The stunning death of South African midfielder Jayden Adams isn’t the first loss his family has suffered since the World Cup began. A little more than three weeks before Adams’ passing from an unknown cause, the 25-year-old was starting for South Africa in Atlanta against the Czech Republic just one day after his grandmother, Marianna Adams, died in a Stellenbosch hospital at the age of 72. South Africa then played its final match of the tournament — a 1-0 loss to Canada in the Round of 32 — on June 28, just one day after she was laid to rest. …

A quick cry could one day save your life. Brazilian researchers have developed a tiny sensor that can detect early signs of Parkinson’s disease in human tears — a method they say is faster, cheaper and far less invasive than the blood tests currently used to measure dopamine levels. Dopamine tends to drop in Parkinson’s patients a full decade before physical symptoms like tremors appear, making early detection critical, said Mark Frasier, chief scientist at the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. The tear sensor, which delivers results in about three minutes, could flag that decline years before a…

Most archaeologists spend time digging in the dirt or piecing together broken artifacts or bones in the lab, attempting to make sense of the past in a painstakingly slow process. But others use that information — and a little ingenuity — to re-create the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of ancient societies through a practice called experimental archaeology.In his book “Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations” (Little, Brown and Co., 2025), author Sam Kean delves into the overloaded sensory world of experimental archaeology practitioners. Along the way, he…

The future of surgery just scrubbed in. In a groundbreaking medical first, robots designed to move and function like humans have performed surgery on a live patient, successfully completing two laparoscopic gallbladder removals. The breakthrough offers a peek at a future where these advanced machines could help bridge gaps in healthcare — easing surgeon shortages, lending doctors a high-tech hand in the operating room and expanding access to lifesaving procedures in underserved areas. “This study shows that humanoid robots have a viable future in the field of surgery,” Michael Yip, a faculty member at the University of California San Diego…

The backlash surrounding controversial Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who withdrew his bid for US Senate on Friday after accusations of rape, could dog one California Democrat all the way through 2028. Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna, who is widely expected to run for president, is facing accusations of hypocrisy for hyping the disgraced New England pol even after disturbing reports emerged about his treatment of women. Khanna even went so far as to share a stage with him after a New York Times report described Platner’s “unsettling” conduct toward former girlfriends. “We reject misogyny. We reject it. You know who…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Democrats scrambled to abandon embattled candidate Graham Platner, after a rape allegation against him torpedoed his insurgent campaign, one progressive lawmaker said it “was a very easy call” to never back him in the first place.Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., had no endorsement to rescind, having been among a small handful of Democrats who publicly warned against Platner amid growing controversies, even as much of the party continued embracing him.”I’m relieved. I’m sure Mainers are relieved. He disqualified himself,” Dean told Fox News Digital in an interview after Platner announced his intent…

America’s love affair with the Blizzard is on ice. Since early 2025, Dairy Queen has been in a franchise meltdown, closing at least 46 locations nationwide, with Texas taking the biggest hit after the chain operator, Project Lonestar, refused to renovate its restaurants, which got them iced out of the DQ family. Between February and March alone, 42 Texas locations shut down, leaving Lone Star cravers to fend for themselves. (Or finally try a McFlurry.) In Alaska, three DQ locations in Anchorage, Wasilla and Palmer all shuttered at the start of July, leaving the 49th state with just one Blizzard…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If there’s one dress style Meghan Markle reaches for again and again, it’s a wrap dress. From her now iconic Armani wrap dress during her Oprah interview to casual printed wrap dresses on vacation with Prince Harry, Markle has demonstrated for years how versatile the waist-cinching silhouette is. The cut is elegant and flattering without feeling overdone. Luckily, you don’t have to spend designer prices to steal her style. I found wrap dresses that channel the same polished aesthetic for a fraction of…

He’s chugging his way through the competition. A soccer superfan in London is having a ball drinking beer during the FIFA World Cup. Gus Hully collected beers from the 48 countries competing — and cracks one open each time a team loses — so will either be celebrating or drowning his sorrows on Saturday night when his home country of England plays Norway. “I’ll be drinking each beer once that team has been eliminated from the competition, basically as a toast to their participation and failure at winning the tournament,” Hully told BBC Sport of his ale and lager haul, which…

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon — more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.Research from 2023, which was carried out by me and more than 100 colleagues, found that tropical forests in South America are vulnerable to climate extremes. We determined that during an El Niño event, the warm phase of a natural fluctuation in the Earth’s climate system, South American tropical forests may fail…