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The Dodo Bird May Be Coming Back And It Could Happen In…
One of the most famous symbols of extinction may be slowly inching its way back to life, and the scientists working on it believe a living dodo-like bird could realistically exist within the next five to seven years. Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based company dedicated to reversing extinction, has announced a
Your Cat May Be The Secret Weapon Against Breast Cancer
Scientists have long known that cats share their homes, their routines, and their daily environmental exposure with their owners, but a landmark new study has revealed they may also share something far more surprising: a potential key to fighting breast cancer. An international research team conducted the world’s first large-scale
A Pill That Extends Dogs’ Lives Is Close To FDA Approval
Every dog owner knows the deal they make when they bring a puppy home. The years go by too fast, and eventually the dog that raced through the yard starts to slow down and grey at the muzzle. A San Francisco biotech company called Loyal has spent six years trying
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Hotel Staff Worked Through The Night To Donate 2600 Unserved Dinners To Shelters
When a gunman fired shots in the lobby of the Washington Hilton on April 25th and abruptly ended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner before the main course could be served, roughly 2,600 plates of steak and lobster were left sitting untouched in the kitchen. The hotel staff, who worked through
This Wouldn’t Have Happened To Leonardo DiCaprio, The Story Of The Lost Oscar
It started as a bureaucratic nightmare and ended as one of the most absurd comeback stories of the week. Pavel Talankin, the Russian-born director who won Best Documentary Feature at the 2026 Academy Awards for Mr Nobody Against Putin, was stopped at New York’s JFK Airport on Wednesday when TSA
Banksy Just Confirmed His Latest Masterpiece, And London Is Already Crowding Around It
Overnight on Wednesday 4/29/26, a mysterious bronze statue appeared on a traffic island in Waterloo Place, right in the heart of central London with no announcement, no explanation, just a signature scrawled on the plinth. By Thursday morning, crowds had gathered. By Thursday afternoon, Banksy confirmed it on Instagram with
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Happy Health
Cooking One Home Meal A Week Could Cut Your Dementia Risk By 30 Percent And For New Cooks Its Even More
A new study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found that older adults who prepare a home-cooked meal from scratch at least once a week have a significantly lower risk of developing dementia, with the protective effect growing even stronger for people who are just learning
The FDA Fast-Tracked Psychedelic Medicines For Depression And PTSD
The Food and Drug Administration has fast-tracked three psychedelic medicines for review, issuing priority vouchers to companies studying psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, psilocybin for major depressive disorder, and methylone, a compound related to MDMA, for post-traumatic stress disorder, in a development that could put the first FDA-approved psychedelic medicines on
Jurassic Park Star Sam Neill Is Cancer Free
Jurassic Park actor Sam Neill, who was diagnosed with stage-three blood cancer in 2022 and spent years managing the illness with chemotherapy, revealed this week that he is now completely cancer free after turning to a cutting-edge immunotherapy treatment when the chemotherapy stopped working. Neill, 78, best known for playing