- newFDA deletes warning against using bleach to "cure" autism
At his Senate confirmation hearing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised the Trump administration's search for COVID treatments during the first term, which he said included "even chlorine dioxide." Chlorine dioxide is industrial bleach. The FDA has warned…
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- newLego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick
Lego discontinued Mindstorms at the end of 2022. Here's what replaced it: a custom chip smaller than a pencil eraser inside a standard-sized 2-by-4 brick. The SMART Brick houses an LED array, accelerometer, light and sound sensors, a miniature sp…
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- newCriminal defense lawyers launch tracker to catalog DOJ's most absurd prosecutions
A D.C. jury recently acquitted Sean Charles Dunn of charges stemming from throwing a sandwich at a federal immigration officer. Another D.C. jury acquitted Jacob Samuel Winkler, a homeless man accused of pointing a laser at Marine One. Grand juries a…
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- newTrump pardoned a man convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine, then gave him a ride to the Waldorf Astoria
The Trump administration has been bombing boats in the Caribbean, killing over 140 people in what it calls a war on drug trafficking. At the same time, it pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez — convicted by a U.S. jury of helpi…
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- newEvery pair of headphones tested contained hazardous chemicals
Earbuds are tiny chemical delivery systems pressed against your skin. A new study by the ToxFREE LIFE for All project tested 81 pairs of headphones — both in-ear and over-ear — and found hazardous substances in every single pair, The Guardian rep…
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- newJudge: it's OK to advertise chicken nuggets as "boneless wings"
U.S. District Judge John Tharp dedicated 10 pages to resolving one of society's greatest problems: aren't boneless wings just chicken nuggets? His answer favored Buffalo Wild Wings, sued for marketing the latter as the former: sure they are, but it d…
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- newI finally tried making those TikTok trendy tofu waffles, and now I'm hooked!
I'm clearly late to the game, but I finally tried the "tofu waffle" hack that's been trending on TikTok for at least five years — and long before that, as this 2015 article shows. They're having another moment after content creator Liam Layton from…
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- newWatch a deer and agouti share lunch in adorable friendship video
Here's something you don't see every day — a white-tailed deer hanging out with an agouti. The deer in this video is Xai, who lived at the Jaguar Rescue Center in Costa Rica for fourteen years until her sad passing in late 2024. — Read the rest…
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- newLearn essential cybersecurity skills with this $28 ethical hacking bundle
TL;DR: Priced at just a fraction of the cost of formal lessons, this All-in-One Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle contains over 118 hours of expert-led content that'll upgrade your cybersecurity skills—grab yours for just $27.99 (reg. $854). A…
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- newA 20-year-old McDonald's burger that never molded: David Whipple's famous preservation experiment
In 1999, David Whipple bought a McDonald's hamburger and left it sitting on the counter as an experiment to see how long it would stay intact. After months without spoilage, he began showing it at science presentations.Twenty years later, the burger…
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