The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert warning people about the risks of flesh-eating bacteria across the U.S. East Coast after five people died following infection. One person in Connecticut, another in New York and three people in North Carolina, died between July and August this year as a result of infection with Vibrio vulnificus, a […]
If you missed the chance to celebrate National Beer Day on April 7 or International Beer Day on August 7, have no fear: Tuesday September 7th is National Beer Lovers Day! Time to break out those German steins, decorative pitchers and very cool beer bottles or cans of your favorite pilsner, IPA, stout, lager, ale, […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been posting images and videos of its lunar rover to X (formerly Twitter) after successfully soft-landing its Chandrayaan-3 lunar module on the Moon’s south pole last week. The posts include footage of the rover’s exit and its first several meters of driving as well as pictures from the rover itself […]
A new tropical depression formed in the Atlantic Tuesday morning, and it’s expected to strengthen to a powerful Category 4 hurricane by the weekend as it nears the eastern Caribbean. The first forecast track by the National Hurricane Center points the storm toward the east coast, with a possible northern scrape for the Leeward and […]
If you look toward the sky in September and see an oversized Subway sandwich floating overhead, you’re not having hunger-related hallucinations. As Food & Wine reports, Subway is really, truly launching a new dining experience called “Subway in the Sky,” which involves taking guests 1,000 feet above ground in a 180-foot-long blimp. And yes, that inflatable aircraft does actually […]
As part of JCPenney’s continuing efforts to make the erstwhile department store relevant (and profitable) again, the company has partnered with celebrity stylist, Jason Bolden, known for his iconic red-carpet and fashion moments, to reimagine collections for JCP’s private brands – J.Ferrar and Worthington. Both collections will include an innovative take on tailored suiting and chic […]
As Forbes reports, a fall in demand for French wines, a more competitive market and lingering pandemic problems have hit winemakers in the regions of Bordeaux and Languedoc so hard that the French government will soon pay them $215 million to sell off their surplus—and has set aside other money to help grape-growers shrink their […]
By mapping the genetic code of particularly virulent strains of Lyme disease bacteria, scientists may have gotten a step closer to figuring out why symptoms persist for months, or even years, in some people. As NBC News reports, samples from hundreds of patients revealed that certain strains of the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, have a protective outer layer […]
Fans of director Hayao Miyazaki’s films have been anxiously awaiting his last feature film, The Boy and the Heron, but Studio Ghibli has been extremely secretive, keeping the movie – and its release date – under wraps. The official synopsis for The Boy and the Heron reads: “A boy discovers an abandoned tower in his […]
In about a month, we’ll meet Google’s newest Pixel devices, now that the company is sending out invitations for an in-person launch event on Wednesday, October 4th, at 10AM ET in New York City. The fall calendar is quickly filling up with tech launch events. As The Verge reports, the invites have gone out just […]