An audacious film necessitates audacious writing and, in the case of Joy Ride, audacious brainstorming sessions. When the comedy’s screenwriters, Teresa Hsiao and Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, were developing a sex scene involving a Theragun and a basketball, they decided to test out the sequence themselves. (Incorporating unique props required unraveling some complex physics.) Hsiao grabbed a …
When behavior-science researchers face allegations of misconduct, there seems to be a curious correlation. Take, for example, the case of Marc Hauser, a former Harvard psychologist who was found to have manipulated data. Then there’s Lawrence Sanna, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist who resigned amid similar allegations. Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, fabricated data …
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congresswoman from Georgia, recently faced expulsion from the House Freedom Caucus, a well-known hard-right group within the Republican Party. The decision was reportedly made due to Greene’s interactions with fellow member, Lauren Boebert, and her alignment with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, both of which were seen as moves towards moderation and governance. …
Standing on the Ellipse, positioned between the White House and the Washington Monument, I had the privilege of hearing President Donald Trump deliver an impassioned speech. He emphasized the necessity for strength and resilience in reclaiming our country, stating that weakness will not suffice. His belief that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from …
During a recent meeting of Democrats in rural southwestern Iowa, a man posed an interesting question to the speaker of the evening, Rob Sand. He asked about three noncontroversial issues that Democrats should be discussing. Sand, Iowa’s state auditor, responded by mentioning new state laws regarding democracy and education, as well as their support for …
The anti-abortion movement is currently facing the harsh reality that a majority of Americans do not support a complete ban on abortion. This is evident in the recent political outcomes, where voters in several states rejected measures to illegalize abortion. However, despite these setbacks, the movement’s activists remain undeterred and continue to forge ahead in …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially ended the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has been in place since January 2020. While the virus will continue to pose a threat, the WHO has stated that it is time for countries to shift their perspective and move away from treating it as a global …
In March of 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that was both dire and obvious: people all over the world consume far too much salt. On average, individuals consume more than double the recommended amount of salt each day, putting themselves at risk for diseases like heart attack and stroke. The WHO …
The original BlackBerry, which was released in 1999, only had a storage capacity of five megabytes, equivalent to the space needed for a single song. This amount of storage is minuscule compared to the one-terabyte phones available today, which could hold hundreds of thousands of songs or over a million minutes of audio. However, despite …
During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, a pediatric-emergency-medicine doctor named Michael Toce noticed a concerning trend. He observed an increasing number of children who had ingested excessive amounts of melatonin, an over-the-counter sleep aid supplement. This rise in melatonin overdoses was unexpected, as it surpassed the overdoses from opioids, painkillers, and marijuana. Other …