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Vibration plates are all the rage right now. They claim to help you lose weight or build muscle — all while standing on the vibrating surface. But is this for real? Does standing on a shaking platform really help you get stronger or shed pounds, or is it just another short-lived trend? To find out, we talked to personal trainers and other fitness experts. These experts explained how vibration plates are supposed to work, the benefits you might get from using them, the risks you should watch out for, and the right way to add them to your routine if you want…

Lady Gaga is ready to do the dead dance in our first look at her upcoming role in Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday series. Entertainment Weekly broke the news in November that Gaga would appear in the second season of the hit Addams Family offshoot. It was later revealed that she would play the role of legendary Nevermore teacher Rosaline Rotwood, who crosses paths with Ortega’s Wednesday. Now, our first look at the mysterious new character has arrived. On Monday, Netflix unveiled a glimpse of Gaga in character, dressed in an ethereal white gown with long white-blonde hair and eyebrows. She’s joined…

Earlier today I set three gerrymandering logic puzzles. Here they are again with solutions.In each of the grids below, the challenge is to find the unique electoral map in which the minority colour wins the most regions. A region is defined as a contiguous block of cells that are joined either horizontally or vertically. (A region cannot contain any cells that are only connected diagonally, i.e. via a corner.) Winning a region means having the most cells in that region.To solve using pencil and paper, click here for a print out (and some bonus puzzles). To play on your screen,…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Matiullah ShahabMatiullah Shahab helped dig graves in the village of Andarlachak Tangi, which was among those hit by Sunday’s earthquakeJust before midnight on Sunday, Matiullah Shahab woke up to find his house in Afghanistan’s remote Kunar province shaking. An earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude had struck eastern Afghanistan, leaving at least 800 people dead, according to the UN. Even though the epicentre of the quake was 16km away, the whole of Shahab’s village of Asadabad trembled. The 23 family members who live with him ran out of their bedrooms as they feared the walls would fall in on them, and stayed…

For this Labor Day, the Donald Trump administration has draped an enormous banner outside the US labor department with his portrait and the words “American Workers First.”Trump was elected on promises, since repeatedly pledged, that he would fight for workers and forgotten Americans. But many labor advocates say that Trump has consistently put corporate interests first in his second term as he has taken dozens of actions that hurt workers, often by cutting their pay or making their jobs more dangerous.Despite his vow to help coal miners, Trump halted enforcement of a regulation that protects miners from a debilitating, often…

Every founder says they want visibility, traction, and growth. But with just 10 tables left and 5 days to grab one, the window to make that happen at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is closing fast. If you’ve been thinking about joining 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in San Francisco on October 27–29, this is your moment. Lock in your place on the Expo floor where ideas, capital, and connections collide. Here’s what’s waiting for you at your table Real investor exposure: We’re talking foot traffic from the likes of Sequoia, a16z, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and more. They walk the floor.…

Warwick Davis is to reprise his role as Professor Filius Flitwick in the upcoming Harry Potter television series, HBO has confirmed.The Bafta-winning actor played the part of the popular professor in the Harry Potter movie series about the famous wizard, based on the books of JK Rowling.He is the first actor from the Harry Potter film franchise to reprise their role in the upcoming TV series.He also appeared on the big screen as Griphook, a goblin employed at the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but that role will now be played for TV by Leigh Gill, who starred as Gary Puddles in…

Check out the significant signings and departures in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, EFL and Women’s Super League.

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to overturn World Boxing’s decision blocking her participation from upcoming events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing. The athlete sparked a gender eligibility uproar at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she won gold.