General Mills has officially said goodbye to artificial colors in its cereal aisle. As PEOPLE reports, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, the food giant announced that all of its cereals sold in the U.S. are now made without certified colors. The change extends across the company’s entire cereal portfolio, which includes colorful favorites Lucky Charms and Trix, plus Cheerios, […]
New Study Finds 1 In 4 NFL Players May Get Degenerative Brain Disease CTE
A newly published study on former NFL players’ brains has found that nearly a quarter, at minimum, who died over a recent six-year period had a progressive degenerative brain disease that’s caused by repeated blows to the head and traumatic brain injuries. That’s a much higher rate than is seen in the general population, the study released […]
Why Do Dogs Tilt Their Heads?
Quite possibly the cutest pose our canine friends can strike is the Head Tilt. You ask your dog if they want to go for a walk, if they want to play, or if they want a treat, and they listen intently to your every syllable, responding with a slight turn of their squishy faces. When […]
NVIDIA’s Quarterly Profits Soared to Record Levels, but Consumers are about to Pay the Price
The most important disclosure from Nvidia’s record-setting earnings call on August 26, 2026, was not the $96.2 billion in quarterly revenue or the $108 billion guidance for Q3. It was actually a sentence from CFO Colette Kress that enterprise procurement teams and data center planners need to read before they finalize their 2027 infrastructure budgets: customer […]
What caused the Nepal Flood to be so Sudden, Deadly, and Catastrophic
As rescue teams continue searching for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. As AP News reports, the flooding last week which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet, from over two dozen different […]
August 28 is Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
The death of a beloved pet, whether it’s the family dog, a furry kitty, or something a little more obscure, is a sad occasion. Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day on August 28 is the day that we remember the pets that are no longer with us. Whilst the pain of losing a pet somewhat heals over […]
Cheers! It’s National Red Wine Day!
People don’t need an excuse to drink red wine, but they’ll gladly take it, so Cheers to National Red Wine Day! You can thank writer and wine aficionado Jace Shoemaker-Galloway for National Red Wine Day, but it’s a bit of a head-scratcher that he chose a pretty hot month of the year to celebrate it. […]
Do You Love Bananas? Then This Day’s For You!
August 27 is a holiday for all of you banana lovers out there. The National Banana Lovers Day is the day to celebrate the most popular fruit in the United States and one of the most popular fruits in the world. Bananas are both delicious and nutritious, and contrary to popular belief, bananas are not grown on […]
Could a Low Carb Diet help Protect Our Eyes as we Age?
Glaucoma strikes many people as they age, but what if a simple dietary change could lower your risk? New research suggests it can: Scientists found a low-carbohydrate diet might protect you against the vision-robbing disease. The researchers analyzed data from 185,000 female nurses and male health professionals, aged 40 to 75, who took part in […]
Aerie Donates $50,000 to USTA Foundation to Promote Women’s Tennis
Aerie is doing its part to support the next generation of females targeting the sport of tennis. As WWD reports, the USTA Foundation, the charitable arm of the U.S. Tennis Association, is partnering with the Aerie Real Foundation to fund women tennis players and coaches in under-resourced communities nationwide. Aerie Real is a nonprofit initiative launched by the brand’s parent, American Eagle […]