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Medical Notes: How To Get ‘FOREVER Chemicals’ Out Of Your Water, A New Purpose For Your Smartwatch, And How To Get Better Sleep

Will we ever truly get rid of ‘Forever chemicals’? These synthetic chemicals are in cooking pans, waterproof clothing, and food packaging. They’re hard to remove and destroy once they’re in the environment, and our current removal technology is slow and inefficient. Thankfully, a new innovation, published in Advanced Materials, removes large amounts of forever chemicals from water within minutes, about 100 times faster than commercial filters. Are sound waves the next big thing in cancer treatment? Chemotherapy has long been […]

November 26, 2025 1

Viewpoints

Culture Crash: Inside The Twisty New Thriller From The “Breaking Bad” Creator

Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… Vince Gilligan has proven himself to be one of the smartest and most engaging writers in the TV business. After cutting his teeth in television on The X-Files, Gilligan went on to win four Emmy’s and six Writer’s Guild Awards with the show Breaking Bad, which he created, wrote for, and directed for. Once Bad wrapped, he went on to co-create its spinoff Better […]

November 26, 2025

Viewpoints

Viewpoints Explained: Inside The New Grocery Budget Squeeze

Across grocery aisles, the American shopping cart is shrinking. After years of steady food inflation, more adults are simply buying less. A shift some analysts have started calling the half-cart trend. An AP Norc Poll released in august found that 53 percent of adults polled say grocery costs are now a major source of stress in their life. And this outlook is changing habits. Almost 90 percent of polled consumers told Lendingtree they’ve adjusted how they shop by buying more […]

November 26, 2025

Entertainment

‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 34: Robert Irwin, Witney Carson win the Mirrorball Trophy

Witney Carson and Robert Irwin win Season 34 of 'Dancing with the Stars' (Disney/Eric McCandless)Dancing with the Stars has crowned its new Mirrorball champions.After a high-stakes season 34 finale, wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and his partner Witney Carson won the coveted Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy after performing their final dance numbers.Finalists also included Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy; Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach; Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa; and Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten.When asked by co-host Julianne Hough what winning DWTS meant to […]

November 26, 2025

Entertainment

In brief: ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ renewed for season 2, and more

The ladies of MomTok are coming back for more. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has been renewed for a fourth season on Hulu. The third season debuted on Nov. 13 as the #1 show on Hulu's Top 15 Today list. Disney is the parent company of Hulu and ABC News ...Film fans, rejoice! Popular releases and award hopefuls One Battle After Another and Sinners are returning to select IMAX 70mm for one week only, starting Dec. 12. Check your local listings to […]

November 26, 2025

Entertainment

Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley on the emotional response to ‘Hamnet’

Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao’s 'Hamnet,' a Focus Features release. (Credit: Agata Grzybowska / © 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC)Hamnet is ready to break your heart.The film, directed by Chloé Zhao and based on the novel by Maggie O'Farrell, tells the fictional story of how deep love and a devastating loss in William Shakespeare's personal life helped shape his enduring classic Hamlet. Paul Mescal plays a young Shakespeare, who falls in love with […]

November 26, 2025

Music

Here’s what to look out for on Record Store Day Black Friday

Cover of 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'/ (Legacy Recordings)While some folks will be headed to the mall on Black Friday to find the best deals, plenty of music fans will be headed to their local record store to nab some special releases for the annual Record Store Day Black Friday event.This year there will be over 170 releases at independent record stores across the country. Here are some to look out for: Bob Dylan will be represented with two new releases, including […]

November 26, 2025

Music

Warren Haynes to reissue debut solo album, ‘Tales of Ordinary Madness’

Cover of Warren Haynes' 'Tales of Ordinary Madness' (Megaforce Records)Warren Haynes is revisiting his 1993 debut solo album, Tales of Ordinary Madness.The Gov’t Mule frontman is releasing a remixed and remastered version of the album on Jan. 30, featuring one bonus track, “Tear Me Down,” which didn’t appear on the original album.And Haynes is previewing the release with the remixed version of the album’s opening track, “Fire in the Kitchen,” which is now available via digital outlets.Tales of Ordinary Madness is available […]

November 25, 2025

Music

Dave Mason, Steve Hackett taking part in Sweet Relief Musicians Fund holiday auction

Dave Mason and Dave Mason's Traffic Jam perform at NJPAC at Prudential Hall on July 16, 2015 in Newark City. (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images)Artists including Dave Mason and Steve Hackett are taking part in the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund holiday auction.Mason, former guitarist for Traffic, has donated a signed Fender Player II Stratocaster in red, while former Genesis guitarist Hackett has also signed a guitar for the auction.Also up for bid are instruments signed by George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Black […]

November 25, 2025