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Elisabeth Finch wowed Hollywood with her extraordinary stories about overcoming a rare form of bone cancer. Then the truth came out

Pandemic conspiracy-mongers shared the stage with scientists and public health advocates at a Stanford University conference. Should they have even been let into the room?

Epidemiologist Dr. Gary Slutkin: MAGA is a "dangerous and lethal syndrome" of “Authoritarian Violence Disorder”

Getting personnel and equipment out may prove the easy part.

The new all-digital configuration of the Xbox Series X ditches the disc drive and drops the price.

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are up this month thanks to strong economic data. But they should fall in 2025.

Want to keep your feet on, hold those swings, and move with control? Your core can help with that.

The borough of C.D.N.-N.D.G. wants to revamp the entire area, but motorists might not like some of the proposed changes.

Everything you need to know in order to watch Spain vs. Serbia in UEFA Nations League soccer action on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

People will take one step in your home and be like: oh, you GROWN grown.

For this artist and DJ, the beauty ritual is best played out in bed.

Oura's app makes health metrics feel personal and actionable, giving it a leg up over other wearables. But you have to pay a monthly subscription to make the most of it.

Mobilinx, the construction consortium building the 18-kilometre line, was awarded a $4.6-billion contract in 2019 to design, build, finance and operate the line for 30 years.

Several types of Boeing aircraft’s production has been affected as over 30,000 unionized workers in the Pacific Northwest have remained on the picket lines.

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen recently gave $1 million worth of XRP tokens to a super PAC that's supporting the vice president's run for the White House.

Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, October 15th

The author of 'The Message' insists on moral clarity about Israeli oppression, but the threat from Hamas and others is clearer than anything else in the conflict.

Camberwell Cork House is a natural materials-led rear extension and full refurbishment by Delve Architects. Utilising Cork cladding and insulation, the new home reduces carbon emissions, saves on bills and improves on biodiversity.

I’ve always believed that the world is complicated and that our desire for simplicity is understandable but dangerous.  But when does the impulse to embrace ambiguity become its own pathology? Sure, the world is complex, but sometimes we have to pass judgment. We have to be willing to say that something is true and something […]

On July 21, 2024, temperatures soared in many parts of the world, breaking the record for the hottest day ever recorded on the planet. The following day—July 22—the record was broken again. But even as the heat index rises each summer, the people working outdoors to pick fruits, vegetables, and flowers for American tables keep…

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 349 research/teaching positions and 33 teaching positions 

My earliest memory of the Commandos series of tactical stealth games was my dad bringing home a box copy of the original. “The missions take months. Months!” his mate had told him. Get less shit mates, thought I, for I had already played it elsewhere, and knew that the missions took mere minutes if you put the game on easy then rushed your objectives, bonking nazis along the way. I did not rush the new Steam demo for Kalypso’s revival, Commandos: Origins, but it’s still doable inside half an hour. Читать дальше...

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Pens Points has a recap from last night and any other news you may have missed from Monday.

For liberal leaders of all stripes, branding “polarization” as a dire threat to “democracy” is a constant meme. It was the central motif of President Joe Biden’s abbreviated reelection campaign, repeated most recently at his October 4 press conference. However, liberal leaders have been less prone to showcase a banner likely to broaden their non- and bipartisan appeal—namely, that the MAGA right’s antidemocratic shenanigans are threats to “the Constitution.”

It was Friday, July 19, one of the last days before Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race. Kamala Harris was rolling calls in a pre-lit film studio at the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill, as someone in the room described to me. The morning had been consumed by video conferences with panicked donors and volunteers, screens of distant little faces looking to Harris for some kind of encouragement. The calls were followed by a series of scripted, direct-to-camera spots. Читать дальше...