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How 'The Book of Boba Fett' Explains the Darksaber's History (SPOILERS)

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We Learned More About the History of the Darksaber in 'The Book of Boba Fett' (SPOILERS)By Katherine StinsonPublished Jan. 26 2022, 5:06 p.m. ET Source: Disney Plus Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of The Book of Boba Fett on Disney Plus. Life hasn't been going so smoothly for Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) ever since he became the rightful owner of the Darksaber during the Season 2 finale of The Mandalorian. Read More...

Inventions: To Build a Better Pill Counter

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No people gulp more pills than Americans. Each year the nation’s 65,000 pharmacies and 7,137 hospitals fill a billion prescriptions, mostly pills. Amazingly, in an era when men walk on the moon, millions of high-priced man-hours are wasted counting all the pills by hand. Riches have long awaited the inventor who could devise an automatic pill counter. This idea struck Harry Roseberg, a California tinkerer who was scratching out a living as a salesman, as he watched a pharmacist count pills one day in 1962. Read More...

Julie and John Gottman's Advice for Fighting With a Partner

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Julie and John Gottman are among the OGs of marriage therapy and research. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, one of John's early works, is among the bestselling marriage books of all time. And the Gottman Institute, which houses the research facility known as "The Love Lab," is considered the gold standard for relationship research. The Gottmans, who have been married to each other since 1987 (he's 81 and she's 72), have a new book, Fight Right, about how couples can learn to disagree in a loving way. Read More...