Author: Vidya Saras

When the seasons change, or when I’ve been around a lot of the sniffles, I like to make a big batch of elderberry syrup. While that’s always been a staple around our home, I also like to change up my immune boosting remedies. I’ve made all sorts of herbal concoctions over the years, but this simple ginger, turmeric, and lemon immunity shot is one I keep coming back to. It’s warming and a little spicy, with a vibrant golden color thanks to the antioxidants. Best of all, it’s packed with nutrients that support the immune system, calm inflammation, and help…

Hi! My name is Clarisse and I’m a freelance web designer at Okey Studio, currently based in Toulouse, France. Together with Adrien Quéchon, a web developer, we co-founded Okey Studio in 2021 — an independent digital studio specializing in the creation of unique, fully custom websites. We particularly love creating creative and original sites where we can play with ideas, interactions, and visuals, while still meeting our clients’ goals. We put a lot of heart into crafting personalized user experiences, always aligned with the needs and vision of those we work with. What I especially enjoy is the diversity of…

What do many baked goods and the planet Mercury have in common? They shrink as they cool.Evidence suggests that since it formed about 4.5 billion years ago, Mercury has continuously contracted as it has lost heat. And somewhat like a fresh-baked cookie or cheesecake, Mercury also cracks as it cools: Thrust faults cut through the planet’s rocky surface to accommodate the ongoing shrinking.By observing how faults have uplifted parts of Mercury’s surface, researchers can begin to estimate how much Mercury has contracted since it formed. However, prior estimates have varied widely, suggesting that thanks to faulting resulting from cooling, Mercury’s…

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Sophie de Goede (left), Pauline Bourdon Sansus (left centre), Ilona Maher (right centre), Portia Woodman-Wickliffe (right)Alastair TelferBBC Sport journalistEngland’s star-studded squad are favourites to lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy in September.Ireland, Wales and Scotland also have top talent looking to shine at the tournament which will see games played at eight venues across England.But outside the home nations, who should you watch out for?Here is BBC Sport’s global XV to keep an eye on.Prop – Hope Rogers (United States)The United States front-row forward has been a standout performer for Exeter Chiefs in the…

Getty ImagesA satellite image shows Hurricane Erin advancing in the Atlantic OceanHurricane Erin has weakened to a category three hurricane as it moves towards the Bahamian Archipelago in the Caribbean.The storm became a rare category five cyclone on Saturday night, with winds up to 160mph (260km/h), but meteorologists expect it to fluctuate in intensity as it develops over the next few days.Despite this, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) says Erin is growing in size, with tropical-storm-strength winds extending 205 miles from its centre. Storm-related hazards, including flash flooding and landslides, are expected in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.The…

Israel says it targeted energy infrastructure site used by Houthis near Yemeni capital

Blockchain infrastructure platform Centrifuge has crossed $1 billion in total value locked (TVL), joining the ranks of BlackRock’s BUIDL fund and Ondo Finance as the only real-world asset (RWA) platforms to surpass the milestone.Centrifuge CEO Bhaji Illuminati attributed the milestone to institutions moving from pilots to “real deployments,” alongside strong onchain allocator demand.“Markets need more than T-bills,” Illuminati told Cointelegraph, pointing to JAAA, an onchain version of Janus Henderson’s AAA-rated collateralized loan obligation (CLO) investment fund, as a natural next step for institutions seeking higher yields than risk-free rates.Illuminati said that US Treasurys remain the dominant entry point for onchain…

Before he helmed the first anime film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell, director Mamoru Oshii made his own original works, including Angel’s Egg. The film turns 40 years old later this year, and to celebrate, distributor GKids is bringing it to North American theaters for the first time. Beginning November 19, theaters across the country will put a 4K restoration of the movie on the big screen. Created by Oshii and character designer Yoshitaka Amano, the post-apocalyptic film stars a young girl safeguarding an egg and a young boy with mysterious dreams about a bird. The movie was notably Oshii’s first…

Strategy, Michael Saylor and MSTR have taken over Wall Street. To many people’s chagrin, the suitcoiners and corporates are here: Bitcoin held by corporations in the form of bitcoin treasury companies is hypnotic to look at. It has captured more or less everyone’s mind — mine, included. It’s the latest fad on the world’s capital markets, celebrated by a narrow sway of financially savvy Bitcoiners and insiders, yet hated by tradfi people who can’t for the love of humanity understand why anybody, let alone a company, would want bitcoin at all. Every odd Bitcoin podcaster has joined one or more…

The Swarm Team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Swarm client v0.3, the third proof-of-concept release (POC3) of the Ethereum Swarm client. The POC3 code is now merged into the official go-ethereum repository’s master branch. Swarm 0.3 has been deployed to the public Testnet, and the Ethereum Foundation is running a 50-node strong cluster of Swarm nodes together with a public web gateway on https://swarm-gateways.net. We welcome everyone to try it out or commit to operate stable nodes. The past year It has been a year and a half since the first release of the POC2 series was…