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It is a dietary staple found in sushi, rice wraps and ramen toppings. Commonly known as nori in Japan and gim in Korea, red seaweed is especially popular across Asia. Yet, despite its widespread consumption, many of its nutritional benefits remain poorly understood. Now, research led by Hokkaido University scientists has discovered that digestion of a particular red alga releases a peptide, or a small fragment of protein, with potential benefits for blood glucose control and diabetes prevention. The study was published in Food Bioscience.

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A trip to Mars may be more feasible than previously thought, suggests a new study led by Northwestern Medicine, UT Southwestern and UT Houston that tracked the heart function of 13 astronauts during roughly six-month missions aboard the International Space Station.

When you buy a used car, especially one well out of warranty and advanced in age, it’s generally accepted that a pre-purchase inspection (PPI) is highly recommended. When buying a 20-year-old Land Rover product, that recommendation should be seen more as a requirement than a mere suggestion. Despite this, when I purchased my 321k-mile 2006 Range Rover back in March, my haste to get behind the wheel relegated conventional wisdom to the back seat. After six months and nearly four thousand miles, I’ve grown confident in my Tonga Green bucket of magnificence despite its existing and mounting flaws. Still, I figured it was finally time to open up the metaphorical closet to see what skeletons may be lurking inside. To satisfy my curiosity, and to build a roadmap for what my L322 will need to propel it past the 400k-mile goalposts, I called my local Land Rover dealers to schedule an inspection. While I was fully prepared for a mahoosive list, nothing could have prepared me for a bill that would not only put Caleb Hammer in the grave but have him rolling over in it.

Open this photo in gallery:Mitchell Fairbarn testifies during his trial at the Regional Justice Center, in Las Vegas, on Oct. 16. Benjamin Hager/The Associated PressA Canadian man was convicted of animal cruelty charges Monday for snatching a flamingo named Peachy from its enclosure at an iconic Las Vegas hotel. Prosecutors said it was a malicious prank while a lawyer for the tourist insisted it was drunken foolishness not meant to harm the bird. Prosecutors said tourist Mitchell Fairbarn hurt and frightened the 27-year-old Chilean flamingo when he took it from its habitat at the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino and carried the squawking bird to his room March 3. Defense attorney Josh Tomsheck told jurors at trial in a Nevada court that the man deeply regretted the “bad decisions” he made while intoxicated. After about five hours of deliberations, jurors returned convictions on felony and misdemeanour animal cruelty counts against the Ontario, Canada, man. Man remains under house arrest awaiting sentencingFairbarn remains under house arrest pending a sentencing hearing set for Dec. 1.

Fred Camper's contemplative film "Suicide Note" was born out of grief and a city in collapse. Film still from Suicide Note (1976–1984), directed by Fred Camper (all images courtesy Film at Lincoln Center)

Connor Hellebuyck's suspension with the Jets ends on Friday, marking a 'soft deadline' for a move for the star netminder. TSN Hockey analyst Carlo Colaiacovo shares his top three trade destinations for the three-time Vezina Trophy winner in Tuesday's Talking Point. October 20, 2026 at 11:37a.m. EDT

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Mid-October marks a seasonal shift in Anchorage, with snow appearing on nearby mountains and daylight hours shrinking. A local hiking guide and a cardiologist are offering guidance on how to stay active outdoors safely as conditions change. Conditions change quickly Dylan Gillespie, Alaska Guided Hikes owner, said the shift from summer to winter conditions happens fast. Gillespie said trails become more slippery and snow accumulates quickly on peaks above Anchorage. “It’s important to be aware that avalanches can be a factor here, so definitely do your research before you head out on the trail,” Gillespie said. “Even on a popular hike like Flat Top, avalanches can happen, so be sure to check beforehand.” Gillespie said he once fell through ice while hiking on a glacier at age 16. “We looked down and saw it was about a 30 feet drop, so that is a great example of what not to do,” Gillespie said. Gillespie now packs for worst-case conditions. “Be more prepared than you think you need to be,” Gillespie said.

Updated: Oct 20, 2026 3:36pm UTCBethesda has put its weight behind a trio of new Fallout 4 mods as part of the ongoing Fallout Day celebrations. The Verified Creations label sees Bethesda support modders in an official capacity as they build upon the now 11-year-old post-apocalyptic role-playing game. First up we have FEVer Dreams, from Kinggath Creations, which comes out today, October 20. It’s a free escape room-style dungeon that “inundates players with hallucinations and flashbacks, including conversations with their spouse.” What’s interesting here is FEVer Dreams features the voice of Courtenay Taylor, who played the female sole Survivor in Fallout 4, and Brian T. Delaney, who played the male Sole Survivor in Fallout 4. That’s pretty impressive for a mod! Meanwhile, Command Override, from Hobgoblin Studios, lets players see through a robot’s eyes and pilot it remotely. It includes a new robot hacking ability, a Robco headquarters dungeon, and — in a first for Verified Creators — a live action trailer. Command Override launches for Fallout 4 on October 21.

We live in a completely different world than that of December 2019, and not just because of political, medical, and climate crises. That month brought Tom Hooper’s adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, and many have never recovered. Count Dame Judi Dench among them, who writes in her upcoming memoir, Is It Too Late To Make A Run For It?, “Oh God, I can’t bear it.” This is per The Guardian, which reports that Dench calls the universally-panned film “a waste of all that goodwill and talent.” Dench has spoken about the film before, and still hasn’t been able to bring herself to watch the finished (if you can call it that) product, but now she’s magnanimous toward everyone who worked on it. “I understand the critics were rather hostile to the film. I never saw the final cut so I can’t judge,” she writes. “All I’ll say is nobody sets out to give a poor performance or make a bad film.

Kyle Francis Kennedy, a granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, died last month at her home in Westwood, according to an online obituary. She was 42. The notice, posted to the Burke Funeral Home website, said Kyle Kennedy died “peacefully” on Sept. 21. No cause of death was provided. She had suffered a spinal cord injury in 2020 that brought “long term paralysis, disability, and other medical challenges,” the obituary said. She was born in Washington, D. C. in 1984 and spent most of her life in Massachusetts, where she “built a career devoted to early childhood education,” the obituary said. “Blessed with a formidable intellect, dry wit, and beauty, she will be remembered for her devotion to her children Conor, Josephine, and Declan, and her support for educational reform for disadvantaged children and for people living with disabilities,” the obituary said. She attended Milton Academy and later graduated with a degree in history from Georgetown University before earning master’s degrees from both Pace University and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, the obituary said.

Montreal firefighters continued searching for answers Tuesday after a fire broke out Monday, displacing at least 30 families and prompting the evacuation of a daycare in the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Parc-Extension borough. Several residents were trapped on their balconies as flames spread through a large residential-commercial building. About 150 firefighters battled the five-alarm blaze.

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CanadaPublished: October 20, 2026 at 11:35a.m. EDTOntario Provincial Police cruiser. (Source: OPP/File Image) A 28-year-old man from Greater Sudbury, Ont., is facing charges in connection to a fatal hunting incident east of Ottawa last week. Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to the incident in an open field in the Township of Alfred-Plantagenet at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 14. The OPP says three people were hunting together when a firearm was discharged, “striking two individuals.”A 27-year-old from Greater Sudbury was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say a 28-year-old suffered serious injuries and was transported to the hospital for treatment. Justin Raymond Bradley is facing four charges, including causing death of criminal negligence (firearm), criminal negligence causing bodily harm, reckless discharge of a firearm, and careless use of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition. Bradley is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. The Township of Alfred and Plantagenet is located 60 kilometres east of downtown Ottawa.

Apply by January 17, 2027 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship. The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D. Photo by Joel Tsui ’16, Salt ’17, MFA ’19.

All neutron stars have intense magnetic fields. The typical magnetic field of a neutron star is about 100,000 times stronger than the strongest magnetic fields we can create on Earth. But about 1% of neutron stars have even stronger magnetic fields. Known as magnetars, their magnetic fields can be 1,000 times stronger than a regular magnetic field. They are a likely cause for powerful transient events such as soft gamma-ray repeaters and fast radio bursts. A new study looks at how magnetars might form. The work focuses on the mergers of binary neutron stars. Often when two neutron stars collide they form a black hole. This is because the combined mass of the two neutron stars is greater than the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) limit, which is around 2.6 solar masses. Most neutron stars are more massive than white dwarfs, which have a Chandrasekhar limit of about 1.4 solar masses. But some neutron stars have smaller masses. If they happen to have a total mass less than the TOV limit, then they can merge and become a single neutron star.

Ottawa·Ottawa Votes 2026Quorus survey puts Mark Sutcliffe and Jeff Leiper well ahead of other candidates in survey published one week before election day. Incumbent and 3-term councillor well ahead of the pack in Quorus survey published week before electionListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Quorus Consulting Group poll puts Mark Sutcliffe, left, ahead of Jeff Leiper, right, in a survey of more than 800 Ottawa residents that was completed last week. (Arthur White-Crummey/CBC)With less than a week to go until election day, a new opinion survey has incumbent Mark Sutcliffe with a single-digit lead over three-term city councillor Jeff Leiper in the race for mayor, with the rest of the field far behind. The Quorus Consulting Group survey released Monday evening put Sutcliffe at 28 per cent among all respondents. Leiper was at 24 per cent, followed by Neil Saravanamuttoo at seven per cent and Alex Lawson at four per cent.

Tesla catalyzed an internet frenzy last week after its long-awaited Roadster was revealed packing a cold-gas thruster setup and a fan suction system, enabling the EV to drive upside down and even achieve momentary flight. But as novel as the idea of a thruster-packed hypercar might seem, Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac recently said the technology has been on his mind for years. In an Instagram post reacting to the Tesla Roadster reveal, Rimac said he was fixated on static downforce systems like the one on Tesla’s Roadster and the McMurtry Spéirling back in 2019. Rimac then showed an email from 2019 titled “Static downforce,” in which he was exploring a fan-based downforce system inspired by the Brabham BT46B F1 car. The 1978 racecar featured a large, engine-driven fan at the rear that sucked air from under the chassis, but the team claimed the fan’s primary purpose was engine cooling. Tesla“Flying cars, cold thrusters, finally, huh? Lots of people ask us if we ever considered something like that, and you would be surprised. The answer is actually yes,” Rimac said in the social media video, which was reposted by the account Entrelligence and brought to broader attention by CarBuzz.

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Nearby Wardsboro, the home of the Gilfeather Turnip, holds an annual festival in the vegetable's honor each October. Photo provided by Friends of the Wardsboro Library

We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All legal disclaimers apply. AbstractPleural effusion is a common clinical finding with heterogeneous causes, including infection, malignancy, heart failure, tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism and systemic disease. Because patients often encounter pleural effusion as an imaging finding rather than as a diagnosis, short-video platforms may shape early understanding, anxiety and care-seeking behaviour. Evidence on the quality of this content is lacking. We conducted a cross-sectional content analysis of publicly available pleural effusion–related short videos on Douyin and Bilibili. The Mandarin search term “胸腔积液” (pleural effusion) was entered on 15 May 2026 and the first 150 results returned under each platform’s default ranking were screened.

We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All legal disclaimers apply. AbstractConventional cholesterol liposomes have poor stability, rapid clearance, and toxicity. This study used Rg3 to replace cholesterol for constructing curcumin-loaded liposomes (PCRL) and evaluated their potential for enhanced hepatocellular carcinoma therapy. Curcumin-loaded liposomes were prepared with Rg3 (PCRL) and cholesterol (PCCL) via thin-film hydration. Physicochemical properties, protein corona, in vitro behavior, in vivo tumor targeting, antitumor efficacy, and biosafety were assessed in H22 tumor-bearing mice. PCRL exhibited smaller particle size, superior storage/plasma stability, and comparable membrane packing to PCCL. Protein corona analysis showed reduced adsorption of immunoglobulin-like and complement proteins, prolonging blood circulation > 24 h and enhancing tumor accumulation.