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Junk Food Is Ruining Your Brain’s Fat Calendar

Your body keeps track of time in ways you never really notice. Beyond sleep and wake cycles, it responds to seasonal cues. New research suggests dietary fat plays a role in that timing, acting as a biological signal that helps the brain interpret the season. Certain processed fats appear to interfere with that process. The study, led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and published in Science , examined how mice adjust to seasonal changes in light. When lighting shifted to mimic winter, some mice adapted quickly. Others adjusted more slowly, maintaining higher body temperatures and delayed daily rhythms , patterns associated with summer physiology. The difference wasn’t calorie intake. It was fat composition. In natural environments, food sources change with the seasons. During colder months, plants and animals contain higher levels of polyunsaturated fats. Those fats help tissues function at lower temperatures and also serve as a signal. Higher levels co...
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Daily Horoscope: January 2, 2026

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The sky favors accountability, emotional intelligence, and choices that last. Capricorn energy dominates, asking for follow-through while several retrogrades turn attention inward. The Moon tangles with Mercury, Saturn, and Neptune, complicating conversations and testing emotional responsibility. Venus squares Makemake, raising questions around values, loyalty, and community impact. Jupiter and Uranus pull growth into private spaces, where reflection matters more than speed. Somewhere between obligations and desire, stargazer, notice what steadies you when reactions feel tempting. Power today looks like patience, discernment, and boundaries that protect future plans. What you choose now shapes trust, money, and relationships long after the noise fades, even when comfort, certainty, and approval remain temporarily unavailable. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 Your drive has a suit and tie tod...
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Brandon Sanderson Is Close to Adapting Mistborn Into a Video Game

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Fans of the popular Fantasy book series Mistborn may be able to look forward to experiencing the world in a much more interactive format in the future. Author Brandon Sanderson may just be looking to develop the series into a video game or video game series, as he is in discussions with various Triple-A studios to talk about bringing his characters and setting to life. Is Mistborn Going to Be a Video Game? Here’s What We Know Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn book series, creates a recap at the end of each year. This lets his fans know the work he’s covered over the year, as well as what he plans to dive into next. In the most recent addition of the recap, ‘State of the Sanderson’ for 2025, Brandon revealed that he has been in discussion with AAA video game studios about the possibility of bringing Mistborn to the screens of gamers around the world. Here’s what Swanson had to say on the matter, as stated in his 2025 recap: “ I’ve started to get some real interest on t...
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Fallout 76 Players Have Very Little Time Left to Get New Vegas Rewards

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Fans of Fallout 76 still have time to claim the recent limited-time New Vegas rewards, but not for much longer. In celebration of the Fallout TV show’s second season, which features New Vegas as a primary location, a brand-new update was added to the game . This update included the debut of the Burning Springs area, new missions, the Blood and Rust season, and a series of New Vegas rewards. As the window to claim these rewards is nearing the end, players will need to act sooner rather than later if they wish to ensure they snag the collection. What New Vegas Rewards are Available in Fallout 76? As part of the Burning Springs update, Fallout 76 also gained the Sunset Stranger mini-pass, featuring items themed around this franchise drink. There’s also a much more limited selection of Sunset Sarsaparilla-themed items in comparison to more notable option such as Nuka Cola, so if players want to ensure they snag these themed items, they will need to act within the next week. Following...
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Willow Nightingale Ends Mercedes Mone’s Historic TBS Title Reign

AEW is ringing in the new year with a brand new TBS Champion. On AEW Dynamite , Mercedes Mone — who has held the title for over a year — defended against Willow Nightingale. Mone has collected titles all around the world in 2025 and is in the next phase of her arc. Things began with the TBS Championship when she defeated Nightingale in 2024, so it was only fitting for her to be the one to dethrone Mone. She’s on a downward spiral, refusing to believe she’s losing matches. But everything that’s up must come down eventually, including her historic title reign. She is now the longest-reigning TBS Champion at 584 days. The TBS Championship was Nightingale’s first AEW Championship. She signed in 2022 and by 2023, she became a beloved babyface. As it stands, she is pulling double-duty as one-half of the Women’s Tag Team Champions and the new TBS Champion. It’ll be interesting how AEW balances her workload out, considering she and Harley Quinn are the inaugural Tag Champions . For now, we’...
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Don’t Doubt Yourself or Your Goals, Doubt Your Doubts

Goals usually start with good intentions and a mild sense of superiority. You’re organized. You’re motivated. You’re definitely going to stick with it this time. Then you skip one workout, mess up one deadline, or realize the plan requires more effort than anticipated. That’s usually when doubt shows up. Patrick Carroll, a psychology professor at The Ohio State University at Lima, studies that turning point. Psychologists call it an “action crisis,” the moment when someone starts seriously weighing whether to keep going after a long-term identity goal or walk away. In his research, Carroll describes these moments as inevitable. Setbacks pile up, obstacles start to feel heavier, and doubt begins to frame the decision about whether continuing is worth it. His new research suggests a move that sounds too simple. When that doubt starts narrating your life, try doubting the doubt. “What this study found is that inducing doubts in one’s doubts can provide a formula for confidence,” Carro...
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Daily Horoscope: December 31, 2025

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Happy New Year’s Eve! The Moon moves fast and hits hard aspects across the sky, brushing up against Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, while Mercury keeps roaming Sagittarius with big ideas and loose follow-through. Uranus and Neptune stay retrograde, asking for revision instead of reinvention. Nothing feels neatly wrapped. That’s the point. This is a night for noticing patterns, not making speeches. Somewhere in the middle of it all, stargazer, the sky asks what actually held up this year and what only looked good in theory. Celebration works best when it’s honest. Endings land cleaner when they’re chosen, not forced. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 New Year’s Eve tempts excess, but discipline wins tonight. You’re tired of false starts and half-promises. As plans swirl, Aries, choose the option that respects your time tomorrow. Confidence looks adult right now. Celebrate what survived the...
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