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Mother monkeys permanently separated from their newborns sometimes find comfort in plush toys: this recent finding from Harvard experiments has set off intense controversy among scientists and reignited the ethical debate over animal testing.​The paper, "Triggers for mother love" was authored by neuroscientist Margaret Livingstone and appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in September to little fanfare or media coverage.​But once news of the study began spreading on social media, it…

via Marvel Studios Disney Plus series Armor Wars had spent so long in development without moving forward that many Marvel Cinematic Universe fans were wondering if it was even going to happen at all, and while Don Cheadle’s long-awaited debut as a franchise leading man technically isn’t heading to streaming, the project did get what could be deemed a huge upgrade. Instead of being an episodic exclusive, Armor Wars is being refitted into a feature-length blockbuster, which many have interpreted as a substantial…

Image via Marvel Studios It turns out Scarlet Witch isn’t the only purveyor of chaos magic as one fan looking to stir up trouble has shared their rather spicy take on the MCU’s Doctor Strange on Reddit. After six movies under his cloak, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange is unarguably one of the most popular Marvel heroes still standing as of Phase Four, but one shocking opinion shared by user u/lelwood_616_ on the r/marvelstudios sub has got folks clutching their pearls. The OP posed the inflammatory…

A number of trees caught fire near the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night, just as guests were exiting the evening’s program. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson Brian Humphrey told The Hollywood Reporter that a fire was first reported shortly after 11 p.m. involving 10 trees at the location of Highland Avenue and the Hollywood Freeway, near the storied outdoor concert venue. Three fire companies were deployed and extinguished the blaze, with no injuries or damage to the Hollywood Bowl reported.…

If you're not involved in machine learning (ML) or artificial intelligence (AI), chances are you've never heard of PyTorch. If you are, however, it's a different story. Meta's open-source PyTorch ML is very popular in building all manner of AI applications. The one thing holding it back, according to some, was its close ties to Facebook. That's no longer a problem. Meta has released the code to a new, independent Linux Foundation group, the PyTorch Foundation.Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg naturally wrote in a Facebook…

Elon Musk’s short-lived push to buy Twitter has made him a lot of enemies — but it’s delivering exactly what a certain set of Republican influencers want. Right-wing figures like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump Jr. have already hailed Musk’s decision to back out of the deal. For them, the goal is no longer to control Twitter but to embarrass it. “Maybe Elon never intended to buy Twitter after all,” Charlie Kirk, podcaster and CEO of Turning Point USA, said in a tweet on Friday. “Maybe he just wanted to expose it.”…

Screengrab via Sony Marvel fans have been speculating on Jacob Batalon’s MCU future ever since Spider-Man: No Way Home dropped and a recent Instagram story has ignited the fanbase. Batalon shared an Instagram story that he was tagged in showing him posing while holding a Marvel action figure of Hobgoblin, a character that the star has been heavily rumored to return as in a future Spider-Man film. The post was shared on Reddit as fans speculated on Marvel’s next move. Many believe that despite the rumors,…

via Pixar Sometimes, an actor embodies a character so perfectly that fans find it difficult to see the role handed to someone else. When many think of Buzz Lightyear, Tim Allen and his iconic line “To infinity and beyond…” often come to mind, but with Pixar’s latest depiction of the character now in the hands (and voice) of Chris Evans, some fans are finding it hard to let go ahead of Lightyear’s release. While the clamors for Allen to be given the offer to play Buzz once again fell on deaf ears a long time ago,…