Scientists who are training rats to save people from under the debris of a building after an earthquake have shared an update about the project. These scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology are training the rats to locate a survivor in a simulated room, pull a switch on their vest to trigger a beeper and then return to base where they are rewarded with a treat, according to a report in CNN. The project, brainchild of Belgian non-profit organisation APOPO, also involves the use of a backpack.The backpack will be equipped with a video camera, two-way microphone, and location transmitter…
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TV icon Dick Van Dyke added a strange footnote to his celebrated and prolific career with a surprise reveal as the Gnome on FOX’s mystery celebrity vocal competition series, The Masked Singer. The 97-year-old acting legend, the oldest contestant to be featured on the show so far, appeared on the show’s Season 9 premiere to perform the pop standard “When You’re Smiling,” which was credited to Frank Sinatra on the broadcast but attributed to Billie Holiday by Van Dyke (via EW). “I didn’t realize that Frank Sinatra had even done it,” he admitted in the interview. Post-reveal, host Nick Cannon…
Somebody I Used to Know is the crown jewel of the Prime Video schedule for February 6-12. On Friday, February 10, the streaming service will release Somebody I Used to Know. The upcoming Amazon Original film reunites director Dave Franco with Alison Brie following their horror collaboration, The Rental. The cast includes Jay Ellis (Insecure) and Kiersey Clemons (The Flash). “Somebody I Used to Know follows workaholic Ally (Brie) who, on a trip to her hometown, spends a night reminiscing with her ex-boyfriend Sean (Ellis), which makes her start to question everything about the choices she’s made and the person she’s become,”…
Born to Rise by Lorna Blake It’s fitting that Lorna Blake, at the very beginning of her memoir, Born to Rise, tells a story about her mother as a little girl. Young Ethlyn was only 8 years old at the time, the ninth of ten children born to a poor coffee and cocoa farmer. Ethlyn’s much older brother had brought home some beans and instructed Ethlyn to cook them for dinner. “These beans are no good. They are poisoned,” declared Ethlyn. The brother wasn’t convinced, but she said go feed them to the pigs and see what happens. Sure enough,…
From the black community’s perspective of the police to religion, this episode pushed on multiple polarizing topics while all at once exposing a character whose savior complex caused his entire world to crumble. Accused Season 1 Episode 4 was a symphony of emotional trigger points. We meet Kendall, a successful do-gooder. He’s a loving father and a wonderful husband–a community pillar. He’s held back only by his incessantly overbearing childhood friend and career criminal, Lamar. The nature of their friendship is one rooted in favors and history. They go way back, and loyalty, in addition to a lack of boundaries,…
Greenpeace called for action to finalize a high-seas treaty at the United Nations in August, projecting ‘Every Human Depends on Healthy Oceans’ onto the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. UN member states are meeting in New York from Monday with the aim of launching a long-berthed high-seas treaty, a crucial step toward the goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030. After more than 15 years of informal and formal talks, the meeting is the third time in less than a year that negotiators are gathering for what is due to be the last round. Another two weeks…
I’ll be honest. I didn’t think I’d see the return of 2002-esque footless tights, well, ever. But if there’s one thing we can rely on in fashion, it’s that everything is cyclical, and though I may have shiver-inducing memories of bright-pink footless tights paired with a DIY studded miniskirt from my childhood, others might be excited for the return of this hosiery. And if anyone could convince me to entertain the idea of a footless-tights revival, it’s Sienna Miller.The intrigue of Miller’s style comes from its unpredictability. You can really never guess what she’ll wear next. Some days she embraces bohemian classics, whilst on other…
Apple is cutting back production of iPhone 14 Plus and is increasing the output of the more expensive iPhone 14 Pro due to lukewarm demand, market research firm TrendForce said Tuesday.The share of more expensive iPhone 14 Pro series has increased to 60 percent of the total output from the initially planned 50 percent, and it could rise to 65 percent in the future, the report said.Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters’ request for comment.The report also said that rising US interest rates could crimp consumer spending, undermining the demand for iPhone models in the first quarter of 2023.…
This past Thursday (Jan. 19), Loudwire reported that legendary singer/songwriter David Crosby has died at the age of 81. Naturally, numerous music icons – such as Mike Portnoy, Sebastian Bach, Jefferson Airplane and Chuck D – quickly paid tribute to him, and now former Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmate Neil Young has as well.Yesterday (Jan. 20), Young published a heartfelt post about Crosby to his own website (Neil Young Archives). In it, he wrote:David is gone, but his music lives on. The soul of CSNY, David’s voice and energy were at the heart of our band. His great songs…
The frenetic charm of Miami Blues 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 (msgIsString) { json…
According to the International Potato Center, based in Peru, there are more than 4,000 varieties of edible potato, most of them found in the South American Andes. Dozens of furrows lie barren in a dusty field on the Bolivian highlands. It should be replete with potato plants ready for harvest, but a deadly combination of drought and frost proved too much for the crop. Cristobal Pongo, one of many peasants of the Aymara Indigenous group who devote their lives to potato farming in this region highly susceptible to climate change, looks dejectedly upon the dismal scene. “The potato is our…
Northern Vermont University, Castleton University, and Vermont Technical College are consolidating into one university, Vermont State University, by July 1st. As part of the consolidation, administrators announced they will be donating most of the library’s physical collection in favor of a digital-only library and repurposing the library building. At a forum on Friday, students showed up to protest the change, carrying signs reading “We tried online learning. We hated it. #BooksNotBots” and “Don’t Tread On Our Library”. Some students argued that digital-only resources were inaccessible to many students with disabilities that make it harder to read on screens. One second-year…
“You know how they say you couldn’t write this s**t? You couldn’t write this s**t!” Jennifer Grey declares of her latest role, playing controversial Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin in Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation, a compelling new Lifetime docudrama. When the project first came her way, the Dirty Dancingactress had never heard of the woman it depicted, despite HBO’s buzzy 2021–22 docuseries The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin. “I immediately downloaded it, watched it, was appalled and stunned, and thrilled,” she shares. “I’m always fascinated by charismatic leaders and…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The share of e-commerce retail sales in the United States has grown steadily over the last decade. This trend has been driven by retailers with traditional brick-and-mortar stores adopting online channels to connect to customers. In a new study, researchers explored the world of omnichannel retailing—the merging of in-store and online channels in which customers can select from a combination of online and physical channels to place and receive orders. The study examined top U.S. retailers’ use of omnichannel ship-from-store programs in which retailers use store inventory to deliver orders to homes instead of using a…
Photography Courtesy of Imaxtree With tips from a makeup artist, here’s how to use the beauty tool to achieve a glass skin-like foundation finish. By Lauren Knowles Date January 20, 2023 The makeup industry’s newest beauty secret is out — Korean beauty spatulas are the key to achieving a glass skin-like foundation finish. From #beautytok creators to celebrity makeup artists like Chanel’s Nina Park, we’ve seen these K-beauty spatulas go mainstream thanks to their satisfyingly smooth application. @ninapark skin-like using #chanel #n1dechanel revitalizing foundation #makeup I did on #daisyedgarjones for #criticschoiceawards #welovecoco #workingwithchanel original sound – . We could swipe…
Tesla told the agency this week that customers had filed warranty claims matching the situations highlighted by NHTSA on at least 18 occasions between spring 2019 and fall 2022. The filing notes that the carmaker said it was not aware of any injuries or deaths related to the flaws detected by the agency.The NHTSA filing says Tesla did not agree with the agency’s analyses but agreed to go forward with the recall anyway. The software defects will be fixed via an over-the-air update “in the coming weeks,” the agency says, which means drivers won’t have to bring their vehicles to…
Upcoming SNL Episodes to Feature Jack White, The 1975 0){ var regexp = /pwtv=(.*?)(&|$)/g; var matches = regexp.exec(purl); if(matches.length >= 2 && matches[1].length > 0){ profileVersionId = ‘/’+matches[1]; } } var wtads = document.createElement(‘script’); wtads.async = true; wtads.type = ‘text/javascript’; wtads.src = url+profileVersionId+’/pwt.js’; var node = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; node.parentNode.insertBefore(wtads, node); })(); ]]> Jack White (George Ortiz) / The 1975 (Julia Drummond) February 16, 2023 | 9:37pm ET Jack White and The 1975 will both serve as musical guests on upcoming episodes of Saturday Night Live. White will appear on the February 25th episode of SNL hosted by actor Woody Harrelson. With…
In praise of Stories We Tell 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 (msgIsString) { json…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. In celebration of National Library Lover’s Day, the Horror Writers Association (HWA), in partnership with United for Libraries, Book Riot, and Booklist, is delighted to announce the fifth annual Summer Scares reading list, which includes titles selected by a panel of authors and librarians and is designed to promote Horror as a great reading option for all ages and during any time of the year. This year Summer Scares welcomes New York Times Best-Selling author Daniel Kraus as their 2023 spokesperson. “My love…
Super Bowl LVII has arrived, but as viewers observe the biggest televised event of the year, companies are already offering a taste of their highly anticipated star-studded commercials. While the concept of ads for ads may stump some people, big-game TV spots are almost as big a deal as the football being played, so it only makes sense that companies would build the excitement in the weeks ahead. The Super Bowl kicked off on Sunday, February 12 at 6:30/5:30c on Fox with Rihanna headlining this year’s halftime show at the State Farm Stadium-set match. In the meantime, we’re getting excited…
Predicted probabilities of a gray wolf pack (a) persisting and (b) reproducing in five US national parks and preserves based on the best-performing generalized linear mixed models. Credit: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1002/fee.2597 New research shows how humans are a substantial source of mortality for wolves that live predominantly in national parks—and more importantly, that human-caused mortality triggers instability in wolf packs in national parks. Published today in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, the study was led by Kira Cassidy, a research associate at Yellowstone National Park, and included co-authors at five national parks and…
“Exascale” sounds like a science-fiction term, but it has a simple and very nonfictional definition: while a human brain can perform about one simple mathematical operation per second, an exascale computer can do at least one quintillion calculations in the time it takes to say, “One Mississippi.” In 2022 the world’s first declared exascale computer, Frontier, came online at Oak Ridge National Laboratory—and it’s 2.5 times faster than the second-fastest-ranked computer in the world. It will soon have better competition (or peers), though, from incoming examachines such as El Capitan, housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Aurora, which will…
Photography by Getty Images With a comeback tour in full force, it seems the fashion industry is utterly obsessed with Anna Delvey. But why? By Natalie Michie Date January 20, 2023 Everything I know about Anna Delvey, I have learned against my will. Even still, for some reason, her never-ending saga is nearly impossible to look away from. Born in Russia, Anna Delvey (née Sorokin) moved to New York City in 2014 and infamously posed as a German heiress. Living in luxury, despite having virtually no money of her own, Delvey worked her way into exclusive circles and effectively scammed…
The Covid-19 crisis highlighted certain economic and welfare issues associated with using animals for research. Pandemic-related closures meant that many labs had to halt experiments and euthanize animals. Then the race to develop vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 meant monkeys were in short supply due to huge demand. While alternative methods are promising, they’re relatively new. Methods for developing organ chips, organoids, and computer models also vary from lab to lab, making it difficult to draw broad conclusions about their accuracy. Boston biotech company chip Emulate, cofounded by Ingber, is testing how well its liver-on-a-chip device does at flagging the presence of dangerous chemicals.…
Pamela Anderson said that her ex-husband Tommy Lee attempted to comfort her as she struggled with renewed attention brought on by Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, telling Variety that he wrote to her, “Don’t let this hurt you like it did the first time.” Anderson and Lee were married from 1995 to 1998 and have two children together. Their sex tape was stolen in 1995 and distributed on the internet, and Anderson has been vocal about the psychological stress caused by that theft, as well as her anxiety at having to relive that moment during the press cycle around Pam & Tommy. “It was just…
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, The Last of Us creator Neil Druckmann spoke about why Episode 3 of the HBO series differed so much from the game. The latest episode in the HBO adaptation, titled “Long, Long Time,” tells the story of Bill and Frank. Unlike the game, however, which just sees players meeting Bill, this episode is fully dedicated to the pair’s tragic love story. According to Druckmann — who serves as showrunner on the series alongside Craig Mazin — deciding when to deviate so heavily from the game often depends on how good they think the deviation will…
It Gets Easier! … And Other Lies We Tell New Mothers by Claudine Wolk What’s it About? An audiobook that offers advice new mothers really need but no one tells them: about pregnancy, giving birth, the pros and cons of returning to work or staying at home, and much, much more. Congratulations, you’re pregnant … welcome to the new world of being a MOM! You’ve now joined a “private group” of other mothers and they are certainly quick to share, but how honest are they really? How judgmental are moms of each other? “Are you breast-feeding? You’re not? Hmmm.” (side…
As we move into February, it marks the start of Black History Month and the beginning of a packed slate of television programming celebrating Black stories, reflecting on history, and much more. Whether you’re seeking scripted content or documentary formats, there’s something for every viewer. Below, we’re rounding up some of the Black History Month programming highlights not to be missed this February and will continue to add to the listings as new shows are unveiled. Disney+ (Credit: Annette Brown/Marvel) Disney+ is unrolling an extensive lineup of titles adding new sets to their existing “Celebrate Black Stories” collection and introducing…
Impressionist artists like Claude Monet and Joseph Mallord William (J. M. W.) Turner are famous for their hazy, dreamlike paintings. However, a new study finds that what these European painters were really depicting in their works wasn’t a figment of their imagination, but an environmental disaster: air pollution.Scientists examined approximately 100 artworks by the two impressionist painters, who dominated the art scene between the mid-18th and early 20th centuries, during the Industrial Revolution. The team discovered that what some art enthusiasts had long believed was Monet and Turner’s style of painting was actually them “capturing changes in the optical environment”…
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