400-pound Zuluzinho loses fight after nearly finishing opponent in Russia
In the typical fashion of a Zuluzinho fight, especially in 2021, there was some weirdness. Taking place in Russia, the PRIDE FC vet earned his 10th career loss. At AMC Fight Nights: Sochi after three rounds of action against unbeaten 5-0-1 Yusup Shuaev, the 400-pounder connected with a big punch to drop his opponent. Immediately…
India’s endangered lion prides conquer disease to roam free
Three years after a deadly virus struck India’s endangered Asiatic lions in their last remaining natural habitat, conservationists are hunting for new homes to help booming prides roam free.Australia’s Contentious New Media Law Roasted in Hilarious Fake Government Ad (Video)
Australia passed a new law on Thursday that requires tech giants to pay for the news shared by users on their platforms. The law is pitched as a way to stop big tech from destroying the business model for actual news media — a legitimate problem that only seems to worsen by the day. But…
Golden Globes Face a Big Challenge: Convincing Us We Should Care
There has never been a year in which the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under more pressure to answer a crucial question: Why should we care about the Golden Globes? After all, this year’s ceremony, which takes place on Sunday on NBC, is all of these things: • A live event whose participants will mostly…
Flick Solitaire releases new deck to coincide with Black History Month
Flick Solitaire has collaborated with a new artist to coincide with Black History Month, releasing a new deck for the popular game on iOS and Android. The newest deck to join the game is called My Hair Is My Crown, created by St. Louis-based artist Sam Modder. This hand-drawn deck is dripping in contrasting and…
Biden warns Americans ‘this is not the time to relax’ as vaccinations ramp up – live
Millions of pages of documents receivedHouse holds hearing on Capitol riot security failuresFauci urges ‘if a vaccine is available, regardless of which one, take it’Jennifer Granholm confirmed as energy secretarySign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 10.54pm GMT Joe Biden spoke at the National Governor’s Association meeting. 10.51pm GMT The…Big Paychecks Pay Off in Self-Confidence
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The Unnatural Endurance of Bipartisanship
Joe Biden ran for president promising to “revive” the spirit of bipartisanship, put an end to factional battles, and bring Americans together after an era of painful division. Yet faced with an intransigent, extremist Republican Party that has little to gain from compromise, such a vision of politics seems quaint at best. On Episode 26…
Consciousness Is Just a Feeling
When he was a boy, Mark Solms obsessed over big existential questions. What happens when I die? What makes me who I am? He went on to study neuroscience but soon discovered that neuropsychology had no patience for such open-ended questions about the psyche. So Solms did something unheard of for a budding scientist. He…