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61 Unexpected ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Food PackagingA global study identified 61 PFAS chemicals in food packaging that are not authorized for use in such productsBy Katherine BourzacPFASs can be found in various food packaging, ranging from coated paper wrappers to plastic containers. Credit: Erlon Silva - TRI Digital/Getty ImagesFood packaging from around the world contains at least 68 “forever chemicals” that can seep into what we eat, a new study finds. And 61 of them are not even supposed to be used in such…

Nvidia You don’t normally see tech titans like Nvidia and Apple pair up, but the two companies announced at this week’s Nvidia GTC 2024 that they are coming together around the Vision Pro. Nvidia is bringing its Omniverse Cloud platform to Apple’s headset, allowing users to interact with objects and design directly through the Vision Pro. The basis of support is a set of Omniverse Cloud APIs that can stream Omniverse assets to Apple’s headset. Omniverse isn’t running on the Vision Pro itself. Instead, designers can…

Being a homeowner (or just a home-dweller in general) means that you probably have a list of must-haves that you just can’t live without.However, what do you do when there is a house that you currently inhabit, but there is also a thing that you don’t own, but it popped up anyway? Like, it’s your house, but not, say, your cat?This particular phenomenon has become a meme of sorts, and the photos just keep on coming and coming. Scroll down, you’ll see what I mean.#1 I Opened My Front Door Today, And A Flea-Covered, Cuddly,…

Remains of a man buried in a rich grave. In the paper, we write the following about K6: “Interestingly, and contrary to expectation, individuals buried together did not have close biological kin relationships. An exception to this pattern is the individual buried at the bottom of grave K in Téviec (K6(16)-tev003), who had closer biological kin links to at least two (sampled of a total of five) of the individuals buried above him, while these were not closely related with each other. This finding corroborates the…

So much of the future of the MCU is uncertain, with virtually all of Marvel’s current roster of heroes being stuck in a holding pattern as we await to find out where they could show up next. Like Oscar Isaac‘s Moon Knight, for example. Well, don’t look now, Oscar, but it seems like someone might be about to pinch your all-important role in Marvel lore. But, hey, at least there’s no uncertainty about X-Men ’97, which is fast approaching… X-Men ’97 is coming to make the biggest Marvel wave on Disney Plus since fall 2022…

Epic Games’ battle royale Fortnite is currently experiencing some unprecedented downtown after issues with a new update. Fortnite’s Chapter 5 Season 2 update was due to launch this morning (March 8) following a couple of hours of planned downtime. However, the update has yet to launch and Fortnite is still offline. Taking to social media, Epic Games explained: “Hey everyone, we encountered an unexpected issue during our maintenance and we need to extend downtime at least 8 additional hours.” That means Fortnite won’t be…

Few autobiographies are as suited to audio as Surrender, in which U2 frontman Bono reflects on nearly 50 years in music using his band’s songs as his guide. The book opens with the singer – who narrates – undergoing heart surgery to deal with a blister on his aorta that was ready to “put me in the next life faster than I can make an emergency call”.He looks back on his life, describing the death of his mother from a stroke when he was 14 – he believes it was this that led him to become a performer, seeking the love from…

International scientists discovered that magnetostriction significantly influences muon localization in certain materials, overturning previous assumptions in muon spectroscopy. This breakthrough, achieved through advanced simulations, sheds light on the magnetic phase transitions in manganese oxide and has implications for studying similar materials.Muon spectroscopy serves as a crucial experimental method for exploring the magnetic characteristics of materials. This technique involves embedding a spin-polarized muon…

PRINT, a new gene therapy technique, employs bird-derived retrotransposons to insert whole genes into a safe zone of the human genome, offering a complementary approach to CRISPR-Cas9 by potentially enabling the treatment of diseases without the risk of gene disruption or cancer. Credit: SciTechDaily.comRetrotransposons can insert new genes into a “safe harbor” in the genome, complementing CRISPR gene editing.The recent greenlighting of a CRISPR-Cas9 treatment for sickle cell disease underscores the efficacy of gene…

Combining clever wit with a hint of dark humor, Needle Wig comics stand out for their unique flavor. We were eager to have Deividas guide us through his standard creative process, from idea generation to the final comic."I pick a topic that interests me, then I try to look at it from different angles and after I pick one that makes me laugh the most I start a sketch phase. Loosely drawing characters/environment, trying to figure out where the focal point should be. Then I fix the rough sketch by correcting the…