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Dogs can smell fear, but can they sniff out the truth? Your dog might actually be smarter than you’re giving it credit for. It turns out, dogs are pretty good at picking up on human behavior. Science says so. A team led by Akiko Takaoka of Kyoto University in Japan conducted a study which found out that dogs actually know if you’re to be believed or not.

The study involved tricking dogs in the name of science. Humans have known for a long time that if you point at an object, a dog will run to it. Researchers utilized this information in their study. During the experiment, they pointed at a container that was filled with hidden food. Sure enough, the dog ran towards the container. Then, they pointed at a container that was empty. The dogs ran towards it, but found that it had no food.

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The third time the researchers pointed at a container with food, the dogs refused to go to the container. They knew the person pointing wasn’t reliable based off their previous experience. 34 dogs were used in the experiment, and every single dog wouldn’t go towards the container the third time. This experiment either proves that dogs can spot a liar or that dogs have major trust issues.

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In other words, if you lie to your dog, your dog forms the opinion that your word isn’t good and will behave accordingly. “Dogs have more sophisticated social intelligence than we thought. This social intelligence evolved selectively in their long life history with humans,” said Takaoka, who was also surprised that dogs were quick when they “devalued the reliability of a human.”

John Bradshaw of the University of Bristol in the UK, who wasn’t involved in this study, says that the results indicate that dogs prefer predictability. When gestures are inconsistent, dogs tend to become nervous and stressed.

The researchers have plans to repeat the experiment swapping out the dogs with wolves because wolves are closely related to dogs. The point of this isn’t to get bitten by wolves, but rather, to see the “profound effects of domestication” on dogs.

TikTok has become a great place for finding life hacks and one of the best follows is @Sidneyraz. His hook is that he shows people the “things I wish I knew before I was in my 30s.”

Most of his life hacks are simple, domestic tricks for cleaning the house or preparing food. But he also shares some financial advice and makes the personal admission that “not being hungover is better than being drunk.”

That’s a lesson that a lot of us wish we learned sooner.

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Like a lot of folks, Sidney is learning a lot of domestic skills in his third decade and that makes sense. That’s the time when people begin to settle down with a significant other and pick up more domestic skills.

The good news is that he’s not going through this life change alone. He wants to share all of it with you.

Here are 11 of his best life hacks.

Baking bacon is better than frying:

How to eat a flat chicken wing:

A tooth-brushing trick:

How to stop a pot from boiling over:

You can vacuum more than just your floor:

Did you know your dishwasher has a filter?

The weatherman isn’t saying what you think he’s saying:

How to fill a cooler:

The secret behind Chinese food containers:

Hire movers:

Not being hungover is better than being drunk:

Alex Jones has long been one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, and for good reason: The former president loves unhinged conspiracy theories almost as much as he does. And though he’s criticized him before, it seems their alliance may be even more fractured, all because Trump dared praise the vaccines.

Trump held one of his ranty rallies in Alabama Saturday, and while it was mostly a Greatest Hits package — plus a random cameo from a certain Best Picture winner — there was one notable deviation from the norm: His adoring crowd actually booed him. They didn’t like that he gently but firmly implored his base, who has caught the brunt of the Delta variant, get jabbed so they don’t die. And neither did his loudest conspiracy theorist ally.

On his The Alex Jones Show Monday, the host played a clip of Trump saying the vaccines are working. Au contraire, he claimed.

“Trump: That’s a lie, you’re not stupid,” he said before laying into some bogus-sounding stats, claiming that the booster shots doctors are advising fully vaccinated people start getting are a “rope-a-dope” scam. (Spoiler: They’re not.) He then really laid into him.

“Shame on you, Trump. Seriously,” he said. “Hey, if you don’t have the good sense to save yourself and your political career, that’s OK. At least you’re going to get some good Republicans elected, and we like you. But, my God, maybe you’re not that bright. Maybe Trump’s actually a dumbass.”

This latest chapter in Trump’s post-presidential life is honestly a bit of a surprise. Who could have ever predicted the throngs who willingly watch him air grievances would turn on him, let alone Austin’s least favorite son? Will Trump put out one of his un-copy edited “press releases,” telling his fans to endanger their lives by not taking the medicine he himself helped will into existence? Whatever happens, this is the kind of leftfield, wackadoodle development that we used to get every single day when he was president.

(Via Media Matters for America)

When it rains, God always opens a window — or something. Anyway, when The Killers‘ We Love NYC concert set was shut down over the weekend due to inclement weather, the Vegas boys were undeterred and started playing an acoustic set in their tent, much to the joy of TV anchors Gayle King (CBS) and Don Lemon (CNN).

Calling CNN’s Anderson Cooper from the ground, King reported, “Anderson, the coolest thing is happening here. The Killers are doing an acoustic set in their tent. We just went in there and they did—Anderson! ‘Mr. Brightside’! Acoustically!” Based on that, Cooper asked King to get back in there and FaceTime him, for goodness’ sake, while his co-anchors exclaimed, “I LOVE ‘Mr. Brightside.’” Though she “kinda wanted [the footage] for CBS This Morning,” King was still happy to oblige and got back to the Killers’ tent. Watch King and Lemon rock out with The Killers above.

As Uproxx previously reported, last Saturday night was supposed to be a celebration in New York City, but severe weather ruined the party in Central Park. The star-studded event, held during a still-ongoing pandemic, was forced to end abruptly in the middle of Barry Manilow’s set due to hurricane Henri approaching, with the 60,000 attendees being told to leave immediately. The concert was about halfway finished when the storm hit the city, and acts like Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Patti Smith and Elvis Costello never saw the stage. Manilow did sing again, though: for Cooper on CNN.

Nelly is circling the wagons for his new country-influenced album, Heartland, out on August 27. Featuring a slew of collabs, Heartland will include guest appearances from Darius Rucker, Jimmie Allen, Chris Bandi, George Birge, Breland, Blanco Brown, Kane Brown, Florida Georgia Line, Tyler Hubbard, and City Spud, according to an Instagram post from the rapper.

Heartland will also feature Nelly’s track with Florida Georgia Line, “Little Bit,” as well as “High Horse” featuring Blanco Brown and Breland. Have a peek at the tracklist below.

This certainly isn’t Nelly’s first foray into the land of country music: In 2004, he and Tim McGraw released their joint hit “Over and Over.” A few years later, in 2012, Nelly and Florida Georgia Line remixed the duo’s “Cruise.” Talking to Extra TV about Heartland, Nelly stressed that his new record isn’t “a country album,” per se. “I say it’s country-influenced. I love country music. I love the artists. I love them enough not to say I’m doing a country album. But I can do an album that shows how country music has inspired me, how I appreciate the way that the country world has opened their arms to Nelly and shown support.”

Heartland Tracklist

1. “Lil Bit” Feat. Florida Georgia Line
2. “High Horse” Feat. Breland & Blanco Brown
3. “Grits & Glamour” Feat. Kane Brown
4. “Ms. Drive Me Crazy” Feat. Darius Rucker & City Spud
5. “Country Boy Do” Feat. Tyler Hubbard
6. “Someone Somewhere” Feat. George Birge
7. “5 Drinks Ago”
8. “Follow Me” Feat. Chris Bandi
9. “Good Times Roll” Feat. Jimmy Allen

Heartland drops August 27 via Columbia. Pre-order it here.

While the countless Hollywood blockbusters entirely centered around the perils of space might have you thinking of it as some cold, dark place with no return, an upcoming documentary from Universal Pictures is hoping to shed a bit of light on how brilliant and beautiful the final frontier actually is. In the first trailer for The Wonderful: Tales from the Space Station, documentarian Clare Lewins (I Am Ali) showcases bits and pieces of stories from people who have lived on the International Space Station, with particular focus on what led them to the work and their hopes for the future. In the accompanying YouTube description, Universal further describes the film’s premise and importance, stating:

Over twenty years ago, rival nations put aside political and cultural differences and came together in a demonstration of international co-operation to create something unique — the International Space Station. For the first time in history, driven by his innate impulse to explore, man had a permanently inhabited foothold in the heavens.

The Wonderful draws together personal stories from men and women from around the world who have been a part of this extraordinary endeavor, providing a fascinating insight into human nature and our relationship with planet Earth. These testimonials bring an intimacy and uniqueness to the story — bringing life in space alive, yet showing the strong emotional ties that bind these astronauts to the earth — and we are left not only with a sense of the vast ‘velvet bottomless bucket’ of the universe, but also the remarkable resilience and potential of mankind.

Among those interviewed in The Wonderful: Tales from the Space Station are George Abbey, Oleg Artemyev, Ken Bowersox, Cady Coleman, Samantha Cristoforetti, Frank Culbertson, Mike Foale, Scott Kelly, Ginger Kerrick, Sergei Krikalev, Tim Peake, Holly Ridings, William Shepherd, Jamey Simpson, Josh Simpson, Sergey Volkov, Koichi Wakata, and Peggy Whitson. The film is scheduled to hit theaters and video-on-demand on September 17.

With The Boys scoring an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects In A Season Or A Movie thanks to its explosive second season, VFX Supervisor Stephan Fleet has opened up about what it’s like bringing exploding whales, a giant elongating “Love Sausage,” and freaky superhero sex to life.

While talking to The Wrap, Fleet revealed that everything traces back to Aristotle’s Poetics, even when you’re trying to figure out the logistic of making two characters like Antony Starr’s Homelander and Aya Cash’s Stormfront have violent mid-air coitus. Although, apparently, that was nowhere near as difficult as the scene where Homelander had to seduce himself:

“If you go back to Greek mythology, there’s a lot of weird sex stuff so it was fun,” says Fleet, noting that a lot of tricky planning went into making these sequence work. “Those are two of my other favorite scenes, but in television you’re always thinking about time and precision and the Homelander doppelganger character morphing is one of the hardest things I’ve had to tackle on the show, it’s very difficult to make it look real. We did a couple of interesting techniques where we overlapped the shadow from him blocking the light onto his face, and we were able to have them touch each other by splitting color and not actually split the screen. But ultimately, an incredibly rewarding day because Anthony Starr is amazing.”

With The Boys Season 3 currently in production, it’s hard to imagine how the show can top some of the dark, raunchy scenes from Season 2, but according to Fleet, that’s exactly the plan. Season 3 will deliver an even “bigger” experience while staying true to the show’s focus on character even as aquatic mammals are exploding and 12-foot-long penises are doing their thing.

(Via The Wrap)

The View is embracing dystopia now that Meghan McCain is gone.

On Monday, the daytime talk show released a promo for its upcoming season. “Season 25 premieres Tuesday, September 7 — see you then!” the tweet reads, along with #TheView hashtag. There was also a sparkles emoji, which was weirdly cheerful for a sinister-looking promo that looks it was shot in an evil billionaire’s lair. One quote-tweet read, “No joke, I thought this was a dark promo for the new season of The Morning Show” (that came out earlier today), while another wondered, “Why is this teaser so dystopian?”

The promo is like an SNL parody of The View, especially the out-of-context soundbites that play over the footage of the set, including Barbara Walters saying that she’s “always wanted to do a show with women of different generations, backgrounds, and views” and Whoopi Goldberg exclaiming, “My goodness, that was quite a commercial for our show.”

It sure was. But noticeably missing is McCain, who bid my father, I mean, farewell to The View in early August. “Thank you all so much again for the privilege and honor it has been for the last four years to work on this show. It really has been incredible,” McCain said in her final episode. “It will be referenced in everything I do for the rest of my life.”

This is the current top reply to the season premiere tweet:

No replacement has been announced.

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (Netflix film) — To tide us over until The Witcher‘s second season arrives with more grumpy Geralt of Rivia, please set your calendars accordingly for this prequel anime film. The picture will go back in time to explore the early monster-hunting years of Geralt’s mentor, Vesemir, who appears to be enjoying himself a lot more than his successor. Theo James voices the character, who will be live-action portrayed by Kim Bodnia further down the line. At least we’ll know that, although the iconic Witcher baths only recently become canon, they’ve always been there, at least retroactively. Also, zombies.

Reservation Dogs: (FX on Hulu) — Taika Waititi’s FX on Hulu followup to What We Do in the Shadows brings us a comedy series that’s co-written by Native American filmmaker Sterlin Harjo. Yes, the lead quartet in this show rocks suits that look strikingly similar to the characters of Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, yet they’re four Indigenous teens who fight crime and also commit it. The show (which has some Atlanta vibes) was shot in and near Okmulgee, Oklahoma (the home of the Muskogee Creek tribal headquarters) — where excitement is lacking. Not for long, though, and these teens hope to make it all the way to California. This week, the rival crew’s presence pushes Elora to enlist help for the Rez Dogs to learn some defense moves.

Roswell, New Mexico (CW, 8:00pm) — Liz tells a terrible lie while Maria and Rosa take on Jordan, and Isobel does a deep dive.

The Republic Of Sarah (CW, 9:00pm) — This show follows the ending of tranquility of Greylock, N.H., after a stash of valuable coltan leads to new overlords, and a rebellious teacher (Sarah Cooper) steps in to halt the madness. Greylock becomes a sovereign nation, and this week, Sarah and Paul get deeper into their relationship, and Ellen pulls off a huge surprise while Weston asks Sarah for help.

The Late Late Show With James Corden — Jason Momoa, Lorde

The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon — Kelly Clarkson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Bakar

Late Night With Seth Meyers — Sean Penn, Jerome Flood II

Never one to rest and sit back on her laurels, Ariana Grande is apparently already back in the game. But, this time it’s not the studio she’s hitting but the makeup counter. Even though Ari’s had her fair share of beauty collabs in the past — including an ever-growing number of perfumes — this time she’s doubling down in a much bigger way. It’s been rumored that Grande was planning to launch her own collection, R.E.M. Beauty, and today the URL and social media handles on platforms like Twitter and Instagram all went live.

Considering Ariana seems to be in a settling down phase of her career – getting married, at her own house no less, and taking some time to appear as a judge on The Voice — it makes perfect sense for her to start a beauty company right now. If the success of Fenty Beauty has shown us anything, it’s that there’s even more money in makeup than pop songs, and other artists like Selena Gomez and Lady Gaga have followed suit without flooding the market. Keep an eye on those new social media handles for an exact launch date, but with the cat out of the bag already, it looks like the company will be coming very soon.