In today’s day and age, it is a herculean task trying to make sense of what’s right and what’s wrong when it comes to picking healthy food choices from what’s presented on the Internet. With content creators shoving information down our throats at every step of the way, a new category has emerged, titled ‘health…
When you think about improving your gut health, things like fermented foods or dietary changes might come to mind. But according to research published in the journal General Psychiatry, there's another surprising way to alter your gut microbiome that has nothing to do with food: meditating. Here's what they found. Studying the connection between meditation…
Packaged foods in the U.S. will have to follow new rules in order to call themselves “healthy,” according to changes finalized Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s an update of the agency’s definition originally devised 30 years ago. The move is aimed at helping Americans navigate food labels at the grocery store and…
The latest budget Android smartphone from HMD is here with the HMD Arc. It brings a 6.52-inch IPS LCD (HD+ 60Hz), a Unisoc SC9863A chipset (28nm) and a single 13MP primary camera. The phone boots Android 14 (Go Edition) and is listed in a single 4GB RAM and 64GB storage trim. You also get a…
Amazon’s return-to-office (RTO) policy has apparently been paused because the company doesn’t have enough office space in some locations. New reports by Bloomberg and Business Insider state that insufficient office space in several of the ecommerce giant’s US locations has caused the temporary pause. Already a controversial move that sparked widespread worker dissatisfaction, the news…
This volume discusses politicized narratives linking vaccines to autism and misleading claims about the benefits of raw milk. It also examines the impact of perceived expertise and trust on misinformation beliefs and how AI in mental health care may unintentionally contribute to the spread of false information. The high number of pertussis (whooping cough) and…
In the midst of the U.S. Space Force’s fifth anniversary week, the service’s senior leaders touted Guardian and service accomplishments during the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ “Celebrating the U.S. Space Force and Charting Its Future” event in Washington, D.C., Dec. 17. Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman, Assistant Chief of Space Operations…
ConnectUW Holdings, the parent company of Connect Underwriting and other specialist reinsurance MGAs, announced it will take ownership of Lloyd’s box number 356 from Dec. 23, 2024. Situated in the company market section on Gallery 3, ConnectUW will initially offer facultative reinsurance cover for worldwide property, energy and war & terrorism risks on an excess-of-loss…
Nothing has been beta testing its update to Nothing OS 3.0 based on Android 15 on its phones since October, and today the company is finally commencing the rollout of the stable version. This is now going out in stages to the Nothing Phone (2) and Nothing Phone (2a). As it's a gradual rollout, do…
Because SpaceX’s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won’t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March. What that means is an even longer stay for…

