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New ingestible device can collect microbial samples from small intestines

21Dec

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New ingestible device can collect microbial samples from small intestines

Researchers at IIT Delhi on Tuesday announced the development of an ingestible device that can sample bacteria directly from the small intestine, opening a new window into the human gut microbiome. While not all bacteria are harmful, nearly half of all cells in the human body are microbial. These organisms line our gut and help us digest food, regulate mood, and build immunity. Yet studying them has remained difficult. Existing tools are invasive, such as endoscopy or ileostomy, or indirect, relying on stool samples that do not truly reflect conditions higher up in the digestive tract. The device, a tiny pill, once swallowed, stays shut in the stomach. It opens only in the intestine to collect bacteria, then seals itself again to keep the sample safe while moving through the gut, revea...

Pete Davidson welcomes 1st child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt – National

21Dec

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Pete Davidson welcomes 1st child with girlfriend Elsie Hewitt – National

Pete Davidson and girlfriend Elsie Hewitt are officially parents. The Saturday Night Live alum and Hewitt welcomed their baby girl, Scottie Rose Hewitt Davidson, on Dec. 12, they announced on Thursday.“Our perfect angel girl arrived 12/12/2025,” Hewitt, 29, captioned several photos of the new family. “My best work yet, i am absolutely overflowing with love and gratitude and disbelief.”Hewitt added a quick message from Davidson, 32, writing: “wu tang forever.”Davidson’s daughter’s first name appears to honour his late father, Scott Matthew Davidson, a New York City firefighter who died while responding to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.The post included photos of Davidson and Hewitt with their baby. The couple kept Scottie’s face private by adding a white heart emoji over it in each p...

U.S. Coast Guard chasing third tanker tied to Venezuela, official says – National

21Dec

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Politics

U.S. Coast Guard chasing third tanker tied to Venezuela, official says – National

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government. The pursuit of the tanker, which was confirmed by a U.S. official briefed on the operation, comes after the U.S. administration announced Saturday it had seized a tanker for the second time in less than two weeks.The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the ongoing operation and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Sunday’s pursuit involved “a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion.”The official said the vessel was flying a false flag and was under a judicial seizure order.The Co...

Public servants to learn about job cuts in January

21Dec

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Politics

Public servants to learn about job cuts in January

OTTAWA – Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break. Departments such as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Environment and Climate Change and Employment and Social Development have told their staff already that news on job cuts will be shared in the new year.Ottawa is looking to cut program spending and administration costs by about $60 billion over the next five years through its “comprehensive expenditure review.”The latest federal budget said the exercise will involve “restructuring operations and consolidating internal services.” It said it also will deploy workforce adjustments and attrition to return the size of the public service to “a more sustainable level.”Environment and Climate Change Canada s...

I Tracked My Health With Whoop, and This Is What I Liked (and What I Ignored)

21Dec

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I Tracked My Health With Whoop, and This Is What I Liked (and What I Ignored)

We may earn a commission from links on this page. When I reviewed the Whoop 5.0 and MG (and, earlier, the Whoop 4.0), I kept it to the basics—how the strap looks, works, and charges, and what activities it can track. But that's only part of it: Now, I’m going to dive in to all the metrics Whoop reports and offer a reality check on what I've found most useful and what isn’t worth paying attention to. I haven't worn the Whoop band as regularly as I do the Oura ring, for which I was able to give a four-year retrospective. But to research both this article and my reviews, I’ve worn the Whoop for a couple of stints of at least a few weeks each, tracking my workouts and sleep regularly. With that said, here's a deeper dive into what it’s actually like to wear the Whoop stra...

Pune doctors give hope to woman struggling with genital tuberculosis

21Dec

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Pune doctors give hope to woman struggling with genital tuberculosis

A Pune couple, who had been trying to conceive for seven years, were advised to consider adoption due to severe damage caused in the fallopian tubes and endometrium by the woman`s past Tuberculosis infection. Laparoscopy had revealed fluid-filled fallopian tubes, a scarred uterus (Asherman’s syndrome), and an endometrium too thin to support a pregnancy, leaving specialists unable to operate further. The fertility specialists at Nova IVF Fertility, Lullanagar in Pune, suggested Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy to help regenerate and rejuvenate her endometrium. After carefully monitoring the growth of her endometrium for a year, IVF was initiated at the right time, and the couple successfully conceived and recently welcomed a healthy baby boy. A year-long therapy to grow the endometriu...

‘Watching our actors transform into pros on field was incredible’

21Dec

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‘Watching our actors transform into pros on field was incredible’

The vibrant sporting culture of Kashmir, a football club built by locals, supported by the youth, and symbolising hope, piqued executive producer Vishakha Singh’s interest in telling the story of Real Kashmir Football Club, starring Manav Kaul and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. The project faced several hurdles since its inception — from budgetary constraints to developmental challenges. “I saw a generation in Kashmir that wants what all young folks in the rest of India have — opportunity, dignity, and a chance to dream,” says Singh, adding that the story showed the human side of the youth in Kashmir, which was important to tell. “[Didn’t focus on] the political lens but real people trying to build something meaningful.” Vishakha Singh Holding on to that intent through the long development pro...

Corey Haim’s mother calls Corey Feldman’s accusations ‘defamatory and hurtful’ – National

21Dec

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Corey Haim’s mother calls Corey Feldman’s accusations ‘defamatory and hurtful’ – National

Corey Haim’s mother, Judy Haim, is speaking out following Corey Feldman’s claim that her son molested him while making the 1987 film The Lost Boys. Judy said in an interview with TMZ on Thursday that “there is no way in hell” her son, who died at 38 in 2010, ever molested Feldman.Haim’s mother said Feldman, 54, was “creating another lie to poison people’s heads and keep himself relevant.”She claimed that Feldman is making up lies about her son because “he doesn’t want people to focus on his own wrongdoings.”Judy said that her son “liked women, not men” and said he would tell her, “I don’t care if someone is gay, but I am not gay or any of that stuff.” Story continues below advertisement She also claims that her son was “a one-woman man” who was “not into men.”...

Scientists find missing link in body’s cells to boost therapies for Alzheimer’s

21Dec

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Scientists find missing link in body’s cells to boost therapies for Alzheimer’s

Researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have uncovered a surprising player in autophagy, or the “self-eating” process that removes damaged parts of cells that can pave the way for developing therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson`s, and cancer. Autophagy is a key biological process where cells clear out damaged and unwanted materials. When a cell fails to clear waste, its health suffers, especially in long-lived neurons. The autophagy pathway, which removes damaged material and defends against infections, is disrupted in diseases like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s. In cancer, autophagy plays dual roles. Autophagy initially prevents cancer but later supports tumour growth. Autophagy also acts as a tumour suppressor by maintaini...

Bricking My iPhone Is My Tech ‘Upgrade of the Year’

20Dec

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Bricking My iPhone Is My Tech ‘Upgrade of the Year’

Credit: René Ramos/Lifehacker/Eshma/iStock/Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Moment/Getty Images My concentration is shot. I know this because I've checked my phone four times while writing this opening paragraph. I'm addicted to my phone in a way that feels both embarrassing and completely normal, which is perhaps the most damning part. My phone feels essential for everything: my job requires Slack and email responsiveness, my hobbies live in apps and group chats, and even my downtime involves scrolling through feeds I don't actually enjoy.These days, we tend to think of upgrades (in life, in tech, wherever) as adding features, but sometimes the real upgrade is eliminating. So I did something a little radical this year: I bricked my iPhone. Well, sort of. ...