LOCAL
CNN
A Colorado man died in February 2024 after being bitten by a Gila monster he illegally kept as a pet — believed to be the first such death in the United States in nearly a century. Christopher Ward, 34, was found by his girlfriend with the lizard latched onto his hand at their Lakewood home just before midnight on February 12. Ward was bitten for approximately four minutes before seeking medical attention and was placed on life support, dying four days later.
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ARTS
Fast Company
Dedicated romance novel bookstores have exploded across the United States, growing from just four physical stores in 2022 to 59 by the end of 2024 — an increase of nearly 1,400 percent in just two years. Print romance sales more than doubled between 2020 and 2023, climbing from 18 million copies to 39 million, reflecting a broader cultural embrace of the genre.
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CULTURE
Journal of Applied Philosophy
The ethics of being a sports fan raises a range of philosophical questions about identity, loyalty, and moral responsibility. Scholars have examined whether partisan fandom — unconditional support for a team regardless of its conduct — is morally defensible, or whether fans bear some responsibility for the behavior of the clubs, athletes, and fellow supporters they align with. Key issues include whether fandom reinforces racist or sexist institutional cultures, and how fans should respond when their team or its owners act unethically.
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STEM
TechCrunch
Apple announced PQ3, a new post quantum encryption protocol for iMessage designed to protect conversations from future quantum computing attacks, on February 21, 2024.
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