Walgreens drugstores will start selling an over the counter (OTC) remedy for heroin overdoses and address the spike in opioid-related deaths in recent years. Naloxone is a non-prescription FDA-aproved cure that can reverse the effects of heroin overdose. The pharmacy chain will also install drug disposal kiosks.
A McDonald's Happy Meal including Chicken McNuggets and French fries did not rot after a mother started a fast food experiment six years ago. The Alaskan woman posted Facebook photos showing the kids meal she purchased from the Golden Arches restaurant chain in 2010.
A cure for jet lag could be a new treatment that allows a person's body to shift to different world time zones almost four times faster than current therapies. California researchers learned that when a snoozing person is exposed to short periods of flashing light it can automatically prepare the body for new sleeping patterns.
YouTube views show that while Super Bowl Sunday is the day of the big game, the Monday after is usually when viewership of ads from the NFL championship game peak. Users of Google's video sharing site watch and re-watch Super Bowl ads online, and then share and comment on the commercials through social networks.
The Zika virus is spreading quickly across the world and becoming an international crisis, but conspiracy theories might prevent progress in battling the microbes, which could result in the virus spreading and causing dengue fever-like symptoms or people dying. Popular theories include ones that the New World Order and powerful families developed genetically modified organisms (GMO) mosquitoes to wipe out entire populations.
A Twitter picture featuring a car selfie of twin sisters and their mother has confused social media after going viral on the microblogging service and being retweeted thousands of times. The photograph of the two high schoolers and their mom has the illusion of triplets because all three women have a youthful glow.
Just days before Super Bowl 50 in the San Francisco Bay Area researchers announced that the late NFL quarterback Ken Stabler had a degenerative brain disease linked to several blows to the head. On February 3, Wednesday it was also announced that 3-time NFL champion Earl Morrall also suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) that is linked with memory loss and progressive dementia. Several other former NFL players have been diagnosed with CTE including 12-time Pro Bowler Junior Seau who was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame last year after committing suicide in 2012.
Microsoft's Cortana digital personal assistant has been the victim of sexual harassment from human users, including sexual and insulting comments. This is becoming a bigger trend as artificial intelligence (AI) tech makes virtual assistants like Apple's Siri and Google Now more human-like.
Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program DeepMind will take on the best Go player on the planet for a $1 million prize. Its Alpha Go AI system will challenge world champion Lee Sedol from South Korea in a man vs. machine contest from March 9 to 15 during a live YouTube broadcast from Seoul.
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