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Wall Street advanced on Tuesday as the prospect of additional stimulus and a record jump in retail sales suggested the U.S. economy could bounce back sooner than expected, five months into its pandemic-inflicted recession. All three major U.S. stock indexes posted their third consecutive daily gains. The Dow and the S&P remain about 11% and […]
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week permitted marketing of the first video game to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a mental health condition that can cause abnormal levels of hyperactive and impulse behavior.EndeavorRx (AKL-T01), for children between the ages of eight and 12, is a video game designed “to […]
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It was the beginning of lockdown in the UK and like millions of people across the country, artist Matthew Burrows was feeling anxious about the impact the pandemic was likely to have on his industry. “I had been getting messages from friends and colleagues saying their exhibitions were closing,” he recalls. “Most artists work in […]
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Bantamweights Ketlen Vieira and Yana Kunitskaya have agreed to meet on the UFC’s upcoming card on Aug. 1 with the event taking place in the United States. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting with both fighters agreeing to the matchup. MMA Junkie initially reported the matchup. Vieira will look to bounce back from […]
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New research from health psychologists at Staffordshire University explores why some employees feel guilty about taking their legally entitled breaks. The paper’s lead author Dr. Mike Oliver explained: “The legally required minimum time for a lunch break at work is 20 minutes, however there is a growing trend nationally for large numbers of people not […]
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U.S. FAA chief Steve Dickson will tell a Senate committee at a hearing on Wednesday that transparency is key to restoring public trust in the agency and planemaker Boeing Co in the wake of fatal 737 MAX crashes, according to a copy of his written testimony. Dickson will also tell lawmakers that the air transportation […]
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Good Old Games, known these days as GOG, sure does give away a lot of games. Over the last two years, I have collected 55 titles and didn’t have to pay a dime. Granted, they aren’t spanking new games, but they are quality hits, including Shadow Warrior, Beneath a Steel Sky, Hello Neighbor, and most […]
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Photographer Tanja Hollander realized she could use her art to help people during a FaceTime conversation with her sister, Emma, managing partner of Trina’s Starlite Lounge in Somerville. “She was really worried about the fate of the restaurant,” Hollander said. “The immigrant community that often works in restaurants … They’re like family to her, and […]
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There may be no baseball being played but some teams are still doing what they do best: taking advantage of powerless minor leaguers and manipulating service time. That’s the report from Kyle Glaser of Baseball America, whose sources tell him that “at least four teams were offering undrafted amateur players — and a few recently […]
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A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan, has clarified the mechanism by which human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) causes inflammation and oncogenesis. The action of the viral gene HTLV-1 bZIP factor (HBZ) changes the reactivity of immune cells (T cells) infected with HTLV-1 to cytokines, which results in inflammation. This research is expected […]
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