Facebook Tweet Email Link Chagas disease, known as the “kissing bug” disease, has long been thought of as a neglected tropical illness, but some researchers now argue it’s endemic to the United States. But a lack of awareness means it’s undercounted, undertreated and under-researched. What do you want to know about Chagas or other diseases spread by bugs in the …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link Chagas disease, known as the “kissing bug” disease, has long been thought of as a neglected tropical illness, but some researchers now argue it’s endemic to the United States. But a lack of awareness means it’s undercounted, undertreated and under-researched. What do you want to know about Chagas or other diseases spread by bugs in the …
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In the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen, Director Andrew Renzi (Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?) was able to chronicle the rise and fall of the Two and a Half Men actor by relying on old family films, interviews with pals like Chris Tucker and Sean Penn and an extraordinary chat with Sheen’s former drug dealer Marco. But the hallmark of the …
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Mikaela Strauss, the songwriter and producer who records as King Princess, describes her new album Girl Violence as “almost like a ‘ha ha’ to toxic masculinity”, although not in the way you may initially think. Informed by the drama and infighting that she suggests is inherent in many lesbian communities, Girl Violence touches on the idea that “in a world full of …
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It must be exhausting to be Charlie Sheen. Just watching the two-part Netflix documentary series “AKA Charlie Sheen” can feel draining. Consider. By the time Sheen was 25, he had starred in the Oscar-winning blockbusters “Platoon” and “Wall Street,” and had already started growing his dubious party animal legend, entering a rehabilitation center for drug and alcohol addiction. In subsequent …
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Google’s latest AI experiment just graduated from inside joke to mass phenomenon. The model that leaked under the name Nano Banana has been officially live in the Gemini app as Gemini 2.5 Flash Image for just over a week — and the numbers show just how quickly it’s taken off. Let’s be honest: Nano Banana > Flash Image In a …
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