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Thermos is recalling more than 8 million jars and bottles following three reports of permanent vision loss due to problems with the stoppers on the containers.The recall applies to about 5.8 million Stainless King Food Jars and 2.3 million Sportsman Food & Beverage Bottles, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission report.

Popular Ford feature that has always been free now costs $455 Remember when buying a car meant paying once, grabbing the keys, and driving off into the sunset? That era may be fading fast. Automakers are quietly transforming the way drivers pay for their vehicles - and your next car could come with a growing list of monthly charges long after you've left General Motors is leading the charge, betting that subscriptions for features like navigation, safety systems, and hands-free driving will soon become a major profit engine - potentially generating billions of dollars a year and, in some cases,...

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson laughed and seemed to encourage the notion that millionaires could leave the state of Washington while discussing her support for a progressive tax during an interview earlier this month. “I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are, like, super overblown. And if — the ones that leave, like, bye,” she said, which prompted cheers and laughter from the audience at the Seattle University event, Seattle University Conversations, which took place on April 14. Wilson was asked if she believed progressive taxes were an “easy” and “promising” solution to the tax climate...

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It was a real snoozefest. Former Vice President Kamala Harris put a saxophonist to sleep on stage Wednesday during a rant against the Trump administration at an awards dinner. Overtaken by fatigue, or boredom, the drowsy horn player drifted off right as Harris warned that “people would take to the streets if they tried to cancel elections,” video from the Public Counsel’s William O. Douglas Award Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., obtained by TMZ, showed. The footage, taken by an audience member, showed the musician had his eyes closed and head down for nearly a minute, all while sitting just...

This evening, Campaign Against Antisemitism led a demonstration outside Downing Street calling on the Government to declare a national emergency on antisemitism and on the Prime Minister to present a plan to tackle the worst levels of antisemitic violence in living memory. The demonstration came after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green yesterday. Our investigations team uncovered new information about the suspect, which we have made public in the interest of this vital national debate. After the rally was called yesterday, the Prime Minister visited Golders Green this afternoon, where he was met with a frosty welcome from...

For 25 years, Soviet pilots flew impossible missions—chasing an American aircraft that flew higher, faster, and more untouchable than anything in their arsenal. The SR-71 Blackbird operated at 85,000 feet and Mach 3.3. Soviet MiG-25 interceptors? They could barely reach 80,000 feet at Mach 2.8—and only for minutes before their engines burned out. This is the story of over 800 failed intercept attempts. Of pilots who whispered the truth in ready rooms while filing false reports for Moscow. Of the psychological toll of chasing excellence you can see but never reach. March 6, 1982: Major Mikhail Myagkiy climbs toward 80,000...

Barry Bonds has come company in the record books: A’s first baseman Nick Kurtz. The Giants’ legendary slugger set numerous marks that still stand on his way to becoming the sports’ all-time home run king. One of them fell Thursday, in a Triple-A ballpark, no less. Kurtz, 23, surpassed Bonds’ modern-day record when Royals reliever John Schreiber intentionally put him on base in his last plate appearance of the A’s 6-3 win Thursday at their temporary home in Sacramento. It was his 19th consecutive game with a base on balls. Few other hitters had come close since Bonds ended the...

My latest song. Yes, I chose it for the irony value.

New research led by University College Cork scientists suggests that both caffeinated and decaf coffee reshape the gut microbiome in ways tied to lower stress and improved psychological well-being, offering clues to the drink’s long-suspected health effects. Coffee is a plant-derived beverage produced from processed coffee beans, with its flavor and chemical profile shaped by factors such as bean variety, ripeness, processing techniques, roasting, and brewing methods. It contains a range of bioactive compounds, including alkaloids like caffeine, polyphenols such as phenolic acids, diterpenes, and melanoidins formed during roasting. Moderate coffee consumption has been linked to a lower risk of...

Geologists have discovered that the African continent will split apart sooner than we thought. An active rift has reached a "critical threshold" and will soon break apart, forming a new ocean. That said, 'soon' is a relative term – it'll still take a few million years more, but that's a blink of an eye on a geological scale. "We found that rifting in this zone is more advanced, and the crust is thinner, than anyone had recognized," says Christian Rowan, a geoscientist at Columbia University. "Eastern Africa has progressed further in the rifting process than previously thought." The most intriguing...

A remarkable archaeological discovery in eastern Norway has revealed the largest Viking Age coin hoard ever found in the country, offering new insights into trade, wealth, and political transformation during the late 10th and early 11th centuries.The hoard, uncovered in a field near Rena in Østerdalen, currently consists of 2,970 silver coins, with excavations still ongoing. Archaeologists believe the total may rise further as the site continues to be investigated under controlled conditions. The discovery is already being described as unprecedented in a Norwegian context.The coins originate from a wide geographical area, underscoring Norway's extensive international connections during the Viking...

A structure long interpreted as the remains of an early medieval fortification is now being reclassified as a Viking Age boat grave, suggesting activity at the site several centuries prior to Oslo's conventional founding date.The site lies beneath the medieval royal estate, historically linked to Harald Hardrada. He is often credited with establishing Oslo around 1048...The dating itself also comes into question. A coin hoard found near the top of the mound had been used as key evidence. But closer examination shows the coins were placed into an already existing feature. That detail suggests the mound predates the deposit.The shift...

The concept uses hydrogen, oxygen, and argon to enable stable combustion. Aristidis Dafis and Hermann Rottengruber, PhD, with a one-cylinder experimental engine. Jana Dünnhaupt / Uni Magdeburg Researchers in Germany have recently unveiled a hydrogen-powered engine that could challenge diesel in some of the toughest applications by operating without emissions and achieving efficiency levels above 60 percent. Developed by a research team at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, the so-called hydrogen cycle engine operates in a closed loop and reuses most of its working gases after each cycle. The project was led by Hermann Rottengruber, PhD, a professor at the university’s...

A Roman ship that sank about 2,200 years ago off the Adriatic coast... known as Ilovik–Paržine 1, was found in 2016 near the Croatian island of Ilovik. Archaeologists have examined the hull and cargo before, but recent work has focused on the material used to seal the ship's exterior -- substances meant to keep water out and protect the wood from damage...Most of the coating was made from pine-based pitch, produced by heating resin from conifer trees. In one case, the material included beeswax mixed with pitch. This combination would have made the coating more workable and slightly more flexible...

American Revolution 2.0Elites around the world are crying because President Trump destroyed their (New) World Order. Make sure to celebrate 45 - 47's restoration of America's Independence, and freedom around the world, by attending the historic 17-day Freedom 250 - the Great American State Fair June 25 – July 10, 2026 in Washington DC.Q has reminded us repeatedly that together, we are strong. As the false "narrative" is destroyed and the divisive machinery put in place by the Deep State fails, the fact that patriotism has no skin color or political party is exposed for all to see. 3038 Mar...

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Over the last decade or so, computer science seemed like a pretty safe bet when it came to choosing a major, but a recent Washington Post analysis reports that enrollment growth in computer science has begun to stall or decline as students rethink what artificial intelligence means for coding careers. Today we’re going to delve into why computer science majors are on the decline, along with what it could mean for students and recent graduates looking to start careers in computer science. Let’s begin. Why Computer Science Enrollment Is Cooling OffIt’s not as if tech jobs disappeared overnight, so what...

What happens when engineers build something that works perfectly — and the world still finds a way to make it disappear? The Napier Deltic was a genuinely bizarre piece of engineering: a diesel engine shaped like an equilateral triangle, with three crankshafts, thirty-six pistons, and no cylinder heads at all. Born out of postwar desperation at D. Napier and Son — a company that had built some of the most powerful aircraft engines of the Second World War and suddenly had no aircraft left to power — the Deltic went on to serve in Royal Navy minesweepers for over thirty...

The five-year survey finished ahead of schedule and with more data, hinting at unexpected dark energy properties. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has achieved its goal. Every single area of the sky that the collaboration set out to map has been mapped, and slightly ahead of its five-year target. DESI was set to gather data on 34 million galaxies and quasars. The final tally of the survey was 47 million galaxies and quasars, the largest high-resolution 3D map of the Universe ever assembled. The ultimate goal is to understand dark energy. Dark energy is a crucial component that is...