A Colorado prison inmate who had direct exposure to poultry infected with avian flu is the first person in the U.S. to test positive with the current strain. The man, who is an inmate at a state correctional facility in Delta County, has showed mild symptoms of fatigue, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
If you are wondering how a location can move from an exceptional drought to a major flood in a short period of time, you might want to watch the Red River Valley between North Dakota and Minnesota. North Dakota suffered from a major drought in 2021 with an exceptional drought or a category four drought […]
Paramount announced in its earnings report on Tuesday, and it was full of good news. Paramount Plus’ subscriber count has grown to a whopping 39+million with the service gaining 6.8 million subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 alone. An increase in subscriber count led to more money for the company as well — its […]
We all know about the dangers of ingesting lead, right? But did you know that trace amounts of lead can also be found in some fruit juices? Although the FDA already has limits on how much of this heavy metal is allowed to be found in juice (is there a “safe” level?), advocacy groups have recently pushed […]
The Fendi x Versace link-up, cheekily referred to as “Fendace” — which debuted on the runway back in September — is landing in stores on May 12 It will debut through “a series of global pop-ups and events which encapsulate the decadence of the Fendace experience,” according to a press release. The Fendace pop-ups will be held in cities including Paris, Tokyo, […]
Last Thursday, Moderna officially filed for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids between 6 months and under 6 years. The request is for the approval of two doses of 25 micrograms of the mRNA vaccine. Moderna’s clinical data showed the vaccine was 51% effective for the younger cohort of […]
As The Verge reports, Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, the co-founder and former president of gaming hardware company Razer, died last week at the age of 81. Maybe you’ve never heard Krakoff’s name, but it’s possible you’ve been impacted by his far-reaching legacy. In 1999, Krakoff was behind the first-ever gaming mouse: the Razer Boomslang. Not only […]
Over the past half-decade, whiskey records have been broken left and right: world’s most expensive cask, world’s oldest single malt, world’s most valuable collection, etc. And next month, one of the most coveted titles might be toppled: the most expensive bottle of whiskey ever sold. However, scoring this distinction requires a big leap: Whereas the current most expensive bottle is a […]
“They didn’t invent evil. They didn’t invent class. They just packaged it.” So says the documentary White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch, streaming now on Netflix. The film tracks the heavily scented rise of the fashion retail brand through the many scandals that led to its demise. Back in its powerful […]
James Webb, astronomy’s new super space telescope, has taken another major step to full operational capability. The $10bn successor to the Hubble Space Telescope is now fully focused and aligned. Light bounces perfectly off its mirrors to form pin-sharp imagery in all four of its instruments. All that remains is to check that the instruments […]