If we’re talking about The Best Jean-Claude Van Damme Scenes of all time, we gotta be honest: it’s hard to top the one-take monologue toward the end of JCVD, his 2008 semi auto-fiction film about a robbery gone… weird. Van Damme rises through the ceiling while speaking to the camera in French. The speech highlights… Read More »
The leaders, struggling to tame outbreaks exacerbated by the Delta variant, said they would encourage the voluntary transfer of vaccine production technologies “on mutually agreed terms” as the region prepared for future health shocks. “The pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on our region’s people and economies,” the leaders said in a joint statement… Read More »
They’re at the merci of the neighborhood. Two French expats are fighting to rename a Nolita block “Little Paris Street” ahead of Bastille Day on July 14. Cousins Marianne and Léa Perret, who founded Coucou — a cultural center that offers French classes and workshops and hosts parties for Francophiles — are petitioning to get… Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) has become unmoored in history, seemingly unaware that both racism and the war on drugs are no longer tolerated by society. A confluence of recent activities and events having to do with their stance on medical cannabis puts them in a poor light and throws into question whether doctors —… Read More »
Researchers from the Miami University in Ohio have optimized a new technique that will allow scientists to evaluate how potential inhibitors work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This technique, called native state mass spectrometry, provides a quick way for scientists to identify the best candidates for effective clinical drugs, particularly in cases where bacteria can no longer… Read More »
If you haven’t heard, the influencer boxing movement—which has been propelled by bazillion-dollar-making fights featuring YouTubers such as KSI, Logan Paul, and Jake Paul over the past few years—is just boxing now. As of this Sunday, if we haven’t called it already, the movement will crash into mainstream boxing. And like it or not, it… Read More »