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It’s a relatively crowded night at my gym and I’m covered in sweat, shaking my head like a madman in the corner. It’s conspicuous and not very attractive, but that’s my M.O. at the gym most days anyway, and I had to find out just how hard it is to dislodge the Jaybird Run wireless headphones from my ears. They didn’t budge—and no one called gym security—which gave me plenty of time to discover a lot of things I like about Jaybird’s first pair of workout-inspired, true wireless earbuds....

In a statement reposted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday, Johnson & Johnson said it voluntarily removed some of its Neutrogena and Aveeno aerosol sunscreens from stores after internal and independent researchers detected small amounts of benzene in samples. The pharmaceutical giant also recommended people discard the products if they already have them at home. Benzene is a naturally occurring compound that’s found in fossil fuels and wildfire smoke, and is used in pesticides, lubricants, soft drinks, dyes, and more....

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Where To Look, And When Any single meteor might appear anywhere, but for the most part Tuesday’s shooting stars will appear to come from the constellation Leo—hence, “Leonids.” Leo will rise above the eastern horizon at about midnight local time across the continent. But meteors will be visible even before then. So if you’re in the U.S. and the skies are clear, head out any time after sunset on Tuesday, November 17, and look east....

The seismologist, whose work focuses on preparing communities for environmental change, is also a classically-trained musician (many scientists, it turns out, are musically inclined). Jones says she sees music as a means for expressing emotion when her day job deals mostly with hard facts and figures—but sometimes, the two can intersect. When it came to climate change, she could imagine hearing the data on global temperature as it intensified and accelerated over the past century and a half....

Now it’s up to Sony’s in-house development group to start cranking out the gotta-have-it hits, and soon — their sleek black console may be the best Blu-ray player you can buy, but that’s not enough reason to drop $400 on one. At a recent pre-E3 press event, I got a peek at what’s in the Sony pipeline for the rest of the year and found two titles with potential console-selling sizzle....

At the same time, it also has a few powerful features from Logitech’s MX productivity peripherals line. On paper, it strikes a lovely balance between personality and power. In practice, the situation isn’t quite so clean. The Pop Keys doesn’t have as robust a configuration platform as Logitech’s MX line and its round keycaps have some typing-related drawbacks. Despite those flaws, it’s still a relatively distinctive offering for typists who want a keyboard that looks and feels special....

As cases rise again in the US, the Delta variant dominates The average number of new daily COVID-19 cases nationwide has increased 60 percent in the past two weeks, according to The New York Times. The rise in cases is concentrated in a handful of states, including hotspots in Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, and Nevada. Arkansas and Missouri are still recording the greatest number of new cases per 100,000 people, with 23 and 22 respectively....

Most of the tote bags you get for free are made out of cheap, boring fabrics, usually with logos on them that make you look like a walking advertisement. And to make matters worse, they almost never have a zipper. As a city dweller, a bag without a zipper is just asking for someone to reach in and help themselves. And even if theft isn’t much of a concern for you, a zippered bag lets you revel in the satisfaction of hurling your belongings across the room at the end of a long day without worrying about the contents spilling out all over the place....

The latest update, the rather unimaginatively named Windows 11 2022 Update, is the most significant upgrade the software has received to date and adds changes to both its looks and functionalities. Everyone running Windows 11 should have the update by now, but if you’re unsure, check by opening Settings and choosing System and About. Look for “22H2” next to the Version entry in the list. If that’s not what you see, head to Windows Update in Settings to see if any downloads are available for your operating system....

Human laughter is a vocalization that signals play, which is an important and complex social interaction, according to anthropologists and cognitive scientists in a recent paper. But humans are certainly not the only animals that play, so the researchers parsed through existing data to see which other animals produce “play vocalizations,” and whether those sounds were exclusive to play. The 65 snickering species identified vary from our close ape relatives, like chimpanzees or bonobos, to more surprising mammals like slow lorises, sea lions, and orcas....

“These are places that are extremely hostile, that are not where humans are made to inhabit,” says Wright, a marine geologist and the chief scientist of Esri, a mapping-software company based in Redlands, California. “But we now have the technology to explore these spaces.” In July, Wright made history as she became the first Black woman to descend more than 35,000 feet down to Challenger Deep, a region of the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean and the deepest known point on the planet....

But a dearth of methane does not necessarily dash hopes for finding evidence of life on Mars. And Curiosity could still obtain better measurements of the hydrocarbon, helping scientists understand how much there is and where it comes from. The methane mystery is far from over, said Geronimo Villanueva, a research assistant professor at Catholic University who is based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. In general, methane is an indicator that something on the planet has changed, Villanueva explained....

Friends and loved ones can potentially boost good bacteria in the gut microbiomes in one of our primate relatives, rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), according to a new study published late last week in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The gut microbiome is like a bustling city within the stomach, only instead of people and bicycles and pets running around, its trillions of microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, parasites, and more all living and working together....

WADA reports that Russian officials have been non-compliant with ongoing investigations into the country’s doping practices, which is why the ban is now extended. Russian athletes can still compete—169 of them competed at the 2018 Olympics after passing drug tests—but they will participate as neutral athletes instead of under the Russian flag. But while Russia’s widespread doping operation and other elite sport scandals often put performance-enhancing drugs in the spotlight, it’s mostly non-Olympians—actually, mostly non-athletes—who use those drugs on a daily basis....

Jumping forward to around 2,000 years ago, the Greek physician Hippocrates wrote that “sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body.” Indeed, the word “nausea” is derived from the Greek “naus,” relating to ships, sailing, or sailors. About 65 percent of people suffer from motion sickness, women more often than men, with peak sensitivity around the age of 11. But why is it so common? Normal response Motion sickness happens when there is a mismatch between what your eyes are telling your brain and what your inner ears sense as motion....

Surprisingly, though, for elite athletes like professional basketball players, muscle stiffness is not only something that is necessary, you could say it’s their superpower. As a physical therapist and researcher who works with National Basketball Association players, I’m interested in understanding the key factors that help to minimize injury risk and maximize performance in elite athletes—and understanding stiffness is an important part of that. Spring in your step Physiologists think of muscles as being like biomechanical springs....

The Zoom LiveTrak will give you a great base to start any podcast. With an 8-channel mixer and 12-track simultaneous recording, you’ll be able to bring in the crew and a host of special guests all while utilizing intro music and sound effects. A mix-minus function prevents feedback caused by any call-in guests and six assignable sound-effect pads will let you drop in clips at the right moment. Your audio is stored on an SD card at resolutions of up to 24-bit/96 kHz....

The survey questions addressed various aspects of job satisfaction, including how much pleasure employees derive from their work and how happy they are with logistics like pay, pension and working hours. Though NASA scored high in job satisfaction, it only got second place in leadership and knowledge management, results-oriented performance culture (a system that promotes a diverse, high-performing workforce) and talent management. Of course if astro-mohawks were a category, NASA would have that one in the bag....

For NBA teams, clips are on Synergy’s website 40 minutes after the buzzer so that teams can break down what went wrong or scout what’s upcoming. The continuous log means every Kobe Bryant isolation, turnover or post-up, in any quarter, against any team, with any specific lineup, for the entire year, is four clicks and four seconds away. The options are endless, almost overwhelming, and nearly instantaneous. Games or clips can be downloaded to laptops for offline editing before posting highlights to the site for coaches in different cities....