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A video of teenagers licking toes for charity at a fundraising event for a high school located in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA, has gone viral and sparked significant controversy, with the internet accusing the school of predatory behavior. The questionable event raised thousands of dollars.On February 29, Deer Creek High School hosted an assembly called Clash of Classes for students to pay to attend as part of the school’s “Wonderful Week of Fundraising” activities.Students in 9th through 12th grades volunteered to…

A dancer in her twenties tragically died from a fatal allergic reaction to peanuts after eating cookies that had been incorrectly labeled.25-year-old Órla Baxendale, a professional dancer from East Lancashire, UK, moved to New York, USA, to train as a scholarship student at the Ailey School in 2018. Her dancer dreams were cut short on January 11, after she went into anaphylactic shock from a severe allergic reaction to a Vanilla Florentine cookie, which she had bought from the popular supermarket Stew Leonard’s.Attorney…

If you watched only one run from 2024's Awesome Games Done Quick event, it was almost certainly Peanut Butter the dog playing Gyromite--putting ROB to shame with his flawless navigation in the pursuit of victory and cheese. Training a dog to do anything isn't easy, and training a Shiba Inu to do anything is even more of a challenge, but streamer and longtime speedrunner JSR_ knew that his furry friend was up to the challenge. He was so sure of it, in fact, that the two spent nine months training in…

For the first time in history, a dog has speedrun a game during Awesome Games Done Quick. Peanut Butter, a Shiba Inu owned by streamer JSR_, speedran the Nintendo Entertainment System title Gyromite by listening to commands from JSR. For those unfamiliar with Gyromite, the player is tasked with both raising and lowering various platforms for a scientist so that they can proceed to the end of a level. JSR got Peanut Butter to play the game by giving various commands, which would cause the Shiba Inu to press a button…

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Those Transportation Security Administration requirements are drilled into every frequent flyer’s head: You can carry on liquids that are only less than 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) in volume each. But when the TSA recently confiscated a jar of Jif under this rule, peanut butter lovers were up in arms. Some skeptics of security may suspect hungry officers just wanted to make their own PB&Js.…

Those Transportation Security Administration requirements are drilled into every frequent flyer's head: You can carry on liquids that are only less than 3.4 ounces (100 milliliters) in volume each.But when the TSA recently confiscated a jar of Jif under this rule, peanut butter lovers were up in arms. Some skeptics of security may suspect hungry officers just wanted to make their own PB&Js.TSA, however, contends that peanut butter is a liquid – and a full-size jar of Jif is over the 3.4-ounce limit.Just like…

More treatments – and faster-acting treatments – for peanut allergies are urgently needed, and a new study outlines a promising drug technology based around a tiny nanoparticle just a few billionths of a meter in size.In tests on mice, the nanoparticle reversed peanut allergies and prevented them from developing in the first place. If the same response is triggered in humans, it could change the lives of millions of people.At the center of the treatment is a protein fragment called an epitope; it's specially designed as…

Peanut and tree nut allergies affect around three million Americans, yet there’s only one approved treatment and it only tackles its severity. And despite the amount of research behind finding a way to counter, or cure, this often deadly condition, there's been only glimmers of hope for sufferers.But a major breakthrough might be around the corner, with scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) testing a world-first mRNA medicine packaged up in tiny nanoparticles that not only reversed peanut…

Peanut allergies are a common type of food allergy that affects millions of people worldwide. They are caused by an immune system reaction to proteins found in peanuts and can result in severe symptoms such as itching, hives, difficulty breathing, and even anaphylaxis.According to the results of a clinical trial at Flinders University and SAHMRI, boiling peanuts for as long as 12 hours could help overcome children’s peanut allergies. The study found that up to 80% of children with peanut allergies became desensitized to…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Life Eating & Drinking Culture Books Make Marie Kacouchia's recipes for red cabbage salad with mango and peanuts, vegetable mafe (Malian peanut stew) and savoury Mauritian crêpes Get the latest from Laura Brehaut straight to your inbox Sign Up From top to bottom: red cabbage salad with mango and peanuts, vegetable mafe and savoury Mauritian crêpes from Marie Kacouchia's cookbook debut, Vegan Africa. Photo by Fatou Wagué Reviews and recommendations…