Asian markets and US futures climbed Thursday amid growing anticipation that the Federal Reserve will soon lower interest rates. The yen strengthened, leading to a drop in Japanese stocks. The US 10-year yield dipped to 4.03%, fueled by geopolitical events between Iran and Israel, and a shift in Fed policymakers' stance.
Record-breaking temperatures, a relentless heat wave, and 21 days above average have helped put July 2024 in the record books for Portland.
As part of its fight to mobilize postal workers independently of the union bureaucracy, the World Socialist Web Site has sharply criticized “militant” CUPW bureaucrats who have postured as defenders of workers’ interests. A key experience in this regard was the presidency of Mike Palecek.
UK eresidents are being warned over the lesser-known items that aren't recyclable that may lead to a fine of up to £200. - from toothpaste tubes to wet wipes, cotton buds, and cotton wool.
A Missouri woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to the fatal kidnapping of a pregnant woman in a failed plot to claim the victim’s baby as her own, federal officials said.
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Artificial intelligence is a Rorschach test. When OpenAI's GPT-4 was released in March 2023, Microsoft researchers triumphantly, and prematurely, announced that it...
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Egypt's oldest pyramid, The Stepped Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using some seriously high-tech kit. At least that's according to
Charlotte Huff, Knowable
The appearance of type 2 diabetes in children and teens puzzled physicians from the start.
Lukas J. Meier, iai
Do we know what death is? For centuries, death was diagnosed when the heartbeat ceased, but heart machines now mean that a patient can survive even after their heart...
Andrew Gregory, Guardian
Almost half of dementia cases worldwide could be prevented or delayed, a study has found, as experts named 14 risk factors.
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In 2012, physicists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) announced the discovery of the
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In the late 2010s, dopamine detoxing or fasting...
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Boeing Starliner's two astronauts knew to expect the unexpected when they took off on the spacecraft's first crewed mission on June 5.
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After the deaths of senior Hamas and Hezbollah leaders, it’s thought conflict in the region could escalate due to retaliatory strikes.
Pakistani security forces have reportedly detained several peaceful protesters from Hub Chowki and Karachi who were demonstrating against "brutality" by the administration
Fuller brings a wealth of experience and a deep understanding of the game and will join Silver Ferns Head coach Dame Noeline Taurua in guiding the national team through its upcoming campaigns.
Ed Cara, Gizmodo
It's the sort of thought that might pass through any dog owner's mind as they return home from a long workday and are slobbered over by their canine: Can dogs remember the...
Victoria Gill, BBC News
The internal anatomy of a prehistoric creature the size of a poppy seed has been revealed in "astonishing detail".
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Liam Drew, Nature
In November 2008, neuroscientist Susana Carmona — then a postdoc studying attention deficit hyperactivity disorder — was driving two colleagues to a party when one of...