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Most of us love listening to music a little bit louder than we should. Whether you’re running on the treadmill and want the volume up to motivate yourself or you’re fighting to get as close to the stage as you can at a concert, there’s something invigorating about loud music. But only when it’s music we want to hear.One nurse recently shared on Reddit that she was tormented by a nearby college blasting annoying music all day long in their parking lot. So instead of staying silent, she got petty revenge and altered a…

When B.C. marine scientist Anna Hall encountered a very lost loggerhead turtle in waters near Victoria over the weekend, she knew it faced a grim fate at sea."The turtle would not have survived," said Hall, principal scientist at consulting group Sea View Marine Sciences."Had the turtle stayed in the ocean, either it would have died due to hypothermia, or it would have been hit by a boat. It was just moving so, so slowly."Hall was the first marine biologist to respond Sunday after a resident near Pedder Bay between…

Posted in: Comics, Comics Publishers, Heritage Sponsored, Marvel Comics, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Nurse Helen Grant, Romance ComicsThe Romances of Nurse Helen Grant #1 was published in 1957 by Atlas Comics, the company which would one day be renamed Marvel Comics.Article Summary Atlas Comics' 1957 Nurse Helen Grant #1 remains unique Marvel history. Vince Colletta crafted the singular issue, now a rare collector's item. Collecting legend Jon Berk's copy is up for grabs at Heritage Auctions. Movyland…

You would think that a school would react appropriately to a medical emergency. Even if it’s not an emergency, a medical anything would be enough for a school to have to comply, right?Well, they didn’t. And, so, a student had to take matters into her own hands. That is, of course, by means of what Reddit calls petty revenge in the form of ringing her radio host dad and telling him how the school isn’t allowing her the prescription meds she needs.Do not underestimate highschoolers. They can be devilishly cunning, and…

Quirks and Quarks54:01Cat facts — the latest science on our feline companionsCats have lived alongside humans for millennia, but there's still much we don't know about our companions. How do cats purr? Why do they look so annoyed all the time? And when and where did cats begin sharing homes with humans? Part of the issue with finding the answers to these questions is the notoriously secretive nature of domestic cats and their unwillingness to do what they're told — something that makes studying cats in a laboratory…

Hospitals are joining the gig economy.  Some of the nation’s largest hospital systems including Providence and Advocate Health are using apps similar to ride-hailing technology to attract scarce nurses. An app from ShiftKey lets workers bid for shifts. Another, CareRev, helps hospitals adjust pay to match supply, lowering rates for popular shifts and raising them to entice nurses to work overnight or holidays. Hospitals are joining the gig economy.  Some of the nation’s largest…

“What could we possibly be afraid of after having admitted to ourselves that we had dealt face to face with death and not embraced it?” Audre Lorde asked herself in her journal in 1978, a few days after undergoing a mastectomy for breast cancer. “For once we accept the actual existence of our dying, who can ever have power over us again.”Lorde insisted on the new clarity, creativity and power enabled by the revelations of illness. The women she saw as succumbing to the lure of prosthetic breasts had for her refused…

TJ Klune’s latest leads you deep into a fantastic forest where a man has raised a small family of robots. This standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door takes inspiration from Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and is described as “Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E.” In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine,…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsEddie Redmayne has admitted he relished the opportunity to play a murderer in The Good Nurse after starring in Fantastic Beasts.The British actor and Jessica Chastain are receiving rave reviews for their roles in the new Netflix serial killer drama.Based on a true story, The Good Nurse follows Charles Cullen (Redmayne), a nurse who murders dozens – perhaps even hundreds – of…

Stevie Ryan seemed ready to break out of a rut.Her pioneering work as an early YouTuber had led to a VH1 show, but “Stevie TV” was canceled after two seasons and Ryan subsequently struggled to chart a course in Hollywood. For a period, she had stopped going to auditions altogether.In spring 2017, however, she recommitted to her career, telling her manager that she was ready to get back to work.Around the same time, Ryan was also allegedly starting a new relationship — one with Gerald Baltz, a nurse practitioner who for…