Dear RW readers, can you spare $25? The week at Retraction Watch featured: Our list of retracted or withdrawn COVID-19 papers is up past 500. There are more than 60,000 retractions in The Retraction Watch Database — which is now part of Crossref. The Retraction Watch Hijacked Journal Checker now contains more than 300 titles. And have you seen our …
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Unavoidable life event that affects MILLIONS of people linked to premature death, experts warn
A new study has revealed that ‘highly intense’ grief can send you to an early grave. The findings come from a Danish study of 1,735 bereaved relatives, with an average age of 62, which looked at the link between mortality and intensity of grief. Researchers measured how intensely people experienced grief by using the Prolonged Grief-13 Scale. The bereaved with the highest …
Read More »They Thought These Rocks Were Dead… But They’re Feeding a Hidden Life Beneath Our Feet
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, far beyond the reach of sunlight, life finds a surprising source of energy. A new study reveals that when rocks crack during earthquakes, they release bursts of hydrogen and oxidants—chemicals capable of sustaining entire microbial ecosystems. Fault Lines Turn Into Microbial Oases Researchers at the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry (GIGCAS), led by Professor He Hongping …
Read More »Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space
The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …
Read More »Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. When reached by TechCrunch, Allianz Life spokesperson Brett Weinberg confirmed the breach. “On July 16, 2025, a malicious threat actor gained access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system used by …
Read More »Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Rating Spotted, Fuelling Nintendo Direct Hopes Again – Nintendo Life
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Rating Spotted, Fuelling Nintendo Direct Hopes Again Nintendo Life With release news expected soon, Metroid Prime 4 has been rated Video Games Chronicle Metroid Prime 4 and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Rated Ahead of Rumored Nintendo Direct Twisted Voxel Leaker claims Metroid Prime 4 remains unfinished and keeps missing development milestones My Nintendo News Game Mess Mornings 07/25/25 Giant Bomb …
Read More »Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha
In all, the astronomic hype was met with earth-shaking backlash in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, Science published two studies refuting the claim that GFAJ-1 incorporates arsenic atoms into its DNA. Outside scientists concluded that it is an arsenic-tolerant extremophile, but not a profoundly different life form. Retraction But now, in 2025, it is once again spurring controversy; on Thursday, …
Read More »Lori Vallow Daybell receives life in prison for 2 Arizona murder conspiracy convictions
Facebook Tweet Email Link Phoenix, Arizona (AP) — Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life had been possessed by evil spirits. Vallow Daybell, already serving life sentences in Idaho …
Read More »Nintendo definitively clears up Mario’s love life by having Princess Peach friend-zone him
After decades of rescuing Princess Peach, it turns out Mario still isn’t enough for her. Nintendo has cleared up their relationship once and for all by dropping the plumber in the friend zone. For over four decades now, Mario has been risking life and limb for Princess Peach. Seemingly every other week, Bowser concocts a new plan to kidnap the …
Read More »Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison on Arizona convictions
PHOENIX (AP) — Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life had been possessed by evil spirits. Vallow Daybell, already serving life sentences in Idaho in the killings of her …
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