Beats Headphones, a case, a screen protector, and more for $199.97 (reg. $299). If you're shopping on a budget, Apple probably isn't the first name to come to mind, but maybe it should be. — Read the rest The post Want an iPad?...
It's holiday time, and that means that the annual shelter-dogs-picking-out-their-holiday-toys videos are dropping! One of the best this year is the video posted recently by the Humane Educational Society, which features over a dozen of the adorable pooches entering one by...
Comedian Conan O'Brien lost both his parents with three days of each other; his father passed away on December 9, and his mother on December 12. His parents were exceptionally accomplished. In addition to raising their family of six children in Brookline, Massachusetts, Dr....
We all know—and love—that cats make biscuits, and we even have archaeological evidence that such feline biscuit making occurred 1200 years ago! But I bet you didn't know that binturongs—those adorable creatures that WIRED describes as having 'a face like a cat, a body l...
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