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Feb 02 2025CELEBRITIES

Oscars Drama: How Social Media Exposed a Star

The Oscar race is more than just a festive parade. It is a thrilling competition when the lights shine on the stars and their movies. Ten months of hard work and campaigning with the hope of winning the award. The competition begins at film festivals in May. Actors and actresses throw their hats i

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Feb 02 2025HEALTH

The Ins and Outs of Urinary Check-ups

In Dublin, Ireland, a large hospital decided to shake things up. They started offering a new type of check-up for patients. This check-up was different because it was done as an outpatient procedure. This means patients could go home the same day, no overnight stay required. The check-up in questio

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Feb 02 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Rich vs Poor: The Dark Truth Behind Bong Joon-ho's Parasite

Five years have passed since “Parasite” made history at the Oscars, bringing Korean cinema to the global spotlight. Directed by Bong Joon-ho, this film is a rollercoaster of emotions and a eye opener to the truth of what capitalism really does to us. The story begins with the Kim family, strug

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Feb 01 2025SCIENCE

Detecting Drool: A fresh look at identifying oral fluid stains on fabrics

For a long time, DNA has been like the superhero of crime scene investigations But guess what? Too much evidence can overwhelm crime labs and create huge backlogs making this investigation process lengthy Moreover, many pieces of evidence at crime scenes can be body fluids.

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Jan 31 2025CELEBRITIES

A Painful Reckoning

With a collection of firsts, the Trans star from Mexico made waves in Hollywood. Unfortunately, she didn't come away from the spotlight unscathed. Most recently, Karla Sofia Gascon has made headlines for all the wrong reasons. With a history of careless offhand comments, she apologized for

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Jan 30 2025HEALTH

Microscopes and Medicine: Boosting Cell Scanning with AI

Microscopes have come a long way in biology and medicine. They can show us not just what cells look like, but also how they behave and stick together. These microscopic tools are not just about taking pictures. They can also measure forces and other properties of living things. This is all

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Jan 30 2025HEALTH

Hand vs. Open: Two Surgical Approaches for Complex Colon Surgery

When faced with tricky colon operations, doctors have a choice: hand-assisted laparoscopic colectomy (HALS) or starting with keyhole surgery and possibly switching to open (LCOS). Each method has its pros and cons. HALS uses a small incision for a hand, aiding the laparoscope's cameras. LCOS begins

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Jan 29 2025HEALTH

Endoscopic Surgery for Babies: A Close Look at Success Rates

You might have heard that endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) is a hot topic when it comes to treating babies under one year old with idiopathic congenital aqueductal stenosis. This condition, which basically means there's a narrowing in the brain that affects the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, can

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Jan 29 2025SCIENCE

Unraveling Hidden Forces: How Big Substituents Affect Protonated Pyridines

Scientists have been digging into how big substituents, like those bulky tert-butyl groups, interact with each other in protonated pyridines. They used cool techniques like infrared multiphoton dissociation spectroscopy and trapped ion mobility spectrometry to check out these ions in the gas phase.

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Jan 27 2025SPORTS

Why Do People Love Football So Much? A Scientific Look

Football, known as soccer in some places, is incredibly popular worldwide. Fans invest a lot of time and money following their teams, hinting at evolutionary influences. Scientists can help understand why humans act this way, but there’s limited research on football fandom from an evolutionary persp

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