Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “This is a big step in providing actionable data for regulatory agencies and clinicians in terms of making sense of the state of the literature on this hugely important health topic. The results can be used by organizations like the Environmental Protection Agency, which is currently considering strengthening limits on PM2.5 exposure,” said lead author Marc Weisskopf, Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Epidemiology and Physiology. “Our findings support the public…
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. A few weeks ago, I read Annika Barranti Klein’s article, Did Maurice Sendak Hate Children? It was funny timing, because I had just picked up my phone to scroll after reading all about Maurice Sendak in children’s book historian Leonard Marcus’s book Minders of Make-Believe. While I don’t necessarily disagree with the points Annika makes, I do wonder if there are other reasons that people might think he doesn’t like children. His crotchety personality and the fact of his being gay could very…
Barely on hour after Fox News announced it had fired Tucker Carlson effective immediately, Don Lemon announced via Twitter on April 24 that he had been fired by CNN. The ousted anchor, who has been with the network for 17 years, said he learned of the firing through his agent and that no one at CNN had the “decency” to deliver the news themselves. CNN has now denied that narrative, saying Lemon was offered the opportunity to speak with CNN management about their decision. “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I…
Singer-songwriter Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock and a Hard Place” rents the penthouse of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for a sixth total and consecutive week. The song leads the May 6-dated survey with 29.4 million audience impressions in the tracking week ending April 27, according to Luminate. “Rock” – written by Jacob Hackworth, Jet Harvey and Heath Warre (and on Elektra / Warner Music Nashville / WEA) – is the first Country Airplay No. 1 for at least six weeks since Morgan Wallen’s “You Proof” ruled for a record 10 starting last October. For the 23-year-old Zimmerman, from Louisville, Ill., “Rock” became his…
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 review – needs more Will Poulter 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {};…
As is commonly observed in ancient burial sites, the graves were packed closely together and frequently overlapped. (Image credit: Camille Colonna, Inrap)A forgotten necropolis packed with 50 graves has been discovered near a bustling train station in central Paris by archeologists excavating the site ahead of construction work. Thousands of commuters have been unknowingly treading the ground just 10 feet (3 meters) above the 2,000-year-old graves, which belong to the largest known burial site in what was the Gallo-Roman town of Lutetia. The ancient town spread across 10 acres (4 hectares) in its heyday and sat on the banks of the…
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Motorola Razr 2022 recently made its debut in China, powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, and the handset is expected make its debut in global markets in the coming days. A new leak by a tipster now suggests that the Lenovo-owned company will be launching two additional Motorola Razr models in 2023. The purported foldable phones have been spotted with the codenames “Juno” and “Venus”. The handsets are tipped to follow the launch of the Motorola Razr 2022. The specifications of the foldable codenamed Juno have been leaked online.According to noted tipster Evan Blass (Twitter: @evleaks), the Juno…
21 Apr 2023 6 New Romance Reads for Your Spring TBR List It’s that time again – flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up. It’s time to spring into your TBR list and let love bloom. Check out these new romance releases from authors Maan Gabriel, L.P. Dover, Kathia, Rachael Bloome, Bel Blackwood, and Bianca D’Arc. Twelve Hours in Manhattan by Maan Gabriel Release Date: April 18, 2023 Bianca Maria Curtis is at the brink of losing it all when she meets Eric at a bar in Manhattan. Eric, as it turns out, is the famous Korean drama…
We knew it wouldn’t be easy for Bo to find his way back to Hope, but things got grim fast. On Days of Our Lives during the week of 4-24-23, Shawn shot his father just as Bo began to remember that Hope was his Fancy Face. And while Bo miraculously survived, he lapsed into a coma. While this is strong drama, these depressing complications are unlikely to please most Bope shippers, especially since the pair has only a short time left on-screen. The silver lining is that with such little time left, it’s likely Bo will wake up quickly. While…
In an interview on the eve of Metallica’s 72 Seasons release day, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett spoke candidly about his “extreme” belief in meditation and the idea that all people are interconnected.”I meditate a lot,” Hammett, who also does yoga, explained to 95.5 KLOS about his spiritual investment in the ancient practice. “I meditate sometimes a couple of hours a day; I’ve been meditating for about 25 years.”Watch the full interview near the bottom of this post.READ MORE: Kirk Hammett Is Ready to Score FilmsHow deep are the Metallica guitarist’s convictions about his meditation? “My beliefs and my outlook on meditation [are] pretty extreme, I would…
James Gunn has been promoting the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on his social media profiles for some time now, and though some fans may find it strange, he doesn’t plan on stopping. Taking to Twitter recently, Gunn replied to a fan who joked about one of the heads of DC Studios promoting a Marvel film. Gunn took exception to the comment, saying that he spent the last 12 years of his life making the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and that they meant the world to him. He also noted that when he went to DC, everyone…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Low temperature can affect the development of plants and the yield of crops. Ethylene (ETH) is known to positively regulate cold tolerance. However, the role of ETH in transcriptional regulation of grapevine leaves subjected to low temperature stress remains poorly understood. Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences selected leaves of V. amurensis, a wild grape variety that is extremely cold-tolerant in winter, as experimental material. They investigated changes in the transcriptome and phytohormones of grapevine leaves under low temperature stress, identified genes regulated by ETH under low temperature stress and…
There’s plenty of conflicting advice about how much SPF to apply, but it’s widely accepted that most of us just don’t slather on enough of it. Official National Health Service guidelines advise using two teaspoons of sunscreen for your head, arms and neck, or two tablespoons for your entire body. But in case you don’t want to treat your sun protection like you’re baking a cake, Colbert says you can use SPF “just like a moisturiser—enough to lightly cover the skin.”When it comes to applying SPF, you should do so about 30 minutes before you head outside. I apply it as…
In the game known as the streaming wars, Disney+ came out swinging, bringing with it a massive library of movies and TV shows—with new ones being added all the time. Watched everything on Netflix? Disney+ has a seemingly endless selection of Marvel movies and plenty of Star Wars and Pixar fare, too. Problem is, there’s so much stuff, it’s hard to know where to begin. WIRED is here to help. Below are our picks for the best films on Disney+ right now.For more viewing ideas, try our guides to the best films on Netflix, the best films on Amazon Prime,…
Eldest daughters often take on the lion’s share of domestic responsibilities. Credit: Pexels/nishant aneja Have you heard of “eldest daughter syndrome?” It’s the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take on (and are encouraged to take on) in many families from a young age. From caring for younger siblings, helping out with everyday chores, looking after sick parents to sorting shopping orders or online deliveries, eldest daughters often shoulder a heavy but invisible burden of domestic responsibility from a young age. What’s wrong with that? You might ask, shouldn’t the eldest children, who are supposed to be more grown-up, help…
21 Apr 2023 6 Books to Read While You Wait for The Mandalorian Season 4 With season three of The Mandalorian coming to a close this week, you need something to fill the void while you wait for season four! These new fantasy and science fiction releases will do just that. Check out these books from authors S.M. Warlow, Theophilus Monroe, Michael Anderle, J.D. Oliva, Peter Diggins, M. C. Bodel, and Nick Crow. Invidious (Tales of the Phoenix Titan Book 2) by S.M. Warlow Release Date: April 4, 2023 A separatist revolution brewing for decades has finally begun, but the…
John Hoogenakker has made quite a name for himself. From television (Dopesick) to film and commercials, you’ve seen his face or heard his voice in various eclectic roles. And his career continues to ascend, with his stunning portrayal of real-life Branch Davidian Clive Doyle in the Showtime miniseries Waco: The Aftermath. The series covers both the immediate aftermath of the Waco standoff and takes a look into the past, bridging multiple storylines into a captivating and moving series that does as much to teach us about the lessons of history as it does to help us understand the present. We…
Nearly nine years after Johnny Winter‘s death, a battle for control of the legendary blues guitarist’s music is being fought in court with allegations of theft and greed flying back and forth. The legal fight pits Winter’s former personal manager and bandmate, Paul Nelson, against the family of the bluesman’s late wife, Susan, who died in 2019. Winter’s in-laws say Nelson and his wife improperly took more than $1.5 million from Winter’s music business, including auctioning off some of the late musician’s guitars. Nelson and his wife have countersued, saying Susan Winter’s siblings swooped in when she was medicated and…
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has spoken a bit about the return of Daisy Ridley’s Rey in an upcoming Star Wars movie. Announced at the recent Star Wars Celebration, the movie will take place after The Rise of Skywalker and will feature Rey as the lead protagonist. Kennedy spoke with EW about what sort of story the new Ridley-led Star Wars film may have and the reasoning for this return to the mainline movies. “As we move into the future space — this story is about 15 years outside of The Rise of Skywalker — obviously we realized post-war, post–First Order…
What’s invisible, weighs 20 million suns and zooms through space at more than 1,500 kilometers per second, leaving a long starry trail in its wake? If you guessed “a supermassive black hole that has escaped its host galaxy,” you’re probably right. At least that’s the conclusion of an international team of researchers who found and studied the candidate runaway using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes. The discovery is detailed in a paper published on April 6 in Astrophysical Journal Letters. For reasons that are still poorly understood, supermassive black holes lurk at the centers of most large galaxies…
Troy Baker, who served as the original voice and motion-capture actor for Joel in both The Last of Us Part I and II, received not just a cameo in the HBO adaptation but a supporting role as David’s right-hand man, James. The role is a small one in the game but was expanded significantly for episode 8, where Ellie herself gets the chance to swing an axe at Baker’s head. As Baker told Vulture after the episode aired, “I never was promised a role. I was happy, on this one, to be in the stands rather than on the field.…
Just days after Russian troops headed toward Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, Vladimir Putin signed legislation that criminalizes spreading “fake” information about the war, with a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. Most independent news outlets are now blocked, with editors and journalists ending up in prison, leaving Russians with state propaganda.This has made VPNs and other censorship circumvention tools all the more important, says Stanislav Shakirov, cofounder of Roskomsvoboda and founder of tech development organization Privacy Accelerator. “If internet users in Russia stop receiving information other than state information,” he says, “we will have no hope of any processes…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Who is Junji Ito? If you’ve seen any of his imaginative and unsettling imagery, then you already know this Japanese horror manga artist is unforgettable. Ito is the writer and the artist of over 100 horror stories, some of which have been adapted into films, television series, and video games. Beyond his horror manga, Ito has also adapted other works, and he’s created illustrations for the popular card game Magic: the Gathering. Ito’s work has reached many different horror audiences. It’s inspirational and…
Apple TV+ premieres Silo this week, which is a book-to-screen adaptation I can highly recommend. The books were incredible, creating a world unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, and the series brings it to life with stunning detail. Fatal Attraction comes to Paramount+, and we finally see the appeal of having more time with a beloved IP, as the fleshed-out story opens a lot of storytelling opportunities. See what else is coming this week and what finales to keep an eye on below. Saturday, April 29 8/7c Hearts In the Game (Hallmark) Erin Cahill and Marco Grazzini star in a new…
The use of coal power is not decreasing fast enough. The Paris Agreement’s target of a maximum of 2 degrees of warming appear to be missed, and the world is moving towards a temperature increase of 2.5-3 degrees. At the same time it is feasible to avoid higher warming. This is shown by researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and Lund University, Sweden, in a new study. “More and more countries are promising that they will phase out coal from their energy systems, which is positive. But unfortunately, their commitments are not strong enough. If we are to have a…
[] Skip to main content Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj tell us when they’re not better off ‘Alone’ and BTS’ Suga releases his new project ‘D-Day’ under the moniker Agust. Jack Harlow shows off his acting skills in the first trailer for the reboot of 90’s classic ‘White Men Can’t Jump’. Did Latto just shade Coi Leray in her latest song? Did Kelly Clarkson try to shade Troy Sivan? We asked fans who they would go through Ticketmaster hell to get concert tickets for. Loren Gray tells us about her new music, growing up on social media, and more! ad…
The silence and the fury of Steve McQueen’s Grenfell 3 && args[2] === 2 && typeof args[3] === ‘boolean’ ) { gdprApplies = args[3]; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](‘set’, true); } } } else if (args[0] === ‘ping’) { var retr = { gdprApplies: gdprApplies, cmpLoaded: false, cmpStatus: ‘stub’ }; if (typeof args[2] === ‘function’) { args[2](retr); } } else { if(args[0] === ‘init’ && typeof args[3] === ‘object’) { args[3] = { …args[3], tag_version: ‘V2’ }; } queue.push(args); } } function postMessageEventHandler(event) { var msgIsString = typeof event.data === ‘string’; var json = {}; try { if…
Photography courtesy of HBO As she gains power, her outfits become more and more sterile. Where did things go wrong? By Natalie Michie Date March 28, 2023 Of all the questionably dressed and terribly behaved characters in Succession, nobody has undergone appearance-based scrutiny quite like Shiv Roy. The youngest child and sole daughter in the Roy family, played by Sarah Snook, has become the sartorial centrepiece of the HBO drama, which doubles as a case study of the ultra-rich. As she and her brothers fight for power within the media conglomerate Waystor Royco helmed by their father Logan Roy (Brian…
The US is experiencing devastation from a flurry of tornadoes. At least five people died Wednesday when a tornado tore through southeastern Missouri. It followed six in New Jersey and one in Delaware that killed a person and became the state’s widest on record. Batches of tornadoes killed more than 30 people in the South and Midwest over the weekend. And January saw 168 preliminary tornado reports, nearly five times that month’s average between 1990 and 2010. It’s been a busy and deadly start to tornado season, and the twisters have hit regions typically spared. We know that a warming climate is creating moisture and instability…