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Why wind energy isn’t living up to its pollution-preventing potential
Wind power isn’t cleaning up as much pollution as it could, especially in communities of color and low-income neighborhoods, new research shows.
Why wind energy isn’t living
State of Emergency declared in Moore County
S California city dealing with unprecedented beach crowds, trash
Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate
Scientists make stunning discovery about health impacts of quitting drinking bottled water
Fat dads live longer
Middle-aged men sporting beer bellies — also known as “dad bods” — may be healthier than their skinnier peers.
Richard G. Bribiescas, an anthropology professor at Yale University, says that chubbier guys have lower levels of testosterone, which makes them less likely to engage in risky, life-threatening behaviors a la “The Hangover” and more focused on taking care of their families.
“This change in body composition not only causes men to shop for more comfortable trousers but also facilitates increased survivorship and, hypothetically, a hormonal milieu that would more effectively promote and support paternal investment,” Bribiescas writes in his new book, “How Men Age: What Evolution Reveals About Male Health and Mortality” (Princeton University Press, out now).
Fat dads
Fascinating truth about town dubbed fast food capital of US
Earliest Evidence of Our Human Ancestors Outside of Africa Found
Our ancient human relatives got around more than scientists previously thought. Researchers in China excavated stone tools that were likely made by our human ancestors some 2.12 million years ago — the earliest evidence ever discovered of the human lineage outside of Africa.
"It suggests a way earlier migration out of Africa than we ever would have imagined," said Michael Petraglia, a paleoanthropologist at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, who was not involved with the study. "It's very exciting."
Live Science
Scientist challenges 'out of Africa' theory with new origin for modern humans
Bone fragments of oldest known human face in western Europe found in Spain
Why are we catching more diseases from animals?
The world is grappling with the new coronavirus, which has spread from China to at least 15 other countries.
Outbreaks of new infectious diseases are typically seen as a "one off".
But the new virus - thought to have stemmed from wildlife - highlights our risk from animal-borne disease. This is likely to be more of a problem in future as climate change and globalisation alter the way animals and humans interact.
How can animals make people ill?
In the past 50 years, a host of infectious diseases have spread rapidly after making the evolutionary jump from animals to humans.
The HIV/Aids crisis of the 1980s originated from great apes, the 2004-07 avian flu pandemic came from birds, and pigs gave us the swine flu pandemic in 2009. More recently, it was discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) came from bats, via civets, while bats also gave us Ebola.
Humans have always caught diseases from animals. In fact, most new infectious diseases come from wildlife.
Why are we catching more diseases from animals
Some pet owners are advocating against rabies vaccines
Hundreds of baby emperor penguins stranded on breakaway iceberg miraculously survive
Westfield Health Department Tells Owners to Keep Cats Indoors
Inside the vigilante group of New Yorkers who hunt rats at night
Rats aren't only a part of New York City’s underground — they're an inseparable part of its pop culture. There’s Master Splinter from the Ninja Turtles, Pizza Rat, and even Cannibal Rat. But for every celebrity rat, there’s another 250,000 to 2 million anonymous rodents living in the city — and the city health department is fighting to bring down.
Last year, three people in a Bronx city block made the news for contracting leptospirosis through rat urine. Only two survived.
Inside the vigilante group
Wildlife experts urge Americans to catch, cook and EAT rat-like rodents terrorizing the nation
...when gay men tear each other down
Why are people so horrible to each other, especially people in the same community? Experts theorize it's a combination of factors related to the rise of social media, a generation unburdened by the worst of the AIDS epidemic and changing laws and acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. As common enemies and threats fall away gay men may turn against each other to cope with their traumas, from lighthearted memes to cyberbullying to even the aforementioned revenge porn.
...when gay men tear each other down
The tale of the gay ballet husband is sending shock waves
Khalid confirms he's gay after being outed
United Fires Gay Flight Attendant For Anti-Gay Rhetoric
Police searching for Bay Area barber charged for sexually assaulting 2 men
Man allegedly played predatory ‘truth or dare’ games with preteens
A star urologist preyed on men and boys
Jury convicts gay Santa Clara councilmember Becker of perjury
Ex-SF gay biz association president pleads guilty to fraud charges
Man convicted in 'gay grifters' case talks to the B.A.R.
Sinead O’Connor Says Prince Assaulted Her During A Pillow Fight
Per the Times, O’Connor writes in her memoir that she was called to Prince’s Hollywood mansion and was scolded for swearing in interviews. Then the story takes a strange turn — O’Connor writes that while at his home, Prince berated his butler to serve her soup, although she repeatedly said she didn’t want any, and then “sweetly” suggested the two have a pillow fight.
Sinead O’Connor Says Prince Assaulted Her During A Pillow Fight
Dustin Lance Black faces trial after assault charge
‘Top Chef’ Emmy-Winning Chef Loses Deals In Aftermath Of Arrest
Bhad Bhabie posts and deletes video of herself allegedly being abused
Adrian Wilson arrested on domestic violence charges
WESTON CAGE Allegedly Struck His Mother
Chris Brown Accused of “Brutally and Severely” Assaulting Concertgoers
Netflix axes controversial nine-hour Prince documentary
Axed Prince series director calls out trend of celebrity documentary "slop"
NYC was voted one of the top three dirtiest cities in the world
According to respondents, New York is one of the top three “dirtiest” cities in the world, coming in just behind Rome and Bangkok. (That’s right, that means it managed to claim the top spot stateside.) In fact, a majority of respondents (55 percent, to be exact) called it “dirty.”
NYC was voted one of the top three dirtiest
Ax-wielding man broke into North York home, stole jewelry and showered
...packed annual cow poo festival
Zac Efron's brother Dylan makes fans cringe over personal hygiene
Pope Francis smacks woman's hand to free himself from her grip
Pope Francis was happily greeting children and pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Tuesday when he slapped a woman's hand to free himself.
Pope Francis smacks woman's hand
Retired UK priest, 69, died during drug-fueled sex romp
Priest arrested after drug-fueled night of gay sex kills male lover
World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa
Rupert Everett complains that the transgender rights movement has ‘completely overshadowed’ gay issues

He criticised what he sees as an overly reproachful outlook among young people, and spoke of his fears of being “cancelled” for speaking about transgender issues.
“This might be the first time that the older generation has felt that they have to tiptoe around the younger generation and turn everything off,” he said.
While Everett claimed to support “wokeness” because “everything it stands for is, essentially, great,” he regretted that gay rights appear to have taken a backseat to trans issues, citing Russia’s recent move to ban same-sex marriage.
Rupert Everett complains
Majority of elite female athletes favor categorization by biological sex
Trans population is not as high as the 'totally unreliable' census figures suggest
Gay Catholic Flight Attendant Fired By United Airlines After Telling a Coworker That People Can’t Change Their Sex
The National Park Service Has Removed the Word “Transgender”
US civil rights agency seeks to dismiss gender-identity discrimination cases
Bear caught on video nudging sleeping man's foot
A Massachusetts man was woken up by a bear nudging his foot after falling asleep in his backyard.
Bear caught on video nudging sleeping man's foot
Scientists ‘surprised’ to find abundance of alligators in city’s sewer system
Joel Schumacher estimates he’s had up to 20,000 sexual partners
Turns out Joel Schumacher‘s box-office figures aren’t the only sky-high record he’s got.
The 79-year-old director of smashes like “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Batman Forever” and “The Lost Boys” recently gave a wide-ranging interview to Vulture in which he detailed some of the more fabled elements of his past, including his drug use and promiscuity.
“Have you ever guessed the number of partners you’ve had?” interviewer Andrew Goldman asked him, to which Schumacher responded, “It would be in the double-digit thousands, but that is not unusual.”
“Double-digit thousands.
Schumacher estimates he’s had up to 20,000 sexual partners
Gay man shares spreadsheet of 'every man I've ever been with'
El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals and deportees of any nationality
One of the most striking aspects of the deal is that Salvadorean law doesn’t differentiate between alleged gang members and people found guilty of a crime. Under the draconian state of emergency that has ruled the Central American country since 2022, authorities can detain anyone simply on the suspicion of being members of a gang.
Bukele has boasted a high incarceration rate as a recipe for security – El Salvador now boasts the highest such rate in the world – but human rights organizations such as Amnesty International believe many of the over 80,000 people jailed under the state of emergency are innocent.
The State Department’s travel advisory for El Salvador also warns that those imprisoned in the country face “harsh” prison conditions, without access to due process.
El Salvador offers to house violent US criminals
Children's bodies a 'battleground' in Haiti as sexual violence surges
Mejico fans chanted their favorite gay phrase
Late in the match, fans started chanting the word “puto” as the clock ticked down.
Mejico fans chanted their favorite gay phrase
3 men attacked after LGBTQ+ event
Gay couple hyperventilate after being chased down by armed cartel
Afraid to Leave Home
LGBTQ event at FL church ignites public anger and protest threats
Three Americans died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Mexico City Airbnb
American woman was also found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at Mexico City apartment
‘Alarming rise’ in homophobia at football matches
Mexico fans again chant anti-gay slur in the U.S.
Hamas Executed Gay Terrorists Within Its Ranks Who Raped Male Israeli Victims
Is notion of a genderless humanity going too far?
We don’t even have pronouns for this.
That’s what accounts for the clumsy grammar of the statement parent Kori Doty issued about Doty’s newborn baby, Searyl Atli Doty. For that matter, it also accounts for the clumsy grammar of the sentence you just read.
Anyway, Kori Doty’s statement read: “It’s up to Searyl to decide how they identify, when they are old enough to develop their own gender identity. I am not going to foreclose that choice based on an arbitrary assignment of gender at birth based on an inspection of their genitals.”
As noted, the English language is not ready for this. For all its splendors, English offers no gender-neutral singular pronoun except “it.” Who wants to be an “it?”
If the language is not ready, well, truth to tell, neither is your humble correspondent. It’s a jarring realization.
Is notion of a genderless humanity going too far?
Pronoun use at center of rape case involving former Chowchilla prisoner
The gender confusion in Scotland over prisoners now rears its head in Northern Ireland
I Set Out To Report On Violence Against Trans People
'I wanted to blow up the internet'
Trump to sign executive orders proclaiming there are only two biological sexes, halting diversity programs
OMB Q&A REGARDING MEMORANDUM M-25-13
EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people
Argentina to ban hormone therapy for trans children