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Dick Clark Productions CEO Mike Mahan (R) and guest attend the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Jeff Kravitz | Filmmagic, Inc | Getty ImagesSports platform Fanatics said Thursday that it has tapped former Dick Clark Productions CEO Mike Mahan to lead its trading cards and digital collectibles business.Fanatics Collectibles, which launched in 2021, includes its NFT arm Candy Digital, sports trading card brand Topps, and zerocool — a trading cards brand solely…

If pimples are caused by oily skin, why doesn't a good washing prevent all breakouts? A recent study offers an answer— and maybe a new line of defense. Pimples contain tiny and discrete bacterial infections. The most commonly involved bacteria are Cutibacterium acnes, which live innocuously on skin cells but can grow out of control when the skin's oily sebum increases and boosts bacterial food supply. What we think of as acne—the pustules, redness and swelling—is a battle between our immune system and these rapidly…

In 1993, then-President Bill Clinton picked a 34-year-old applied physicist named Arati Prabhakar to lead the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Two decades later, former President Barack Obama chose her to lead the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). And as soon as this week, President Joe Biden is expected to name Prabhakar as his science adviser and nominate her as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain As the climate crisis leads to more intense and more frequent extreme weather and climate-related events, this in turn risks increasing the amount of gender-based violence experienced by women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities, say researchers. …

A devastating and potentially deadly eating disorder, anorexia nervosa exerts its toll on the body. However, a new study also highlights the impact a lack of sufficient nutrition can have on the brain, by seriously reducing critical measures of brain structure and health.  Based on a total of 1,648 female brain scans (685 with anorexia nervosa) collected from 22 different locations, researchers found decreases in cortical thickness, subcortical volumes and cortical surface area in people with anorexia. Essentially, the…

One of the biggest reasons for the slower EV adoption rates in India and the world is the astronomical prices of electric vehicles. Although to combat this very issue, the government of India is contemplating reducing the goods and services tax (GST) on lithium-ion batteries. This move aims to bring the tax rates on Li-ion on par with taxes on electric vehicles to give a fillip to its green mobility plans. Recently it was reported by sources close to the various parties in the Union government that the discussions have…

Did You Know Ms Marvel Could Have Been Never Have I Ever Fame Maitreyi Ramakrishnan But She Was Not Keen On Playing A Pakistani Character ( Photo Credit – Poster from Ms Marvel; Maitreyi Ramakrishnan / Instagram ) Ms. Marvel is the newest superhero venture which has been leaving the world quite intrigued and invested. If you are a fan of the MCU, you are probably already aware that the series has one of the most inclusive superhero characters of all time. However, were you aware that actor Maitreyi…

Jeppe Carlsen's new game has a distinctly different vibe than his previous releases. As the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, Carlsen is known for building spooky side-scrollers with morbid visuals, but his latest original project features a bug-like explorer in a mysterious, neon-speckled planet system.  The main character resembles an anthropomorphic firefly as it picks up orbs and uses them to traverse the environment, leaping among worlds and exploring ancient alien technology.  "Each world exists within an…

The trolley problem in AI might lead to unexpected consequences. It might become a concern shortly, producing a slew of issues. In the domains of business, health care, and manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI) is already making choices. However, AI systems still rely on humans to do checks and make final decisions. The automobile is approaching a traffic light when the brakes abruptly fail, forcing the computer to make a split-second choice. It can veer into a nearby post, killing the passenger, or…

Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images It’s become a running gag and popular meme that no animated movie is never really safe from Chris Pratt, but the idea behind it isn’t totally without merit given his proclivities as a voice actor. In the last decade alone, the actor has lent his vocal talents to a pair of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien episodes (and the tie-in video game Cosmic Destruction), he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Kinect, reprised his role as Owen Grady in console favorite LEGO Jurassic World and…