Scientists at a British university have become the first create 3D printed food–to help people with swallowing difficulties. Academics led by UWE Bristol have used an extrusion-based 3D food printer to produce meals which are easy to chew, swallow, and digest. Meals produced for the research were developed alongside clinical nutritionists…
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American parents offer their kids lots of financial advice per year, according to a new poll—but they admit their guidance isn’t always implemented. Indeed, respondents said their child listens only about half the time. The survey of 5,000 parents over age 30, split evenly across all 50 states, asked about the…
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A California dog groomer gave his dog a spooky makeover for Halloween and turned her into a skeleton. Known for his extreme dog grooming designs, Gabriel Feitosa has previously transformed dogs into foxes, cheetahs, and even giraffes. But this year, Gabriel Feitosa went all out for Halloween by giving his standard…
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The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a final ‘Click-to-Cancel’ rule that will require sellers to make cancelling their enrollment “at least as easy to use” as the sign-up process. “Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said Commission Chair Lina M. Khan. “Nobody…
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This little boy from Nevada is pictured here before a life-changing surgery that allowed him to blink and sleep with his eyes closed—for the first time in his 7 years of life. Can you even try to imagine what that must have been like? Carter Bresee was born with lamellar ichthyosis…
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On Tuesday, the NHL season opened with the Tampa Bay Lighting claiming a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks, giving hockey fans in the twice-battered city something to cheer about. Additionally, as sporting events often do, the occasion helped to channel the best of human potential, as the match was marked…
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A rewilding charity in the UK aims to bring the first herd of tauros to the British Isles in order to replace a lost giant. The aurochs is the ancestor to all domestic cattle species, but before it was bred into everything from the Hindu cow, to the Black Angus, to…
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