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If you’re in need of some entertainment right before the weekend, we've got you covered! We're serving up a dose of excellent, sometimes dark humor by none other than Sean Berthiaume and his series "Deliberately Buried Comics." If you missed our previous posts featuring this artist’s work, you should definitely check them out now.Sean is known for his peculiar sense of humor. As he told us during our interview: “I saved a magic goblin from a bear trap in the woods and as a reward, he promised me modest cartooning…

Being overweight is linked to many health issues, including cancer. Studies have shown that obesity is associated with at least 13 types of cancer.And in some regions, such as North America, Europe and the Middle East, obesity contributes to up to 9% of all cancer cases. It might even become the top cause of cancer in UK women in the next 25 years. So losing weight is clearly an important health goal.However, a recent study produced an unexpected result. It found that weight loss was associated with a significantly…

New Horizons spacecraft’s observations suggest the Kuiper Belt extends far beyond its thought boundary, potentially indicating a larger region or a second belt filled with icy, rocky objects, challenging existing solar system models. Credit: SciTechDaily.comNASA’s New Horizons has discovered unexpectedly high dust levels in the Kuiper Belt, hinting at a larger expanse or a new belt, reshaping our understanding of the solar system’s outer edge.New observations from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft hint that the Kuiper Belt –…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWhite Christmas star Anne Whitfield has died aged 85, her family have shared. Whitfield played Susan Waverly, the grand-daughter of Captain Bob Wallace, in the 1954 film featuring Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney. Her death comes following an “unexpected incident” during a walk in her neighbourhood in Washington. Family have released a statement confirming that the actor passed away on…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDune: Part Two star Stellan Skarsgård has shared his unexpected reaction to Austin Butler playing the “terrifying” villain Feyd-Rautha. The Swedish actor returned to act as the ruthless antagonist Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Dennis Villeneuve’s new sequel to Dune.When asked about his first response to the Elvis actor’s performance as his cruel heir and younger nephew Feyd-Rautha, which…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The Steam Deck has grown into a certified smash success. With multiple millions of units sold, the device has changed the way we think about PC gaming, spawned numerous clones, and secured a future for handheld gaming devices. With the backing of a multibillion-dollar corporation, that might not come as much of a surprise. But there’s an untold story behind what has made the Steam Deck tick — a kernel of engineering passion that unlocked the puzzle of making Linux gaming work at this…

For over a century, people have dreamed of the day when humanity (as a species) would venture into space.In recent decades, that dream has moved much closer to realization, thanks to the rise of the commercial space industry (NewSpace), renewed interest in space exploration, and long-term plans to establish habitats in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), on the lunar surface, and Mars.Based on the progression, it is clear that going to space exploration will not be reserved for astronauts and government space agencies for much…

Scientists have uncovered unexpected biodiversity in deep-sea environments, particularly around hydrothermal vents and manganese nodules, through detailed collection and DNA analysis of marine species. The findings, indicating isolated and unique species as well as potential reproductive habitats within nodules, underscore the ecological importance of these areas. Marine ecologist Sabine Gollner stresses the need for caution in considering deep-sea mining, given the high extinction risk to these unique species. Field of…

As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of 'playfully teasing' each other, study findsWhat do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit only to pull his hand away at the last second? Or when a bonobo repeatedly pokes, prods and pulls on the hair of an older relative not hard enough to hurt, but just enough to be annoying?It's not quite play, argues anthropologist Erica Cartmill, but it's not quite aggression either. It's "playful teasing." And, according to a new study, it's a very…

OnePlus 12R Prakhar Khanna / Digital Trends OnePlus is taking a bold move regarding a marketing flub it made earlier this month. The company initially claimed that the OnePlus 12R comes with UFS 4.0 storage when, in reality, the phone still relies on the slower UFS 3.1 standard. The company issued a public apology for it, as well. Today, in an update on the official community blog, OnePlus CEO Kinder Liu announced that the company will issue a full refund to buyers who were swayed primarily by fast storage to buy…