First, the good news: Air in airplane cabins is heavily filtered and safer than most indoor environments, with cabin air completely replaced every three minutes while the plane is in flight, per National Geographic. At the same time, you can keep yourself even safer on board with some simple but strategic modifications. Read on for a smart hack you should know before you board your next flight from Thomas Russo, MD, a professor and chief of infectious diseases at the University at Buffalo....

READ THIS NEXT: Never Let Your Bank Give You This, Police Say in New Warning. Having a drink shouldn’t be a high-risk activity, but criminals spike beverages to leave their victims vulnerable. In Boston, drink-spiking crimes have been on the rise, the city’s police department confirmed at a recent city council meeting, Fox News reported. Richard Driscoll, lieutenant detective for the Boston Police Department (BPD), stated that authorities have received dozens of reports of beverages being drugged....

READ THIS NEXT: Never Buy Anything Online With This Kind of Card, FBI Warns. Getting gas is a necessity for most Americans, which unfortunately makes gas stations a lucrative target for thieves. According to the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), there has been an increase in reports about thefts occurring at gas stations across the country. The organization says that this type of “unique setting” allows thieves to hit multiple victims....

RELATED: If Your Hair Is Thinning, This Food Could Be to Blame, Study Says. Sometimes, conditioning your hair can feel like the least important step in your hair care routine (what’s it actually doing in there, anyway?). However, it’s key to maintaining a healthy mane—and preventing hair loss. “Conditioner protects your hair from heat and environmental damage,” says Andrea Claire, a licensed hairstylist. “Without it, your hair can become dry, lackluster, and break....

1 One Species, Wide-Ranging Effects One billion crabs have disappeared from Alaska in the last two years—representing 90% of their population. The decline is so severe that fish and game officials have canceled the upcoming winter crab season for the first time in state history, restaurant menus will be affected, and scientists worry this may be an ominous sign for the global ecosystem, CBS correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti reported. The economy is likely to take a $200 million hit....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Can’t Remember These 4 Things, It Could Be an Early Alzheimer’s Sign. While monitoring your health through the aging process is a different experience for each person, figures show that dementia is becoming distressingly more common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of 2014, at least 5 million Americans were living with the cognitive condition. Unfortunately, these numbers are expected to nearly triple to 14 million people with the disease by 2060....

“Electricity may be critical to powering your microwave, but it has no role for the average pet parent training their dog,” Petco CEO Ron Coughlin said in statement. “Shock collars have been shown to increase fear, anxiety, and stress in dogs, and we believe there’s a better way—positive reinforcement training.“ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Coughlin said Petco wants to emphasize that it is a health and wellness company for animals. “Our mission is focused on improving pet lives and we think selling shock collars does the opposite....

RELATED: Moderna Just Gave a Major Update About a Booster for Omicron. During a Dec. 7 interview with The Wall Street Journal at the news outlet’s CEO Council Summit, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla reiterated that it appears as if this new version of COVID is milder than previous strains. But according to the vaccine maker, the increased transmissibility being seen with the variant is worrisome. “I don’t think it’s good news to have something that spreads fast,” Bourla told the news outlet....

At the time, their split was highly sensationalized, dominating magazine covers and gossip columns for years. Of course, there was lots of speculation as to why the couple split. Over the past decade, the Duchess of York has opened up about details of their marriage and, ultimately, what led to its demise. 1 Fergie Says She Was Alone for A Lot of Her Marriage In one interview, Ferguson (who is also known as Fergie) explained to Rosie magazine that one of the hardest things she had to deal with while married to Prince Andrew was that he was never around....

1 They Are Making the Royal Documentary “To End All Royal Documentaries” Per Hannah Furness, the Telegraph’s Royal Editor, Prince Harry and Meghan are “making the royal documentary to end all royal documentaries; the last word on the story that has captivated half the world and horrified the rest of it,” she says. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb 2 Their Upcoming Media Blitz Will Be Unparalled She maintains that in the next few months, the couple are set to embark on a media blitz “never-before-known in royal history,” which includes Harry’s tell-all book and the Netflix show that are timed for release one after the other....

1 Harry Claims the Incident Occurred in His Frogmore Cottage Home in 2019 In the excerpt, Harry writes about the demise of his relationship with his only sibling, maintaining that it fell apart over his marriage to Meghan. He claims that the altercation went down in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage, where he and Meghan lived before moving to Frogmore Cottage. 2 William Allegedly Called Meghan “Difficult,” “Rude,” and “Abrasive”...

RELATED: Walgreens Customers Are Outraged at the Pharmacy Chain for Doing This. On Dec. 8, Publix announced that it would be limiting the sale of six more items in all of its 1,289 stores across seven states, effective immediately, reports Jacksonville, Florida NBC affiliate WTLV. Similar to previous product restrictions set by the supermarket chain, the rules prohibit customers from buying more than two of each item on the list....

1 A Royal Fan Asked About the Door In a new video, Marie, an employee of the Royal Collection Trust, answered some burning questions in an Instagram video. One curious Brit asked her about a reported hidden door located in the White Drawing Room, where the Queen hosts her annual Christmas broadcasts and also gathers up the royal family for photos. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb 2 It Exists Behind a Cabinet Marie confirmed that there is a hidden door, which exists behind a cabinet....

Read on to see what Raven-Symoné had to say about having her body scrutinized at such a young age and about the other instances in which the now-36-year-old has faced body shaming throughout her career. READ THIS NEXT: Former Child Star Says Being “Sexualized” by Fans Made Her Feel “Ashamed.” Raven-Symoné joined The Cosby Show during its sixth season, which premiered in 1989. She played Olivia Kendall, the stepdaughter of Denise Huxtable (Lisa Bonet)....

1 An Unusual Eight-Year-Old’s Call After contacting the ISS radio station by name and repeating her station’s call sign, she introduced herself. “My name’s Isabella. I’m eight years old,” she said. “Isabella, it’s so great to chat with you. Thank you for getting on the radio and saying hello,” said Lindgren. 2 FibromDad Orchestrated Precise Moment of Contactyalgia According to CNN, Isabella had just fallen asleep on Aug. 2 when her father, Matthew, woke her up and took her to the amateur radio, putting a microphone in front of her....

1 Quick Recap of What Happened: Disputing the Charges According to managers at the restaurant, customer Eric Smith contacted them almost three months after he left a generous $3,000 tip for a waitress, saying he was now disputing the charge. “A little over a month ago, we received something in the mail that Eric was disputing the charge for the tip that he left,” manager Zachary Jacobson says. “We thought somebody was actually trying to do a good thing....

Two years after his death, Schneider Williams penned a heartfelt letter to scientists working to advance research on neurological disorders. In it, she revealed that Williams hid one thing from her during the course of his illness. Read on to learn which heartbreaking symptom Williams endured alone. READ THIS NEXT: Neil Diamond Says Parkinson’s Means He Can Never Do This Again. In the fall of 2013, Williams began experiencing “a firestorm of symptoms,” Schneider Williams recalled....

RELATED: If You See This Bug in Your Home, Don’t Step on It, Experts Warn. When it comes to avoiding pest problems, most people assume ridding their house of food waste and general messiness will be enough to keep most unwanted insects and rodents away. But besides eliminating pest food sources, one of the best tactics to keep your home bug-free is to run a dehumidifier. This deprives bugs of the moisture they need to survive, including centipedes, millipedes, silverfish, mosquitoes, and cockroaches....

1 The Scientist Shared a Photo of Chorizo, Claiming it Was a Star Étienne Klein, a “celebrated physicist and director at France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission” (per CNN), shared the image on Twitter on July 31st. “Picture of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun, located 4.2 light years away from us. It was taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. This level of detail… A new world is unveiled everyday,” he told his 91,000-plus followers....

In a new interview with The Times, Game of Thrones star Sean Bean said that he thinks intimacy coordinators can ruin sex scenes and “spoil the spontaneity.” Read on to see what else the actor had to say. READ THIS NEXT: This Star Said She Didn’t Feel “Protected” Filming Intimate Scenes. According to the SAG-AFTRA union, “An intimacy coordinator is an advocate, a liaison between actors and production, and a movement coach and/or choreographer in regards to nudity and simulated sex and other intimate and hyper-exposed scenes....