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A month after his death at age 67, one of Michael Madsen‘s most prolific collaborators paid tribute to the late actor in Los Angeles. On Friday, Quentin Tarantino hosted a private memorial for Madsen at the filmmaker’s Vista Theatre, where he recounted earning Madsen’s respect on the set of their 1992 film Reservoir Dogs after firing co-star Lawrence Tierney in …

A genetic study conducted by the University of South Carolina and the National Human Genome Research Institute, published in Science Advances, has uncovered that dogs living within the Chernobyl exclusion zone (CEZ) show distinct genetic changes linked to long-term radiation exposure. Researchers analyzed the DNA of 302 feral dogs from the CEZ and compared it to populations outside the zone, …

Health officials across California are asking people to stay away from wild animals after two children contracted a brain-eating parasite.  A CDC report this week revealed a 14-year-old boy and 15-month-old boy suffered from a B. procyonis infection in September 2024 in Los Angeles, prompting a public alert by the agency. B. procyonis infection, also known as raccoon roundworm infection, is a …

Dogs and their people: Companions in cancer research  The Washington Post EXCLUSIVE: Vaccine studied at Yale could delay, cure cancer in dogs  WTNH.com Man’s best friend is an ally in helping humans heal  WLRN New insights could influence canine cancer outcomes  MRCVSonline How dogs are helping cure cancer  think.kera.org Source link

Beautiful light displays in the sky, such as glowing halos around the moon or bright spots beside the sun, aren’t just Earthly wonders. According to new research, similar dazzling effects might also occur on planets light-years away. In a study published on July 21 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Cornell University scientists propose that WASP-17b, a gas giant roughly 1,300 …

SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) — A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions. Crews were stuck with a job they did not relish — rolling up the scattered tube steaks for disposal. “Once those leave the truck and hit the road, that’s all garbage, and …

Pets, Like Dogs and Cats, Have an Environmental Cost. Here’s How to Lessen It.  The New York Times Source link

Two videos offer the first glimpse inside the shadowy detention site on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where dozens of immigrants are being held for days at a time, according to an analysis by THE CITY of Immigration and Customs Enforcement data through the end of June.  The clips, shared with THE CITY by the New York Immigration …

Dogs really can be trained to smell Parkinson’s disease, according to new research from the United Kingdom. In a double blind trial, a Golden Retriever and a Labrador were able to sniff out which skin swabs came from people with Parkinson’s. The smell of the oily secretions seemed to hold secret clues. “The dogs in this study achieved high sensitivity …

Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities. The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration …