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Sir Patrick Stewart has died at the age of eighty-six at his home in Los Angeles, following what his spokesperson described as a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia. Best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Stewart said in his final interview that he would always and forever be an actor — a promise he kept to the end.
Turning to space, astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope have been studying a ghostly cloud drifting inside the Carina Nebula. What looked like an isolated wisp floating alone turns out to be a stellar nursery — a region where new stars are actively forming, hidden inside what scientists are calling a stellar crèche.
And in the world of biohacking, Bryan Johnson's Blueprint longevity diet is now available as a meal delivery service through a partnership with Tovala. No cooking required — just the full regimen of Johnson's carefully engineered menu, straight to your door. Whether that counts as convenience or commitment probably depends on your relationship with olive oil.
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