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For 12 days, FXX's Every.Simpsons.Ever. marathon kept us glued to our TVs — and reignited a love affair with The Simpsons.

Now we see the consequences of not reading the small print. Tucked away in plain sight in the Labour manifesto was a New Deal for Working People. And what nobody bothered to read was the bit that guaranteed that employees would have the right to ask for flexible working from day one and that employers would have to have a very good excuse to say no.

The Biden-Harris administration is stonewalling a congressional probe into 20 anti-Israel nonprofit groups with suspected links to money laundering and terrorism financing, the Washington Free Beacon has learned. Lawmakers are teasing a subpoena as a result.

Former President Barack Obama gave a hell of a speech at Tuesday’s Democratic National Convention. It was as funny, inspiring, righteous, and wonderful as you’d expect—but even better.

An MP has also tabled a motion to recognise the megastar's economic impact on the UK.

The group included swimmers with musculoskeletal and intellectual disabilities, as well as two track and field athletes

1. Bacteria make thermally stable plastics similar to polystyrene and PET for the first time  Phys.org
2. Degradable living plastics programmed by engineered spores  Nature.com
3. In a first, bacteria engineered to make heat-stable bioplastics  Interesting Engineering
4. Living plastics: A new solution for plastic degradation through synthetic biology  Phys.org

A study conducted across 30 field sites in the southwest UK has revealed the importance of incorporating varied habitats into the landscape at large.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought an increase in crime to New York City's subways and buses. The transit system's employees—especially female workers—have frequently been on the receiving end of attacks, according to a new study published in the Journal of Urban Health.

Scientists studying the tracks of particles streaming from six billion collisions of atomic nuclei at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—an "atom smasher" that recreates the conditions of the early universe—have discovered a new kind of antimatter nucleus, the heaviest ever detected. Composed of four antimatter particles—an antiproton, two antineutrons, and one antihyperon—these exotic antinuclei are known as antihyperhydrogen-4.

Bioengineers around the world have been working to create plastic-producing microbes that could replace the petroleum-based plastics industry. Now, researchers from Korea have overcome a major hurdle: getting bacteria to produce polymers that contain ring-like structures, which make the plastics more rigid and thermally stable.

Mitochondria depend on a newly discovered recycling mechanism identified by scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

New research has revealed factories globally are not properly destroying one of the most potent greenhouse gases emitted from the production of fluoropolymers like Teflon, and refrigerants.

1. Installed iOS 18 on Your iPhone? Make These 7 Changes Right Away  CNET
2. iOS 18 Sneak Peek: What to Expect on Your iPhone Before the Big Release  CNET
3. The iOS 18 public beta is available for iPhone right now. How to download it (and which models support it)  ZDNet
4. iOS 18.1: New features, release date, and more  9to5Mac
5. Apple just released another iOS 18 beta, and it could be an important one  Yahoo! Voices

A security guard’s claims that he was tortured by cops have shone a spotlight on the country’s dysfunctional police oversight agency

Midway through The Plague, Albert Camus’s 1947 novel about a French Algerian city beset by a deadly pandemic, a journalist and a doctor discuss a record playing on a phonograph. It’s “St. James Infirmary,” a blues and jazz standard about a man visiting his dead lover at the morgue. The journalist admits that he’s been […]

It's come a long way, even though it still doesn't do babies: Physician-owned, for-profit Lincoln Surgical Center has grown exponentially in 30 years from its humble beginnings.

For the fourth time, EcoVadis awarded Lenzing with platinum status in its CSR rating.

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the essential summer textile, including how to care for it.

The new species allegedly had a hip bone the size of a dinner plate.

Mazak Corp. will showcase machine tool technology, automation, and digital options in booth 338300.

No, you’re not on acid or tripping hard on shrooms! Blame the break in reality on the latest episode of Sunny! …

A mix of seasoned veterans and fresh-faced newcomers are vying to win the Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy this year; it’s almost a shame only one of them can win. This year’s six nominees include the last two winners: Jean Smart, who has won twice before for her work as stand-up comic Deborah […]

Over 200 movies are retroactively getting the new grade, and it theoretically should do something about review bombing.