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Palehound’s ‘Eye On the Bat’ Review – Rolling Stone

Songwriter El Kempner turns pandemic-era stress into great songs The latest release from Palehound is one hell of a ride. The album was inspired by the “apocalypse road trip” across the U.S. that the indie Boston band took mid-tour to get safely back home as the pandemic hit in early 2020. The stress and tension of that moment informs the album, even when the song’s aren’t specifically about the pandemic. In a larger sense, the greatest adventure on Eye on the Bat is Palehound’s

How is Gotham’s Avatar Not a Bat?

City Boy #1: When urban chatter becomes a superpower. Peek into the deafening world of Cameron Kim, DC's latest so-called "hero."Published Fri, 19 May 2023 19:26:11 -0500 by Jude Terror | Introducing City Boy #1, coming to comic book shops on Tuesday, May 23rd. Cameron Kim's life is just one gigantic telemarketer call he didn't sign up for, as his "power" is listening to the internal monologues of various cities. I'm sure it's totally worth being in a constant state of migraines just to pawn the random knick-knacks he…

Honda Cars India Brio driver smashes Govt bus windshield, mirror with baseball bat in road rage: Video viral

In a viral video, a motorist in Mumbai was spotted using a baseball bat to repeatedly threaten and hit a BEST bus. The video was captured by the travellers on the bus and the bus driver himself on a mobile phone. Tonight a person has intentionally attacked an BEST bus with a baseball stick, he broke the front glass and side mirror as well. Due to this chaos severe traffic congestion was created. The vehicle number is MH02CP7747 @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice please take action pic.twitter.com/DGY7vwxh2n — Anish Banerjee…

Margot Robbie Would Have Never Taken The Baseball Bat & Played DC’s Favourite Harley Quinn If This Actress Had Given Her Nod To The…

Margot Robbie Would Have Never Taken The Baseball Bat & Played DC’s Favourite Harley Quinn If This Actress Would’ve Said Yes To The Role ( Photo Credit – Movie Still ) Margot Robbie needs no introduction. The actress has proved her acting mettle with several Hollywood movies and nailed her roles in various genres. One of her roles that live rent-free in our hearts is her DC villain Harley Quinn. But, did you know she almost lost the role as this actress was the makers’ first choice. Harley Quinn was created by…

NIH restarts bat virus grant suspended 3 years ago by Trump | Science

Three years after then-President Donald Trump pressured the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to suspend a research grant to a U.S. group studying bat coronaviruses with partners in China, the agency has restarted the award. The new 4-year grant is a stripped-down version of the original grant to the EcoHealth Alliance, a nonprofit research organization in New York City, providing $576,000 per year. That 2014 award included funding for controversial experiments…

Doja Cat Shows Off New Bat Skeleton Tattoo Signifying New Beginning

Doja Cat’s latest tattoo is of a bat skeleton.The 27-year-old showed off her new ink on her Instagram, posting a handful of photos, captioned with the bat emoji. The first image is a photo the artist took of herself in the mirror, showing something on her back that’s quite hard to see. But in the following pictures, she reveals a bat skeleton, centered on her upper back, with the bones from the wings extending across her shoulders.She shared the meaning behind the tattoo as well. A screenshotted passage reads, “Bats often…

The Dynamic Duo of Bat Evolution

Researchers found that echolocation frequency and wing shape in bats evolve together, leading to distinct “foraging syndromes” for different environments. Bats’ wing shapes and echolocation calls align with their hunting and habitat preferences, suggesting that these traits are evolutionary responses to specific ecological needs.Study shows that echolocation frequency and wing shape of bats evolve in unison, which leads to distinct ‘foraging syndromes’ adapted to different environments.Bats are an evolutionary success…

Tobacco Company BAT Pleads Guilty to Violating U.S. Sanctions on North Korea

WASHINGTON—A U.K. tobacco company agreed to pay more than $635 million to resolve charges that it conspired to violate U.S. sanctions by selling cigarettes to North Korea in what Justice Department officials described as a brazen scheme to conceal illicit business by routing it through a third-party company in Singapore.  British American Tobacco PLC entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with federal prosecutors over illegal sales that took place over more than a decade, even after the company…

52-Million-Year-Old Bat Skeleton Unveils New Species and Clues to Evolution of Flying Mammals

Photo of a newly described bat skeleton representing Icaronycteris gunnelli. Found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, this is the oldest bat skeleton ever recovered. The new species was identified after analyzing two exceptionally well-preserved skeletons from the formation, which had previously yielded over 30 bat fossils from two known species. These findings contribute to our understanding of bat evolution and diversity in the early Eocene. Credit: Mick Ellison/© AMNH52-million-year-old fossils support idea that…