New York — Cryptocurrencies plunged in value on Friday in a short but significant flash crash, leaving investors with billions of dollars in losses and highlighting the volatility associated with the industry. Traders were jolted after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on imports from China, sparking a sell-off in risky assets like tech stocks and crypto and a flight …
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Just five minutes of exercise twice a day can give inactive people a major boost to heart health, new research shows. Scientists found that brief bursts of activity—even as short as five minutes—can significantly improve cardiovascular fitness (CRF), a key measure of how efficiently the heart, lungs and blood vessels deliver oxygen to the muscles. Better CRF has long been …
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A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals a noticeable change in how Earth reflects sunlight. Over the past two decades, the planet has shown a decline in its reflectivity, with significant regional variations. According to the research team, led by Norman Loeb from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Virginia, this trend could have …
Read More »Fed Gov. Stephen Miran Calls for Dramatically Lower Interest Rate After Voting for Jumbo Cut Realtor.com The Fed has a lot of catching up to do, says new central banker Stephen Miran CNN Miran Says Interest Rates Should Fall to 2.5 Percent The New York Times Trump’s Federal Reserve appointee seeks steeper rate cuts ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Fed …
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One of the first black holes ever imaged is even stranger than we thought, new images of its dramatically changing environment reveal. The object, known as M87*, has experienced unexpected changes in its magnetic fields that are showing up in polarized light — meaning, light waves that are orientated in the same way (such as vertically, or horizontally). Astronomers are …
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10 lifestyle habits that lower cancer risk dramatically Times of India AIIMS, Harvard gastroenterologist shares 8 drinks that can lower cancer risk: Which of these do you already consume? Hindustan Times Can the right food bring down your risk of Cancer? Times of India A cancer-fighting diet: Managing symptoms and food safety Mayo Clinic Press Eating habits can fight and fuel cancer Tribune India Source …
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Steven Chechette (C) speaks with a recruiter at the KeySource booth at the Mega JobNewsUSA South Florida Job Fair held in the Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida, on April 30, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images U.S. private sector hiring rose less than expected in August, data released Thursday shows, offering the latest indication of trouble in the labor …
Read More »Federal health officials have dramatically scaled back a program that has tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S. for three decades. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, has cut required monitoring to just two pathogens that cause infections, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s down from eight. Under the change, which began …
Read More »Why has the Giants’ season turned around so dramatically? ‘I honestly have no clue’ San Francisco Chronicle Padres catch Dodgers for division lead with series-clinching win in SF MLB.com Padres tie Dodgers atop NL West in bizarre day for Shohei Ohtani Yahoo Sports The Giants’ downfall continues, and is practically unexplainable: ‘Honestly, no clue’ The San Francisco Standard Giants’ Casey Schmitt: Racks up four …
Read More »HomeCardiovascular Diseases Over a century of progress in surgery, drugs, prevention, and emergency response has driven down death rates from heart disease and stroke. For much of history, heart disease was a mystery. Middle-aged adults often collapsed without warning, and doctors usually blamed “dropsy”, “apoplexy”, or simply “old age.”1 In 1945 — at just 63 years old — President Franklin …
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