Nobel prizewinner, IVF pioneer Robert Edwards dead Robert Edwards, a Nobel prizewinner from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died Wednesday at age 87.... More
Women, think about freezing your eggs I wish I'd had the option of egg freezing. Egg freezing is the newest reproductive technology: a recently perfected form of flash-freezing that allows human eggs to be successfully stored in egg banks. Only commercially available in American IVF clinics since October 2012, when the "experimental" label was lifted, egg freezing is being heralded as a "revolution in the way women age," a "reproductive backstop," a "fertility insurance policy," an "egg savings account" and in particular, a way for ambitious career women to postpone motherhood until they are ready. More
KFC to offer boneless chicken KFC wants to make it easier for people to eat chicken so it's getting rid of the bones. The fast-food chain is introducing fried boneless chicken chunks on April 14 as an alternative to its traditional breast, thigh and drumstick pieces. More
The 50 Best Movies on Hulu Right Now (April 2024) The best movies on Hulu span international hits and cheeky originals, with its curated selection fitting squarely between the content glut of Netflix and the highly selective Criterion Channel. 04/25/2024 - 3:10 pm | View Link
Plans underway for Twin Peaks 'breastaurant' at former Claim Jumper in Reno Where one chain ends, another begins. Twin Peaks, a national sports bar and "breastaurant" chain akin to Hooters, hopes to revamp the former home of the steakhouse chain Claim Jumper at 4905 S. 04/8/2024 - 12:28 am | View Link
Hooters history: 40 years ago in Clearwater, the breastaurant was born The term “breastaurant” emerged in the early 1990s, a few years after Hooters imitators started to pop up around Tampa Bay. “It wasn’t one we used. We kept it lighthearted,” said Droste ... 10/4/2023 - 12:31 am | View Link
Chowhound: What it’s like to work at a ‘breastaurant,’ according to a Detroit foodie Tips: [email protected]. Past life regression: Erica Pietrzyk, a current Detroit restaurateur and former “breastaurant” employee, recently responded to our June, 21 column, “Boob jobs ... 07/18/2023 - 9:54 pm | View Link
Texas DA Drops All Charges in Waco Biker Gang Shootout A Texas district attorney dropped all criminal charges Tuesday against the 24 remaining defendants in a 2015 biker gang shootout at a Twin Peaks “breastaurant” that killed nine and injured 20. WACO, ... 04/1/2019 - 1:00 pm | View Link
15 Bars That Serve Up Better Bombshells Than Hooters We’re serving up the country’s finest breastaurants and we’re not holding back. And guys, you might be surprised to find out Hooters is pretty lame compared to some of the bars we’ve uncovered. We’re talking themed outfits, tastier wings and most importantly, some seriously superior servers. 04/27/2024 - 5:05 am | View Website
Dinner And A Booby: Working At A 'Breastaurant' In The Age ... The culinary professional epitome of the more-bucks-for-your-boobs environment is the “breastaurant” ― roughly defined as an eating establishment that explicitly showcases skimpily-clad female waitstaff as part of its charm. The most popular mainstream iterations of the breastaurant include Hooters, Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery. 04/26/2024 - 7:15 am | View Website
What’s the psychological toll of being a Hooters waitress? The majority of breastaurant customers are men, many of whom are middle-aged. And these restaurants uphold traditional gender roles by employing an exclusively female waitstaff. 04/26/2024 - 6:32 am | View Website
The Breastaurant Is Thriving in 2023 Twin Peaks, an American food and craft beer joint which falls squarely into the “breastaurant” category thanks to a service model designed to sexualize its staff, has reported increased sales of 23% year over year, hopping from $397 million in sales in 2021 to $488 million in 2022. 04/25/2024 - 6:26 am | View Website
Hooters and Twin Peaks CEOs Reveal How Chains Survived the ... Their CEOs explain how the breastaurant chains weathered the pandemic, and are set to thrive in 2021. Kate Taylor. Dec 18, 2020, 10:54 AM PST. Hooter Girls now wear branded masks, after the chain... 04/25/2024 - 2:15 am | View Website
Enlarge / A rendering of Silver City Energy Centre, a compressed air energy storage plant to be built by Hydrostor in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. (credit: Hydrostor)
The need for long-duration energy storage, which helps to fill the longest gaps when wind and solar are not producing enough electricity to meet demand, is as clear as ever.
Enlarge / Orion, the Moon, and Earth in one photo in December 2022. (credit: NASA)
NASA's acting inspector general, George A. Scott, released a report Wednesday that provided an assessment of NASA's readiness to launch the Artemis II mission next year. This is an important flight for the space agency because, while the crew of four will not land on the Moon, it will be the first time humans have flown into deep space in more than half a century.
The report did not contain any huge surprises.
Enlarge / When fitted with the optional carbon-fiber appearance pack, the ZDX manages to give off station wagon vibes. But others thought it looked a bit like a hearse. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin)
Acura provided flights from Washington to Los Angeles and accommodation so Ars could drive the ZDX Type-S. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
MONTECITO, Calif.—Acura's first fully electric SUV has just gone on sale.
In his new book ׳Careers Unleashed,׳ Asad Husain shares how to build a robust and authentic professional network.
In 2010, I was working for Dun & Bradstreet, based in New Jersey, as VP of HR International. I received a message from a former Gillette Pakistan colleague. It was a pleasant surprise.
The fate of the climate rule may depend on how courts answer three questions.
Electric power generation in the U. S. is rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels toward cleaner and lower-carbon sources. State clean energy targets and dramatic declines in the cost of renewable electricity are the most important reasons.
It’s been more than five years since the Larimer County commissioners said no to Thornton burying miles of pipe in the county to transport water from the Cache la Poudre River. Now the northern Denver suburb is back in the same hearing room.
And it has the same basic request: Let us move the water we own to our fast-growing and thirsty community.
Larimer County’s board of commissioners will decide the fate of the 70-mile, half-billion-dollar infrastructure project as soon as Monday.