In fact, plastic is so widespread that it hastriggered a new geological epoch. Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics. The researcherspresented the pilot studyat the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) on Tuesday. Chewing gum releases hundreds of microplastics into your saliva. Image on the right features microplastics not associated with the study.© Left image: Freepik. Right image: Dantor (talk) 20:55, 18 November 2013 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3....

But the case of DCsThe Suicide Squadis an oddity all its own. I can take the hint. In a new interview withTHRpublished this week, he revisited those remarks. David Ayer directing Margot Robbie in 2016’s The Suicide Squad.© Warner Bros. Maybe with enough time, itll be seen as a more nostalgic thing. I am incredibly proud of the work I did there. But at the same time, its not my IP, and its not my studio....

So thank you for that. Alex Scharfman:Thats what Jenna said too. Jenna was not into unicorns. © A24 I mean, I wasnt into unicorns until I started researching the movie. io9:I get it now. They can be metal as hell. © A24 Lets start at the beginning. What is the backstory on you taking on this project specifically? Because its a wild ride. © A24 This very naturally just started pulling the thread of like, Where does that lead?...

One catch: its an audio drama. Heres a brief plot summary courtesy ofBig Finish: Kevin left the Powell Estate a long time ago. He wasnt going to be trapped there. © Big Finish But all these years later, hes back and clearing out his dads old flat. At least his neighbors, the Tylers, are still here. But Rose has a strange new man in her life. And this Doctors going to show Kevin a world he never knew existed....

And that loss of data then translates into less precise forecasts, more uncertainties in the forecast. Inside Climate News reported that launches were also suspended in Kotzebue, Alaska. Does it mean every single forecast is going to be poor? A partially filled BARREL balloon.Photo: NASA No, but it does mean that the uncertainties in our forecast will grow over time. Better forecasts save lives and money. In a lot of ways, NOAA really pays for itself....

DiamondCDNs website is now defunct, but the Internet Archivehas a copy. Wired and Krebs on Security had previously reported on Coristines connection to DiamondCDN, but Reuters has more details. One of DiamondCDNs clients was a cybercrime ring called EGodly. © Max Acronym via Shutterstock On Telegram, EGodly bragged about cryptocurrency theft, hijacking phone numbers, and doxxing an FBI agent. It even made prank phone calls to the FBI agent and posted audio of it on Telegram....

Weve reached a new frontier in organ transplantation. Researchers in China detailed their groundbreaking accomplishment in astudypublished today in Nature. Yet only 48,000 transplants take place annually, creating a significant shortfall. Scientists have successfully transplanted gene-edited pig kidneys, hearts, and now livers into the human body.© l i g h t p o e t via Shutterstock Its estimated that 17 people die every day waiting on the transplant list....

On Monday The Atlantic published a story that revealed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegsethsent secret war plansto aSignalgroup chat. Hegseth shared this information before the attack took place and outside of a secure setting. This is information that would typically be classified and highly sensitive. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a thumbs up as US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025....

A federal court in Californiadenied an injunctionsought by music publishers in their copyright case against Anthropic on Tuesday. Publishers counsel could not say how many songs would be subject to the injunction, the ruling states. Publishers would also update the list to add or remove songs as necessary. Co-founder and CEO of Anthropic, Dario Amodei, an artificial intelligence safety and research company attends the Viva Technology show at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 22, 2024 in Paris, France....

The wolves have firmly taken charge of the henhouse. The Washington Postfirst reportedon the development Tuesday afternoon, citing anonymous current and former federal health officials. Geier has long advocated against vaccination, often releasing shoddy and swiftly discredited research. The headquarters of the Department of Human and Health Services in Washington D.C.© Mark Van Scyoc via Shutterstock News of the federal governments planned study into vaccines and autismfirst brokein early March....

The budget-priced Galaxy A36 and A26 were teased earlier this month alongside a third unit. Both devices feature mid-range specifications and Samsungs Awesome Intelligence suiteessentially Galaxy AI, pared down for its affordable smartphones. Both phones have Qualcomms Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processors with 6GB of RAM. Samsung’s cheap batch of smartphones come with Google’s Circle to Search features.© Samsung Theres also a 12-MP front-facing camera for selfies. Thats why its called Awesome Intelligence instead of Galaxy AI....

In fact, the Ptolemies opened almost 40 mines during their reign to fund military campaigns and construction projects. Ghozza, however, did not yield much evidence of forced labor. Overall, the findings initially suggest a freer environment than that of Samut North. The iron shackles.© B. Redon The shackles suggest that some of the workers at Ghozza were engaged in forced labor. They also resemble other shackles discovered in a Greek silver mine in the 1870s....

Its not just our legs that get put through the wringer during a marathon, new research suggests. Scientists have found evidence that our brains can undergo dramatic changes while were running an extreme long distance race. Researchers in Spain conducted the study,publishedMonday in the journal Nature Metabolism. People running a marathon.© Pavel1964 via Shutterstock Marathons are grueling tests of endurance, requiring participants to run 26.2 miles. But eventually, this fuel runs low, prompting our bodies to burn off stored fat instead....