This is This Is Now a Thing, where we check out the science behind new health trends. The thing: A new brand of caffeinated gum called NeuroGum, which launched Sept. 10 on Indiegogo. One piece contains 40mg of caffeine (a cup of coffee has around 100mg or more). The co-founders, entrepreneurs Kent Yoshimura and Ryan Chen, raised more than $11,000 in three days, quickly meeting their $10,000 goal. Yoshimura says he doesn’t expect people to replace coffee with a couple of pieces of gum, “but I could see people definitely either supplementing it if they don’t like the bitterness of coffee or the coffee breath,” he says.

Some things do get better with age. Feud: Bette and Joan, FX’s limited series about the animosity between titular Oscar-winners Davis (Susan Sarandon) and Crawford (Jessica Lange) in 1960s Hollywood, impressed me in its early going. But, ultimately, the show fell short of transcendence. There was plenty to like, from the carefully executed sets and costumes to the shrewd perspective on Davis as the ultimate survivor to Lange’s woozy Crawford, on the verge of losing what was most important to her: control.

Peruvian reality television personality and model who rose to fame by competing on reality shows such as Combate and Bienvenida la Tarde. She is also recognized for having participated in the 2012 Miss Peru beauty pageant.  Before Fame She created her RosangelaEslo Twitter account in 2013 and her first tweet read "Aquiii con los niños."  Trivia In 2017 she competed on the reality series Esto es Guerra.  Family Life She is from Peru. 

Spanish diphthongs are two-vowel combinations that have special pronunciation. To say them correctly according to Spanish pronunciation rules, you need to blend the sounds together into a single syllable. We’ve already discussed how to master the 5 vowel sounds in Spanish. Now here is a Spanish pronunciation guide to getting your diphthongs right. Diphthongs in English According to Wikiversity, the word diphthong comes from the Greek language meaning “two voices” or “two sounds”.

Late professional wrestler known for being the first-ever WWF Women's Champion. She was also an NWA World Women's Champion, holding the title for almost thirty years. Before Fame She was briefly married at age fourteen and got her start wrestling for famed women's wrestling promoter Billy Wolfe. Trivia In 1999, at age 76, she became the oldest WWF Women's Champion in history. Family Life Her birth name is Mary Lillian Ellison.

The Wolfcamp shale in West Texas contains about 20 billion barrels of oil and 16 trillion cubic feet of gas, the largest estimate of continuous oil in U.S. history, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. The amount is about three times as large as the 2013 estimate for the Bakken-Three Forks formation, and it consists of technically recoverable, undiscovered oil, which takes into account advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, the agency said.

“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” James Thurber’s classic 1939 short story, is a tribute to the sometimes unsettling power of the human imagination. It’s also very, very funny and, alongside a number of other Thurber gems — “The Catbird Seat,” “The Night the Bed Fell,” “If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox” — remains an indispensable example of the uniquely American, mid-20th-century humor that found its highest expression in the pages of the New Yorker.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has told the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr. Isa Pantami to immediately resign his appointment. The Governor lamented that in saner climes, Pantami would have been sacked but the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government is known to always shield its members with questionable characters. Wike spoke on Tuesday amidst the controversies surrounding allegations that Pantami has links with terrorist organizations including Boko Haram and others.

Bouli Lanners, the Belgian actor-director of “The Giants” and “Eldorado,” is teaming with “Peaky Blinders” helmer Tim Mielants to direct “Wise Blood,” an English-language film that will star “Game of Thrones” actor Michelle Fairley and Julian Glover.

We’re a nation of 3.1 million people who deeply cherish what we have — epic mountains, dramatic coastlines and thriving cities —  and we work hard to look after it, from grassroots up: we have one of the world’s best records on recycling and we’re busy planting a National Forest across our entire nation, right now. Our land and seas help us produce magnificent food and drink that we love to share with guests, from unique food shacks to Michelin-star restaurants.