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In the 1980s, Big Tobacco started playing a major role in America’s food industry, buying up companies like General Foods, Kraft, and Nabisco. And that role, according to a new study, included using R&D from the cigarette business to make ultra-processed foods, such as the enduringly popular Lunchables brand of kid-friendly prepackaged meals and snacks. Such foods, the study reveals, were engineered “for consumer pleasure and appeal” with help from cigarette-related research on flavor engineering, packaging developments, and more. The study was recently published in the American Journal of Public Health. It’s one article in an entire issue focused on…

How to solve today’s Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for help with today’s Wordle? Look no further. An abundance of hints, clues and other helpful items await, not to mention a bonus Custom Wordle and plenty more.It’s Saturday at last and a mighty fine Saturday, too. My daughter turns 19 today — happy birthday, Aria! — which kind of blows my mind. Oddly enough, it doesn’t make me feel old. When she turns 20, I’ll be 45 (for another two weeks). 45 is the new 35, or at least that’s what I’m told. Let’s solve this Wordle, shall we?Looking for…

For most of the world who grew up watching Sesame Street, Elmo is a lovable and, importantly, uncontroversial figure with a (somewhat annoying) laugh. For New Yorkers, the Muppet’s latest tweet makes him a traitor. The New York Knicks have earned a spot in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, a feat that has turned the city upside down with excitement. But as Game 1 approached on June 3—with the subway entrance by the team’s home court at Madison Square Garden painted orange and blue—an unexpected character chimed in with a nod to sportsmanship that Knicks fans…

Resident Evil VeronicaCredit: CapcomCapcom had a big day on Friday, June 5. The company behind several iconic series announced its next remake in the Resident Evil franchise. Resident Evil Veronica is confirmed, and we saw an initial trailer as Capcom dropped release info at Summer Game Fest 2026.Key Facts at a GlanceTitle: Resident Evil Veronica (a remake of 2000’s Resident Evil – Code: Veronica)Release window: 2027 (exact date not yet announced)Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PCEngine: Capcom’s RE EngineRevealed: Summer Game Fest 2026, following Resident Evil RequiemWhen Is the Resident Evil Veronica Release Date?Capcom didn’t share a…

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday academic life for America’s students. By mid-2025, up to 84% of high school students were using AI for schoolwork, including writing essays, summarizing readings, and completing assignments. Despite widespread usage, students themselves are growing wary of what this means. A 2026 Gallup–Walton Family Foundation survey found Gen Z’s excitement about AI has dropped 14% since 2025, and nearly half of working Gen Zers now believe AI’s risks in the workforce outweigh its benefits. At the same time, schools are buying AI tools at remarkable speed, often with little independent evidence about how…

Madden 27 and College Football 27 got a star-studded and strong introduction on Thursday, June 4. The community was treated to tons of new features and innovation. There is no shortage of attention being paid to Dynasty and Franchise Mode in the two games. That’s a beautiful thing and it’s making the overall landscape better.Even with all the new additions, there’s still a small group of things that will likely be missing from Madden 27. To be completely honest, the decision is probably out of EA’s hands. However, fans probably won’t care enough to investigate or give much grace in…

Published June 5, 2026 03:04PMFor years, a trail leading to a series of pristine alpine lakes above Ouray, Colorado, has drawn in thousands of eager hikers. But that influx of visitors has also led to what trailworkers on TikTok referred to as an “abundance of human shit,” which trail crews are now working hard to clean up.Trailworkers with the conservation nonprofit National Forest Foundation (NFF) are clearing out years of built-up human waste hikers left behind at Blue Lakes Trail, about an hour north of Telluride. Crews say their work will make the popular trail safer and cleaner for both…

When I was living with an eating disorder as a child, the obsessive thoughts driving how I felt about my body looked a lot like OCD. The anxiety that followed me to the dinner table didn’t go away when I left multiple rounds of treatment; it went dormant and waited. It took years before any clinician helped me see the full picture, and longer before I had the language to name it. I wasn’t the exception. Research consistently shows that more than half of patients with an eating disorder also meet criteria for anxiety, OCD, depression, ADHD, or a trauma-related…

EA cooked on Thursday, June 4. There’s no other way to describe the Opening Drive, the company’s new reveal format for College Football and Madden NFL. In a little over an hour, EA successfully stoked the flame of anticipation for rabid virtual football fans and heightened the excitement for the release of both games.How did they do it? It wasn’t simply done with shiny screenshots and short trailers. It was done with feature delivery that is sensible and community driven. It was done with extended gameplay and top-notch presentation. Here are the 10 best new features.Key Facts at a GlanceRelease…

The jobs report that came out today held good news for many American workers. In May, employers added 172,000 jobs—stronger than projected job growth—and unemployment did not budge from 4.3%. The leisure and hospitality sector led much of that growth, adding 70,000 jobs, while industries like healthcare have also continued hiring in significant numbers. The last few months of job growth, in fact, have been stronger than any other three-month period in over two years. One group of workers, however, has continued to face hurdles, even as the job market has returned to a steady state. While about 120,000 workers…