What to Watch on Disney+ in October 2023
Disney+ has been feast or famine lately, and Ahsoka (which wraps up this month) wasn't
2023-09-21 07:47
Intruder struts down New York Fashion Week catwalk in shower cap and bin bag
A prankster wearing a transparent bin bag and shower cap made his way down the catwalk at New York Fashion Week before being bundled away by security. The man can be seen checking over his shoulder before strutting his stuff in front of the audience - who appeared not to notice he was an intruder. YouTuber Fred Beyer uploaded footage of the incident - which happened earlier this month - to his channel on 13 September. He walked the catwalk during a fashion show hosted by Creators Inc, an agency for social media influencers.
2023-09-21 05:26
Airbnb says it's cracking down on fake listings and has removed 59,000 of them this year
Airbnb says it's cracking down on fake listings, which are emerging as a major problem for customers of the short-term rental site
2023-09-21 03:47
Amazon Scraps Planned Merchant Fee With Antitrust Suit Looming
Amazon.com Inc. is scrapping a planned fee on merchants that don’t use its shipping services, according to documents
2023-09-21 03:27
Iceland to Hike Tourism Tax to Ease Nature Impact, Premier Says
Iceland is turning to taxes to reduce the impact exponential growth in tourism has on its pristine wilderness,
2023-09-21 03:20
Amazon Gives Fire TV Sticks a Small Boost, Teases AI-Enhanced Voice Search
Looking to upgrade your TV setup for Thursday Night Football or your next binge watch?
2023-09-21 02:49
'The Super Models' takes a few too many detours in its walk down memory lane
Nostalgia only goes so far with "The Super Models," a four-part Apple TV+ docuseries as glossy as a high-end fashion magazine of yore, and often as slim as one from the Internet age. Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington Burns lead this strut down memory lane, punctuated by occasional highlights but ultimately more celebratory than revelatory.
2023-09-21 01:59
Biden Will Attend Two Campaign Fundraisers in New York Wednesday
President Joe Biden will attend a New York campaign fundraiser hosted by food security expert Amy Goldman Fowler
2023-09-21 01:55
Malwarebytes Premium Review
In the early days of malware, antivirus programs could identify dangerous files just by matching
2023-09-20 23:54
Italy’s Probe Against Ryanair Escalates Tensions With Airlines
Italy’s competition authority has opened a probe into Ryanair Holdings Plc’s market position in the country, further escalating
2023-09-20 22:53
Could bats hold the secret to beating Covid and cancer?
Bats could hold the key to unlocking new ways to combat cancer, a new study suggests. A paper published by Oxford University Press, looks at the rapid evolution of bats for their abilities to both host and survive infections such as Covid-19 as well as cancer. The animals are known to have a strong immune system which helps fight off many viruses and diseases. These mammals are also thought to have played a role in the emergence of Covid-19 and scientists say such characteristics are interesting to investigate due to the implications it might have on human health. According to the research, understanding the mechanisms of the bat’s immune system that allows these animals to fight off viral infections – may pave the way to understanding how to prevent disease outbreaks from animals to people. To conduct the study, researchers sequenced the genomes of two bat species - the Jamaican fruit bat and the Mesoamerican mustached bat. The team used advanced technology from Oxford Nanopore Technologies and bat samples collected by the American Museum of Natural History in Belize. They then compared the bat genomes to those of other mammals. The results revealed that bats possessed genetic adaptations in proteins which are related to DNA repair and cancer suppression. It was found that bats had adaptations in six DNA repair-related proteins and 46 cancer-related proteins. The study also found that bats had more than double the number of altered cancer-related genes compared to other mammals, which provided further evidence that they have the ability to suppress cancer. “By generating these new bat genomes and comparing them to other mammals we continue to find extraordinary new adaptations in antiviral and anticancer genes,” said the paper’s lead author, Armin Scheben. “These investigations are the first step towards translating research on the unique biology of bats into insights relevant to understanding and treating ageing and diseases, such as cancer, in humans.” The results open up new paths for understanding and studying the links between cancer and immunity, which offers hope that these insights from bats might possibly lead to new treatments for human illnesses. According to the United States Department of the Interior, there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide and are mostly found in extreme deserts and polar regions. In the US and Canada, there are about 45 species of bats. Read More British bats ‘can help identify coronaviruses with potential to infect humans’ Coronavirus origins still a mystery 3 years into pandemic Groundbreaking migraine treatment offers ‘new hope’ for patients World Sepsis Day: What is the condition and its symptoms? Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor says he’s ‘asymptomatic’ after end-of-life diagnosis
2023-09-20 22:18
Matthew A. Cherry's NFL past helped him tackle a sweet story of Black parenting that's for everyone in 'Young Love'
Matthew A. Cherry, a former NFL wide receiver turned Oscar winner who created the hit animated short film "Hair Love," wants to show with his latest project that young parenting is the ultimate game of grit and determination.
2023-09-20 21:58