All posts tagged: 1990s

Hay fever sufferers have it worse today than in 1990s – here’s why | UK News

Hay fever sufferers have it worse today than in 1990s – here’s why | UK News

Published by Sam Flores

If it feels like hay fever is hitting harder every year, you’re not imagining it. Hay fever sufferers have symptoms for up to two weeks longer than in the 1990s, a new review has found. Climate change has “prolonged the pollen season” by up to two weeks, increasing the amount of time people with hay fever are exposed to allergens, according to the Lancet Countdown in Europe 2026 report. The new report says global warming is impacting the flowering season of plants that release allergenic pollen. Changes in the timing and intensity of birch, alder and olive pollen season were analysed in the study. Image: Pic: iStock An earlier season start of one to two weeks was found for all allergenic trees between 2015 and 2024 compared with 1991 to 2000, according to the research. Dr Samantha Walker, director of research and innovation at Asthma and Lung UK, said a longer pollen season “will bring more misery for people with hay fever”. She added: “If people are allergic to pollen, it can inflame their airways …

Tinkerer transforms a filthy 1990s PlayStation into the ‘ultimate PS1’

Tinkerer transforms a filthy 1990s PlayStation into the ‘ultimate PS1’

Published by Jenni Sidey

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Older video game consoles from the ’90s might not have the same level of fancy graphics or perform as well as the expensive beasts of today.One advantage they do have—they were built with repairability in mind. That modularity means they tend to have a longer shelf life, and makes them ripe for tinkering and modding for those so inclined. Elliot Coll, a YouTuber who runs the channel Retro Future, is one of those  tinkerers. His most recent project: taking a trashed and neglected original PlayStation and upgrading it with an assortment of modern bells and whistles. It’s like the video game enthusiast version of restoring old muscle cars with modern parts that make them more drivable—and less likely to blow up in smoke. In this case, Coll outfitted a three-decade-old device with 1080p HDMI output, SD card game loading, a wireless controller, and USB-C charging. The end result, he says, is the “ultimate PS1.” I Built the Ultimate PlayStation …

Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Simulation games

Stop the world, I want to get off and run a video rental store in the 1990s | Simulation games

Published by Sam Flores

It’s early doors, but 2026 may be the biggest bin fire of a year in my lifetime. Wars starting, then ending, then starting again in the course of a week. People running their cars on hopes and dreams because a tank of petrol costs more than the vehicle. Manospheric morons making millions. Several depressing celebrity deaths before I’ve so much as eaten my first Creme Egg of the year. I had no idea that the antidote to my anxiety and rage would be a cheap little title, made by two French blokes, in what I usually regard as the most turgid gaming genre. Retro Rewind is the moment’s indie darling, selling more than 100,000 copies on Steam in a week. In it, you run a video rental shop in the 90s. You need to buy videos. Display them well. Drop flyers. Serve your customers. Buy more stuff. It’s no different from any other retail sim out there, and I normally shun them because I play video games to escape the boring world of work and …

Wiley Drake, pastor who championed 1990s SBC Disney boycott, has died

Wiley Drake, pastor who championed 1990s SBC Disney boycott, has died

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Wiley Drake, a California pastor who rallied Southern Baptists to boycott Disney in the 1990s, has died. Drake, 82, died on Jan. 27. The Southern Baptist Convention announced his death on Tuesday (Feb. 10). A longtime pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, California — not far from Disneyland — was a self-styled “champion of the little guy,” known for his outspoken opinions at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meetings. His enthusiasm for speaking at meetings as a church delegate, known as a messenger, and for having his say about the direction of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination was an example of what makes the convention work, said former SBC President Bart Barber.  “Wiley Drake rightly believed that any simple, faithful messenger could go to the microphone at the Southern Baptist Convention and do something that made an eternal difference,” Barber, a Texas pastor, told RNS. “In a nonhierarchical family of churches like the Southern Baptist Convention, that confidence, exemplified by Wiley Drake, makes everything run.” Born Nov. 23, 1943, in …

Before ‘Sinners,’ There Was ‘Nadja’—the Most Stylish Vampire Movie of the 1990s

Before ‘Sinners,’ There Was ‘Nadja’—the Most Stylish Vampire Movie of the 1990s

Published by Sam Flores

Löwensohn: Which I enjoyed. The closer it got, I was ready for my close-up. Do you still have those cameras? Almereyda: I do, but I’ve been trying to get them to work again. They’re kinda beyond repair. I’ve been with a technician who’s a kind of camera surgeon. He’s been trying to help me revive them, and so far, he’s been defeated. I bought mine for $45 each from an 800 number. Have either of you been to Transylvania? Löwensohn: Passing through. I never visited the actual castle of Vlad Țepeș, but I’ve visited Transylvania and it is very beautiful. What I love in Michael’s film is the talent of invention and ingenuity with no money. It was Central Park for Romania. Almereyda: I haven’t been to Romania, but I have a new friend: my shy Romanian brother Radu Jude, who is a great filmmaker. He’s given me his blessings that Nadja had meaning for him when he first saw it. It’s mind-blowing to think that the film can translate. But I guess I have …