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Wondering whether acupuncture can right your body’s wrongs or if it’s just a bunch of woo-woo nonsense is a distinctly human question that manatees and ducks aren’t grappling with. A zoo in Tampa is taking full advantage of this lack of analysis and is administering acupuncture to said animals in an attempt to treat chronic conditions. Zoo reps say it appears to be working. According to ZooTampa veterinarians and reporting from IFLScience, the zoo has begun using electroacupuncture alongside conventional veterinary care for animals dealing with nerve problems, pain, and injuries. Sloth is not a sloth. Sloth is a manatee suffering from chronic facial paralysis after a suspected boat strike. It affected his ability to blink his right eye and properly open one nostril. After some electroacupuncture, Sloth has regained a bit of movement around his eye and nostril. How effective it will be in the long term remains to be seen, but so far things are looking up acco...

The voice actor behind Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft will reportedly be the new voice of Tides of Annihilation protagonist Gwendolyn. According to a new report, Angela Sant’Albano is replacing Jennifer English in the major role. Angela Sant’Albano Reportedly Replaces Jennifer English in Tides of Annihilation Screenshot: Capcom In July, Jennifer English revealed that she had stepped down from her role in Tides of Annihilation . The Baldur’s Gate 3 actress explained that she was leaving the game to focus on her mental health. With Tides of Annihilation already pretty far into development, many wondered who would voice the new heroine. If a new report is to be believed, it’s the voice actor behind Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil Requiem . According to the report, Resident Evil Requiem’s Angela Sant’Albano will replace Jennifer English as the voice of Gwendolyn in Tides of Annihilation . The casting rumor first started after fans noticed that Sant’Albano h...

Fortnite Holo Hours is happening today as part of Sprite Spree Week. The special event features Holofoil Sprites alongside several major bonuses that make collecting and leveling up Sprites much easier. Here is when Fortnite Holo Hours starts in every region and everything included on August 17. What Time Does Fortnite Holo Hours Start Today? Screenshot: Epic Games The Fortnite Holo Hours start today at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET on August 17, 2026 . Unlike previous Power Hours, the event will run for a full 24 hours before ending at the same time on August 18. Holo Hours is the second daily event featured during Fortnite Sprite Spree Week . Throughout the event, players can track down Fortnite Holofoil Sprites while taking advantage of faster leveling, free resummoning, and several other bonuses. Depending on where you live, Holo Hours may begin late at night or during the early hours of August 18. To make the schedule easier to follow, we have created a table below s...

Mondays have a reputation they don’t always deserve, and this one is making a solid case for itself. The sky is on your side today, stargazer. Jupiter sextiling Venus exactly means something good is in reach without you having to drag it there — ease moving in the direction of what you want. Don’t force anything that isn’t already moving on its own, because Neptune squaring Mars exactly puts fog on the engine and brute effort won’t cut through it. Mercury trine Saturn keeps the thinking grounded; anything you commit to today is going to hold. The Moon moves into Scorpio this afternoon and the day gets more textured. Start easy. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 Neptune squaring Mars exactly today is the aspect that makes brute force feel pointless — you can feel the drive, but you can’t find a clean line toward anything. That’s not a malf...

There’s a reason dogs are trusted as emotional companions. If it seems like they have a nearly supernatural ability to sense human emotion, it’s because they practically do. As researchers at the University of Vienna recently found, dogs are especially good at parsing the emotions we humans are expressing with our faces. The study, published in iScience , used fMRI scans to watch what happened inside dogs’ brains while they looked at photographs of human faces showing happiness, sadness, anger and fear. One of the study’s limitations is also one of the reasons the researchers were able to complete it at all. It’s difficult to get humans to sit still for an MRI scan, let alone a dog. The researchers had to use a specific breed, border collies, because they were especially good at sitting still on command. Border collies are great at following social cues and love following human orders. In the first experiment, researchers found that happy human faces ac...

Everyone, get your crochet beanie and chunky owl necklace out of the donate pile. We’re talking about late-2000s indie pop , whether you like it or not. Are these the best indie pop albums of the late 2000s? I wouldn’t say so. But are they still pretty good considering all the other stuff that was coming out at that time? Yeah, they’re not bad. ‘Aim and Ignite’ by Fun. A lot of us like to dunk on Fun. for being the quintessential Millennial indie pop guys. But they did give us “Some Nights” and “We Are Young”, which have aged into their cloying sentimentality pretty well. Before that, however, they debuted in August 2009 with Aim and Ignite . This album featured “Be Calm” as the opening track, which was sort of like a precursor to “We Are Young”. The final chorus of “Be Calm” is the real heavy hitter. “Oh be calm, be calm / I know you feel like you are breaking down / I kno...