Brian Laundrie died by suicide, autopsy report reveals | Gabby Petito

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Brenda Moya

Gabby Petito This article is more than 2 years oldBrian Laundrie died by suicide, autopsy report revealsThis article is more than 2 years old23-year-old Florida man’s disappearance sparked a nationwide hunt after the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito Brian Laundrie, whose disappearance sparked a nationwide manhunt in September after his fiancee, Gabby Petito, went missing and was later found murdered, killed himself, an autopsy report released on Tuesday revealed. [Read More]

Cortical colouring in: what does your brain do with black-and-white images? | Science

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1091 words  |  Christie Applegate

Head quartersScienceCortical colouring in: what does your brain do with black-and-white images?New research into the cortical basis for colour vision suggests that our brain ‘fills in’ black-and-white images, based on our memory of what the colour should beYou’re looking out on a vast plain of crops of all different colours, shapes and sizes. Flowers of reds, yellows and greens explode under a sea of blue light from the sky. For the most part though, it’s all in your head. [Read More]

Patrick Dempsey and Neil Patrick Harris pay tribute to Amanda Peterson | Film

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  508 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Film This article is more than 8 years oldPatrick Dempsey and Neil Patrick Harris pay tribute to Amanda PetersonThis article is more than 8 years oldCan’t Buy Me Love co-star and Oscars host take to Twitter to remember late actor, as her mother dismisses talk of daughter’s struggles with drugs The actor Patrick Dempsey has joined those paying tribute to the late Amanda Peterson, his co-star in the 1980s romantic comedy Can’t Buy Me Love, via Twitter. [Read More]

When bitcoin plunges, Buttcoin cheers: the online community praying for the end of crypto

 Posted on May 24, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1310 words  |  Brenda Moya

BitcoinA Reddit subforum for people who are horrified by the proliferation of crypto scams and pyramid schemes pokes fun at cryptocurrency As bitcoin plunged below $20,000 in mid-June, many cryptocurrency users were distraught over massive losses – with some reporting they had lost their life savings. But one corner of the internet was cheering: Buttcoin, a Reddit subforum launched in 2011 to poke fun at cryptocurrency. “I’m addicted, I need help,” read one popular post. [Read More]

Finlands Munch: the unnerving art of Helene Schjerfbeck

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  16 minutes  |  3285 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

Helene Schjerfbeck - Self-portrait, Black Background, 1915. Photograph: Royal Academy of ArtsHelene Schjerfbeck - Self-portrait, Black Background, 1915. Photograph: Royal Academy of ArtsThe ObserverRoyal Academy of ArtsOne of her country’s most celebrated artists, Schjerfbeck is little known in the UK, but now her singular paintings will be seen in a major exhibition In the seaside town of Ekenäs, south-west of Helsinki, there is a name that appears wherever you go: Helene Schjerfbeck. [Read More]

Francis Matthews obituary | Television & radio

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  889 words  |  Brenda Moya

Television & radioObituaryFrancis Matthews obituaryGlamorous star of the BBC's Paul Temple and voice of Captain ScarletTall, slender and with a quietly amused expression, Francis Matthews, who has died aged 86, was ideally suited to play Francis Durbridge's gentleman sleuth Paul Temple, in the popular television adaptations of the 1960s and 70s. But his 60-year career also spanned horror films, comedy and modern classics, and as the voice of Captain Scarlet he reached a new generation of admirers. [Read More]

Long Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study finds | Long Covid

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1034 words  |  Christie Applegate

Long Covid This article is more than 2 years oldLong Covid has more than 200 symptoms, study findsThis article is more than 2 years oldCalls for national screening programme as symptoms revealed range from brain fog to tinnitus Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The largest ever international study of people with long Covid has identified more than 200 symptoms and prompted researchers to call for a national screening programme. [Read More]

Poem of the week: Virginia Woolf's Angels 1919 by Patricia McCarthy | Poetry

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  952 words  |  Brenda Moya

Carol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryPoem of the week: Virginia Woolf's Angels 1919 by Patricia McCarthyTwo contrasting varieties of 'angel' provide a dynamic image of the writer's sense of liberation, and subtle premonitions of her fateThis week's poem, Virginia Woolf's Angels 1919, comes from Patricia McCarthy's new collection, Horses Between Our Legs, a collection which includes the poem that won first prize last year in the National Poetry Society competition, Clothes that escaped the Great War. [Read More]

Vera review this non-stop whodunnit is totally unguessable

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  889 words  |  Brenda Moya

TV reviewTelevision & radioReviewBrenda Blethyn’s long-running detective is like Columbo meets Paddington – and is full of her natural authority. This festive special is highly enjoyable, sherry-soaked viewing How Christmassy the festive episode of a murder drama can really be is a tricky question, but this year’s Vera special doesn’t worry about it too much. One of the suspects has a tree up and they’re doing Secret Santa in the police station but, apart from that, the veteran ITV crime drama continues as normal. [Read More]

Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of race for 2024 US Republican presidential nomination | Vivek Ramaswamy

 Posted on May 23, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  666 words  |  Christie Applegate

Vivek RamaswamyVivek Ramaswamy drops out of race for 2024 US Republican presidential nominationYouthful entrepreneur briefly threatened to disrupt primaries with relentless engagement in culture wars Vivek Ramaswamy, the youthful entrepreneur who briefly threatened to disrupt the Republican primaries, has suspended his campaign for president, his team said on Monday after disappointing results in the Iowa caucuses. “As of this moment we are going to suspend this presidential campaign,” Ramaswamy said. “There’s no path for me to be the next president absent things that we don’t want to see happen in this country. [Read More]