Deadly box jellyfish antidote discovered using CRISPR genome editing

Researchers studying how pain works have discovered an antidote to the deadly sting delivered by the most venomous creature on Earth — the Australian box jellyfish. A single sting to a human causes necrosis of the skin, excruciating pain and, if the dose of venom is large enough, cardiac arrest and death within minutes. The new antidote, discovered using CRISPR genome editing techniques, blocks the symptoms within 15 minutes after contact.

Celebrate ‘World Land Rover Day’ With New Photos of the 2020 Defender

Today is World Land Rover Day, a date that marks the anniversary of the very first Land Rover’s global debut at the Amsterdam auto show on April 30, 1948. 

To celebrate, the British brand unloaded a batch of new images that feature 2020 Defender prototypes doing what they do best: conquering rocky terrain and tearing up off-road trails.

The pack of brawny utes are shown dressed in a zebra-like “Tusk” camouflage as they travel across Kenya’s 35,000-acre Borana Conservancy. Car and Driver reports that the spot was chosen in honor of the brand’s 15-year partnership with Tusk Trust, a British wildlife conservation charity. 

In addition to this African trial, Land Rover revealed that the new Defender has clocked over 750,000 miles of real-world testing in some of the harshest environments imaginable, including the sub-zero Arctic, 10,000-foot-high Rocky Mountains, and unnamed 120-degree deserts. 

Hell, the AWD SUV even ripped its wheels on Germany’s notorious Nurburgring racetrack. 

Sounds like the Land Rover Defender will be ready to rock when it goes on sale in the U.S. next year for the first time in over two decades

In the meantime, happy World Land Rover Day. 

Walgreens Unveils New Line Of Shrink-Wrapped Sandwiches To Grab When Something Has Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong

CHICAGO—Catering to a segment of the population chronically underserved by man and God alike, Walgreens unveiled a new line of shrink-wrapped sandwiches Tuesday for the doomed, afflicted, and beleaguered to purchase in times when things have gone horribly, horribly wrong. “These inexpensive, tightly shrink-wrapped,…

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Daniel Craig Says Women ‘Should Be Considered’ For James Bond Role

Daniel Craig

Somewhere along the way, James Bond became kinda woke. Okay, that’s a stretch—maybe Bond isn’t all that enlightened. Daniel Craig, however, is another story. 

The actor, whose next turn as Bond will be his last, recently chimed in on the question of a female (or black) 007 and it turns out he’s a forward-thinking kind of guy.

Daniel Craig in Skyfall 

Craig said, “I think that ­everybody should be ­considered,” reports the Mirror, “Also for women and for African-Americans, there should be great parts anyway, across the board.”

The actor made his statement at the launch for Bond 25 held in Montego Bay, Jamaica. His feeling seems to be that Bond portrayals will mirror the times in which the movies are made, which only makes sense.

Daniel Craig; Idris Elba, often mentioned as a viable Bond

Perhaps awkwardly, Craig’s words don’t agree with past statements made by Bond producer Barbara Broccoli, who has said in the past that “Bond is male.”

“He’s a male character,” Broccoli said in 2018, “He was written as a male and I think he’ll probably stay as a male.”

Sounds like she and Craig need to work that out between them—though truthfully, no matter how much he’s paid, the actor still doesn’t have a say, really. He’s playing Bond for the fifth time and then he’ll be done. Maybe happily so

The next Bond may not be a suave Idris Elba or steely Charlize Theron, but whoever takes the role next will have Craig’s big shoes to fill and they’ll definitely have something to prove. 

As the movie franchise is now filming its 25th installment, it’s obvious by now that Bond movies can survive and adapt to the times no matter what.