Officials warn about candy-lookalike ‘rainbow’ fentanyl ahead of Halloween
DEA(NEW YORK) — Just weeks before Halloween, law enforcement officials are warning about a deadly drug packaged in pills that “look like candy.”
So-called rainbow fentanyl began showing up on the streets on the West Coast in February and has graduall…
Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for making molecules ‘click’
Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images(STOCKHOLM) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for their work in making molecules “click.”
Two Americans, K. Barry Sharpless of Scripps Research in La Jolla, California, and Carolyn B…
Meet the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for evolution research
Jens Schlueter/Getty Images(STOCKHOLM) — A Swedish scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this week for his work in evolution.
The committee awarded Svante Pääbo, director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in …
Chadwick Boseman’s death led ‘Black Panther’ director Ryan Coogler to consider quitting Hollywood
Marvel StudiosThe August, 2020 death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman stunned friends and fans, who learned only then that he’d been suffering privately with terminal colon cancer.
One of these was Boseman’s friend and Black Panther director Ry…
‘Rust’ lawsuit settled; Western to resume filming with slain cinematographer’s husband producing
The husband of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has settled his wrongful death lawsuit with the producers behind the Alec Baldwin Western, Rust. Additionally, Matthew Hutchins, Halyna’s husband, has announced he has come aboard as an executive pro…
Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki reflect on their real-life romance during ‘The Big Bang Theory’
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty ImagesKaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki’s chemistry was so off the charts during The Big Bang Theory that they took their on-screen romance into the real world.
The pair respectively played Penny and Leonard on the sitcom for 12 se…
Seniors need a more powerful flu shot
The CDC is recommending that anyone 65 and older get a high-dose flu vaccine specifically designed for seniors this year. And there’s a reason for that: Our immune systems don’t respond as well to vaccines as we
In Brief: Cast grows for HBO Max’s ‘Dune’ prequel series, and more
Emily Watson, who stars in the upcoming film God’s Creatures, along with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire actress Shirley Henderson, have been tapped for lead roles in the HBO Max Dune prequel series Dune:…
Purdue University investigates dorm homicide, official says
kali9/Getty Images(WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A Purdue University student was found dead inside a residence hall in West Lafayette, Indiana, before dawn on Wednesday, according to a university spokesperson.
The school’s police force is investigating the…
Supreme Court takes case on content policing: Here’s how it could impact social media
Grant Faint/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court agreed this week to hear a challenge to a fundamental legal protection enjoyed by social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Tik Tok. The ruling could dramatically change how those platfo…