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Matt Gilhooly lost his mother suddenly when he was eight years old. In March 2022, Matt started The Life Shift podcast. On the podcast, Matt Gilhooly has candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that changed their lives forever. Here, Matt shows off his billboard on Times Square in Manhattan.Matt GilhoolyEvery medium has its area of expertise. For example, radio specializes in music, hyperpartisan talk radio, and sports talk shows with crazed fans calling in. Broadcast TV produces comedies, dramas, and reality shows designed with low budgets and even lower standards of crediblity. Streaming TV unveils a richer, more…

Nearly three years ago, I showed you an awesome $8 cable tester that quickly tells you if your USB-C cable is likely fast, slow, powerful, or weak. Sadly, that gadget got discontinued, and I’ve never found anything as intuitive or inexpensive since. But if you’ve got a Mac with Apple Silicon chips, you can simply download an even more impressive tester for free.It’s called WhatCable, and it works by reading the data your Mac already collects about attached USB devices, data that Apple doesn’t normally pass along to you. Just click a little widget that lives in the menu bar…

Two wins to go. How can your team reach the final and win the World Cup 2026? Click here to find out.Who: France vs SpainWhat: FIFA World Cup 2026 – Semifinal 1Where: Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the United StatesWhen: Tuesday at 2pm (19:00 GMT)How to follow: We will have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 16:00 GMT before our live text commentary stream.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listGrab your popcorn, crack open a cold one – it’s time for the World Cup semifinals.Two-time world champions France – frontrunners to add another one to their tally – face European champions…

Analyses of scientific evidence led doctors to recommend that babies sleep on their backs.Credit: Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis/GettyBeyond Belief: How Evidence Shows What Really Works Helen Pearson Princeton Univ. Press (2026)Cementing the use of evidence in health and public policy has taken decades of challenging work. Fifty years ago, physicians commonly thought that babies should sleep on their fronts — advice popularized by US paediatrician Benjamin Spock and others. It took a synthesis of observations and case studies to show that this was wrong: babies should sleep on their backs to minimize the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). More than…

The WNBA never fails to produce drama.In the latest installment, Betnijah Laney-Hamilton was ejected from the New York Liberty’s 93-91 loss to the Toronto Tempo on Sunday afternoon for hitting Marina Mabrey with Jonquel Jones’ shoe. Yes, you read that correctly. After the defeat, Liberty coach Chris DeMarco let loose on the officials for an “atrocious” and “pathetic” performance down the stretch.The Liberty, who were on the second day of a back-to-back and entered Sunday’s contest having lost six of their last eight games, fell behind by as many as 20 late in the third quarter, but stormed back in…

By Ayo Onikoyi Content creator and actress Amarachi Okoh, popularly known as Marahchi or Ada Igbo Nile, has revealed that she is unwilling to take on intimate scenes in movies, saying she has never kissed on screen and does not see herself doing so. Speaking about the limits she has set for her acting career, the Enugu-born actress said her upbringing and personal values have shaped her decision to avoid romantic scenes that require kissing or sexual intimacy. “I haven’t kissed in a movie yet, and I don’t think I can. It’s because of my personality and the kind of…

The idea comes from a 2018 study involving more than 10,000 people in the US, UK and Australia. Participants submitted stool samples and reported what they typically ate. Researchers analysed the microbes in those samples and found that people who consumed more than 30 different plant foods a week tended to have a more diverse gut microbiome than those who ate fewer than 10.But that doesn’t mean 30 is a magic number. Whether you eat 25 plants a week or 30 is probably less important than some would have you believe.“Thirty is pretty arbitrary,” says Prof Daniel M Davis, head of life…

Oluchi Chibuzor and Erobomhan Jessica The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank Group and World Trade Organisation (WTO) have called on governments and the international community to strengthen food and energy security. This was disclosed in a joint statement released after they met to take stock of energy, trade, and economic developments. The meeting was part of a high-level coordination group established in April for both heads to maximize their institutions’ response to the energy, trade, and economic impact of the war in the Middle East.  They also revealed that the meeting was…

The European Union is weighing sweeping new restrictions on children’s and teenagers’ access to social media, including age limits, an outright ban, and phased access. Social media platforms could also be forced to prove their services are not harmful before young people are allowed to use them.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc’s executive arm could propose new legislation within months, after reviewing recommendations from a panel of experts released today. “This is not about whether children can access social media. It is about when social media can access our children,” von der Leyen said.The panel recommended…

Revered as one of Australia’s last true wilderness areas, Takayna/Tarkine is a place of legends. Freshwater crayfish that can reach almost a metre in length lurk in the shade of 2,000-year-old Huon pines, and every few years a rumour emerges that thylacines still prowl the dense Gondwanan rainforest of north-west Tasmania.For 65m years, this landscape has sheltered all manner of astonishing creatures. But some of the most fascinating life forms found here are even older. Before animals walked the Earth or trees began converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, fungi helped to create the conditions necessary for complex life on our…