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Adele skedaddled off the set of her new music video for Oh My God when a huge python appeared.

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In what may a sign of the doom of Joe Biden's presidential agenda, a new report reveals that two more Democrats have now indicated a wariness about his agenda to kill the Senate filibuster and adopt by a simple majority vote his planned takeover of all elections nationwide so they can be micromanaged based on…

The uptick comes after ratings fell 7% last season.

The SAG Awards nominations were announced on January 12, and as this is one of the biggest industry peer group awards in the business (thousands voted for the nominees and well over 100,000 vote for the winners), it can give us a clearer view of how the Oscar race is shaping up. So who’s up […]

There are three new No. 1s in the second Blade basketball polls of the 2021-22 season.

Gristedes Foods CEO John Catsimatidis joins "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" to share his outlook on the U.S. supply shortage and rising inflation.

Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Here are some key dates in the saga, including the trial of the captain and the remarkable engineering feat to right the liner from its side so it could be towed away for scrap.

Becca Thatcher’s life will indeed go on. NBC has given a put pilot order to a Life Goes On sequel series, in which Kellie Martin will reprise the role that made her a household name in the late ’80s. (Note: A put pilot commitment is just one step shy of a network officially ordering a […]

The Nigerian Air Force has said its Special Forces on Thursday rescued 26 kidnapped travellers along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna Road. The Air Force said its personnel while on a patrol met five abandoned vehicles near Anguwar Yako. In a statement on Thursday, the NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said their abductors on sighting it personnel…

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The fight will be Berlanga’s first since undergoing elbow surgery

Omicron continues to overwhelm hospitals and healthcare workers already worn out by Delta. At this stage of the pandemic, and with the healthcare system once again teetering on the edge, experts are urging people to ditch their cloth masks in favor of N95 or KN95 respirators. But these masks are more expensive than…

On Wednesday, nominees for the 28th annual SAG Awards were announced.

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The always busy Samuel L. Jackson is set to return to television in March. His highly anticipated AppleTV+ limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey will premiere its first two episodes Friday, March 11, then debut new outings every week, per TVLine.

I sometimes worry that many who would enjoy a scientific career are put off by a narrow and outdated conception of what’s involved. The word “scientist” still conjures up an unworldly image of an Einstein lookalike (male and elderly) or else a youthful geek. There’s still too little racial and gender diversity among scientists. But there’s a huge variety in the intellectual and social styles of work the sciences involve. They require speculative theorists, lone experimenters, ecologists gaining data in the field... Читать дальше...

Humans are very good at inventing commodities, and we’ve been at it for a long time. See that pebble over there? Well, that’s a better pebble than all these others, and if you give me something in exchange for it, I’ll let you take ownership. It’ll be your pebble, forever. And soon there will be a market in pebbles, a pebble community, pebble exhibitions and auctions filled with pebble speculators, pebble exchanges, and pebble artists.

When we think about how science is distorted, we usually think about concepts that have ample currency in public discourse, such as pseudoscience and junk science. Practices like astrology and homeopathy come wrapped in scientific concepts and jargon that can’t meet the methodological requirements of actual sciences. During the COVID-19 pandemic, pseudoscience has had a field day. Bleach, anyone? Bear bile? Yet the pandemic has brought a newer, more subtle form of distortion to light. To the philosophy of science... Читать дальше...

[This article is taken from chapter 4 of The Betrayal of the American Right.]

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New video by supzero: Zane Saenz at the Backdoor Shootout getting barrelled #shorts #surf

Lucy Reinhart and Viola Teglassy both won two individual events and swam on two winning relays Tuesday to lead the Crescent Valley High girls to a 175-88 swimming dual meet home win against Lebanon at Osborn Aquatic Center.

1. How Simon Cowell’s new fiancee Lauren Silverman finally tamed the eternal bachelor and saw off his famous h...  The Sun
2. Simon Cowell & Lauren Silverman Engaged (Reports)  Access
3. Lauren Silverman flashes her impressive engagement ring after Simon Cowell popped the question  Daily Mail
4. Simon Cowell issues personal announcement as fans rush to support him  Birmingham Live
5. Simon Cowell is engaged to long-term love Lauren Silverman: Here's how it happened  Yahoo... Читать дальше...

The concept behind the residence was to design a unique living space that was aesthetically appealing, comfortable to live in, open to the outside, and at the same time maintain a sense of safety and privacy in that residential neighborhood.

The 21st century has given us its fair share of impressive ducks—like, say, the one that ran the New York City Marathon or the notably lengthy University Of York mascot Long Boi—but no bird magnificent enough to measure up to an Aylesbury duck named Herbie that once delighted 1970s Britain with its love of corn…