DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ An NYC couple realized what tired, lonely corporate workers miss about college — fun lectures, socializing, and drinking. Now they hold events that try to bring that spark back.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The lecture was part of an event series in New York City called "Lectures on Tap," which invites working adults to attend interesting lectures in bars. They were particularly fond of an event series called "Profs and Pints," in which college professors gave lectures in bars. To fill the gap, they decided to launch their own event series, which they called "Lectures on Tap." Felecia and Tyrone Freely, the organizers of NYC's "Lectures on Tap" event series. "They think 'Lectures on Tap' is the perfect place to meet a partner," she said.

Persons: —, Jason Wright, Dyson, Amanda Firine, Tyrone, Felecia, Zs, millennials, Alan Huse Organizations: Service, Brooklyn , Pennsylvania State University, Business, Columbia University, TED, Firine Locations: Brooklyn ,, New York City, Tyrone, Washington , DC, New York

☆ India’s economy and Modi, Ambani, Adani: The three men shaping the next economic superpower
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Fellow billionaire Gautam Adani, founder of the Adani group, was also invited. Reliance Industries and the Adani Group are sprawling conglomerates worth over $200 billion each, with established businesses in sectors ranging from fossil fuels and clean energy to media and technology. As a result, these three men — Modi, Ambani and Adani — are playing a fundamental role in shaping the economic superpower India will become in the coming decades. Both Adani and Ambani have become key allies as the country embarks on this revolution. “India cannot grow rich before it becomes old on the back of a few big firms like Adani or Ambani,” he said.

Persons: Mukesh Ambani, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump, popstar Rihanna, David Blaine, Ambani, Gautam Adani, Jeff Bezos, ”, Rohit Lamba, Narendra Modi, — Modi, Adani, Noemi Cassanelli, ’, John D Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, James Crabtree, Modi, Guido Cozzi, Cozzi, Ambani’s, Dhirubhai, helms, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor, ’ Ambani, Amit Dave, Hindenburg’s, ferociously, ” Cantor, Modi’s, Prasanna Tantri, Crabtree, Lamba Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN —, Reliance Industries, Pennsylvania State University, Investors, Adani, CNN, Adani Realty, Frick, Astor, Carnegie, Samsung, Hyundai, World Bank . Coal, University of St, Adani Group, Reliance, Reliance Industry, Adani Enterprises, AEL “, Tata Group, Modi, India’s, Hindenburg, GQG Partners, Indian School of Business Locations: New Delhi, Gujarat, Davos, Coachella, Silicon Valley, India, China, Mumbai, Antilia, America, Asia, Britain, South Korea, Worth, United Kingdom, University of St Gallen, Switzerland, American

☆ Steve McCurry’s photo of Shaolin monks training captures their incredible acrobatics
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A young Shaolin monk runs horizontally across a wall, intense concentration, and perhaps a hint of astonishment, visible in his face. Four other trainees at a martial arts academy near the Shaolin Temple in China’s Henan province lounge nonchalantly, seemingly unaware of the gravity-defying action taking place above their heads. “There’s this high-level action,” photographer Steve McCurry told CNN of the photo’s composition in a video call from his home in Philadelphia. The Shaolin Temple – which was founded in AD 495 on the slopes of the sacred Mount Song – is said to be the home of Chan Buddhism. Today, Shaolin kung fu is widely known, and the monks’ feats in athleticism have been emulated in popular movies.

Persons: Steve McCurry, ’, doesn’t, McCurry, –, ”, Jeremy Horner, LightRocket, It’s, “ Organizations: CNN, Jet, Pennsylvania State University, Geographic, Shaolin Locations: Shaolin, China’s Henan, Philadelphia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Soviet, Peshawar, Niger, India, Pennsylvania, Dengfeng, Zhengzhou

☆ Scientists solved the 70-year-old mystery of an insect's invisibility coat that can manipulate light
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"This is really the first study to understand how the brochosome's complex geometry interacts with light," Wong said. After almost a decade of research, they managed to 3D print the world's first synthetic brochosomes. Wong's future research will partly focus on making smaller synthetic brochosomes to target the shorter end of the electromagnetic spectrum. Yaorusheng/Getty ImagesAlthough Wong's synthetic brochosomes mark a major step towards invisibility-cloaking technology, scientists are still decades away from bringing anything to market. "Depending on our imagination, I think there are many cool applications that can come out of brochosomes," Wong said.

Persons: —, Tak Sing Wong, aren't, Lin Wang, Wong Brochosomes, Wong, Wong's, brochosomes, Hao Xin Organizations: Service, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State, Business, University of Arizona, European Union Locations: brochosomes

☆ An Arms Smugger, a Daring Heist, and the Birth of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. "It went against the grain to buck the same government we had fought to preserve only a few years before," Hank Greenspun recalled. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

Persons: Danny Schwimmer, They'd, Rina, Al —, David Ben, Gurion, Al Schwimmer, Schwimmer, Bugsy Siegel's, Meyer Lansky, Frank Sinatra, Sinatra, —, Boaz Dvir, Israel —, Danny, Al, I've, Hank Greenspun, Greenspun, Brian, Adolph, Dick Tracy, " Schwimmer, Wing Walker, America, Yehuda Arazi, Arazi, they'd, Schwimmer's, Sam Lewis, Leo Gardner, Milton, Milt, Rubenfeld, Paul Reubens, Herman, Reubens, Bugsy Siegel, Siegel, — Schwimmer, Nathan Liff, Liff, PhotoQuest, Bernarr McFadden, Pat, Ptacek, Rafael Trujillo, Teddy Kollek, Erwin Johnson, Bill Gerson, Gerson, Bud King, Gerson's, Ben, Joel Kimmel, Lewis, Lansky, hadn't, Tommy, Messerschmitts, David, Milt Rubenfeld, Israel, Charlie Winters, Winters, weren't, aren't, America's, Joseph McCarthy, John F, Kennedy, Brian Greenspun, Golda Meir, Bill Clinton Organizations: Israeli Air Force, TWA, Haganah, United Nations, Lockheed Air, Los Angeles Examiner, USC, Getty, US Naval, Schwimmer Aviation, FBI, UN, Customs Service, Palestine . Volunteers, Embassy, Israel, Service Airways, State Department, BI, Pepsi, Zionist, Nazi, Star, American, Avia, Messerschmitt, Pennsylvania State University who's, Las, Sun, Israel Aerospace Industries, IAI, they're, Israeli Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Connecticut, Palestine, New York, Copacabana, United States, Hungary, Auschwitz, storages, Arizona, Bridgeport, Rome, Burbank , California, Burbank, Las Vegas, Hawaii, Oahu, Santa Claus, California, Washington, Burbank ., Acapulco, Mexico, it's, Mexico City, Central, South America, Dominican Republic, China, America, Mexican, Panama, Panamanian, Corsica, Oklahoma, Detroit, Suriname, Brazil, Senegal, Casablanca, Sicily, Catania, Europe, Czechoslovakia, Czech, Egypt, Cairo, Los Angeles, American, Gaza, Iran

☆ 'America's greatest gift to Israel'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +35 min

As the country's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, once declared, "America's greatest gift to Israel was Al Schwimmer." Joining the Haganah, Schwimmer discovered, wasn't as easy as just strolling through the door. "He felt he had to do his part in creating a Jewish state, so this could never happen again," Schwimmer recalled. Rather than melt down the surplus weapons for scrap, Liff told Greenspun to take as much as he wanted — free of charge. In 2001, at the urging of Brian Greenspun, Schwimmer received a presidential pardon from Bill Clinton.

☆ Diet and sugary drinks boost risk of atrial fibrillation by up to 20%, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Atrial fibrillation is dangerous and on the riseAtrial fibrillation is the leading cause of stroke in the United States. Atrial fibrillation can also lead to blood clots, heart failure and “can increase the risk for heart attack, for dementia, for kidney disease. Replacing both diet and added sugar sodas with water is best to reduce chances of atrial fibrillation, experts say. The rate of atrial fibrillation in the US population is growing: The CDC estimates some 12 million Americans will have A-fib by 2030. “Do not take it for granted that drinking low-sugar and low-calorie artificially sweetened beverages is healthy, it may pose potential health risks.”

Persons: ”, Penny Kris, Etherton, Kris, “, Dr, Gregory Marcus, ” Marcus, Naveed Sattar, ” Sattar, Ningjian Wang, ” Wang Organizations: CNN, Pennsylvania State University, American Heart Association, US Centers for Disease Control, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, UCSF Health, Rhythm Society, University of Glasgow, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Locations: United States, Scotland, Shanghai, China

☆ The Changing Focus of Climate Denial: From Science to Scientists
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Delger Erdenesanaa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

One July morning in 2012, climate scientist Michael Mann woke up to a terse email from a fellow scientist. “Holy crap,” read the message, from Phil Plait, an astronomer and science communicator. “This is truly the most awful thing I’ve ever seen said about a climate scientist. The writers claimed that Dr. Mann had created fraudulent graphs, and accused the university of mishandling investigations into both the coach’s crimes and the scientist’s research. Dr. Mann did indeed call a lawyer.

Persons: Michael Mann, ”, Phil Plait, I’d, Dr, Mann, Jerry Sandusky Organizations: Pennsylvania State University, Penn State, Columbia, Court Locations: District

☆ Sanfordiacaulis: New ancient tree species looks like it could be from the mind of Dr. Seuss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Ayurella Horn-Muller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The authors said these new and unusual fossil trees not only bear a surprising shape reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss illustration, they reveal clues about a period of life on Earth of which we know little. Few tree fossils that date back to Earth’s earliest forests have ever been found, according to Gastaldo. Most ancient tree specimens are relatively small, he noted, and often discovered in the form of a fossilized trunk with a stump or root system attached. Wilf noted via email that the “unusual” new fossil tree was a relic of a time period from which there are almost no tree fossils. The peculiar set of tree fossils presents proof of a “failed experiment of science and evolution,” Stimson added.

Persons: Seuss, ”, Robert Gastaldo, sedimentologist, “, Coauthors Olivia King, Matthew Stimson, Gastaldo, “ gobsmacked, Tim, Laurie Sanford, Stimson, ” Stimson, Peter Wilf, Wilf, ” Wilf, Dr, King, “ We’re, fossilization, ” Gastaldo Organizations: CNN, Colby College, New Brunswick Museum, geosciences, Pennsylvania State University Locations: Canadian, New Brunswick, Waterville , Maine, paleobotanist

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has enacted new rules intended to eliminate discrimination in access to internet services, a move which regulators are calling the first major U.S. digital civil rights policy. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said that Congress required the agency to adopt rules addressing digital discrimination, through bipartisan infrastructure legislation passed at the start of the Biden administration. Poorer, less white neighborhoods were found to have received lower investment in broadband infrastructure and offered worse deals for internet service than comparatively whiter and higher-income areas. It is simply not plausible that we could prevent and eliminate digital discrimination by solely, solely addressing intentional discrimination,” said fellow commissioner Geoffrey Starks. President Joe Biden has said the investments in the bipartisan infrastructure law are meant to connect every U.S. household to quality internet service by 2030 regardless of income or identity.

Persons: Jessica Rosenworcel, Biden, ” Rosenworcel, ”, Nicol Turner Lee, Brendan Carr, “ It’s, Carr, Geoffrey Starks, “, Trump, Joe Biden, Christopher Ali, “ That’s, Ali, ” Ali, ” ___ Matt Brown Organizations: WASHINGTON, Federal Communications Commission, FCC, Associated Press, Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution, National Cable and Telecommunications Association, Free Press, Pennsylvania State University Locations: U.S, “

☆ The sure-fire way to save America’s cities? Do what Tokyo does.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

But affordability isn't an issue in the world's biggest city, Tokyo. In collectivist Japan, housing policy is designed to benefit the most people possible. Earthquakes and small homesAnother feature of the Japanese housing market is purely situational: The country is a hotspot for earthquakes. Could the US import Japanese housing policy? Japan's housing policy "is now quite well understood" among American housing advocates and scholars, he says, "whereas it was not even three years ago."

Persons: metropolises, Eric Adams, Alan Durning, Durning, Jiro Yoshida, NIMBYism, Jenny Schuetz, Yoshida, Schuetz, André Sorensen, there's, Sorensen, Nolan Gray, Impermanence, Gray, tradeoffs, Eliza Relman Organizations: US, America it's, New York City, Sightline, Pennsylvania State University, Brookings Institution, University of Toronto, Earthquakes Locations: Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, it's, America, Paris, Japan, inequity, Montana, California, United States, Vienna, Amsterdam, California , Oregon, Washington

The Energy Department has announced a $325 million investment in new battery types that can help turn solar and wind energy into 24-hour power. Batteries are increasingly being used to store surplus renewable energy so that it can be used later, during times when there is no sunlight or wind. The department says the projects will protect more communities from blackouts and make energy more reliable and affordable. “Long-duration battery storage is like a rainy-day savings account for energy storage,” said Jodie Lutkenhaus, professor of chemical engineering at Texas A&M University. This one is led by the California Energy Commission in collaboration with Faraday Microgrids.

Persons: ”, Christopher Rahn, “, Jodie Lutkenhaus, ” Lutkenhaus, Amanda Smith, Faraday, Rejoule, Infrastructure David Crane, Elisabeth Moyer, ” Rahn Organizations: Energy Department, Pennsylvania State University, Texas, M University, “, Law, Xcel Energy, Energy, Children's, California Energy Commission, Smart Systems, EV, Canada . Energy, Infrastructure, University of Chicago, AP Locations: Lake, American, Minnesota, U.S, California , New York, Hawaii, Becker , Minnesota, Pueblo , Colorado, California's, Madera, Georgia , California, South Carolina, Louisiana, Petaluma , California, Santa Fe , New Mexico, Canada

☆ Inside 2 major groups that run NIL deals for Big Ten student-athletes as 'collectives' gain enormous power and influence in college sports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

During the first year of NIL, collectives were viewed as "hush-hush" by many in the industry, Opendorse marketplace's Braly Keller previously told Insider. Brandon McCladdie/Happy Valley UnitedHow collectives work with college athletesThe main goal of collectives is to create NIL opportunities for college athletes. About a quarter of Dinkytown Athletes' NIL deals have been business partnerships between Minnesota athletes and companies like Dove, Northwestern Mutual, and PNC Bank. Happy Valley United's NIL work also involves engaging with the local community, including the collective's partner charities, said McCladdie. Happy Valley United is building its brand through media attention and community-based "grassroots" efforts, McCladdie said.

Persons: marketplace's Braly Keller, Keller, there's, it's, University of Minnesota —, Derek Burns, Burns, Brandon McCladdie, McCladdie Organizations: Big Ten, Pennsylvania State University, Dinkytown, University of Minnesota, State College ,, Penn, Golden Gophers, Happy, Dinkytown Athletes, Penn State, Blueprint Sports Foundation, Northwestern Mutual, PNC Bank, College, Gopher, Gopher Sports, State College Locations: State College , Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Minneapolis

☆ A Democratic lawmaker with over $200,000 in student debt says millions of borrowers will soon have to 'postpone their lives' with payments about to resume
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Democratic Rep. Summer Lee has over $200,000 in student debt from college and law school. She said that millions of borrowers will soon have to adjust their lives to afford another monthly bill. "I either took this loan debt or I didn't get this education, I missed this educational opportunity," she continued. "The reality is that we're on-ramping millions of borrowers right back into a debt servitude," she said. At the end of June, the Supreme Court struck down President Joe Biden's broad plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers.

Persons: Summer Lee, Lee, Donald Trump, —, Joe Biden's, Biden, it's Organizations: Democratic, Service, Democratic Rep, Pennsylvania State University, Howard University School of Law, Education Department, Higher, Education, Republican Locations: Wall, Silicon, Pennsylvania

☆ How water-bottle fill stations can impact children’s health, according to a new study
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Making water more accessible to kids leads to an increase in hydration and a decrease in children being overweight, according to a new study. The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, included more than 1,200 students across 18 schools in California’s Bay Area. Half of the schools were gifted water dispensers in the cafeteria and water-bottle filling stations in areas of high traffic, Patel said. “I always tell people, drink water first — as that will reduce a person’s thirst and likelihood that they will drink sugary drinks. “If we really care about kids’ health, we won’t give them health information with a side of body shame, because we know weight stigma hurts kids’ health,” Hanson said.

Persons: ”, Anisha Patel, Patel, “, Asher Rosinger, Rosinger, Oona Hanson, Hanson, ” Hanson Organizations: CNN, Pediatrics, Stanford University in, Health, Nutrition, Pennsylvania State University Locations: California’s Bay, Stanford University in California, Los Angeles

☆ Invasive hammerhead worms are longtime New Yorkers, and they may be here to stay
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Invasive hammerhead flatworms have distinctive curved heads, striped bodies ranging in color from light yellow to dark brown, and they can secrete tetrodotoxin — a neurotoxin found in puffer fish and blue-ringed octopuses. Five species of invasive hammerhead worms — four in the genus Bipalium and one in Diversibipalium — are established in North America, said Bruce Snyder, an associate professor of biology at Georgia College and State University. Today, most hammerhead worms (also known as broadhead planarians) are concentrated in the Southeast, where they favor warm, damp habitats. Bazzano Photography/Alamy Stock PhotoTo date, more than 3,000 sightings in southeastern states of just one invasive hammerhead species — Bipalium kewense — have been shared to the citizen scientist database iNaturalist. Hammerhead tetrodotoxin, which disrupts neurons’ signaling to muscles, can sicken pets if they eat the worms, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

Persons: CNN —, they’ve, Peter Ducey, ” Ducey, “, Bruce Snyder, they’re, ” Snyder, ”, Hammerhead tetrodotoxin, Ducey, adventitium, Libbie Hyman, Hyman, Snyder, it’s, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, State University of New, Georgia College, State University, US Department of, Species Information, “, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Forestry, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, ”, hammerheads, Pennsylvania State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Scientific Locations: Washington , DC, Yorkers, New York, State University of New York, Cortland, “, North America, Southeast Asia, California, Oregon, Maine, New Jersey, Long, Westchester County, New York City, Europe, Asia, Pennsylvania

☆ Opinion: Mark Zuckerberg’s family photo raises this crucial question
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Opinion Priya C. Kumar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Sandwiched between a Jiu-Jitsu video and the Threads announcement, Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram profile recently featured a casual Independence Day snapshot of him and his family. This prompted social media comments accusing Zuckerberg of hypocrisy, given the constant outcry over his company Meta’s privacy practices. Mark Zuckerberg posted this picture with his family on Instagram on July 4, 2023. A decade ago, a research team and I interviewed more than 100 parents about their social media use. That’s the real privacy problem of social media, and it affects children and adults alike.

Persons: Priya C, Kumar, Mark Zuckerberg’s, Zuckerberg, Kumar Hayley Wildeson, There’s, Mark Zuckerberg, Ulla Autenrieth, they’ve Organizations: Pennsylvania State University, CNN, Twitter, Facebook Locations: emojis, childrearing, Instagram, Swiss

☆ A management professor shares how to resolve time-wasting conflicts between coworkers — without punishment
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Susie Allen | Kellogg Insight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Measuring Office MisconductHow do you go about studying negative workplace behavior? Analyzing these dimensions separately allowed the researchers to develop a nuanced portrait of negative workplace behavior and its aftermath. When it comes to engaging in negative workplace behavior, everyone appears to be on equal footing. Since negative workplace behavior is relational, meting out punishment to individuals may not break the cycle. And because negative workplace behavior breeds further negative workplace behavior, the most important thing leaders can do is prevent people from becoming instigators in the first place.

Persons: Cynthia Wang, Wang, —, there's, Lindsey M, Ernest H, O'Boyle, Joongseo Kim, Jennifer A, Whitson, What's, Joe mistreats Bob, Joe, Wang —, they're, Susie Allen Organizations: Kellogg School, Service, Oklahoma State University, Indiana University, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, University of California Locations: Los Angeles, Chicago

☆ How Easy Is It to Fool A.I.-Detection Tools?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | Tiffany Hsu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

“Real” Umm-maybe “Real” Illuminarty “A.I.” A.I. or Not “A.I.” Hive “A.I.” Sensity “Real” Umm-maybe “Real” Illuminarty “Real” A.I. or Not “A.I.” Hive “A.I.” Sensity “Real” Umm-maybe “Real” Illuminarty “A.I.” A.I. or Not “A.I.” Hive “Real” Sensity “A.I.” Umm-maybe “Real” Illuminarty “A.I.” A.I. or Not “A.I.” Hive “A.I.” Sensity “A.I.” Umm-maybe “Real” Illuminarty “Real” A.I.

Persons: Elon Musk, ”, Musk, Chenhao Tan, “, I’m, Ron DeSantis, Cynthia Rudin, Dan Lytle, Midjourney, Kevin Guo, ” Mr, Guo, Biden, Damon Winter, Sensity, Jackson Pollock, Pollock, Marc Fibbens, Shyam Sundar, Sundar Organizations: New York Times, Guerrero Art, Times, University of Chicago, Republican, Duke University, Hive, Photoshop, The Times, The New York Times, Industry, A.I, Center, Intelligence, Pennsylvania State University Locations: A.I, Florida, “, Gettysburg, Pa, New Zealand

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and one-time bitter rivals LIV Golf circuit announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday to merge. But Trump, who owns three courses on LIV Golf's 14-event schedule for 2023, celebrated the deal in a Truth Social post. "Great news from Liv Golf. The PGA Tour had responded by dramatically raising prize money for some events. The deal could also be seen as good for consumers, according to Steve Ross, a sport antitrust expert at Pennsylvania State University's law school.

Persons: Donald Trump, Yasir Al, LIV, Read, Jamal Khashoggi, Rumayyan, Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy, Trump, LIV Golf's, Liv Golf, PGA's, Seth Bloom, hasn't, Steve Ross, Nevena Simidjiyska, Diane Bartz, Echo Wang, Steve Keating, Tyler Clifford, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Trump National Golf Club, PGA Golf, Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Liv, Department of Justice, Bloom, Pennsylvania State, Reuters, of Foreign Investment, Treasury, Fox Rothschild LLP, Thomson Locations: Washington, DC, USA, Sterling , Va, WASHINGTON, Saudi, Kingdom, American, United States, U.S

☆ Rising sea levels may have forced the Vikings out of a successful settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Why they abandoned a successful settlement is a mystery that historians never have been able to fully explain. The idea that sea levels would have been rising as temperatures fell is a little counterintuitive, according to the researchers. However, Earth’s oceans aren’t like a bathtub, and the study noted that changes in sea level don’t affect all areas equally. The Greenland Ice Sheet readvanced during Viking occupation of the eastern settlement and peaked in the Little Ice Age. That advance caused sea level rise near the ice margins because of the sinking of Earth’s crust, according to the study.

Autism rates tripled among children in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area from 2000 to 2016, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Pediatrics. Although there is no medical test for autism, the CDC has established a network of 17 sites across the country that estimate autism rates based on a combination of formal medical diagnoses and records from schools and health care providers. Nationally, the rise in autism rates has been similar to the trend in New York and New Jersey, according to a 2021 CDC report. But there’s probably more to the story: Genetic factors, and perhaps some environmental ones, too, might also be contributing to the trend. Beyond the improvements in diagnostics, genetic factors could be driving up autism cases on their own, experts said.

More than 40 million egg-laying hens have been culled in the U.S. alone, causing the price of eggs nationwide to skyrocket, Lorenzoni said. Months earlier, the “bird flu” outbreak drove the cost of turkey meat to record highs. Poultry can become infected through direct exposure to wild birds but more likely from fecal matter that contaminates the ground around farms or yards. Many migrating birds are not sickened by bird flu, which means it’s not well understood just how widespread it is in the wild, Lorenzoni added. The sun can, for instance, naturally disinfect surfaces while gloomier days help viral particles survive on surfaces contaminated by infected bird poop, Lorenzoni said.

☆ Cheating on your college essay with ChatGPT won't get you good grades, say professors — but AI could make education fairer
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Stephanie Stacey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some fear college students will use it to cheat, but these professors say they're not too worried. ChatGPT won't replace original writing, said Selber, but it might help college students refine their work. Dr Leah Henrickson, a lecturer at the University of Leeds, thinks that artificial intelligence, if used carefully, might even make education fairer. Artificial intelligence tools like Grammarly, which analyzes and improves written sentences, are already widely used by college students. According to Henrickson, the University of Leeds is already looking at modifying its assessments in reaction to the rise in artificial intelligence.

Few causes have united the country like this summer’s multistate effort to kill spotted lanternflies, the colorful invasive insects that have wreaked havoc in at least 14 states. Now, as adult lanternflies begin to perish during the winter, experts say those efforts might have curbed the species’ spread to some degree. Anne Johnson, a doctoral student studying the spotted lanternfly in Hoover’s lab at Penn State, believes the viral trends can make a difference. Spotted lanternflies are native to China, where they don’t often become a pest. “We’ll always have to deal with spotted lanternfly,” Johnson said.

Search resuls for: "Pennsylvania State University"

25 mentions found