The tea bags used for the research were made from the polymers nylon-6, polypropylene and cellulose. The study shows that, when brewing tea, polypropylene releases approximately 1.2 billion particles per milliliter, with an average size of 136.7 nanometers; cellulose releases about 135 million particles per milliliter, with an average size of 244 nanometers; while nylon-6 releases 8.18 million particles per milliliter, with an average size of 138.4 nanometers.

Former Black Panthers fear the FBI is still keeping tabs on them decades after COINTELPRO. In at least one case, they were right.

The foreign policy proletariat needs to stop filtering its dissent through official channels and start taking more radical action.

While showboats like Elon Musk and RFK Jr. get all the attention, the real power in a second Trump term is likely to be wielded by quietly effective bureaucrats and policy intellectuals like these men and women.

She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

I'm really not sure where to begin with this one, so I'm just going to lay it out and then try to explain later: A recent update to Zenless Zone Zero made it impossible to get a good look at character's asses, and the blowback was so fierce developer MiHoYo reverted the change less than a day later. The whole thing began with the release of patch 1.4, which included among its many updates this fairly innocuous sounding change: "Adjusts the Agents' display for certain angles: When viewed from specific angles, the Agent will appear faded." What that worked out to in practice, as noted by The Gamer, is a butt filter: When players try to zoom in for a good, up-close look at their avatar's caboose, the character in question disappears. This might seem extremely inconsequential to you (it certainly does to me) but a good chunk of the Zenless Zone Zero community felt very differently. The situation wasn't any calmer on the Zenless Zone Zero subreddit. "Why is hoyo trying to stop me from seeing lycaon and lighter's dump trucks. like this gotta be some kinda crime," one redditor asked. "It feels very scummy to draw in a shit ton of players with some of the most sexualized characters ever with massive assets, then to conform to whatever order they knew they were gonna have to do only now that the most hyped up character for the game is finally out," another wrote. "What is the point of all that glorious walking jiggle if u cant even look at it," a third wanted to know, and hey, ridiculous this may be but that's a fair question. Some pointed the finger at the government of China, which they speculate mandated the apparent censorship for reasons unknown. "It is quite unfortunate that they put so much dev effort into making good jiggles but CCP cucked them," yet another redditor contributed, which isn't the most incisive bit of analysis I've ever read, but is pretty funny. But less than 24 hours after the update went live and the Zenless community lost its mind, MiHoYo walked it back. In a message posted on X, the studio said it was "closely monitoring feedback and suggestions from Proxies, striving to provide everyone with the best possible gaming experience," and has thus "promptly addressed and fixed several issues that appeared after the update as soon as we received feedback." The hotfix addresses a half-dozen issues, including one "where the fading effect of the 'Agent appears faded when viewed from specific angles' adjustment did not display correctly under certain circumstances." It's not clear what actually happened here—the patch notes imply the fadeout was the result of a bug, not intentional "censorship"—but players on X quickly confirmed that butts have been unobfuscated: The cake is once again plainly visible, and there was much rejoicing.

The decision shows the challenges of firing officers for documented misconduct in Suffolk, where final discipline rests with a civilian arbitrator.

Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.

Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?

Aurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade.

Home Healthcare Workers of America has rocketed to 43,000 members without holding elections, locking employees into boss-friendly contracts while amassing political clout and millions in union dues.

Spotify’s plot against musicians

How Istanbul became the new Hair Club for Men.

Pop stars took advantage of the SVOG grant, using COVID relief funds for luxury spending. Lil Wayne bought Balenciaga and flew private.

Watchdog Writers Group analysis of documents filed in the case, in partnership with Investigate Midwest, reveals Tyson coordinated closely with Cal-Maine Foods, the company that ended up buying the Dexter plant. That coordination prevented farmers from continuing their same operations with another Tyson competitor. Documents also show Tyson tried to prevent its former contract farmers from seeking legal remedies over the broken contracts, and has possibly attempted to discourage farmers from speaking with federal officials and journalists. Tyson Foods declined to answer detailed questions about the allegations of the lawsuit... Tyson Foods, which produces about one-fifth of all meat in the U.S., has faced numerous lawsuits and federal investigations over accusations of price fixing.

Around the turn of the 20th century, the Elberta was the most widely grown peach in the United States. Developed in Georgia by grower Samuel E. Rumph, the peaches made their commercial debut in 1875. At the suggestion of a friend, Rumph named them after his wife, Clara Elberta. A bright golden peach with a neon-red blush and orange flesh, the fruit’s greatest advantage was that it could be harvested underripe and slightly firm, which made it durable for shipping by train. What’s more, the peaches did not need to be iced during shipping—a key advantage in an era when ice was costly if it was even available. The Elberta peach ripened in transit, making it perfectly sweet and luscious once it reached Northern markets like New York City. Rumph and his Elberta peach are credited with kicking off Georgia’s peach industry, and making the “Georgia Peach” famous across the country. In 1897, a prominent Georgia orchardist, Colonel John D. Cunningham, told Harper’s Weekly, “Two things that have done so much for the Georgia peach growing industry are the introduction of the Elberta peach and the use of the improved refrigerator car,” the latter of which was introduced in 1880s. And an 1896 article on Rumph’s first plantings in American Agriculturalist Magazine declared, “Among the whole list of peaches both old and new there is no variety that has attained a higher place in public estimation than the Elberta.” But by the mid 20th century, other varieties came on the market that had slim advantages over the Elberta. They lasted even longer in storage and they didn’t have a pointed tip at the bottom of the fruit, like the Elberta, that got crushed in transit. And peach aesthetics changed: Produce sellers felt a more uniformly red peach was more appealing, so the blushed and dappled Elbertas were discarded.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to growing concerns over bird flu cases in the state and across the country.

Huge swaths of the web are vanishing. What does that do to our culture?

A new excerpt from 'Dust & Grooves, Vol. 2' explores the history of albums made to scam the IRS, and how they became holy grails for collectors.

A group of nine passengers were stranded on a remote island in Africa. They spent seven days trying to catch back up with the boat.