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Key Takeaways Major retailers shared their perspectives on how consumers are faring and what tariffs mean for the industry on conference calls following the release of quarterly results last week. Americans remain value-minded while shopping, and in some cases are pulling back on discretionary items even though tariffs haven’t fully affected prices yet. Yet, home improvement suppliers said shoppers have …

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying toward an asteroid more than 5 million miles away. The message prompted the spacecraft to execute a series of pre-programmed commands that caused a small, shoebox-sized satellite contributed by the …

Marissa Loewen first started using artificial intelligence in 2014 as a project management tool. She has autism and ADHD and said it helped immensely with organizing her thoughts. “We try to use it conscientiously though because we do realize that there is an impact on the environment,” she said. Her personal AI use isn’t unique anymore. Now it’s a feature …

Summary: Stress is a universal experience, but not all stress affects the brain in the same way. A new study in rats reveals that acute stress provokes anxiety-like behaviors, especially in males, while chronic stress is more strongly tied to depressive symptoms. Researchers also found changes in key blood-brain barrier proteins, showing that stress compromises brain defenses in different ways …

Florida ordered to dismantle Alligator Alcatraz over environmental impact  The Washington Post Judge Orders That ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Be Shut Down for Now  The New York Times No new detainees can be brought to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which a federal judge is effectively shutting down  CNN Judge rules ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ can stay open for now, but no further detainees or construction are allowed  NBC …

On Sept. 11, 2022, engineers at a flight control center in Turin, Italy, sent a radio signal into deep space. Its destination was NASA’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft flying toward an asteroid more than 5 million miles away. The message prompted the spacecraft to execute a series of pre-programmed commands that caused a small, shoebox-sized satellite contributed by the …

Scientists on Wednesday warned that abrupt and potentially irreversible changes are occurring in Antarctica. They said the changes, which are driven by climate change, could lead to “catastrophic consequences for generations.” The research was published in the journal Nature. It sought to describe the interlocking effects of global warming on the Antarctic, the frozen continent at the planet’s South Pole. The …

This past Sunday night, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred made on-the-air comments that brought expansion back to the national baseball conversation, and with it, the idea of geographical realignment. By the time the league expands – most likely by two teams – it will have been 30 years or more since the last time MLB expanded when the Arizona Diamondbacks and …

U.S. President Donald Trump presents a sweeping spending and tax legislation, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” after he signed it, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters S&P Global said it expects “meaningful” federal government revenue from President Donald Trump‘s broad tariff policies to “generally offset weaker” revenue expected …

Children who regularly vape are three times more likely to become smokers later in life, a bombshell report has claimed.  Figures have long shown how the proportion of kids using e-cigarettes has exploded amid the decline of traditional smoking, with more than a third of 16 to 18-year-olds now regularly inhaling them.  For comparison, less than one in ten were …