Josh Sims

Charlotte, London

Reporter and Host at FOX Sports

Reporter/Host with Fox Sports (@nascaronfox @cfbonfox @foxsports), Villanova & Syracuse alumn, Jersey native

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The antidote to the Jaws effect: The photos showing the softer side of great whites

1 week ago | bbc.com | Josh Sims

The antidote to the Jaws effect: The photos showing the softer side of great whitesKimberly JeffriesFifty years since the release of Jaws, these photographers are showing a different, less frightening view of great white sharks. Mike Coots, a keen surfer in the waters of his native Hawaii, was 18 when he was bitten by a tiger shark. "It came from right underneath me and latched on", the photographer, now 44, recalls. "I felt this huge pressure but no pain.
This Midleton Bottle Is the Oldest Irish Whiskey Ever

2 weeks ago | insidehook.com | Josh Sims

Kevin O’Gorman says his colleagues joke about how he likely won’t be around to see the results of his work. “I suppose that is sobering,” says O’Gorman, who’s the master distiller at the Midleton Distillery, just east of Cork in Eire. His latest project only underscores that he’s in a business that operates on long timelines. Midleton recently released Chapter Six of its Very Rare Silent Distillery Collection (Chapter One was released five years ago).
Betting On Trouble: The Alarming Truth About Gambling Addiction

3 weeks ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

We are, says Dr. Marc Potenza, all born gamblers. ‘We’re evolved to make decisions regarding risk and reward, and to engage in those processes – finding food, for example, and going back to those places where we found food – and for that engagement to be an advantageous trait’. Our ability to engage in betting, says the specialist in addiction psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, is vital to our survival as a species.
Inside the weird and wonderful world of food design

1 month ago | thenationalnews.com | Josh Sims

The Inflated Burger at Snackery Street is designed to look like junk food while using healthier ingredients and combating obesity. Photo: David Jagersma
Is Crypto The New Coal?

1 month ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

Ask people in the cryptocurrency industry and they will speak of boom times – Bitcoin, one of the most in-demand currencies, for example, started 2024 with a value around US$40,000. By the end of 2024 it was closer to $100,000. US regulators cleared Bitcoin exchange traded funds for take-off. A new US president was elected with a pro-crypto campaign.
Are Your New Jeans Costing The Earth?

1 month ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

Phil Wildbore takes a deep breath. ‘Back then it was an interesting story for buyers. It was an interesting story for the media. But did people buy it then because it was ethical? I don’t think so,’ he says. Phil is the founder, 17 years ago, of Monkee Genes, a British denim brand and one of the first in the world to use organic cotton.
How lightness became the ultimate status symbol

2 months ago | thenationalnews.com | Josh Sims

How lightness became the ultimate status symbolFrom barely-there watches to carbon-fibre supercars, brands are racing to reframe lightness as a new benchmark of prestige
Victor Vescova Is a Deep Sea Pioneer in a Post-Titan World

2 months ago | insidehook.com | Josh Sims

It’s a few years away, but Victor Vescovo has already started working on the design of his next submersible. It will likely go faster, have better maneuverability, greatly improved sonar and — thanks to work with an unnamed U.S. university — possibly have a “robot” manipulation arm that’s based around an electrically-actuated artificial muscle, the prototype of which should be unveiled in around 18 months. Then Vescovo will be ready to get back into the water. Maybe. Vescovo knows his submersibles.
The Psychology Of Compassionate Love

2 months ago | theethicalist.com | Josh Sims

Talk about love as a topic of scientific research and you’ll likely get the same reaction that Jen Shang does. ‘People tend to think of it as being too warm and fluffy for science, yet ‘love’ is a concept that people use all the time in their daily experience, especially when we give,’ says the London-based psychologist. ‘Sadly psychology tends to be problem-focused in its mindset, because that’s where the funding is.
Health indicators and power ups: The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realm

2 months ago | bbc.com | Josh Sims

Health indicators and power ups: The 'freaky and unpleasant' world when video games leak into the physical realmSerenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images(Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)Video games are the biggest form of entertainment in the world, but sometimes they bleed into people's lives offline in surprising and disturbing ways. Christian Dines' hands were twitching. As though he were still gripping his video game controller, about to make a killer move.