Habitually checking social media as a young teenager is linked to hypersensitivity to peer feedback and may potentially lead to permanent changes in the brain’s reward and motivation centers, neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina suggested in a study published on Tuesday in JAMA Pediatrics. The study looked at a group of 169 teens … Read more
Jalen HurtsImage: Getty Images With three weeks left in the regular season, the Philadelphia Eagles have all but locked up the top seed in the NFC, needing just one win or a loss from both the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers in order to secure home-field advantage through the NFC Championship and a first-round … Read more
Can you really trust a team that is wasting the generational talents of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani?Photo: Getty Images It’s not uncommon for Major League Baseball teams to sign international players at a young age. While there are certain restrictions in place to prevent teams from signing Americans until they’ve turned 16, international players … Read more
Dren is back! Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi’s drunk alter ego has been kept at bay for quite some time, but a preview for the Sept. 8 episode of Jersey Shore reveals that she’s back in action. In the clip the gang is getting ready to celebrate Pauly D’s girlfriend, Nikki Hall’s, 30th birthday party. “A 30th birthday is a big … Read more
Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck at New York lecture event Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. … Read more
Fuel poverty campaigners on Thursday hit out at a decision to pass on rises in wholesale gas and electricity prices to British households much faster after Ofgem confirmed the energy price cap would be altered every three months instead of twice a year. The energy regulator insisted the changes were required to prevent another large-scale crisis in … Read more
EDF is trying to alter a key subsidy contract to avoid missing out on billions of pounds in guaranteed revenue after the Covid-19 pandemic caused further delays to Hinkley Point C, the first new nuclear power station under construction in the UK in almost 30 years. The French utility is in negotiations with the British … Read more