If You Feel Like Nothing Works for Your Back Pain, Science Says You’re Right

If youve ever had trouble recovering from a bad back, youre far from alone. Scientists in Australia led the research,publishedTuesday in BMJ Evidence Based Medicine. Just about everyone will experience low back pain at least once in their lives. Roughly 40% of Americans have experienced back pain in the past three months.© PeopleImages.com - Yuri A via Shutterstock We were motivated to conduct this review because non-surgical and non-invasive approaches are recommended as the initial treatment approach....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 111 words · Todd Baker

Immaculate Feather Fossil Reveals the Unlikely Preserving Power of Volcanoes

Fossilized feathers discovered 136 years ago are still revealing new secrets. Researchers found that the volcanic rock preserving the feather holds microscopic details preserved within the fossil. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual. A fossilized feature in volcanic rock.Photo: Edoardo Terranova When analyzing the fossil vulture plumage, we found ourselves in uncharted territory. These feathers are nothing like what we usually see in other fossils....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Zachary Frost

IsAssassin’s CreedReady for Its Next Era?

In another timeline, 2024 wouldve been more of a landmark year forAssassins Creed. And November 15, 2024 was the originally intended release date of the Japan-setAssassins Creed Shadows. Goodwill can only go so far, and there comes a point where every franchise hits a wall. © Ubisoft (The gamesreveal trailerand agoofy TV promofor this feature remain some of the franchises best marketing.) Unitylaunched to mixed reviews owing to its rough technical performance....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Zoe Wood

Italian Newspaper Creates Entirely AI-Generated Edition

For the writing, the headlines, the quotes, the summaries. And, sometimes, even for the irony. The four-page Il Fogolio AI was inserted into the larger Tuesday edition, and can also be viewedonline. Il Foglio AI is an edition of the Italian conservative liberal daily that was generated entirely using AI.The Guardian Early experiments with using generative artificial intelligence in newsrooms have not gone particularly well. Generative artificial intelligence is good at producing verisimilitudes of genuine writing, something that looks clear and authoritative....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 161 words · Ronald Jacobs

Magic: The Gathering‘s New Expansion Wants You to Behold Some Dragons

Magic: The Gatheringloves dragons. Which, in this case, involves looking thehellout of some dragons. This coalesces into two major new mechanics being introduced forDragonstorm. © Joshua Raphael/Wizards of the Coast The first, Behold, adds a new piece of mechanical language toMagics ever-growing lexicon. What are you going to do for the rest of the game? And if you catch a dragon, well, youvecast a huge dragon. © Wizards of the Coast...

March 18, 2025 · 2 min · 272 words · Monica Fox

Man’s Two-Year Hiccups Triggered by Rare Allergy Condition

Talk about a bad hiccup attack. Doctors in Lebanon detailed the strange medical tale in a paperpublishedthis month in the Journal of Medical Case Reports. Thankfully, once the cause was discovered, the man received proper treatment and his hiccups finally stopped. New research describes an unusual case of the hiccups.© Jung Mi Hwa The doctors initially failed to find any clear indication of what was causing the mans hiccups. Unfortunately, these cells also often play a role in causing allergy and asthma symptoms....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Bryan Jordan

Pebble, the Original Smartwatch, Has a Colorful New Successor

Migicovsky, founder of Pebble, still wears the eponymous smartwatch he created back in 2013. Launched as a Kickstarter campaign, Pebble developed an audience of loyal enthusiasts. An open SDK allowed developers to make all sorts of apps not allowed on other smartwatch platforms. Pebble’s founder has introduced two new smartwatches under the new brand Core Devices.Core Devices It was simpler, and practical. Were keeping the core things the same, said Migicovsky....

March 18, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Cassidy Howard

Pebble’s Successor Has Me Stoked for the Return of the Simple Smartwatch

Aesthetically, the smartwatches remain largely unchanged from the initial rollout in 2013, which is genuinely good news. After all, theres no need to fix what isnt broken. But everything else about the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 issimple. © Core Devices /RePebble It doesnt even have a touchscreen. You control it with four buttons, which is how regular watches are programmed. Yet it is a ticket into a vertically integrated ecosystem....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 170 words · Abigail Powell

Remembering ‘Humbug,’The X-Files‘ Perfect Blend of Comedy, Poignancy, and Far-Out ’90s Culture

Thirty years ago this month, a landmark episode ofThe X-Fileshit the airwaves: Humbug. Humbug debuted March 31, 1995, the 20th episode in the shows second season. While hes a scary-looking dude, its the kids playful dad, and theyre delighted to see him. Scully eats a bug (sort of).© Fox In its opening moments, Humbug subverts the expected. Barnums line about a sucker being born every minute. you’ve got the option to streamThe X-Fileson Hulu....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 102 words · Christina Harrell

Roku Tests Putting Ads In the Worst Place

Users onReddithave posted their experience randomly receiving an unskippable ad before accessing the home screen. Most people said the ad was for DisneysMoana 2. On the officialRoku forums, some users promised to trash their boxes if these ads became permanent. © Patrick Sison (AP) Which is a lot of boxes to serve ads on. Roku has almost alwaysdepended on adsand its data harvesting apparatus. But the companies are running out of places to show those ads....

March 18, 2025 · 2 min · 227 words · Whitney Anderson

Sadie Sink Teases Her Mystery Marvel Role

The cast ofSpider-Man Noircontinues to grow. Jenna Ortega teases some wild moments inWednesdayseason 2. Plus, theres already good news for AmazonsGod of Waradaptation. © Netflix To me, my spoilers! I think thats interesting to me, starting at the very early stages of something. But Im very story character driven. © Amazon And love working with new filmmakers, but as long as its a story that I love. And yeah, a character that I resonate with or a character thats different than what Ive tried before....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 197 words · Leroy Gonzalez

Stephen King’sCujoGets an Unexpected Yet Exciting Director

If this is the first youre hearing about the film, that makes a lot of sense. No director, no writer, no star. Which certainly seemed odd because, how the heck does that work? Cujo, seen here in his 1983 movie, is coming back to the screen.Image: Warner Bros. But, if Aronofsky is on board, it makes a lot more sense. Two years later, it was adapted into a hit film starringE....

March 18, 2025 · 1 min · 136 words · Cynthia Hayes

Tesla Hate Is Making Insurance More Expensive for Owners

There are few markets as pure, heartless, and single-minded as auto insurance. Tech billionaire and shadow president Elon Musks personal brand and fortune are linked to the cars. Its pissed people off and theyre taking it out on Tesla. A group of “outraged” people protested in front of the Fort Lauderdale Tesla Showroom against the recent actions of President Donald Trump administration, in which Elon Musk now plays a key role including mass layoffs, the removal of federal programs and funding for medical research, on Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....

March 18, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Mary Davis