Ever wondered what happens when trees meet too much salt? In North Carolina, NASA satellites have snapped pictures showing the eerie spread of what scientists call "ghost forests. " Over the past two decades, trees along the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge have been losing their lives, stoo
Imagine detecting cancer early with just a drop of blood, all for the price of a coffee. That's what scientists at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have developed: a simple, low-cost device called the paper-in-polymer-pond (PiPP). This clever gadget uses regular paper, similar to what coffe
Amy Robach, former co-host of Good Morning America and breast cancer survivor, shared a powerful moment from her cancer journey. Diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2013 during an on-air mammogram, Robach underwent a double mastectomy and eight rounds of chemo. In a podcast episode for Breast Ca
Guess who's ready to tell their life story? None other than Tina Knowles, the matriarch of the famous Knowles family. Her much-anticipated memoir, "Matriarch, " is already making waves. It's topping Amazon's charts in the categories of motherhood and family relationships, even before hitting the she
Aubrey Plaza, an actress with Puerto Rican roots, wasn't pleased with comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke at a recent Trump rally. During a warm-up act for Trump at Madison Square Garden, Hinchcliffe made some nasty remarks about Puerto Rico and several other groups. He called Puerto Rico a "floating p
“Ghost of Tsushima” didn’t need to be historically precise because it focused on fun, not teaching history lessons. A recent analysis by Kensaku Namera from Nomura Securities, translated by Automaton, showed why Japanese fans loved the game even with its inaccuracies. Namera explained that a game ca
Get ready for a fresh perspective on policing! Prime Video is launching a new series called 'On Call' on January 9. All eight episodes will be available at once, streaming in over 240 countries. The show, co-created by Tim Walsh and Elliot Wolf, follows a veteran cop and rookie teaming up in Long Be
A union for Google employees is calling out the tech giant for muzzling workers. This comes after a court ruled Google has an unfair advantage in online search. Google's top brass told staff to keep quiet about the case. The Alphabet Workers Union thinks this is against the law. They say Google is t
Vladimir Putin has come clean about the economic struggles Russia is facing. The Russian president admitted that sanctions and worker shortages are causing problems in the economy. This comes after Russia's Central Bank raised interest rates to a whopping 21%. That's even higher than the emergency r
Pfizer recently shared impressive Q3 results that overshot expectations, thanks to its Covid vaccine and antiviral pill, Paxlovid. The drug giant raised its earnings and revenue projections for the year. Despite the positive news, shares dropped by over 2%. Pfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla, is under pres
