How so? One example is the early vampires from Balkan and Slavic lore very often didn’t drink blood. They would strangle their victims or fornicate with their victims to death. If they did drink blood, very often it was from the chest. It was this tale of obsession and love. It seemed like, OK, well,…
A handful of cars are especially versatile and rated very highly by both tall and short testers, but that’s rare. And there are several models that serve neither tall nor short drivers well, such as the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Jeep Wrangler, and Lucid Air. Bear in mind that some models give drivers space at the…
Research has found that levels of acetylcholine naturally decline with age and that people with Alzheimer’s disease have lower-than-normal levels. “The connection is seen both in age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s,” Velazquez says. “Lower levels of acetylcholine may affect your ability to form and recall memories, as well as affect word recall and focus.” A…
Today, Toontown Rewritten has more than 2 million registered users, with an average of 50,000 monthly users and 10,000 daily users. Ziolkowski, now 26 and a professional game designer, is still part of the team of volunteers keeping the game and Toontown community alive and growing. A spokesperson for Disney declined to comment. The Toontown…
To fix that, several startups launched niche dating apps—some puzzling, others entirely predictable—designed to satisfy unique needs, with many of them built around the promise of AI. Volar, created by a former product director at Snap, uses a chatbot to message back and forth with potential daters on your behalf. There’s also Rizz, Iris, and…
The better choices and under-the-radar alternatives are vehicles recommended by Consumer Reports, meaning they scored well in our road tests when new, have good reliability, performed well in crash tests, and were available with key active safety features such as forward collision warning (FCW), automatic emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning (BSW), and rear cross…
The question is whether every local authority is willing to chip in where federal funding might fall short. “The next 10 years [in EV charging] is all about the urban environment, cities, middle- and lower-income folks,” says Reig. In a world where electric vehicles become a political lightning rod, those places might see the most…
Deshawn “DJ” Chow waited a year to receive a treatment that could change his life. The 19-year-old was born with sickle cell disease, which makes his red blood cells crescent-shaped and sticky. The misshapen cells build up and block blood vessels, cutting off oxygen to parts of the body and causing episodes of excruciating pain….
A used luxury SUV can deliver the comfort, technology, and safety features of an upscale package for less than the cost of a new model and even less than some new mainstream SUVs. But be careful not to buy the wrong model, or else you’re likely to experience the opposite of luxury: an uncomfortable ride,…
When it comes to purifying the air, humidifying a space, or filtering water, these products stumble and fall. You’re the worst: Dyson HP07 Hot + Cool Black & Nickel air purifierScore: 15More expensive than many of CR’s top-performing models, this Dyson, $550, earns the lowest score possible on our particle reduction tests. If you run…