Category: Odds and Ends

All business owners must make plans to improve their company’s cybersecurity measures. Big and small businesses are targets for cybercriminals who attempt to access data, funds, and other confidential information without authorization. Overlooking the need for improved cybersecurity systems puts your business at unnecessary risk, because the effort required to implement the best online protection for your business really is minimal. Installing a comprehensive cybersecurity system provides all-round protection and reduces the possibility of compromised customer data, loss of funds to hackers, and prevention of malware attacks. Please consider the…

Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme Is Launching National Doughnut Delivery That’s Convenient AF By Lara Walsh Feb 24, 2020 Krispy Kreme is making it so much easier to embrace hibernation season with a doughnut in hand. Two years after the doughnut confectionary began testing out the concept of sending hot glazed goodness straight to its customers’ doors, it’s now rolling out the initiative nationwide. That’s right: Krispy Kreme is launching national doughnut delivery, so excuse me while I cancel all plans to leave my house for the next couple of weeks.…

Amanda Bynes and the paparazzi are NOT friends. As we have In the images (see them Paparazzi A post shared by Amanda Bynes (@amandabynesreal) on Feb 27, 2020 at 4:10pm PST Just an hour later, she uploaded a second video to her feed along with the caption: “Decided to post, don’t watch if squeamish about love” Sitting on a bed, she explained to her phone: “I just talked to Paul, and he does the cutest baby voice. He’s back in Monterey, which I probably shouldn’t be divulging to the internet,…

Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that it is possible to use human stem cells to functionally cure diabetes in mice in just a couple of weeks. The treatment kept the disease at bay for at least nine months and up to more than a year in some mice.  The work, published in Nature Biotechnology, builds on previous research by the team. They focused on the use of human pluripotent stem cells, cells that can take the form of any type of human…

A collaborative team of researchers continues to piece together the circumstances underlying the mysterious disappearance of Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Now, underwater archaeologists unveil more than 350 newly recovered artifacts from HMS Erebus, one of two ships lost in the Arctic waters. The mission makes up the largest, most complex underwater archaeological recoveries in Canadian history. Over three weeks in the fall of 2019, Parks Canada’s Underwater Archaeology Team conducted 93 dives on HMS Erebus, logging nearly 110 hours. Divers used both traditional and…

It is only a matter of time until COVID-19 – the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, formerly known as 2019-nCoV – begins to spread within US communities, top US health officials said Tuesday. With more than 80,000 people infected around the world, the situation in the US is “rapidly evolving and expanding”. At this time, the virus is not currently spreading in American communities, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports at least 14 confirmed cases, prompting warnings that transmission between people is likely to continue.  “It’s not so…

If you ever find yourself short on urine, festivals are a great place to find some. Thousands of animated characters sipping flat, tepid cider makes for many a broken seal, which is precisely why Dutch scientists turned to an Amsterdam festival when they needed some urine to help grow green beans in lunar soil. Research results reported by Wageningen University & Research show the approach holds water, but drug-filled urine is preventing the team from tasting their crops. If you’ve seen The Martian, you may remember a harrowing scene where a malnourished…