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«The Rio Times» 

Brazil’s Central Bank Burns Through $17 Billion to Prop Up Real

Brazil’s central bank has been on a spending spree, burning through $17 billion in reserves to bolster the real. The bank has intervened almost daily in the past week, selling $8 billion in auctions. The Brazilian markets bounced back at week’s end amid extraordinary measures by the central bank. These actions aimed to halt a […]

Sciencedaily.com 

A tropical disease in Switzerland: Call for coordinated action on Chagas disease

Researchers conducted a comprehensive review of Chagas disease in Switzerland. Although typically found in Latin America, Chagas disease affects between 2,000 and 4,000 people in Switzerland. The review underscores the need for improved screening and healthcare strategies to eliminate Chagas disease in Switzerland.

Sciencedaily.com 

Water and gruel -- not bread: Discovering the diet of early Neolithic farmers in Scandinavia

At a Neolithic settlement on the Danish island Funen dating back 5,500 years, archaeologists have discovered both grinding stones and grains from early cereals. However, new research reveals that the inhabitants did not use the stones to grind the cereal grains. Instead of making bread, they likely prepared porridge or gruel from the grains.

Sciencedaily.com 

Dark energy 'doesn't exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart

One of the biggest mysteries in science -- dark energy -- doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expanding. For the past 100 years, physicists have generally assumed that the cosmos is growing equally in all directions. They employed the concept of dark energy as a placeholder to explain unknown physics they couldn't understand, but the contentious theory has always had its problems. Now a team of physicists and astronomers are challenging the status quo... Читать дальше...

Mets By The Numbers 

Yes We Can

Griffin Canning is the newest Met. He was signed to a 1-year deal the other day and will be given a chance to make the starting rotation, which is what

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Caitlin Johnstone: Where the Aggression Really Begins

The empire’s favorite trick is to begin the historical record at the moment its enemies retaliate against its abuses. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with “murder as…

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Elon Musk Using Xitter To Force Government Shutdown

Tech billionaire and Donald Trump supporter Elon Musk is pushing for a government shutdown rather than supporting a stop-gap funding bill in the House of Representatives. Democratic lawmakers are blasting his influence on the matter.