Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips is, as one might expect, not thrilled with the way Paramount handled the prequel series Dexter: Original Sin. Showtime renewed Original Sin in April, about two months after the series following a young Dexter Morgan (Patrick Gibson) concluded its season. In August, however — two weeks after the Paramount-Skydance merger closed…
CREDAI Srikakulam city president G. Raju. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI)-Srikakulam town president Gurugubelli Raju on Friday (September 19, 2025) said that the Union government’s decision to cut GST on cement and other construction material would be a big boost for the industry. The properties would…
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs would be spontaneously created out of nothing, through a phenomenon called quantum tunneling. The problem with turning the matter-out-of-nowhere theory into Star Trek replicators or transporters? Enormously high electric fields would be required — far beyond the…
Saturated fatty acids activate lung immune cells, leading to hyperinflammatory responses. Image credit:©iStock.com, magicmine People with obesity can experience obesity-associated asthma. Unlike asthma induced by allergens, obesity-associated asthma is characterized by inflammatory macrophages and monocytes and high levels of neutrophils in the lungs.1 The mechanisms underlying this immune cell activation in the lung and its…
Alleging the introduction of a quota for students belonging to other social groups in government-run hostels for students of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) was illegal, SC students in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday (September 18, 2025), conducted a protest march. “It amounted to snatching away the rights of a marginalised group,” they said, demanding the…
When you think of barnacles, you likely picture shell-like creatures stuck to the sides of boats or docks, or even whales. However, did you know that some of the barnacles that attach to other animals are not just hitching a ride — they actually hijack their host? “Instead of gluing themselves to a rock or…
Immune cells can send signals between the gut-brain axis, but researchers found that these cells also migrate into the brain in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Image credit:© Istock, Yury Pronin The gut is home to a richly diverse community of microbes and nearly 80 percent of the body’s immune cells. This menagerie of…
Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show early to helm the Comedy Central show’s first episode following the suspension of fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Returning to the show (video below) several days before his usual Monday slot at the desk, Stewart threw his audience a curveball: Showing what The Daily Show would be like…
