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The Devastating Health Impacts of Microplastics
Corporations produce more than 400 million metric tons of plastic per year. With that number set to triple by 2060, the growing amount of microplastics in the environment is of increasing concern to public health. Microplastics are virtually everywhere, leaving little to be done to safeguard human health unless widespread cleanup efforts are swiftly implemented….By:…
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Can Chemical Hair Straighteners Cause Cancer? Understanding the Risks
Chemical hair straighteners are popular products sold in stores and hair salons across the United States. But, they are also dangerous. Over the past few years, there have been several reports of these products being linked to users’ cancer diagnoses, and companies like Just for Me, L’Oreal, Optimum Care, Revlon and Soft Sheen are currently…
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They Were Told They Were in a Safe Area. Then Came the Missiles.
Survivors of a strike in Gaza on Saturday that Israel said had targeted Hamas’s top military leader described a scene of carnage, with fire, smoke, blood and bodies everywhere.
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The Convert
In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns home to New Zealand for a look at a fraught chapter in the country’s history. Bringing his action movie bona fides from the James Bond entry “Die Another Day” and “xXx: State of the Union,” Tamahori hews intense dramatic moments over battlefields and…
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A Force For Good: Richard Simmons (1948-2024)
I don’t remember a time in my life where I wasn’t aware of who Richard Simmons was. As a child of the ‘80s and ‘90s, the flamboyant fitness guru, who seemed to be an endless fount of energy and joy, was everywhere in the media. He was on talk shows. He was in magazines. He…
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There Will be No Questions: The Parallax View, the Ultimate Conspiracy Thriller, Turns 50
[Ominous announcer voice:] “This is a video about the 1974 motion picture ‘The Parallax View,’ featuring a discussion of the film by Matt Zoller Seitz and ‘Mr. Robot’ creator Sam Esmail, edited by Nelson Carvajal. This video analyzes the entire movie, its script, editing style, cinematography, and themes, and the genre of the paranoid thriller that it’s part of.…
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Jan de Bont on Flying Cows, Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Enduring Appeal of ‘Twister’
If he’d only ever been a cinematographer, Jan de Bont would have had an impressive career. Working with Paul Verhoeven, Richard Donner and Ridley Scott, the Dutch cameraman helped lens some of the most memorable action films and thrillers of the 1980s and 1990s. (Two of the best movies of that era, “Die Hard” and…
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Sophos Firewall: Secure by Design
Sophos Firewall has been designed from the start with security in mind.
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At the 2024 Olympics, France Puts the Food First
The competitions can seem almost an afterthought as the country rolls out 80 pop-up restaurants and countless dining experiences to wow spectators.
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Life is peachy with these 10 recipes featuring summer’s star fruit
Put peak summer peaches to use in recipes that are sweet, savory and everything in between.
