The Big Picture Bill Hader’s involvement with South Park was a lesser-known chapter in his career but played a significant role in his creative growth as an artist. Hader joined South Park as a creative consultant, voice actor, staff writer, and producer, contributing to some of the show’s most hilarious episodes. Working on South Park … Read more
BERLIN — Police officers shut down and banned a Palestinian solidarity conference in Berlin and detained more than a dozen attendees, hours after a British Palestinian doctor slated to speak at the event said German authorities “forcibly prevented” his entry into the country. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a reconstructive plastic surgeon who spent 43 days tending … Read more
On the surface, Timothy Stephenson had an enviable life. He was married to a doctor, and they lived in a $2 million home with their twin daughters in a quiet suburb east of San Francisco. But Stephenson harbored a secret: About two decades earlier, he had shot andkilled a man he met at a bar in … Read more
Patty Branch started exercising in her late 60s and said it transformed her life and health. She started with walking and now stays motivated with the community fitness program Silver Sneakers. Research shows building balance, stability, and strength can add healthy years to your life. It’s never too late to start exercising for a longer … Read more
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An investigation has found that the physicist who claimed to have developed one of the first room-temperature superconductors engaged in “research misconduct,” as first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Ranga Dias, a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Rochester, has been under investigation by a committee of outside experts since last August … Read more
LONDON — In a semi-secret courtroom in an overheated basement, a three-judge tribunal this week heard testimony about an alleged Russian spy who may have burrowed deep into Britain’s top intelligence agencies, gaining access to secret documents and meeting with prime ministers and British royalty when they traveled to Afghanistan. The British security services allege … Read more
If President Biden faces a voter backlash in November over his immigration record, it will not be for lack of attention to the issue. Biden signed more executive orders related to immigration than any other topic on his first day in office. He’s taken more than 500 executive actions since then, already surpassing former president … Read more
That has led researchers to genetically alter pigs in an attempt to make their organs a better match. The biotech company that bred the pig for the Penn study, eGenesis of Cambridge, Massaschetts, is aiming to do that with gene editing. Scientists at the company used Crispr to make a total of 69 genetic edits … Read more
Avantika is opening up about racially-charged comments about her following the release of the Mean Girls trailer back in November. The almost 19-year-old actress stars in the new movie musical as the ditzy Karen, who was played by Amanda Seyfried in the original movie 20 years ago. After the trailer debuted, Avantika was met with … Read more
Saffron Cassaday had been coping with ulcerative colitis — a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) marked by painful inflammation and ulcers in the digestive tract — since she was diagnosed 15 years ago. “It’s an autoimmune condition whereby the immune system attacks the colon,” the 36-year-old tells Yahoo Life. “It can be quite painful.” … Read more