The site of El Salt, Spain, where the ancient pope keeps turning.Photo: University of Bologna About 50,000 years ago, a bunch of Neanderthals built a house – and a bathroom–There is now …
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US stock futures fell amid concerns about the Kovid-19 vaccine distribution and investors waited for a bumper day of earnings reports. Futures in the broader S&P 500 index declined 0.7% and the …
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Walgreens WBA 2.86% Boots Alliance Inc. has named Starbucks Corp. operating head Rose Brewer as its next chief executive, the only black woman to lead today’s Fortune 500 company, according to people …
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US stocks are set to start a bumper week of earnings in a suppressed manner. Apple AAPL, + 1.61%, Tesla TSLA, + 0.20%, Facebook fb, + 0.60% And Microsoft MSFT, + 0.44% …
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China overtook the US as the world’s top destination for new foreign direct investment last year, as the Kovid-19 pandemic exacerbates a retrospective shift in the global economy’s center of gravity. New …
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Read More »German Scientists Make Paralyzed Mice Revivable
Zuzana Szymanska, by Stefan Nitschke (Reuters) – German researchers have been able to reintroduce running mice following spinal cord injuries, re-establishing neural links considered irreparable in mammals using a designer protein injected …
Read More »German Scientists Make Paralyzed Mice Revivable
Zuzana Szymanska, by Stefan Nitschke (Reuters) – German researchers have been able to reintroduce running mice following spinal cord injuries, re-establishing neural links considered irreparable in mammals using a designer protein injected …
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