A Nobel Prize winning scientist who helped discovered the DNA double helix is losing a number of honorary titles because of his views on race. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory says it is stripping former director, president and chancellor James Watson of his honors after comments he made in a new PBS documentary, American Masters: […]
A new Quinnipiac University poll that came out Monday finds that American voters overwhelmingly fault President Trump for the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Sixty-three-percent of voters surveyed say they are against President Trump keeping the government shut until he gets funding for a border wall along the US Mexico border. Just 32-percent support […]
The date is set for the final season of Game of Thrones. HBO announced that the long-awaited season eight of the series will premiere Sunday, April 14th. The announcement came at the end of a teaser that aired before the premiere of the third season of HBO’s True Detective. Game of Thrones has been off […]
A new study is linking belly fat to shrinking brain size. The research published in the journal Neurology found the people they studied who had a high body mass index had slightly lower brain volumes and those with bigger bellies had lower amounts of gray matter in their brains. Gray matter contains much of brain’s […]
President Trump’s disapproval rating has been steadily increasing since the partial government shutdown began on December 22nd. According to a CNN poll, 57-percent of people disapprove of the job Trump is doing. That’s up five points since last month. The President’s approval rating is at 37-percent, which is roughly the same as December. The poll […]
Lin-Manuel Miranda returned to the role of Alexander Hamilton as Hamilton opened a three-week run in Puerto Rico Friday night. It took a year of preparation for the actor to bring his Tony-winning phenomenon to San Juan. He did so to raise money for Puerto Rico which was hit hard by Hurricane Maria in 2017. […]
Losing weight is a common goal for the New Year, but it turns out pets needs to shed a few pounds. For the eighth consecutive year, pet obesity is on the rise. New data from Nationwide shows that in 2017 nearly 20-percent of their members’ pet insurance claims were for conditions and diseases related to […]
The Kardashian clan is growing. Multiple reports confirm that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their fourth child via surrogate. The couple is already parents to five-year-old North, three-year-old Saint and eleven-month-old Chicago, who was also born through a surrogate . The newest Kardashian-West is reportedly due to arrive in early May.
Well it seems that fashion is leading the list of most returned Christmas gifts of 2018. B-Stock Solutions buys returned merchandise from leading retailers and resells them. It said women’s shirts with ruffle overload and sleeve cutouts and bedazzled booties were quickly returned. Other gifts that may not have been appreciated were crockpots and espresso […]
Well, it looks like Kanye West isn’t done with politics. The rapper shared his support for President Trump on Twitter Tuesday, and said that he will be wearing a Make America Great Again hat for all of his live performances from now on. West just said on Twitter back a few months ago that he was […]
Netflix is warning people not to try the Bird Box Challenge. The Internet meme was spawned by the Netflix movie starring Sandra Bullock as a woman who leads her children to safety while blindfolded. People have been posting videos showing themselves and others trying to do simple things without sight, often failing in their efforts. […]
Good news for the NFL as the first round of the playoffs begins this weekend. Ratings are up five-percent this season compared to 2017. The league released its figures on Wednesday. The average game in 2018 drew 15.8-million viewers, up from 14.9-million the year before. Average streaming viewership also rose 86-percent, with a total of […]