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You've probably heard that adults should aim for 10,000 daily steps. This one-size-fits-all approach provides a clear message, though it doesn't consider how varied human lifestyles and bodies are. In 2024, an international team of researchers found that even the most sedentary among us could ward off the harmful effects of sitting by incorporating more steps into our day. Sedentary lifestyles are increasingly common, and we know they're linked to higher odds of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD), greater risk of cancer and diabetes, and a shorter lifespan. Those risks are lower for people with higher step counts and faster-paced...

A semiconductor chip produced 64 DNA sequences in parallel using a water-based enzymatic process. Researchers at Harvard University have developed a semiconductor chip that can synthesize 64 different DNA sequences in parallel using electric currents and a water-based enzymatic process, potentially offering an alternative to conventional DNA manufacturing methods. The chip uses localized electrical control to trigger DNA synthesis at selected sites on its surface. The team says the approach avoids the solvent-heavy phosphoramidite chemistry widely used to produce synthetic DNA today. Synthetic DNA is a key tool in modern biotechnology, supporting applications ranging from diagnostics and genome engineering to...

A cruise over the Grand Canyon using Google Earth's Flight Simulator, screenshotted shortly before crashing. Image credit: Google Earth (data: Google, Landsat/Copernicus / Airbus Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO / LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA) ============================================================================ Google Earth has just made its "Flight Simulator" freely available in web browsers for everyone. Here's how you can use it in just a few clicks. Launched on June 12, the tool allows anyone with access to Google to control a plane from a cockpit-view over the 3D landscapes and cityscapes of Google Earth. The simulator was previously hidden inside the downloadable Google Earth...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Until We See Each Other Again! The South Carolina National Guard conducts a deployment ceremony in Florence, South Carolina to recognize the 133rd Military Police Company's mobilization in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Approximately 150 U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 133rd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion, 59th Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, will deploy to the Middle East for approximately nine months. While deployed, the 133rd Military Police Company's mission will be to provide support to customs operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo...

Owner James Dolan says the Knicks are going to the White House: "We just received an invitation which we've accepted, still have to figure out the details…I've known the president 30 years and I'm very proud to bring the team to the White House"

On Wednesday via X, Donald Trump Jr. alleged that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — an ally of President Donald Trump — is “lying thru his teeth” with his recent comments on the administration’s memorandum of understanding with Iran. Speaking with The Daily Wire on Wednesday, Cruz said of the deal to end the conflict in the region: What has been released so far suggests that, unfortunately, the president is getting, I think, very poor advice when it comes to this deal. History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea....

A President Trump-backed candidate in Oklahoma is suddenly out of the race. Jackson Lahmeyer, the pastor who founded Pastors for Trump, suspended his campaign for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District just one day after advancing to a Republican runoff. That is a very fast reversal. On Tuesday night, Lahmeyer was still being presented as the Trump-backed candidate moving forward. By Wednesday, President Trump was publicly moving his support to Mark Tedford. President Trump’s endorsement switch is here: The national rundown from CBS News ties together the sudden timing. Lahmeyer had just advanced to a runoff, but his campaign was already facing...

X user @FreddyLA7, from Germany, has more than 500,000 followers and has been posting enthusiastically about his experience exploring the South. He began his road trip nearly a week ago, according to his posts. He raved about how green Georgia is, writing, "it’s crazy," and posted a picture of a Taco Bell and a pile of food, declaring the fast-food chain "The holy land." Freddy took in some "Stranger Things" filming locations and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and raved about his experience at Walmart. "Just had our first Waffle House experience at 1 a.m.," he posted,...

The police footage shows a white car speeding away from cops until veering into a 19-year-old crossing the street. Juan Luis Estrada, 45, of Perris allegedly struck eight pedestrians as he fled officers on Tuesday, before he crashed in a McDonald’s drive-thru and cops nabbed him. [T]he suspect hit one person following a report of a hit-and-run crash around 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Cops were able to find the man after he tried to fill up at a gas station and hit three other pedestrians. As police chased the man, he collided with four other pedestrians. Victims from the driving...

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An illegal alien who is accused of killing four young Americans in a drunk driving crash in Canadian County, Oklahoma, is one of hundreds of thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. In May, 26-year-old illegal alien Michael Rosario-Cruz was arrested by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office and charged with second-degree murder, drunk driving causing bodily injury, possessing a firearm with an altered ID during the commission of a felony, carrying firearms while under the influence, transporting an open container, and driving the wrong way on a one-way road. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, on May 22,...

Firefighters responded to a fire Wednesday afternoon at a commercial building in Boyle Heights that sent a large smoke plume over the area near downtown Los Angeles. The fire was reported at about 2:30 p.m. in the 1400 block of South Los Palos Street on the roof of the single-story Lineage cold food storage facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Smoke rising from the building's roof, which is covered in solar panels, could be seen for miles around. At one point, firefighters were called off the roof, but video from NewsChopper4 showed LAFD personnel on top of the...

President Donald Trump's proposed Iran agreement is drawing sharp criticism from some of his strongest supporters, who argue the deal rewards Tehran before it has agreed to fully dismantle its nuclear program. The 14-point framework agreement, unveiled on Wednesday, establishes an immediate ceasefire between the United States and Iran, with key provisions including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the removal of the U.S. naval blockade, temporary waivers allowing Iranian oil exports, access to frozen Iranian assets and a commitment to negotiate a final agreement within 60 days. The framework also outlines a proposed economic reconstruction package reportedly worth...

🚨HOLY CRAP!!! A former Charlotte NC City Councilmember and BOTH of her daughters have now pleaded GUILTY to stealing over $124,000 in COVID relief money... ...for LAVISH BIRTHDAY PARTIES, HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES, AND A THRONE!!! Prosecutors say she and her daughters, Tijema Brown and Antionette Rouse, filed at least 15 FAKE loan applications for businesses that DID NOT EXIST, using forged tax documents, to drain pandemic relief funds meant for struggling Americans. They got a mind-boggling $124,000. They spent it on Louis Vuitton bags and a $15,000 BIRTHDAY PARTY with horses, thrones, fancy gifts. And this isn't her first time....

CBS News: When asked by CBS News' Nancy Cordes about the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding not including any enforcement measures if Iran doesn't comply, President Trump said “we're going to bomb the hell out of” Iran if they don’t adhere to the agreement. “I don't think they're going to veer from the agreement,” Trump said. “What else am I going to do? Am I going to say I'm going to take you to court? Let me take you to court. Let me sue you. No, we're going to bomb the hell out of them if they violate the agreement.”

Eddy County Sheriff Matthew Hutchinson is blasting U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez after the Democrat congressman’s delayed response to National Police Week, accusing Vasquez of treating law enforcement like an afterthought while officers in southern New Mexico face the daily consequences of crime, fentanyl, and the border crisis. In a new opinion column titled “Our congressman won’t back the badge,” Hutchinson said Vasquez remained silent for the first two days of National Police Week, which ran May 10-16, before finally posting a message after being publicly called out by Republican congressional candidate Greg Cunningham. “For two full days, our congressman said...

U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury is doubling down on her gerrymandering fundraising pitch, again accusing Republicans of trying to “deny representation” while ignoring the political reality right here in New Mexico: Democrats used total control of Santa Fe to redraw the state’s congressional map and help wipe out Republican representation in the U.S. House delegation. In a new campaign email with the subject line “A lack of representation,” Stansbury claimed, “Republican gerrymandering is an attempt to deny representation for Americans.” The email asked supporters to “rush $10 right now” to help Stansbury support Democratic women, saying her campaign needed to raise...

Senior U.S. officials on Wednesday dictated the 14 points of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, reading the text of the agreement to reporters on a phone call. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity. Iran has not officially released the memorandum. Key points of the deal include: *Both sides agreed to "the immediate and permanent end to military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon." *Iran can begin exporting oil as soon as the MOU is signed. *Iran "will make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge...

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Michigan (LifeSiteNews) — Archbishop Edward Weisenburger of Detroit attended and spoke at the grand opening of a mosque and the new headquarters of the Islamic Institute of America (IIOA) last week, praising the building and erroneously saying that Muslims and Catholics worship the same God. In his brief remarks, Weisenburger lauded how he felt a “divine presence” as soon as he arrived at the Imam Al-Hasanain Mosque and erroneously claimed that all mosques, churches, synagogues, and other “places where God reaches out” are sacred spaces. The archbishop also offered his prayers that the new mosque and Islamic center...

O'Keefe Media Group (OMG) says members of a New Jersey-based Antifa network are scrambling after learning that internal group chats were infiltrated by an undercover journalist. In a post on X, OMG founder James O'Keefe shared a screenshot purportedly from a private chat in which a participant warned members that "someone is taking screenshots of this chat and sending it to James O'Keefe." The image also appeared to show multiple members leaving the group shortly after the warning was posted. "NJ Antifa is now freaking out because James O'Keefe is obtaining internal screenshots from multiple Antifa group chats," O'Keefe wrote....