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Lyudmila Chernetska/iStockphoto/Getty Images Experts say adults shouldn’t smoke or vape around children, whose lungs are still developing. CNN — A new study finds that children who live in homes where adults use e-cigarettes are exposed to significantly less nicotine from secondhand smoke than children who live in homes where adults use traditional cigarettes, but e-cigarettes still expose children to nicotine and may pose other risks. Researchers say that to fully protect children from nicotine, it’s important to never smoke or use e-cigarettes around them. The researchers said they conducted the study because of the perception that e-cigarettes are safer than…

Raleigh, North Carolina Scientists in North Carolina have unearthed a 100-million-year-old dinosaur that they believe lived in burrows like an armadillo and ate grass like a deer.The new dinosaur, Phona herzogae, lived 99 million years ago in what is now Utah, a vast floodplain ecosystem sandwiched between a huge inland sea to the east and active volcanoes and mountains to the west. It was a warm, wet, muddy environment cut by numerous rivers.Paleontologists from North Carolina State University and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have been excavating this fossil and other specimens of the same species since 2013.…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Paul Mescal as Lucious in Gladiator II and Spencer Treat Clark as Lucious in Gladiator. Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures The first trailer for Gladiator 2 shows Lucious, played by Paul Mescal, battling Marcus Acacius, played by Pedro Pascal.In the original Gladiator film, young Lucius was played by Spencer Treat Clark.Here’s why Clarke won’t be reprising the role for Gladiator 2: “GladiatorThe sequel hits theaters on Tuesday, and fans are wondering why Paul Mescal is playing Lucious, the slave warrior, instead of Spencer Treat Clark, who played him in the original.Starred…

Gregg Berhalter is stepping down as head coach of the U.S. men’s national team because it’s starting to feel unimaginable that he could continue. The uproar has become too much. The team’s two largest supporter groups: American Outlaw and Rose 76made the call for a new coach after the United States’ disgraceful group stage exit from the Copa America in their home country. Ultimately the campaign was unsuccessful.American fans could be clearly heard chanting “Fire Greg!” This coordinated fan effort to oust the coach was unprecedented and effective, driven by concern about the team’s trajectory with less than two years…

Scientists declared Thursday that the Earth is on high alert for La Niña, the opposite phenomenon to El Niño, which could have a cooling effect on the ongoing world’s hottest days on record and is likely to cause a wave of fierce hurricanes in the Atlantic this fall.In their La Niña warning forecast, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wrote that there is a 70% chance of a La Niña event developing between August and October, and a nearly 8 in 10 chance of a La Niña event developing this winter.Weather patterns linked to cooler water temperatures in…

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc.TSLA) Stocks are rising at a ferocious pace, but it’s becoming harder to back up the bulls’ case.The last time there was such a surge, the stock rose on double-digit revenue growth, but things are much bleaker now: The mood around electric cars has calmed, Tesla’s sales are falling, and its profits are tumbling.Tesla shares had risen 44% through Wednesday, its longest streak of 11 consecutive days of gains since June 2023. The company’s shares are now trading at 90 times forward earnings, the highest level since early 2022, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.Investors say the…

The recovery of the global PC market continues to accelerate as buzz around AI-powered PCs grows and business customers begin to increase their purchases of laptops and desktops. Market research firm IDCthe PC market grew 3%, marking its second consecutive quarter of growth after seven consecutive quarters of sharp declines.That beats rival Gartner’s market growth of 1.9% for the quarter, but both figures signal a recovery for a battered industry after sales were front-loaded at the start of the pandemic and then subdued in subsequent quarters.”Make no mistake, the PC market, like other technology markets, faces near-term challenges due to…

Astroscale Japan has released even more startling images of space debris in Earth’s orbit.The Tokyo-based company launched its Active Debris Removal Spacecraft (ADRAS-J) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. February 18, 2024ADRAS-J is designed to test safe approach and investigation methods. Space debris This will be done in orbit through a maneuver called Rendezvous Proximity Operation (RPO).To test the spacecraft’s capabilities, Astroscale sent ADRAS-J to photograph the upper stage of a decommissioned Japanese H-2A rocket. rocket The company released a statement on July 9th, showing new images of the wreckage floating against a blue and white sky. Earth The sunlight…

Ann Avian influenza An outbreak at a commercial egg facility in Colorado prompted Gov. Jared Polis to declare a disaster emergency on Tuesday, allowing the facility to receive state aid. ABC affiliate Denver 7Officials say 1.78 million chickens will also have to be culled after samples submitted by producers to Colorado State University tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). “why are you [bird flu] “The reason why we have so many influenza cases in Northern Colorado is because of the concentration of livestock in the region, we’re seeing infections in poultry and then cattle,” Dr. Christy Pavilonia, who…

Shelley Duvall in 1977’s “Three Women” Courtesy of the Everett Collection Shelley Duvall was a skinny girl with saucer eyes who appeared in seven of her mentor’s films. Robert Altmanand dodged the crazy axe Jack Nicholson Stanley Kubrick’s The Shiningpassed away on Thursday at the age of 75. Duvall died in her sleep from complications from diabetes at her home in Blanco, Texas, said Dan Gilroy, her life partner since 1989. The Hollywood Reporter. “My lovely, kind and wonderful life partner and friend has left us. I have suffered too much recently but I am now free. Fly away my…