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The president set a record with the fundraising total, but his approval ratings remain low amid an expected 2024 general election rematch with Donald Trump.

If you didn't submit a tax return in 2021, then you still have some time to claim your 2020 refund, but not a lot. Here's what to know.

From left: Paul Judge, chairman of The Open Opportunity Fund; Tessa Flippin, founder and managing partner of Capitalize VC; Claude Grunitzky, CEO of The Equity Alliance; Gayle Jennings O'Byrne, cofounder and general partner of Wocstar Fund.

Open Opportunity Fund, Capitalize VC, The Equity Alliance Wocstar Fund

The recent approval of a CRISPR-Cas9 therapy for sickle cell disease demonstrates that gene editing tools can do a superb job of knocking out genes to cure hereditary disease. But it's still not possible to insert whole genes into the human genome to substitute for defective or deleterious genes.

A new study published today in Nature Climate Change, found that exported used vehicles generate at least 13%–53% more emissions per mile than those that are scrapped or on the road in Great Britain.

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, February 20th

Cannabis has been legal in Canada since October 2018. But some employers are still testing their workers for it — and recreational use may even prevent you from getting a job. Andrew Sampson explains.

A Moncton man is attempting to break a Guinness world record for running a full marathon while juggling three balls. Joggler Jean-Marc Doiron can be the new record holder if he finishes the 42.2-km run in under two hours, 50 minutes and 12 seconds.

For the past century, the American right has fawned over foreign autocrats, from Kaiser Wilhelm to Vladimir Putin.

The threat posed by Trump and the MAGA movement, like that posed by the Confederate States of America, is neither “conservative” nor “extremist” but criminally anti-democratic. 

In 1977, Ray and Charles Eames released a remarkable film that, over the course of just nine minutes, spanned the limits of human knowledge. Powers of Ten begins with an overhead shot of a man on a picnic blanket inside a one-square-­meter frame. The camera pans out: 10, then 100 meters, then a kilometer, and…

This modern facility is a key component of the complex Integrated Transportation Centre project that is being erected in the capital of the Lublin Voivodeship. Located in the central part of the city, the Metropolitan Station and its accompanying infrastructure is a primary transport hub connecting urban, regional and national transport systems. It will also be one of the most environmentally friendly developments of its kind in Poland. Prominent architecture studio Tremend is responsible for the project. Читать дальше...

There is a certain artistry to elegantly written computer code. Programmers pride themselves on the craftsmanship that goes into program design, including attention to detail and functionality. Superior craftsmanship also requires superior tools, which is why more developers are adopting low-code development solutions. They want to focus on application services, not the coding process.

What we mean by “hybrid cloud” has always needed to be clarified for the cloud industry. Once defined as a private cloud paired with a public cloud, it’s now a catch-all for any system that’s not a public cloud working together with a public cloud.

Most developers don’t use infrastructure as code (IaC), argues AWS tech lead Chris Munns. But to those top 10% to 15% of developers who do use modern development technologies such as IaC go the spoils. Even if the audience for IaC remains relatively small, interest in Python and artificial intelligence is accelerating adoption, as Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy notes in an interview. In enterprises that see tech as a competitive advantage, developers are digging deep into infrastructure. IaC is their tool of choice to do this successfully. Читать дальше...

I aver that the medieval peasant mindset, much like its Bronze Age predecessor, is one of the new crop of meme ideologies that have so aggressively multiplied in cyberspace over the past few years.

Biden revoked Medicaid work requirements when he took office. Republicans are hoping for their return.

1. Widest Gap Between Sunak and Starmer in New Poll  Guido Fawkes
2. Sunak and Starmer approval gap widest ever after Tory by-election defeats  The Telegraph
3. 'Faced with a choice of woke Starmer versus sensible Sunak, it's no contest'  GB News
4. Poll Reveals Conservative Party's Leadership Dilemma Amidst Historical By-Election Losses  BNN Breaking
5. Sunak loses more 2019 Tory support as Starmer leads poll on 17 leadership traits  LabourList

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A former sailor who served on board the previous Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Protector, who escaped with his life after falling into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, has shared a collection of memorabilia with the crew of the current vessel.

When your diet falls short in magnesium, you’re at higher risk for certain health problems.