World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has now officially declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The decision comes after the global health body’s International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on the disease failed to reach a consensus on the declaration at the end of its second meeting in less than a month. Between the meetings, the number of confirmed cases worldwide rose from 3,040 across 47 countries to more than 16,000 in 75 countries and territories, and the number of deaths rose from one to five, according to the WHO. Before a PHEIC was…
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We already know all too well that one celebrity wearing something can turn said item into a major trend, especially when that celebrity is someone as influential as Kim Kardashian West or Gigi Hadid. But what happens when multiple celebrities wear the same piece? Well, it becomes *the* trend. At least, that appears to be the case with the pant style that’s now been spotted on both of the above as well as on Bella Hadid, Jasmine Tookes and Katy Perry—all in the span of a few weeks. The buzzy trend in question? Leather pants, which practically every A-lister seems to be ditching their jeans…
“Each one of those kinds of pyrite is telling us something different about our planet, its origin, about life, and how it’s changed through time,” said Hazen.For that reason, the new papers classify minerals by “kind,” a term that Hazen and Morrison define as a combination of the mineral species with its mechanism of origin (think volcanic pyrite versus microbial pyrite). Using machine learning analysis, they scoured data from thousands of scientific papers and identified 10,556 distinct mineral kinds.Morrison and Hazen also identified 57 processes that individually or in combination created all known minerals. These processes included various types of…
California governor Gavin Newsom is backing legislation that will extend the state’s film and television tax program as an incentive to draw productions from anti-abortion states. If passed, the bill will provide $1.65 billion or $330 million per year in tax credits to film, TV, and other media productions through 2030. This news comes after the Supreme Court’s recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, with Newsom specifically targeting productions in states that have passed abortion-restricting laws, such as Georgia, whose higher tax credits have pulled productions away from California. “As other states roll back people’s rights, California will continue to…
Orphan: First Kill review – Hokey horror prequel is admirably sincere 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…
Nerve cells in tissue culture. Cell nuclei in blue, microtubules in green, microfilaments in red. Credit: Tereza Humhalová The tau protein is an important factor linked to the development of human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Yet there is still much we do not know about tau and other similar proteins. The most recent discoveries come from the work of an international team including co-authors from the Faculty of Science of Charles University in Prague, Lenka Libusova, Ph.D. and graduate student Tereza Humhalová. The study has been published in Nature Chemical Biology. It shows that tau protein can form coatings…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Annotated editions of books are versions containing copious notes from editors explaining the books’ historical context and providing analysis. They offer biographical details about authors or explanations of slang and other vocabulary. Many editions of Chaucer and Shakespeare provide glosses for words unfamiliar to most modern readers. Annotated editions contain similar notes, plus many more supplemental materials. These can include maps, diagrams, or other illustrations. Annotated editions are often bigger, longer, and more expensive than regular editions of the same book and may…
What a perfectly executed finale (pun intended)! Only Murders In the Building Season 2 Episode 10 ties two seasons of mystery and murder together with so many twists and turns that there was hardly room to breathe! How many times did you gasp? When Mabel steered away from Cinda and accused Alice? When Alice “confessed”? When she “stabbed” Charles? When Poppy started laying into Cinda? It was a roller coaster! God! This is really not feeling like a finale yet, is it? Oliver Putnam I’m still recovering from how fantastic this finale was. It was so funny, clever, and expertly paced.…
By Carrie Arnold Low stock of baby formula at a grocery store in Athens, GeorgiaShutterstock / The Toidi Nearly half of the usual supply of baby formula in the US is currently out of stock. That is according to the latest analysis from Datasembly, a company that analyses real-time product data. In the first half of 2021, baby formula stock was relatively stable, with out of stock rates between 2 and 8 per cent. But as supply chain issues made it harder to get hold of raw ingredients and staffing shortages interrupted production, those rates steadily crept up last year.…
Photography via Instagram.com/nailsbyzola Plus, shop everything you need to recreate Zola Ganzorigt’s shimmery invention at home. By Jillian Morgan, Ivy Tang Date July 13, 2022 Hailey Bieber might as well be the face of summer’s minimalist beauty trend. The model and now skincare mogul’s “glazed donut” glow is the season’s most sought-after look. But much like her dewy complexion, Bieber’s glistening talons are hard to miss — and we have celebrity nail artist Zola Ganzorigt to thank. The Los Angeles-based manicurist (whose clientele includes Sydney Sweeney, Vanessa Hudgens, Kendall Jenner, Maude Apatow and Simone Ashley) is responsible for creating what…
The feature you need to know about on the iPhone is called Guided Access, and you can enable it by opening up iOS Settings and choosing Accessibility and Guided Access. Turn the Guided Access toggle switch on and the feature is ready to go—just make sure you use Passcode Settings to set a passcode to protect Guided Access mode.To actually turn Guided Access on, you need to triple-tap the home button if your iPhone has one, or the side button if it doesn’t. You can then tap Options to configure how Guided Access is going to work: You’re able to…
Lowertown, the Atlanta-based bedroom pop duo of Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg, have announced their debut album. I Love to Lie is due out October 21 via Dirty Hit. Today, they’re sharing the lead single, “Bucktooth,” alongside a carnival-themed music video directed by Zev Magasis. Check it out below.Osby said she and Weinberg wrote “Bucktooth” after revisiting old country and folk music while homesick in the London recording studio: “I was really into Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison album and wanted to write a cheeky, narrative song similar to ‘Cocaine Blues.’ A bucktooth cowboy with his crew of troublemaker bandits…
Despite some recent tumult at HBO Max and Warner Bros. Discovery as a whole, it seems that Black Canary is still going strong. The film is a spinoff of Harley Quinn: Birds Of Prey, starring Jurnee Smollett. News of the project leaked back in August of 2021, but we haven’t heard much about it since. A lot of fans became increasingly worried about the project’s future given other changes at HBO Max, but luckily, Black Canary has managed to avoid meeting the same fate as Batgirl.Dinah Lance, the current incarnation of Black Canary, has appeared in a number of multi-media projects over the years. Her…
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Buried Treasure Lost Worlds: A Search for Aztec Treasure? I really fell in love with the idea of treasure hunting as a teenager, while living in New Mexico in the mid-sixties. Hearing the stories of hidden/stolen gold, lost mines, and caches of treasure hidden throughout the region, only fueled my interest. There were a number of stories/legends of the Aztec bringing Montezuma’s treasure out of Mexico, in 1521, passing through the area around Las Cruces, where I was living, They supposedly crossed the Organ mountains into the Tularosa basin…
Many remain shocked by the decision from Warner Bros. Discovery to cancel the Batgirl movie, despite filming being complete. Now, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are setting the record straight about what went down. “It was not a talent problem on our part, the actress, or even the quality of the movie,” El Arbi said in an interview with SKRIPT. “We were right in the middle of editing, there was still a lot of work to be done!” “It was not like the movie was finished But they told us it was a strategic change.” “New management. And…
When excited by lasers, a tiny glass container filled with rubidium atoms can act as a receiver for streamed video signals Physics 17 May 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan A video of the research team was streamed with rubidium atoms acting as a receiverV.T Neylon, Rydberg Atom Project at NIST Super-sized rubidium atoms have been used as a receiver to stream live colour video and video games. This atomic system could be employed to make small and versatile communications devices that don’t rely on electronics. When an atom absorbs energy and gets excited, its electrons start orbiting the nucleus at a…
As a shopping expert who’s worked in this industry for almost a decade, I have a not-so-hidden talent for being able to predict a trend, and I’m 99.9% sure these sandals are going to be big. Like, huge. Mainly because caged, or fisherman, sandals have been gaining popularity among the fashion crowd for a few years now (unsurprisingly thanks to The Row and its coveted pair). But this is their year, and they’re even popping up on the high street, too. As the double-strap sporty sandal loses momentum, we need another androgynous style that feels fresh and fulfills the role of balancing out all our…
Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, said on Friday it had cut its commercial paper holdings by around 58 percent as part of an earlier commitment to reduce its exposure to riskier assets.Stablecoins — a variety of cryptocurrencies designed to keep a steady value — are in sharp focus after the collapse of the TerraUSD token in May.Usually underpinned by reserves of assets such as the US dollar, gold and government debt, stablecoins are widely used in cryptocurrency trading and Tether is the predominant medium for moving funds between crypto or into regular cash.Tether’s reserves consist of US Treasury bonds and…
Hey, batter batter! Pharrell Williams took to the pitcher’s mound at the New York Yankees baseball game earlier this week (Aug. 22) to throw the first pitch. Fittingly, Pharrell rocked his Billionaire Boys Club collaborative clothing line with the Yankees for the occasion. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Happy to see @Pharrell at Yankee Stadium tonight. pic.twitter.com/HnED5Kosh5 — MLB (@MLB) August 22, 2022 It’s been a busy summer for Pharrell, who put out a number of collaborations, including “Cash In Cash Out” with Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage, and Calvin Harris’ “Stay With…
How wholesome songs become horrifying through cinema 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) {…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain They are considered “parasitic genes.” Even though they comprise over half of human DNA, much remains to be learned about them. Now University of California, Irvine biologists offer new insights into these entities known as transposons, providing knowledge that could one day help in the fight against cancers and aging-related diseases. Their study appears in eLife. Unlike genes that encode proteins needed for us to function, transposons make proteins solely to copy their own DNA and insert it other elements. “They are selfish parasites,” said study leader Grace Yuh Chwen Lee, assistant professor of ecology &…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Halloween is coming up in a couple of months, which is close enough for me to start getting into the spooky mood. Given, a good horror story is timeless and welcome during any time of the year. For those seeking to get their fill of creepiness, look no further than horror short stories that you can read online for free. Many literary magazines publish their work online, and many offer their work for free. Some magazines wait a bit so paying subscribers can…
Criminal Minds never shied away from some really disturbing cases. While the show’s entirety is considerably dark, some of their unsubs bring the disturbing factor up to a 10 (and more). With news that Criminal Minds plans on making a return on Paramount+, we decided to gather some of the most disturbing episodes we could think of! Of course, a lot of this list is objective, and we can’t make a list that’s forever long (because we could definitely fill a very long list with disturbing cases). Check out our list below (in no particular order), and pop down to…
A mysterious extinction about 540 million years ago may have been caused when early animals began competing against one another Life 17 May 2022 By Michael Marshall Ediacaran fossils in Newfoundland, CanadaCharlotte G. Kenchington Many early animal species died out just over 540 million years ago, but not for the usual reasons. A new study suggests that there was no external disaster: no supervolcano or climate change. Instead, the die-off happened as a result of increasing competition between the newly evolved animals as they diversified. “When we think of mass extinctions, we think of them as externally generated,” says Emily…
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Laurie Strode’s last stand will play out on Peacock the same day it hits theaters. Universal Pictures, Miramax, and Blumhouse’s Halloween Ends, the final installment of the most acclaimed, revered horror franchise in film history, will debut as Peacock’s Halloween movie event Friday, October 14, day-and-date of its theatrical release. The move follows in the footsteps of Halloween Kills, which launched on Peacock and in theaters on the same date in 2021. Granted, that move was in response to COVID-19, but the flick went on to generate a decent amount of money at the box office. It was significantly lower…
Outlander just can’t seem to help itself: The enormously popular Starz series is moving through time again. A prequel based on the show (and series of books by author Diana Gabaldon) is officially moving forward, per Variety, with the original series’ executive producer and showrunner Matthew B. Roberts attached to both write and produce the new show, called Outlander: Blood of My Blood. The story will center on the parents of fan-favorite Outlander protagonist Jamie Fraser, a Scottish soldier who falls in love with Claire Randall, an inadvertent time-traveler whisked from 1945 to 1743. Their love story has now spanned…
The right to travel is generally seen as protected by the Fourteenth Amendment, and this has been upheld by the Supreme Court in the past. However, the right to an abortion was also seen as something that was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment until Roe was overturned.“I think efforts to try and deal with the right to travel—this is uncharted territory in a lot of ways. There’s not a lot of broad precedent about the right to travel,” says Melissa Murray, a law professor at New York University. “A lot of it is going to present issues that for some…
Olivia Rodrigo introduced the person she wrote “Deja Vu” about to Billy Joel‘s music — and now she’s singing onstage with the “Piano Man” himself. The 19-year-old pop star surprised fans when she joined Joel onstage during his Madison Square Garden concert in New York City on Wednesday night (Aug. 24) to perform back-to-back songs: “Deja Vu” and Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” the song she references in her 2021 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit. “Hey, guys!” Rodrigo said to the crowd as they screamed wildly. “Thank you so much for having me, Billy. I’m such a huge fan. And, uh,…
Dwayne Johnson’s appearance as Black Adam will apparently be augmented with a recently-added post-credits scene that will connect the character with the broader DC universe. If we look at something like the MCU, it’s very rare that a villain shows up with their own feature film. While the DCEU claims to be modeling its own 10-year plan after what Marvel did for the last decade and a half, there are some deviations here and there.After the recent merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery, the future of DC films is extremely uncertain. All we really know is that Warner Bros. has changed its approach.…