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7 months ago+4 4 0Alcohol, relationships, and longevity: Couples with similar drinking habits tend to live longer
Couples who share similar drinking habits, either both drinking or both abstaining, tend to live longer compared to those with mismatched drinking behaviors. This highlights the complex link between marital harmony, lifestyle choices, and longevity.
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10 months ago+3 3 0Webb directly images two planets orbiting white dwarfs
In several billion years, our sun will become a white dwarf. What will happen to Jupiter and Saturn when the sun transitions to become a stellar remnant? Life could go on, though the giant planets will likely drift further away from the sun.
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1 year ago+3 3 0Climate-heating gases reach record highs, UN reports
World Meteorological Organization sees ‘no end in sight to the rising trend’, largely driven by fossil fuel burning
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1 year ago+31 31 0A Disney Sale to Apple? Don’t Count It Out This Time
Facing the staggering problems afflicting all legacy studios, is Bob Iger contemplating a once-unthinkable option? The signals he sent in Sun Valley suggest that it could happen.
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1 year ago+2 2 0The Backlash to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky, if Not Surprising, Explanation
During the pandemic, plant-based meat consumption and media coverage exploded. Now, a host of trend pieces decry its demise. That shift is no organic accident.
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1 year ago+3 3 0Why do some people get rashes in space? There's a clue in astronaut blood
A new study of astronaut blood finds that space travel reduces the expression of 100 genes related to the immune system.
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1 year ago+3 3 0World leaders headed to Paris summit in push for global debt, climate reform
French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is aimed at building a "new consensus" to meet the interlinked global targets of tackling poverty, curbing planet-heating emissions and protecting nature. ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0The A.I. Revolution Will Change Work. Nobody Agrees How.
The tally of how many jobs will be “affected by” world-changing technology is different depending on who you ask.
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1 year ago+4 4 0Activision Quietly Adds Pay To Win To Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2
As Season 3 is officially on its way in Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2. Activision has quietly snuck pay to win mechanics into its DMZ mode.
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1 year ago+19 19 0NYPD reboots robot police dog after backlash and, again, civil rights advocates warn against high-tech hound
The NYPD robot pooch Digidog got a new leash on life Tuesday — and police leaders insist it’s not the dystopian surveillance nightmare it was made out to be the first time New Yorkers got a look at it. Two years after the robot landed the NYPD in the ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Zimbabweans question membership to international convention on legal wildlife trade
Legislators are calling on the government to quit the United Nations’ Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in order for the trade and consumption of wildlife animals to go on unencumbered, owing it t ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Sheffield 'get well soon' message carved on snowy hospital roof
A giant "get well soon" message has been carved by a mystery artist into snow on a Sheffield hospital's roof. The words, accompanied by a huge smiley face, appeared on the top of of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital car park. Hospital vis ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe
Ajarring divide cleaves modern physics. On one side lies quantum theory, which portrays subatomic particles as probabilistic waves. On the other lies general relativity, Einstein’s theory that space and time can bend, causing gravity. For 90 years, p ...
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1 year ago+11 11 0A drug that increases dopamine can reverse the effects of inflammation on the brain in depression, Emory study shows | Emory University | Atlanta GA
An Emory University study shows levodopa, a drug that increases dopamine in the brain, has potential to reverse the effects of inflammation on brain reward circuitry, ultimately improving symptons of depression.
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1 year ago+12 12 010 people killed in mass shooting near Los Angeles after Lunar New Year celebrations
A gunman opened fire, killing 10 and wounding 10 Saturday, in the midst of Lunar New Year celebrations in Southern California’s Asian American enclave of Monterey Park, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. It was not clear what the motiv ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Apple's 'Reality Pro' Headset Said to Launch Before WWDC, Ships in the Fall
Apple's AR/VR headset, likely to be named "Reality Pro," will be announced during an event this spring before WWDC, which is typically held in June, before the product begins shipping this fall. In his latest Power On newsletter, Bloom ...
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2 years ago+19 19 0Black rhino populations are starting to thrive in Zimbabwe for the first time in decades, experts say
Rhinoceros populations are beginning to rebound in the species' native home of Zimbabwe, a sign that efforts to preserve the species are working, according to animal conservationists. The rhino population in Zimbabwe has surpassed more than 1,00 ...
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2 years ago+24 24 0Apple Pivots to Samsung for iPhone Memory Chips Following US Trade Ban Against Chinese Suppliers
Apple will turn to Samsung for memory used in iPhones ahead of the imposition of U.S. export controls on one of China's top NAND flash chipmakers, reports DigiTimes. Apple originally intended to buy 128-layer 3D NAND flash memory chips from Yang ...
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2 years ago+15 15 0Tesla opens its charging connector to other manufacturers
Tesla will be opening use of its charging connector to other EV charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers, the company announced in a blog post Friday. According to the blog post, the Tesla charger, known as the North American Charging Sta ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0Climate activists block private jet take-offs at Schiphol Airport
Hundreds of environmental activists wearing white overalls stormed an area holding private jets at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and stopped aircraft from leaving for hours by sitting in front of their wheels on Saturday. Military police moved in ...