A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new light on early humans as woodworking masters, according to a new study. State-of-the-art analysis of a double-pointed wooden throwing stick, found in Schöningen in Germany three decades ago, shows it was scraped, seasoned and sanded before being used to kill animals. The research indicates early humans’ woodworking techniques were more developed and sophisticated than previously understood. The findings, published today (Wednesday, 19 July) in PLOS ONE, also suggest the creation of lightweight weapons may have enabled group hunts of medium and small animals. The use of throwing sticks as hunting aids could…
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A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan What’s it About? This captivating historical novel set in 19th-century and post–World War II Paris follows two fierce women of the same family, generations apart, who find that their futures lie in the four walls of a simple bakery in a tiny corner of Montmartre. “Sometimes food is simple nourishment for the body. Sometimes it is nourishment for the soul. Sometimes it is an apology”. A Bakery in Paris (William Morrow) brings a fresh take to a historical fiction novel, and Aimie K. Runyan can bring together mystery, comfort and two strong…
We are just weeks away from the Dancing With the Stars Season 32 premiere. We don’t have the confirmed cast for the series’ return to ABC, but we do know that another pro is bowing out. Witney Carson took to TikTok Sunday to reveal her decision to skip this year’s edition. “This was not a decision that we took lightly at all,” Carson declared, referring to herself and her husband Carson McAllister. “But we will not be doing Dancing With the Stars this season.” “And as much as that pains me to say, I just feel very at peace with…
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Networking firm Cisco Systems will add Microsoft’s Teams messaging app to its meeting devices, the two firms said on Wednesday, offering users an alternative to its own Webex video conferencing app.Cisco’s Jeetu Patel, head of Security & Collaboration, said the company aims to be the hardware platform for a wide range of conferencing software platforms.”The way this market is evolving is very similar to the way that the movie entertainment market evolved,” Patel said, with consumers having multiple subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix, Disney, HBO and Hulu.”There’s going to be times that people want to jump on a Microsoft…
[]Archaeologists in southern Russia say they’ve discovered the ruins of a 2,000-year-old synagogue — a rare discovery given that buildings for Jewish worship from this period are seldom found outside the Holy Land.[]The team made the discovery just a few miles east of Crimea on Russia’s Taman Peninsula, where they’re excavating the remains of an ancient Greek colony at the Phanagoria archaeological site. The synagogue’s age hasn’t yet been verified in a peer-reviewed study, but it may date to more than 100 years before the Second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman legions in A.D. 70.[]Although the archaeologists on…
Metallica were forced to postpone their concert scheduled in Glendale, Arizona for Sunday (September 3rd) after frontman James Hetfield tested positive for COVID-19. The show has been rescheduled for September 9th and tickets will be honored at the new date. On Friday night, during the band’s first of two concerts in Glendale, Metallica played an abbreviated 14-song set (down from the usual 16 songs) as Hetfield was experiencing vocal issues. Turns out that was likely due to him contracting COVID. “We’re extremely disappointed and regret any inconvenience this has caused you; we look forward to returning to complete the ‘M72…
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SUCH KINDNESS by Andre Dubus III Tom Lowe is broke, rudderless, and approaching toxic levels of bitterness as this audiobook opens. Once he proudly defined himself as a devoted husband, father, and carpenter; now, following an accident, he can’t define himself at all. Dubus works narrative magic here. Without giving too much away, know that Tom’s story is ultimately a satisfying one, and Dubus navigates that transformation admirably. As Tom’s outlook brightens, Dubus’s voice quietly lightens. Dubus artfully delivers dialogue, humor, sorrow, and Tom’s personal meditations with depth and alacrity. An outstanding performance of an excellent story. Review Read The…
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It might seem sacrilegious given that July has only just begun, but hear me out: Fashion people are already thinking about—and wearing!—the trends we know will be big news this autumn. Those of us who work in the industry are practically programmed to live a season ahead, keeping mental notes and archiving observations on items or aesthetics we think will be of interest to our readers in a week, month or even six months. And it seems as though content creators on both Instagram and TikTok are also speeding up their style cycles and blurring the lines between summer and autumn with their current…
Several users of Meta’s Facebook are complaining losing majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000.”Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my almost 900,000 followers and left only 9000 something on the shore. I kind of like Facebook’s comedy,” exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen tweeted.When contacted, a Meta spokesperson said, “We’re aware that some people are seeing inconsistent follower count on their Facebook profiles. We’re working to get things back to normal…
Vera_Petrunina/Getty Images YOU have heaped your shopping on the supermarket conveyor belt and a friendly member of the checkout staff is scanning it through. Items are coming thick and fast and you would like to get them in as few bags as possible. What is your strategy? This is an example of an optimisation problem, from an area of maths called operational research. One important question is, what are you trying to optimise? Are you thinking about the weight of the items, or how much space they will take up? Do you guess how many bags you might need and…
Before Jimmy Buffett appeared on Billboard’s charts, he was writing about other artists who did. Buffett, who died Friday (Sept. 1) at age 76, worked as a Nashville reporter for Billboard from 1969 to 1970. He quit when his first album, Debut to Earth, was released because he was told that continuing, would be a conflict of interest. Among the concerts he reviewed was Isaac Hayes at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, writing, “The Hot Buttered Soul Man combined his songs and his keyboard work on both organ and piano with a full and powerful voice range that created a style [that] was truly his own.” In 2021, Buffett…
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Scientists from Scripps Research and Cardiff University made key discoveries in support of a new stem cell-based therapy for Parkinson’s disease. The approach, called an autologous therapy, uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) — made from a patient’s own skin or blood cells — to replace the neurons in the brain that are lost in Parkinson’s. Transplants of a person’s own cells eliminates the need for immunosuppression. In a new study, the researchers used iPSCs made from the skin cells of two people with Parkinson’s disease to make young neurons that were successfully transplanted into a rat model with the…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Rachel Rosenberg has been writing since she was a child—at 13, she was published alongside celebs and fellow teens in Chicken Soup For the Teenage Soul 2. Rachel has a degree in Creative Writing from Montreal’s Concordia University; she’s been published in a few different anthologies and publications, including Best Lesbian Love Stories 2008, Little Fiction, Big Truth’s Re/Coded anthology and Broken Pencil magazine. She also appeared on the Montreal episode of the Grownups Read Things They Wrote As Kids podcast. Her day…
Jeopardy! super-champ Amy Schneider is set to tell all about her “checkered sexual history,” drug use and remarkable journey. The beloved contestant has been penning her memoirs, and admits to having “messiness in my life.” Her upcoming book, In the Form of a Question, is described as an “inspirational and bold memoir from the most successful woman ever to compete on Jeopardy!” Speaking about the book on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast, the 2022 Tournament of Champions winner said, “I feel pretty proud of it. I really enjoyed the process of writing it. My goal is that I’m hoping this does…
This oil is a powerful moisturizer with nourishing ingredients like borage seed oil, but it also contains a beautiful scent that will make anyone close enough to get a whiff swoon. It’s a great product to use before you heat style to protect, and after to tame flyaways.Amazon rating: 4.4/5 starsAn Amazon reviewer says: “I absolutely love this entire line and company. My hair has never felt so healthy, so shiny, and so happy. I love everything about this oil. It doesn’t weigh my hair down, it helps my roots. Everything amazing has happened since I started using this entire…
Vivo X90 series is expected to debut in China this year in December. The company’s new flagship lineup is said to include the standard Vivo X90, Vivo X90 Pro, and Vivo X90 Pro+. A handful of its specifications have surfaced in recent times. It is speculated that the top-of-the-line Vivo X90 Pro+ may get a 1-inch main camera sensor on the back. Based on these rumours and more, a notable tipster has now shared design renders of the Vivo X90 Pro+.The alleged Vivo X90 Pro+ design render tweeted by tipster Ben Geskin (@BenGeskin) showcases a slightly altered rear camera module…
In a way, stars are like doughnuts: You have to rip them apart to see what’s inside. Luckily for astronomers, sometimes the cosmos does just that — when a black hole shreds a star that passes by too closely in a violent spectacle called a tidal disruption event (TDE). (The phenomenon is more whimsically known as “spaghettification”).In new research published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers used a TDE to precisely measure the amounts of certain elements — namely, nitrogen and carbon — around a black hole to infer that a huge star three times bigger than the sun was…
Whether you consider yourself a refined minimalist or an expressive maximalist, one thing we all have in common is some degree of accessorising, and when it comes to putting the final touches to an outfit, jewellery is one of the most powerful embellishments in your repertoire. Jewellery is personal, after all, and the pieces we choose to buy, gift and wear can tell a story. I, for example, never take off the engraved signet ring I got for a birthday, and my engagement ring is the most important thing I own, but some of my most treasured jewellery pieces are those I’ve bought for myself to celebrate milestones in my life.…
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Dreamin’ Wild director Bill Pohlad first had his mind blown by Radiohead’s seminal 1997 release OK Computer while working in Dublin, and it’s been a go-to album ever since. On this bonus episode of The Spark Parade, Pohlad explains how, beyond finding pure enjoyment in the album, OK Computer also consistently provides inspiration when he’s editing his films. “All the time, but particularly on Love & Mercy and Dreamin’ Wild, going to the edit room, I’d constantly play Radiohead — Kid A, and OK Computer,” he explains. “It never ceases to inspire me to push things in…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was poised to make Black Adam the most important character in the DCEU. So what happened? Well, a large number of factors came together. James Gunn and Peter Safran took over as co-CEOs of DC Studios, and then the first Black Adam came out and didn’t perform as expected; fans weren’t all that familiar with the character.Recently, Johnson appeared on Hart To Heart, Kevin Hart’s talk show. In his words, the problems on Black Adam, were the result of getting “caught in a vortex of new leadership.”He added…At that time, as we were creating Black Adam, developing it, shooting Black Adam … it…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Ashlie (she/her) is an educator, librarian, and writer. She is committed to diversifying the reading lives of her students and supporting fat acceptance as it intersects with other women’s issues. She’s also perpetually striving to learn more about how she can use her many privileges to support marginalized groups. Interests include learning how to roller skate with her local roller derby team, buying more books than she’ll ever read, hiking with her husband and sons, and making lists to avoid real work. You…
Larry Teng, one of the executive producers of The CW‘s Nancy Drew, has slammed the network brass for the “disrespectful” way they canceled the mystery drama series. Nancy Drew aired its series finale on Wednesday, August 23, wrapping up four seasons of the Kennedy McMann-starring drama. Fans had high praise for the finale and how it tied up loose ends, but, according to Teng, that almost didn’t happen. Taking to Twitter/X on Thursday, August 24, Teng explained how it was only due to a chance phone call that the Nancy Drew team found out the show wasn’t getting picked up…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work.Whether you’re working from home indefinitely or click-clacking away at your keyboard in the office at this very moment, your workwear lineup has likely seen a transformation over the years. Maybe you’ve embraced the cozy confines of remote-working attire, or perhaps you’ve indulged in the ease of pull-on, elastic-waist pants? Regardless of your approach to professional dressing, we can unanimously appreciate the importance of comfort.…
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has cast Michelle Yeoh and Pete Davidson in voice roles. In an Instagram post, director Steven Caple Jr. (Creed II) dropped behind-the-scenes videos of the actors performing their lines for the upcoming franchise film, based on Hasbro’s Transformers action figures. Yeoh will lend voice to Airazor, the Maximal who can shapeshift into the beast form, a pelican. Davidson, on the other hand, plays Mirage, the crimson-themed Autobot, who mysteriously died in 2011’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon.Mirage aka Dino was originally played by Francesco Quinn (Platoon), who passed away from a heart attack, a week…
A good battery needs two things: high energy density to power devices, and stability, so it can be safely and reliably recharged thousands of times. For the past three decades, lithium-ion batteries have reigned supreme — proving their performance in smartphones, laptops, and electric vehicles. But battery researchers have begun to approach the limits of lithium-ion. As next-generation long-range vehicles and electric aircraft start to arrive on the market, the search for safer, cheaper, and more powerful battery systems that can outperform lithium-ion is ramping up. A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, led by Matthew McDowell,…
Jon Batiste is an albums artist through and through, and spoke with Billboard News to prove it. The Grammy award winner sat down with Billboard in the latest episode of the program to discuss his latest project, World Music Radio, and to divulge his approach to success in light of being a highly decorated artist. Speaking of World Music Radio — which was released on Friday, Aug. 18 — Batiste revealed that he worked with producer Jon Bellion on the project, which allowed several unintentional themes to make its way into the record. “Water is a theme in the album.…