There have been some big matchups in the first three weeks of the college football season, but as Week 4 begins, it’s time to separate the contenders from the contenders in the major conferences and the national championship. Multiple games between ranked teams take center stage on the schedule as supremacy in the sport is … Read more
Jules Melancon, a third-generation Louisiana oysterman who didn’t give up after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill devastated the Gulf Coast but found an innovative, sustainable and much tastier way to bring his salty delights to New Orleans restaurants, has died in August. 31 at his home in Cutoff, La. He was 65. His father, … Read more
This electron microscopic image shows blue-colored human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virions and yellow-colored anti-RSV F protein/gold antibodies detaching from the surface of human lung cells. The first vaccines to protect against RSV will be rolled out in 2023 for older adults and pregnant women. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH via AP, … Read more
Current research findings provide insight into how the shoulder-hip ratio influences the perception of attractiveness at a neural level. The study, published in the Sexual Behavior Archivesrevealed pronounced fluctuations in brain activity associated with men’s upper body size, but less pronounced differences in women’s ratings, highlighting the evolutionary importance of men’s upper body size in … Read more
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, including one to returning star Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs overcame three early turnovers to beat Jacksonville 17-9 on Sunday for their third win against the Jaguars in 10 months. The Chiefs (1-1) won their eighth straight series and fell short of becoming … Read more
Fables author and artist Bill Willingham – yes, the same Bill Willingham behind Telltale’s game The Wolf Among Us – has placed the Fables intellectual property rights into the public domain. “As of now, September 15, 2023, the comic book property known as Fables, including all associated Fables spin-offs and characters, is in the public … Read more
Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes, including one to returning star Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs overcame three early turnovers to beat Jacksonville 17-9 on Sunday, securing their third win over the Jaguars in 10 months. The Chiefs (1-1) won their eighth straight series and fell short of becoming the first Super Bowl … Read more
Television giants DirecTV and Nexstar Media Group made progress in sales talks and have agreed to restore Nexstar stations’ signals to the homes of DirecTV customers – ending a bitter blackout that lasted 76 days. The nationwide blackout of 159 Nexstar-owned stations – including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and CW network affiliates – affected DirecTV … Read more
Top line Indiana’s attorney general has sued the state’s largest hospital system after one of its doctors discussed aborting a 10-year-old girl who traveled from her home state to receive medical care, accusing the system of violating the patient’s privacy the latest attempt to punish the doctor and her staff over a story that drew … Read more
If you had looked up 66 million years ago, you might have seen a bright light for a split second as a mountain-sized asteroid burned through the atmosphere and slammed into Earth. It was spring and the literal end of an era, the Mesozoic. If you had somehow survived the initial impact, you would have … Read more