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In late October, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll cast doubt upon the outlook for running back Chris Carson because of a neck injury that kept him from getting back on the field. But since then, Carson has made progress and returned to practice for Seattle on Wednesday. “He’s got to make it through the […]
In a study with lab-grown mouse cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have found that a protein that helps form a structural network under the surface of the cell’s “command center”—its nucleus—is key to ensuring that DNA inside it remains orderly. The new experiments distinguish the role of the protein, called lamin C, revealing […]
Oil prices settled slightly higher on Thursday, as the market grappled with a stronger U.S. dollar along with concern over increasing U.S. inflation, and after OPEC cut its 2021 oil demand forecast due to high prices. Brent crude futures settled up 23 cents at $82.87 a barrel after falling during the session to $81.66. U.S. […]
Fitbit released its Charge 5 fitness tracker with a brand new design and a color screen in September, but it launched without two key software features: an electrocardiogram (ECG) app and Fitbit’s new Daily Readiness Score, which recommends how hard you should work out. More than a month after the Charge 5’s release, those features […]
Christmas is fast approaching, and you can now stock up on your presents for the little ones with these discounted Black Friday kids’ toys. All of the unique kids’ toys listed below are sold on the online platform Down Your High Street. It’s a wonderful website that supports the British high street shops that we […]
As one point on Wednesday afternoon, the general vibes pointed to the Saints as the team that would land receiver Odell Beckham Jr. Late Wednesday afternoon, that changed. The prevailing chatter is pointing to the Chiefs as the place where Beckham will land. It’s not done until he signs, obviously. And since we first caught […]
Women are significantly more likely to develop an abnormal and often rapid heart rhythm in the first year after being diagnosed with breast cancer than women without cancer, according to research published in the European Heart Journal. The study also found that patients who developed the condition, known as atrial fibrillation, after a breast cancer […]
Restaurant chain Haidilao International Holding Ltd (6862.HK) plans to sell HK$2.35 billion ($301.6 million) of new shares in a top-up placing, raising capital for repayment of credit facilities and to enhance supply chain management and product development. The Chinese hot pot chain operator plans to sell 115 million new shares to major shareholder, SP NP […]
Starting November 19th, 2021, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile will be adding another budget 5G phone to the lineup — the $252 Nokia X100 that is exclusive to T-Mobile. This addition is coming just as the holiday shopping season is ready for kickoff, and T-Mobile’s sales of other budget 5G phones from REVVL and certain […]
If you’ve never heard of ‘corpse wax’ or ‘grave wax’, then consider this a lesson in some of the weird and wonderful things that our bodies can do once we’ve bitten the dust. The first discovery of this certain phenomenon was in 1786 at The Holy Innocents’ Cemetery in Paris. The cemetery was in the […]