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J Studios/Getty Images/Digital Vision By age 40, more than half of Americans have high blood pressure, but many are unaware of it. Hypertension has long been known as the silent killer. When it’s left untreated it can be deadly. And it’s considered a silent threat since most people have no symptoms. You can’t feel the pressure in your blood vessels increasing. New recommendations from the American Heart Association aim for early treatment, including lifestyle changes and medications, once systolic blood pressure rises above 130/80 mm Hg, (which stands for millimeters of mercury, a measure of pressure). Experts say it’s clear…

James Vanderbilt’s “Nuremberg” may be set nearly 80 years ago, but the filmmakers and cast believe its message resonates as much today as it did in the aftermath of World War II. The courtroom thriller dramatizes the first international tribunal against surviving Nazi leaders, probing not only their crimes but also the nature of evil itself. The ensemble features Oscar winner Rami Malek as Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley, tasked with evaluating Nazi war criminals; Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second-in-command; John Slattery as a U.S. officer; Richard E. Grant as one of the tribunal judges; and Michael Shannon as…

September 7, 20253 min readThese Ants Are Different Species but Share a MotherAnt queens of one species are sexual parasites that clone ants of another species to create hybrid workers that do their biddingBy Max Kozlov & Nature magazine Queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) can give birth to ants of their own species (left) and, using a cloning trick, offspring of a different one (Messor structor, right). Jonathan Romiguier, Yannick Juvé, Laurent SoldatiA common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen…

For years, there was one golden rule for travelers heading to Japan: get the Japan Rail Pass. It was a no-brainer, a budget-savvy hack shared across travel blogs and guidebooks alike. After all, the price for unlimited, nationwide travel on JR trains was roughly the same as a roundtrip ticket between Tokyo and Osaka, so just about any tourist venturing beyond the capital could save money. But that once-reliable advice is now outdated. In 2023, JR raised the price of the pass by about 70 percent. While they added some perks, including discounts at shops and tourist attractions, the new…

South Korea’s government says it has reached an agreement with the US to release its citizens detained in a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia.The chief of staff of South Korea’s president said a chartered plane would be sent to bring the detainees home if administration procedures were completed.Kang Hoon-sik said the authorities were trying to improve the visa system to prevent such incidents in the future.US officials detained 475 people – more than 300 of them South Korean nationals – who they said were found to be illegally working at the battery facility, one of the…

Earlier this month the Trump administration moved forward with eliminating a loophole that allowed businesses to avoid tariffs if making purchases under $800. Some experts say that the “de minimis” exemption will hit “many, many” small businesses hard.“The de minimis suspension ending is yet another change that has forced every American small business owner to become an accidental trade policy expert overnight,” Jacob Bennett, CEO and co-founder of small business banking platform Crux Analytics, told Forbes. “There’s this whiplash effect that many, many small business owners are now feeling which is leading to growing uncertainty and concern about how they’re…

Maya Angelou once said “a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people” and when she said that, I can only assume she had Australian TikToker and micro influencer Tennilles_deals in mind.Who exactly is Tennilles_deals? Firstly, she’s the Mother Teresa of Aussie supermarkets. Secondly, I don’t know anything about her personally because this savvy queen isn’t marketing herself like your average influencer. She lets her work speak for itself.The work in question? Weekly uploads of POV-style videos where Tennille meticulously goes through major supermarkets to show you what’s on special that week. Her…

Your article (Doctors find drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks, 31 August) is of great interest. It cites a study that proposes replacing aspirin, the cornerstone of antiplatelet therapy for individuals at high risk of heart attacks and strokes, with clopidogrel. We must point out, however, that clopidogrel does not work uniformly across individuals. Although mentioned in the Lancet publication, it was only lightly considered in the Guardian article.Clopidogrel is a prodrug. To work, it needs to be metabolised by a liver enzyme that varies in the population because of variations in the CYP2C19 gene. Most…

Howard Stern was once one of the most powerful figures in American media: a controversial “shock jock” who thrived on controversy proclaimed himself the “King of All Media” and once commanded a contract worth half a billion dollars.But now Stern’s career could be winding down from its heyday in the 1990s and 2000s when he revolutionized American listening habits and wielded huge cultural power.Stern’s run on US airwaves is facing a declining audience after decades on top. While some of Stern’s critics attribute the trend to him becoming softer and more liberal, he also faces increased competition and changes in…

Imagn Images AFC meets NFC as the Houston Texans visit the Los Angeles Rams in an NFL Week 1 clash. C.J. Stroud and the visiting Texans finished their 2024 campaign at 10-7 despite having an injury-riddled season, then suffered a 23-14 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round of the playoffs. Matthew Stafford and the Rams suffered a similar fate, topping the NFC West with a 10-7 finish before falling in the Divisional Round, 28-22, to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.Kickoff from SoFi Stadium is set for 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. Los…