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If you have looked at any website for the past month or so, you have heard about Palworld. It is avoidable. Inescapable. Inevitable. Everyone knew Palworld was going to be a big deal after its earliest announcement trailers, but nobody was prepared for just how huge it would be when it was released on January 19. Perhaps most surprised by its success was developer Pocket Pair, who are now pleading with interested parties to come work on the game. PocketPair puts out a plea for Palworld developer applications In a…

More information is needed to understand the hazards volcanoes in the Cascade Volcanic Arc pose to nearby cities. Mount Hood, a Cascade volcano that last erupted in 1866, forms a backdrop for the city of Portland, Ore. Credit: Truflip99, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The Cascade Volcanic Arc stretches from Northern California to southern British Columbia and contains more than a dozen volcanoes. The U.S. Geological Survey…

Australian researchers have developed an AI algorithm called SpermSearch that can accurately identify sperm in severely infertile men in a fraction of the time it takes scientists, providing hope to men who want to father biological children.The most severe form of infertility, non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA), affects around 1% of men and around 5% of couples seeking fertility treatment.NOA is a complete absence of sperm in the ejaculate due to abnormal sperm production and can be caused by genetics, hormonal…

Box plots show the appropriate punishment for each action type (N = 1291). Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33892-8 Verbal attacks against marginalized groups can do serious harm to the victims. Yet many instances of hate speech are never reported or prosecuted. "We see it in sports, on the street, in schools and in our parliaments," says Jimena Zapata of LMU's Chair of Philosophy of Mind, adding that…

New research indicates that brain responses to nutrients are diminished in people with obesity and don’t improve even after weight loss. The study revealed that individuals with obesity released less dopamine in a brain region crucial for food intake motivation, compared to those with healthy body weight. Additionally, obese participants showed reduced brain activity upon nutrient infusion into the stomach. The lack of brain response improvement after weight loss could explain why most individuals regain weight after…

via Warner Bros. If Warner Bros. could recapture the lightning in a bottle that The Flash had a couple of months ago, then things would be looking pretty rosy right about now. Instead, the hype train may have left the station far too early, with things going from bad to worse for the long-delayed blockbuster. After being hyped as one of the greatest comic book adaptations of all-time – admittedly by people employed by Warner Bros. and DC – The Flash debuted to an underwhelming Rotten Tomatoes score and has been…

Researchers from Yale found that obesity is associated with diminished brain response to nutrient intake, which doesn’t recover even after weight loss. The study offers insights into why maintaining weight loss is challenging for some people and emphasizes the significant role of the human brain in obesity.A new research study reveals a diminished response to nutrients among people with obesity — and that this brain response is not recovered after weight loss.After a person eats, the gut dispatches a series of signals to…

via Red Sea Film Foundation As the opening movie of the Cannes Film Festival, there’s a certain amount of inbuilt prestige that comes attached to period drama Jeanne de Barry, never mind the fact it’s been heavily touted as a potential comeback vehicle for Johnny Depp. Once the single highest-paid star in the industry who comfortably commanded paychecks of at least $20 million for every role he played, the fallen idol has instead been reduced to playing bit-parts in foreign-language features after his personal,…

An Ontario judge harshly criticized the province's climate plan Tuesday, saying it "falls severely short" of what the science on climate change requires, even as she dismissed a landmark lawsuit brought by a group of young people who say the government's actions threaten their future.Superior court judge Marie-Andrée Vermette agreed with the youth applicants on several key points, including that young and Indigenous people are disproportionately impacted by climate change and that the province is risking the lives of…

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch via email that the majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down,” and that only three projects from the division will graduate later this year into core Google product areas. The spokesperson wouldn’t say which specific projects were being shuttered or graduating.…