Yeast is Everywhere. You Just Have to Know Where to Look. The yeast we buy in the store was invented in 1868. Before then, bakers used wild yeast to make their bread rise. The Egyptians are believed to be the first to make bread with yeast about 4,000 years ago. We’ll cover a lot of the techniques they used because we’re working with the assumption that you don’t have access to store-bought yeast and don’t have any stockpiled. Given the fact that commercial yeast has a shelf-life of 2 years, stockpiling yeast may not be an answer in the first place. What is Yeast? Yeast is a fungus. It’s a single-celled microorganism. It thrives on natural sugars and as it grows and multiplies, it gives off carbon dioxide gas and alcohol as waste products. This is a result of the fermentation process that takes place as the yeast converts sugars into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is what gets trapped in bread dough, causing it to rise, and the alcohol is what turns grapes into wine and grains into beer and spirits. The alcohol burns off when the bread is baked, but the air cavities caused by…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Democrats demanded a new, experienced person to lead the nation’s spy agencies, but when given the chance, they rejected President Donald Trump’s latest pick.Still, their resistance was not enough to stop Republicans from confirming Jay Clayton to be the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to replace former DNI Tulsi Gabbard. Clayton, who was tapped to be the top prosecutor in Manhattan last year, was confirmed on a party line vote Tuesday.He will replace acting DNI and Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte, whose interim appointment prompted Senate Democrats to demand an immediate, permanent replacement over fears that Pulte would weaponize the nation’s 18 intelligence agencies or try to dismantle them.SENATE CLEARS WAY FOR TRUMP’S TOP SPY AS KEY ANTI-TERROR PROGRAM REMAINS IN LIMBO Clayton’s confirmation was thought to be a means to an end for the ongoing standoff over Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a tool that has been used to thwart several terror plots, including a planned mass-casualty event at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria.However, they changed their tune when it came time to vote, and after a contentious confirmation hearing where…

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This article was originally published by Willow Tohi at Natural News.  AI companies are purchasing millions of physical books from secondhand markets, destroying them after scanning for training data. Federal Judge William Alsup ruled Anthropic’s destructive scanning of legally purchased books qualifies as “fair use” under copyright law. Pre-2022 printed books are sought because they contain no AI-generated text, avoiding “model collapse” during training. ISBNdb and other intermediaries facilitate bulk purchases of 1,000 to 1 million books per order while keeping AI buyers anonymous. Rare, foreign-language, and out-of-print volumes face potential extinction as the last physical copies are destroyed. The judgment that changed everything On July 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued a landmark ruling in Anthropic v. Authors Guild that has fundamentally altered the relationship between artificial intelligence companies and humanity’s printed heritage. The judge declared that Anthropic’s practice of purchasing physical books, slicing off their spines for industrial scanning, and destroying the originals constitutes “fair use” under Section 107 of the Copyright Act. This decision, the first of its kind applying copyright law to AI training datasets, has unleashed an unprecedented race among technology companies to acquire and destroy books at industrial scale — threatening rare…

With challenges becoming a bigger and bigger part of more sports, including Major League Baseball, we’re going to see lots and lots of ways that they can backfire.However, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a way that hoses the team that won the challenge more than what happened on Tuesday to the Cincinnati Reds.Tuesday saw the two Ohio-based teams meeting for a day-night doubleheader, and it was in the first game that the Reds had a big challenge win, followed by a big loss. In the top of the first inning, the Guardians managed to load the bases with Kyle Manzardo at the plate.With a 1-2 count, Manzardo took a pitch from Reds righty Chase Burns high and inside.It was certainly in on his forearms, and Manzardo did his best to let the home plate umpire know that the pitch clipped him.REDS FANS GO BERSERK AFTER CATCHER TYLER STEPHENSON’S ABS CHALLENGE WINS THEM FREE PIZZAIt was ruled that he had been hit by a pitch, which brought in a run.However, the Reds challenged and won, so the at-bat resumed with Manzardo facing a 2-2 count.He fouled off one pitch and then blasted the next into the outfield bleachers for a grand…

Draymond Green is staying put, and it cost the Golden State Warriors exactly what it would’ve cost them all along.The 36-year-old is returning on a one-year, $27.7 million contract, according to Klutch Sports. Back in June, Green declined his original $27.7 million player option to help Golden State create cap space for a run at LeBron James. The Warriors believed they had a legitimate shot at pairing James with Stephen Curry.LEBRON JAMES MAKES NBA FREE AGENCY DECISION, ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SIGN WITH 76ERSInstead, James chose Philadelphia, signing a two-year deal with the 76ers. Golden State’s LeBron gamble failed, leaving the Warriors right back where they started with Green. The deal does not include a no-trade clause. It also pushes Golden State over the first apron, limiting the Warriors to veteran minimum additions while preserving future cap flexibility.Both Green and James are represented by Rich Paul and Klutch Sports. Green’s opt-out gave Golden State its cleanest path to LeBron while leaving the Warriors with virtually no realistic scenario in which they could turn around and offer him less if the recruiting pitch failed. Once LeBron picked Philadelphia, re-signing Green became the obvious move. General manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. had even less…

The U.S. Navy announced updates to its policy regarding the temporary transfer of sailors under investigation for sexual assault after a high-profile murder in 2025 at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.Military personnel who are being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct, sexual assault or stalking, in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, will now only be permitted for brief relocation to shore commands.Previous policy stipulated more broadly that service members under investigation for a crime could be temporarily transferred from their parent command to another command.“This revision was taken as a result of reviews by the Navy in the wake of the murder of Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelina Resendiz by a fellow sailor,” said William Speaks, spokesperson for the Chief of Naval Personnel.Culinary Specialist Seaman Petty Officer Jermiah Copeland was sentenced on June 9 to 44 years in prison for the murder of Resendiz, who he strangled to death in a barracks building after a disagreement.Copeland, who enlisted in the Navy in 2023, was linked to several other sexual assaults at the time of the murder.Copeland was charged with aggravated sexual contact, abusive sexual contact and aggravated assault through strangulation for an alleged crime that transpired in the summer…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The World Cup did not go exactly how the United States Men’s National Team expected, but the sport was the talk of the country this summer.Nearly 7 million people flooded stadiums in North America to catch World Cup action, and the final between Spain and Argentina peaked at 52 million viewers, averaging at around 38 million.Landon Donovan was an analyst for FOX throughout the event and said this year’s World Cup was an unforgettable memory. “I’m sad it’s over now. It really did go by so fast. Maybe for people at home, not so fast. But for us, it was just travel, game, work, game, travel, appearance, travel, meet-and-greet, travel, game. It was honestly the time of my life, and I’m sad it’s over,” Donovan told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.”The superstars showed up and scored goals. The fan bases were incredible. The infrastructure and the stadiums, of course, are amazing in this country. The fans filled the stadiums. It broke records in every way on TV and social. It was a phenomenal World Cup, and I’m really just sad it’s over.”It remains to be seen what kind of growth…

The Pentagon is moving to rename a joint military base in South Carolina after Lindsey Graham, a Republican U.S. senator from the state who died July 11.Joint Base Charleston, housed in North Charleston, South Carolina, is slated to be renamed after Graham, a U.S. Air Force official told Military Times.Graham spent 33 years in the Air Force as an active-duty staff judge advocate, a South Carolina Air National Guard officer and a senior lawyer in the Air Force Reserve.He died unexpectedly from an aortic dissection at the age of 71. Graham was born in Central, South Carolina, and was elected to the House of Representatives in 1994 and the Senate in 2002.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted Monday on social media about the base’s renaming. She did not provide further details, only linking a story by The Post and Courier, which first reported on the news. The South Carolina newspaper reported that a Monday memo, signed by Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, directed staff to begin working with Air Mobility Command and Joint Base Charleston to rename the base to Joint Base Lindsey Graham, citing his “decades of distinguished service to the United States Congress and the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Another NFL assistant coach is being disciplined by his team after facing driving under the influence allegations, this time with Minnesota Vikings defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander being suspended by the team.The Vikings announced Tuesday that Alexander has been suspended for three weeks after he pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated earlier this month. Alexander’s blood alcohol level was 0.169, or more than twice Minnesota’s legal limit, on an initial breathalyzer test, according to the charging statement.Alexander, hired in February as the team’s passing game coordinator as well as defensive backs coach, was arrested in April, and his guilty plea came on July 16.NFL SUSPENDS ARIZONA CARDINALS EXECUTIVE FOR VIOLATING GAMBLING POLICY, LEAKING DRAFT INFO Alexander pleaded guilty to third-degree DWI, a misdemeanor, and paid $603 in fines and fees. He was assigned 48 hours of community service and will be on probation for two years.Alexander’s club suspension began on July 24, although it was not announced then. It will run through Aug. 13.”Following Gerald’s arrest earlier this spring, we remained in communication with the NFL while awaiting the outcome of the legal process,” the Vikings said in a statement. “We take…