A new study shows that a low-cost sodium-ion battery currently used in cars and large-scale energy storage systems in China matches most performance parameters and production quality found in Tesla’s lithium-ion batteries. Since sodium is much more abundant and widely available than lithium, using it for batteries could cut raw material costs for manufacturers and […] The post Batteries That Use Sodium Instead of Lithium Could Be Low-Cost Rival to Tesla’s appeared first on Good News Network.

Finding a job is already hard enough, and these days, it’s getting harder. The average job seeker is dealing with a rapid rise in ghost jobs (roles that don’t technically exist), offshoring, and a general flooding of the market. A typical applicant will apply to over 200 individual jobs before landing a new position. And now, AI agents and algorithms are filtering out candidates before human recruiters even lay eyes on their resumes—and a lot of good hires are getting swept away because of so-called “red flags.” One big red flag AI is trained to look for is a big employment gap. Woman on LinkedIn eviscerates the ‘resume gap police’ A post on LinkedIn from Charlsie Niemiec, an editorial strategist, is making big waves. In it, Niemiec tackles the epidemic of human recruiters or interviewers—and their AI counterparts—demanding explanations for long gaps in employment. She calls them the “employment gap police.” “You are interviewing someone for a job. You are not their priest, their therapist, or their biographer. You do not get to demand the story of someone’s life as the price of admission for a role they are qualified to do,” Niemiec writes. “The real tragedy of employment gap bias isn’t the job seeker. It’s the company sitting in judgment of something they know absolutely nothing about.” Niemiec goes on to explain how a friend had to address the sensitive topic of her colostomy bag and how it kept her out of work for a while. Another friend took time off to deal with an eating disorder. Many others—nearly a quarter of all American workers—have taken leave to care for an ill family member. Sometimes that involves a leave of absence from work, other times it means stepping away from their career entirely for a while. This viral LinkedIn post went off on invasive recruiting practices. Charlie Niemiec/LinkedIn Niemiec argues that candidates should be judged based on their skills and experience “You need 6 years of project management experience? They have it. You need a content strategist who has led campaigns end-to-end? They have done it,” she writes. “So why the 3rd degree about everything they endured during a gap?” “Nobody owes you the story of the four months they spent learning how to live without their husband, who died from cancer, or what 12 back-to-back spinal surgeries felt like.” HR and recruiting practices have made progress toward becoming more human-centered. It’s more understood now that gaps in employment on a resume are common, and usually the result of life-circumstances rather than some kind of character red flag. However, the comments under Niemiec’s post indicate that the practice has not fully gone away. And AI resume scanners—or Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)—have made the problem worse. Too many have been affected by the ‘gap police’ “I don’t mean to denigrate recruiting folks, because I know that most are good people who work hard at a relatively thankless job, but MAN there are some vocal ones on LinkedIn who will DIE on whatever really dumb, esoteric recruiting hill they’ve selected,” wrote one commenter. “The lack of empathy I’ve continued to see since the pandemic continues to be wild,” shared another. This commenter shared an anecdote: “Someone asked me about an employment gap on my resume I pointed out that I got 2 certifications during that gap ‘You should put those on your resume’ they told me ‘They are the first section of my resume’ I replied.” “Moms who took a break for their kids know exactly what you’re talking about here,” wrote someone else. Too many people find they have to carefully craft and position their answers in order to provide a satisfying explanation. “Employment gaps are literally just life,” Niemiec says. In the end, Niemiec implores interviews, HR reps, and recruiters to focus on the job at hand and leave the moral judgments at the door. “The interview room is not a confessional, and you are not absolution,” she writes. This is why more and more companies are turning to equitable hiring practices that include blind interviews and screening, more transparent job listings, and even ditching resumes entirely. In 2026, no company can afford to leave great candidates behind because of an oudated view of supposed “red flags.” The post Woman pens emotional takedown of the ’employment gap police’ appeared first on Upworthy.

Few bug encounters give people the ick as quickly as seeing a tick embedded in someone’s skin. Yeah, bee stings hurt. Mosquito bites itch. Spider bites do both. But a tick bite—a creature burrowing its nasty little mouth into you for hours, slowly inflating itself with your blood—is worse. It just is. It’s especially worse considering how common Lyme disease has become, making it oh-so-important to know how to properly remove a tick. Many of us learned from our parents or grandparents how to get a tick to back out on its own. Holding a hot sewing needle up to its butt, smothering it with Vaseline, suffocating it with alcohol or nail polish remover, and other methods may technically “work,” but they also increase the risk of the tick transferring any disease it might be carrying. A wood tick on someone’s finger. (Photo credit Canva) The first rule of tick removal: Don’t stress it out Fair warning: Brace yourself for the explanation of why those old methods shouldn’t be used. (Or, if you’re squeamish, just skip down to the next section, because this part isn’t pretty.) The folk wisdom behind heating or suffocating the tick instead of pulling it out is the idea that the tick backing out on its own is preferable to pulling it. If you pull it, its little barbed beak (called a hypostome) can remain stuck in the skin even if you get the body off. If it pulls those barbs out on its own, nothing gets left behind. Seems logical, right? Except that something even worse can get left behind. The stress of being burned or smothered can cause the tick to regurgitate its blood meal back into you. (Warned you, sorry.) If it regurgitates, the risk of disease transfer increases. So basically, the goal is to remove the tick without making it puke up its dinner. A tick after a full meal. (Photo credit: Canva) How to quickly and safely remove a tick The good news is it’s actually quite simple to remove a tick if you have the right tool and a strong stomach. If you find a tick, remove it as soon as possible, using these recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control: 1. You’ll want a pair of clean, fine-tipped tweezers. Regular tweezers can work, but not as well, especially for tiny ticks. (Fingers can work in a pinch, like if you’re camping and didn’t bring tweezers, but definitely not preferable.) 2. Placing the tweezers as close as you can to the skin, squeeze and pull the tick away from the skin with steady, even pressure. Don’t jerk and don’t twist. Avoid squeezing the body of the tick, as that can also make it regurgitate. The Mayo Clinic offers a helpful demonstration: 3. Clean the tick bite and your hands thoroughly after removal using soap and water or rubbing alcohol. 4. Dispose of the tick in one of these ways: place it in a sealed container, wrap it tightly in tape, flush it down the toilet, or put it in alcohol. (Don’t crush the tick with your fingers, however tempting it may be.) What about those tick removal tools? There are multiple tick removal tools on the market, which basically do the same thing as fine-tipped tweezers. But one of the most popular is the Tick Twister, which works slightly differently. It looks like a little plastic crowbar. It slips under the tick, grabbing just its hypostome, and with a couple of twists, the whole tick (theoretically) comes out. There appears to be some debate about the twisting aspect. When using tweezers, twisting is not recommended, as it can detach the mouth from the tick’s body, leaving the hypostome embedded. However, this tool appears to be designed to twist and was shared by the U.K.’s Royal College of General Practitioners: Whether you find them on your pet, your loved one, or yourself, ticks should be removed right away, and in the safest way possible. With Lyme disease spreading further, it’s prudent to make sure you have a proper tool and method for removal before you get caught off guard by one of the little buggers. The post Forget how your mom did it. There’s actually a right way to remove a tick. appeared first on Upworthy.

The average civilian parent has to be careful when raising their children to present a healthy attitude towards food and weight. But for those in the public eye, it has to be even more challenging to navigate rigid beauty standards while modeling healthy behavior for your children.  Hannah Waddingham, star of Apple TV’s Ted Lasso and 2024’s The Fall Guy, recently shared how she handles body issues with her 11-year-old daughter, Kitty. Waddingham believes it’s important to show that there’s definitely a time and place for junk food, and she makes a point of sharing those foods with her. Hannah Waddingham at the Cannes Film Festival. Credit: Gabriel Hutchinson/Wikimedia Commons How Hannah Waddingham approaches body positivity with her daughter  “We haven’t quite tipped into body image talk yet, but I do wonder if that’s because she’s always observed me and my friends who are all, you know, healthy looking,” she told Women’s Health UK. “I’m not a small woman in any way, shape, or form. Do I like to look after myself? Yes,” she told Just as Well, a podcast partner of Woman’s Health. “Am I obsessed with that? Absolutely not. [Kitty] sees me eating crisps, eating chips, and we will go for a burger. I will always make sure we do that.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Women's Health UK (@womenshealthuk) How should parents talk about food with their kids? It’s wonderful that Waddingham has no reservations about modeling realistic eating habits. But what’s the best way for parents to tackle the issue with their children? Upworthy reached out to experts in diet and nutrition for their opinions. Avery Zenker, a registered dietitian and nutritionist, says Waddingham is right to not moralize eating. Hannah Waddingham at the Cannes Film Festival. Credit: Gabriel Hutchinson/Wikimedia Commons “She hits on a number of considerations for promoting a healthy relationship with food,” Zenker told Upworthy. “She appears to take a de-moralizing approach to food, which encourages thinking about food from a neutral standpoint and avoiding labeling foods as ‘good’ or ‘bad.’ The bigger point is not the burger itself. It’s the modeling of emotional neutrality around food. She’s modeling that all foods can fit into a healthy lifestyle, in moderation.” Evan Nadler, the Founder of ProCare consultants, which helps children and adults overcome obesity, says it’s important for parents to model healthy eating habits because, whether they like it or not, their kids are watching. “All weight management is a family affair, and parents should be modeling healthy eating behaviors for the children at every age. That doesn’t mean having birthday cake, or never eating at a restaurant, or having dessert. But it does mean that your children will notice if you have fast food every night, and they will think that habit is normal and something they can do when they are adults,” Nadler told Upworthy. Waddingham’s approach is a reminder that healthy eating isn’t just about the food itself, but the attitude we take towards hunger and nourishment. When Waddingham makes a point that she’s far from perfect, she also teaches that food has multiple uses: it’s here for nourishment, connection, and joy.  The post Hannah Waddingham makes sure she eats junk food in front of her pre-teen daughter appeared first on Upworthy.

Henny was running hard on a treadmill at the gym when her phone buzzed with an airdrop notification. Someone nearby had just sent her a video of herself working out. Her stomach dropped. The video was zoomed in, showing her running at high speed during an intense workout. Her first instinct, as she told her TikTok followers on February 16, was that someone was mocking her. The notification triggered memories from high school, the kind that don’t need much explaining. @feelgoodnkd I almost deleted this because I thought they were laughing at me. That old high school panic hit me for a second, but then I remembered: I built this. Every stride, every drop of sweat.. it’s mine. If you’re going to record me, you might as well get the angle right, because I’m no longer the girl who hides. I’m the woman who runs for her future. Stop assuming the worst. Your discipline is someone else’s inspiration. #FGNKD #GymConfidence #MindsetShift #NoExcuses #BaddieEnergy #HennyMoody #RealTalk #StoryTime #FGNKD #GymConfidence #MindsetShift #NoExcuses #BaddieEnergy #HennyMoody #RealTalk StoryTime” ♬ original sound – Henny She almost deleted it. But when she actually watched it, something shifted. The video wasn’t mean-spirited. It was admiring. Whoever recorded her had watched her push through a genuinely difficult workout and wanted her to see what they were seeing: someone strong, focused, and working hard. “If you’re going to record me, you might as well get the angle right,” she wrote in her caption, “because I’m no longer the girl who hides. I’m the woman who runs for her future. Stop assuming the worst. Your discipline is someone else’s inspiration.” A young woman checks her phone while at the gym. Photo credit: Canva The TikTok took off. The comments filled up with people confirming what the stranger had clearly already figured out. “They 100% just wanted you to see yourself the way they were seeing you,” one person wrote. “Which is strong, determined, and a total badass.” Another said: “They would have never airdropped it to you if they meant it in a negative way. Cowards usually hide. They wanted to show you how they saw you.” Someone else noted: “No one is looking at this in any other way than impressive.” The thing that almost became a source of shame turned out to be the opposite. Henny said she nearly deleted the video before posting it, worried about what people might think. She decided to share it anyway on the chance that her discipline might motivate someone else going through the same doubts she used to have. It did. By a lot. For more fun and entertaining videos follow @feelgoodnkd on TikTok.  The post Someone airdropped a video of her running at the gym. The reason left her stunned. appeared first on Upworthy.