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. While there will always be wedding dress trends that make their mark on the bridal world — minis, co-ords, jumpsuits, backless cutouts, oversize bows, and sheer illusions are just a few from recent history — the most unique look is one that caters to your personal style. If you love sequins, feathers, or a specific color, why not extend those preferences to your special…
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Short-term, heavy feeding by adult spotted lanternflies on young maple trees inhibits photosynthesis, potentially impairing the tree’s growth by up to 50 percent, according to a new study by Penn State scientists. According to the researchers, the findings can help production nurseries and forest managers make management decisions to protect their inventories. “Spotted lanternfly will feed on important ornamental and forest trees such as silver and red maple, which are used to make products and are abundant across urban, suburban and rural landscapes throughout Pennsylvania,” said Kelli Hoover, professor of entomology in the College of Agricultural Sciences, who added that…
Nothing Phone 1 has started receiving a new OS update that enables 5G access for Reliance Jio users in India. The latest Nothing OS update carries version number 1.1.6. Apart from general bug fixes, it includes several system improvements and camera tweaks. The update also brings augmented reality support to the Nothing Phone 1. The company had reportedly rolled out the Nothing OS 1.1.5 last week. At the time, this version was believed to be available to only limited users. However, the Nothing OS 1.1.6 update appears to be widely available.Nothing has seemingly begun rolling out the Nothing OS 1.1.6…
Iconic punk drummer Jet Black has died at the age of 84. The musician, born Brian John Duffy, spent his career behind the kit with The Stranglers. According to social media posts, he died at his home in Wales on Tuesday (Dec. 6) following “years of ill health.”The Stranglers shared the news on their social media accounts with a tweet that read, “It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague Jet Black. Jet died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Fond adieu, fly straight JB.”The musician was a founding member of the…
One of 2022’s most intriguing comedies will soon hit streaming as The Menu HBO Max release date has been set for early next year. HBO Max announced the critically-acclaimed dark comedy thriller The Menu will hit the streaming service on January 3, 2023. The Mark Mylod-directed story premiered at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Ultimately, it grossed over $64 million at the box office following its theatrical run. Among other accolades, main stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes scored Best Actor and Actress nominations at the Golden Globe Awards. HBO Max subscribers can now judge The Menu actors’ performances…
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett What’s it About? An absorbing, clever debut thriller that speaks to the longstanding injustices faced by New Zealand’s indigenous peoples, by an acclaimed Māori screenwriter and director. “If you want to achieve mental clarity, if you seek nothingness, become a Buddhist monk. For fuck sake don’t decide to be a career cop.” Detective Senior Sergeant Hana Westerman knows this all too well. In Michael Bennett’s Better the Blood (Atlantic Monthly Press), Westerman, a Māori cop in Auckland, New Zealand, sees her life falling apart before her eyes. Her rebellious daughter has just been arrested. …
Jeremy Renner has been in the hospital since Sunday when he was involved in a serious snow plow accident that initially left him in critical condition. Fans have been worried about the Marvel star, so it was welcome news when he posted to Instagram on Tuesday, thanking fans for their unwavering support. Renner wrote, “Thank you all for your kind words. . Im too messed up now to type. But I send love to you all,” alongside a picture of him in his hospital bed, looking exactly like someone who was run over by a snow plow. Following Renner’s post,…
The bacterium Yersinia pestis causes frequent outbreaks that kill people, but a new vaccine based on cutting edge technology has shown promise in a mouse study Health 30 November 2022 By Carissa Wong Illustration of Yersinia pestis bacteriaNOBEASTSOFIERCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY An experimental vaccine has been found to protect mice from a lethal dose of the bacterium that causes the plague. Famous for killing millions in Europe in the Middle Ages, the bacterium Yersinia pestis still causes frequent deadly outbreaks, including recent ones in Madagascar, India, China and the US. It is usually treated with antibiotics, but if antibiotic-resistant strains of…
MONTH OF JanuaryDouble up, Cancer. January is your relationship high season as the Sun illuminates the two most partnership-driven zones of your chart: Capricorn (your seventh house of one-on-one unions) and Aquarius (your eighth house of intimacy and mergers). With lucky Jupiter now rocketing through Aries and your tenth house of success and leadership until May 16, the first half of 2023 is infused with “dynamic duo” energy, especially in your career.With so much happening, you’ll need some extra hands, Crab. Delegate with discernment, though, because not everyone will be a reliable supporter, even those with the best intentions. Communication…
Kulagin and his business partner, Pavel Zhovner, first came up with the idea for Flipper Zero in 2019. Since then, their company has sold 150,000 devices and they’ve grown their team to nearly 50 people. But as they’ve grown, they’ve encountered some resistance. This summer, payments of more than $1.3 million were held up by PayPal, and in September, US Customs and Border Patrol seized a shipment of devices. According to Kulagin, CBP released the shipment after a month but has yet to tell the company why it held the shipment. CBP declined WIRED’s request to comment about the seized Flipper…
As 2022 winds down, we’re making sure we’ve got you covered with the best of the year. That includes the Best Rock + Metal Cover Songs of the last calendar year and what a year it has been!It was a year when Corey Taylor indulged his ’80s covers itch with a soundtrack classic. It was a year when Coheed and Cambria took the bombast of KISS and gave it an acoustic makeover and it was a year in which Mark Tremonti made all our jaws drop affecting his classic crooner persona for a full album of Frank Sinatra covers.There were…
A new batch of films explore the importance of whisper networks in protecting women 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…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Staying Broken (Single Dads Club)? All of my books come from me so the stories ALWAYS have bits of actual events that I have been a part of sprinkled throughout. I have a lot of friends and many of them happen to be single parents or have been single parents for a time. I thought it would be fun to write a series about a Single Dads Group who kind of help each other navigate that world. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your…
The trend of canceling projects in production continues to haunt fans of content providers in the U.S. According to Variety, the embattled AMC has canceled 61st Street Season 2 and Invitation to a Bonfire. The cancellations come as AMC is in belt-tightening mode, much like several other companies. The news for 61st Street comes after production on the second season is completed, which is even more aggravating for fans of the series who invested time in the first season. As you will likely recall, the drama series was picked up for two seasons when it landed a formal order in…
Wearable fitness devices offer new insights into the relationship between physical activity and type 2 diabetes, according to a new analysis of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program data published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of the disease, affecting 90% to 95% of people with diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the body is resistant to the action of insulin, meaning it cannot use insulin properly, so it cannot carry sugar into the cells. Type 2 diabetes most often develops in people over age…
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. Cardi B was spotted in the crowd at husband Offset’s performance during Art Basel at Miami’s E11EVEN late Thursday night, showing off her body in what was arguably her most revealing look to date. Her completely sheer fishnet catsuit left little to the imagination with its plunging, deep-V silhouette and open-weave fabric. Layering up on her platinum-toned and diamond-encrusted jewels, as she so often…
Scientists once thought bigger brains made smarter animals. But birds fly in the face of that logic: with a brain smaller than a walnut, they can develop sophisticated tools and remember where they hid food. Now research published in Current Biology suggests birds can pull this off because their brain neurons use less energy than those of mammals, letting their bodies support a higher proportion of these cells. A 2016 study showed that avian brains are denser than those of many other animals. For example, a macaw’s 20-gram brain holds as many neurons as a squirrel monkey’s 30-gram brain. But…
Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said that over 97 percent of mobile phones used in India are made in the country itself. The minister made the remarks while speaking at the event CyFY 2022, organised by Observer Research Foundation (ORF).”In 2014, over 92 percent of mobile phones used in India were imported, today over 97 percent of mobile phones used in India are made in India. Today we export electronic devices worth $12 billion (roughly Rs. 98,800 crore),” Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.He further said that the new data protection bill will be “very simple…
Barbara Walters, the glass-ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has died. She was 93. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Walters’ death was announced Friday night by ABC News on its World News Tonight With David Muir broadcast. No details of her death were immediately available. She was the first female co-host of the Today show, the first evening news anchorwoman in broadcast history and a co-creator and co-host of The View. Walters announced in May 2013 that she would retire from journalism upon…
It’s the top-grossing movie of 2022, both in the U.S. and worldwide. It’s on our list of the best movies of the year. It’s Top Gun: Maverick, the shockingly successful sequel to the era defining action film of the 1980s.Much of Top Gun: Maverick’s success this year is due to the fact that it was billed as a theatrical event. The movie’s mind-boggling visuals were shot for the big screen, and best appreciated there. The box-office numbers ($718 million in the United States and $1.48 billion worldwide) prove that audiences agreed.But now, finally, Top Gun: Maverick is available on streaming, specifically on Paramount+. How…
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting — who both starred in 1968’s Romeo and Juliet when they were 15 and 16, respectively — have sued Paramount Pictures for more than $500 million. The suit, filed Tuesday in the L.A. County Superior Court, alleges sexual abuse, harassment, and fraud. It comes as a result of the circumstances surrounding the film’s nude scene. Initially, director Franco Zeffirelli told the two teen stars they’d only be required to wear flesh-toned underwear for the scene, but the underwear changed to body makeup, and then finally to a promise that the camera would be positioned in…
New York construction sites are dangerous, especially in the Law & Order universe. Law & Order Season 22 Episode 10 offered an investigation into a homeless man’s death that led to a major cover-up on a construction site — and it wasn’t even the same construction site death that Stabler has been investigating on Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 3! It’s a shame the writers skipped this crossover opportunity, but the story they did tell was compelling despite a somewhat predictable ending. This story touched upon the class war between the rich and powerful and the homeless community, but…
By Grace Wade Alzheimer’s disease may be caused by the accumulation of protein plaques and tangles in the brainAndrew Brookes A drug called lecanemab is the first treatment that has been shown to slow cognitive decline in people with early Alzheimer’s disease. It also decreases plaques and tangles in the brain that are thought to drive the condition’s progression. While it may sound promising, some question whether these effects are substantial enough to have a meaningful impact on Alzheimer’s symptoms. Potential concerns have also been raised about the drug’s safety. During an 18-month study made up of almost 1800 people…
MONTH OF JanuaryYou may be the steady Bull of the zodiac, but you always start the year eager to charge headlong into your visionary goals and dreams. That’s because January is Capricorn season, when the Sun is traveling through your inspired ninth house of growth, risk and expansion. Instead of being methodical, you get swept up in starry-eyed “sky’s the limit” energy—and we love to see you like this, Taurus!This year, however, this lucky solar cycle (which lasts until January 20) will be speed-checked by communication planet Mercury, who’s in a signal-scrambling retrograde until January 18. Capture all of those…
For a few weeks this summer, the world worried that monkeypox might become the next global pandemic. At the peak in early August the US was recording 600 cases a day, and the health authorities’ fumbling response echoed the early days of Covid-19. Vaccines were slow to arrive and in short supply for most of the fall. Testing was bottlenecked. Antiviral drugs, though they existed, were almost unobtainable because they hadn’t been federally authorized for the disease. While most cases were among gay and bisexual men, there were fears that the rarely fatal but often extremely painful infection, which can can take…
Rock legend Elton John has announced that he will no longer use Twitter because of the social media service’s “change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.”Since business magnate Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in October, hate speech has seen an unprecedented rise on the platform, according to The New York Times. But John’s statement seems to reference a more recent change to Twitter — as of Nov. 23, the website said it would no longer enforce its COVID-19 disinformation policy, according to Fox News.”All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together,” John tweeted on Friday (Dec. 9).…
Some fans believe that Thor: Love and Thunder was the movie that broke Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We here at ScreenCrush wouldn’t go that far. (Come on, guys, let’s be honest: Eternals did that!) But we would definitely agree that it was one of the weaker Marvel films of this run, and that it was way less successful than Thor: Ragnarok, which was made by the same writer/director, and had much the same cast.So what went wrong? To answer that question, look to an unexpected source: The Muppet Christmas Carol. This holiday favorite is very different from Thor: Love and Thunder, but…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write A Few Murders in My Neighborhood? I’ve made a wonderful living in Hollywood as a screenwriter/producer. Yet when my favorite (and most optioned) screenplay A Few Murders in the Neighborhood never became a film — I decided to take the bull by the horns and wrestle it into a NOVEL. Wasn’t easy but I’d had a little practice with my very first screenplay, which did become a film, A Different Story, and Ballantine Books asked me to turn it into a novel. If you had to pick theme songs…
Nothing is more disappointing than when a show we used to hold in such high regard diminishes in quality and appeal. Unfortunately, plenty of series fit the bill in 2022; if nothing else, they gave us something to complain about and discuss. From beloved medical dramas on life support or plain DOA to reality guilty pleasures that have become hellscapes, our TV Fanatic staff had some strong thoughts. And we’ve compiled a list of series that fell from grace in 2022. Check out this potentially controversial list and share your thoughts below! The Flight Attendant – HBO Max It’s an…
Superconductivity, fractional charges and magnetic vortices are just some of the weird quantum phenomena lurking in materials like graphene when they get skewed Physics 30 November 2022 , updated 1 December 2022 By Philip Ball Marcus Marritt IT WAS March 2018. The atmosphere at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society at the Los Angeles Convention Center was highly charged. The session had been moved to the atrium to accommodate the crowds, but people still had to cram onto the balconies to get a view of the action. Rumours had it that Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, a physicist at the Massachusetts…