• Ryan Gosling reveals he won't portray dark characters anymore because he doesn't want to be in a 'dark place'

    The 43-year-old actor shares daughters Esmerelda, 9, and Amada, 8, with wife Eva Mendes, who he's been with since 2011. The actor is no stranger to playing troubled, darker characters, though he admitted in an interview with Wall Street Journal that his approach changed. 'I don’t really take roles that are going to put me in some kind of dark place,' Gosling said.

  • Study reveals insights into protein evolution

    Rice University's Peter Wolynes and his research team have unveiled a breakthrough in understanding how specific genetic sequences, known as pseudogenes, evolve. Their paper was published May 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Study reveals top side hustles in Massachusetts

    A recent study has unveiled the most-searched-for side hustles in Massachusetts, with podcasting emerging as the frontrunner.

  • Genetic study of cauliflower reveals its evolutionary history

    A team of plant-breeding specialists at Tianjin Academy of Agricultural Science's State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding and other institutions has, via genetic analysis, revealed some of the changes that cauliflower has undergone throughout its evolution.

  • Childcare Study Reveals ‘Childcare Crisis’ In Hancock County

    (From the United Way of Hancock County) An end to emergency care funding in the state is expected to leave over 130,000 Ohio children without access to childcare this year. Hancock County is already experiencing a shortage of childcare providers, which is stressing families and challenging the local workforce. The lack of availability is so

  • Study reveals new mechanism to explain how continents stabilized

    Ancient, expansive tracts of continental crust called cratons have helped keep Earth's continents stable for billions of years, even as landmasses shift, mountains rise and oceans form. A new mechanism proposed by Penn State scientists may explain how the cratons formed some 3 billion years ago, an enduring question in the study of Earth's history.

  • Study reveals rockburst processes, characteristics and triggering mechanisms

    Field observations have revealed that highly stressed D-shape tunnels experience sidewall rockburst triggered by impact loads stemming from rock blasting or other mining-related dynamic disturbances.

  • The Dark Side thrives in The Acolyte's May The Fourth trailer

    Hey, be straight with us for a second: Is The Acolyte a Star Wars cop show? That’s the impression we can’t help but get from the new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series, which stars Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae as a Jedi master investigating a series of killings of his fellow robe-folk, apparently perpetrated by former student Amandla Stenberg. Admittedly, the new trailer—released in honor of May 4th, which, as we all know, is phonetically similar to the thing—doesn’t have a ton of cop show...

  • The Dark Ages in Australia were not so dark

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  • Nature: Major study reveals surprising effects of Internet on well-being

    Shafaqna Science- Is the Internet bad for you? Major study reveals surprising effects on well-being. Survey of more than 2.4 million people finds that being online can have a positive impact on well-being, Nature reports. A global, 16-year study of 2.4 million people has found that Internet use can boost

  • Life expectancy study reveals longest and shortest-lived cats

    A team of pathobiologists at The Royal Veterinary College, in the U.K., working with a colleague from National Chung Hsing University, in Taiwan, has created a life expectancy chart for approximately 8,000 domestic cat breeds.

  • Study reveals mechanisms of hydrodynamic escape in low-mass exoplanets

    A study published in Nature Astronomy and conducted by Guo Jianheng from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences offers a perspective on the violent atmospheric escape processes of low-mass exoplanets, specifically a process known as hydrodynamic escape.