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☆ 7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In the middle of the afternoon, day will shift to night, as a total solar eclipse touches 15 states. We know now what causes a total solar eclipse. Here are seven times a total solar eclipse has helped advance human science. Culture Club/Bridgeman via Getty ImagesOn March 14, 189 BCE, a total solar eclipse swept over what is now northern Turkey. Corbis via Getty ImagesGemini 12 astronauts Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to see a total eclipse from space.

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☆ The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jessica Orwig | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New data from the largest 3-D map of our universe suggests we may be wrong about dark energy. One of the driving forces behind that evolution is also one of our age's biggest mysteries in physics: dark energy. Einstein abandoned the idea as his "greatest blunder" in the 1930s, as astrophysicist Ethan Siegal explains, but a constant dark energy would have vindicated him. "If true, it would be the first real clue we have gotten about the nature of dark energy in 25 years," Adam Riess, a Nobel laureate for his co-discovery of dark energy, told Quanta Magazine. "The idea that dark energy is varying is very natural," Paul Steinhardt, a Princeton University cosmologist, told the magazine.

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☆ The allure of fasting diets for successful people — and where it falls short
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

Intermittent fasting diet plans, meal kits, fitness trackers, and biological age tests can all offer something to busy people who want to feel in control. More than one in 10 Americans (12%) tried intermittent fasting in 2023, according to one food and beverage industry-backed survey. The business of intermittent fasting phone apps is blossoming and is on track for more growth in the next five to 10 years. There are many ways to do intermittent fasting — from skipping breakfast to whole days without foodPeople have been fasting for as long as people have been people. AdvertisementThe case against fasting to lose weight and live longerFirefighters in San Diego tried intermittent fasting out during the pandemic, with good results.

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☆ Chasing the eclipse with sounding rockets and high-altitude planes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

NASA will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. During the 2017 eclipse that crossed the US, NASA and other space agencies conducted observations using 11 different spacecraft and two high-altitude planes. Three sounding rockets will launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on April 8 to study the eclipse. During the 2023 annular eclipse, instruments on the rockets measured sharp, immediate changes in the ionosphere. The jets have custom noses that can carry specialized scientific instruments.

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☆ Authorities Seize Alligator Being Held Illegally in Home Near Buffalo
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The alligator’s name was Albert Edward. He was 11 feet long, 750 pounds heavy and 34 years old, and until this week, he lived in a pool house attached to his owner’s home in Hamburg, N.Y., about 13 miles south of Buffalo. The alligator’s owner had built an addition to his house where Albert lived in an in-ground swimming pool, according to the department. It is illegal to own an alligator in New York unless you have a license, according to a statement from the department. But those licenses are only for “scientific, educational, exhibition, zoological or propagation purposes,” the department’s website said.

Persons: Albert Edward, Albert Organizations: New York State Department of Environmental Locations: Hamburg, N.Y, Buffalo, New York

☆ Pi Day means pizza deals
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Pi Day isn’t just about showing off how many numbers you have memorized – restaurants from Burger King to California Pizza Kitchen are offering deals and discounts on Thursday, March 14th. Pi Day has also become synonymous with pizza pie (and other round foods) – here are some deals to round out your celebration. Pizza HutFrom March 12-14, Pizza Hut has been offering a free large one-topping pizza with purchase of a large menu-priced pizza. 7-ElevenLoyalty members can get any flavor large pizza for $3.14 in 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores – limited to one transaction, two per day. Burger KingAs part of its week of breakfast deals, Burger King is offering a free Hershey’s sundae pie with a $3.14 purchase.

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☆ Nearly everyone has given up on their recession call, and that makes the outlook 'dangerously reminiscent' of 2007, SocGen says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Recession views are dangerously similar to those in 2007, SocGen's Albert Edwards said. Soft landing or no landing outlooks are growing on Wall Street as the US appears on solid economic footing. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Those signs appear lost on many other market commentators, who have dialed back their recession views in the last few months. "All this is (dangerously) reminiscent of 2007, when all around were telling me I was wrong and should give up calling that much-delayed recession," he later added.

Persons: SocGen's Albert Edwards, Edwards, —, Société, Albert Edwards, That's, Doom, Nouriel Roubini Organizations: Service, Chicago, York Fed's Survey, Consumer, National Federation of Independent Business, National Association of Business, Fed, Investor Locations: York

☆ The 4 most promising anti-aging drugs investors are sleeping on, according to a leading longevity researcher
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Existing drugs could potentially be repurposed for longevity, a leading researcher says. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But for now, he says, there are some cheap old drugs available that may help make people feel new again. AdvertisementResearching potential anti-aging drugs that are already approved to treat other conditions has some clear benefits over other interventions. Researchers suspect that the same blood sugar-regulating benefits of these drugs can also help stave off many age-related diseases.

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☆ A man deliberately got 217 Covid shots. Here’s what happened
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Mira Cheng | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The man, who is not named in the correspondence in compliance with German privacy rules, reported receiving 217 Covid shots between June 2021 and November 2023. Raising suspicionsAccording to his immunization history, the man got his first Covid vaccine in June 2021. The adaptive immune system is the subsection of the immune system that learns to recognize and respond to specific pathogens when you encounter them throughout your life, Miller said. Last week, the CDC updated its guidance to recommend an additional dose of the current Covid vaccine for people 65 and older. Less than a quarter of adults and only 13% of children in the US have gotten the most recently recommended Covid vaccine, according to CDC data.

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☆ Why investing earlier may help younger workers avoid retirement worries that plague older generations
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A shift from pensions to 401(k) plans has made workers responsible for ensuring they have enough money to live on in retirement. Most Americans — 79% — now agree there is a retirement crisis, up from 67% in 2020, according to a new report from the National Institute on Retirement Security. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans — 55% — are worried they won't be able to achieve financial security in retirement. Younger investors have a unique opportunity to avoid that dilemma, according to experts who testified at a Senate hearing last week. "Starting earlier obviously makes the math work much better," Dan Doonan, executive director at the National Institute on Retirement Security, said during the Senate hearing.

Persons: Albert Einstein, Dan Doonan Organizations: National Institute on Retirement Security, Finance, Security, Investors, National Institute on Retirement

☆ Independent Abortion Clinics Are Crucial but Endangered
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Trisha Mukherjee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Eventually it grew, and Hachamovitch expanded and established abortion clinics across the country, from Long Island to Arizona to Texas. AdvertisementAdvocates say that independent clinics — in 2022, Bronx Abortion was one of two in a borough of about 1.4 million people — are essential to providing abortion care. But even in New York, a state that has committed to protecting and supporting abortion rights, independent clinics are at risk. According to the Abortion Care Network, "threats to these clinics are a threat to abortion access overall." But they agree on one thing: At any given moment, a small independent clinic like Bronx Abortion might be forced to shut down.

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☆ A psychologist shares the 5 exercises she does to 'stop overthinking everything'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Dr. Jennifer L. Taitz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As a clinical psychologist, I've spent 14 years teaching people how to regulate their emotions and cope with difficult situations. Here are five things I do when I need to stop overthinking everything:1. Write it outWhen you need to process your feelings or an experience, instead of overthinking, practice expressive writing. Try this exercise over the course of three days: Day 1: Spend 15 to 20 minutes writing about the stress and trauma that is plaguing you. Researchers say it's because writing can help you go deeper into your emotions, while also creating some distance and an end point.

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☆ Scientists are building tunnels under South Dakota for a $3 billion experiment that could solve some of the universe's grandest mysteries
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Estimated to cost at least $3 billion, the project DUNE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment), is led by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Fermilab. AdvertisementCavern excavation at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota began in 2017. The beam will then travel underground for 800 miles to the detectors at the South Dakota Sanford Underground Research Facility. The Sanford Underground Research Facility is located at a former gold mine. Stephen Kenny, Sanford Underground Research FacilityIn 1987, astronomers witnessed a bright supernova exploding closer than any had in about 400 years.

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☆ A Billion-Dollar Donation (Without a Billion-Dollar Ego)
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A single summer party on Long Island might raise millions of dollars for Southampton Hospital. This facility in Florida would be called the Julia Koch Family Ambulatory Care Center. David Gottesman, known as Sandy, an investor and early acolyte of Warren Buffett’s, was not a creature of Page Six or TV, of divorce settlements, $500 million yachts, Davos or social-media diatribes. According to new research from CASE, an organization for academic administrators involved with fund-raising, $58 billion in charitable giving was turned over to colleges and universities during the 2023 fiscal year. It was the second highest amount on record, and the number of gifts totaling $100 million or more — 11 of them — surpassed the figure in 2022.

Persons: Julia Koch, Ruth Gottesman, David Gottesman, Warren Buffett’s Organizations: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Philanthropy, Southampton Hospital, Care Locations: West Palm, Long, Florida, Sandy, Davos

☆ An act of generosity is one of the 'quickest and easiest ways to get happier'—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Buying someone a coffee or holding the door open for the person behind you are examples of one of the simplest ways to increase your happiness: generosity. "One of the quickest and easiest ways to get happier is to be generous," Dan Harris said in a recent episode of his podcast, "Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris." In some ways, that's the least interesting part of it," said Chris Anderson, curator of TED who spoke with Harris for his podcast. The scientific explanation behind that is that "we are wired to be generous," Anderson said. It's really, really true now, more so than it has ever been," Anderson said.

Persons: Ruth Gottesman, Gottesman, Dan Harris, Chris Anderson, Harris, Anderson, We've Organizations: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Research, CNBC, Harvard, Nature Communications, TED, Cleveland

☆ Bronx medical student who suddenly got free tuition after a $1B donation says the school will be a nightmare to get into now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Albert Einstein College of Medicine received a record-breaking $1 billion donation for free tuition. The donation means all current and future students will receive free tuition. AdvertisementA student at a Bronx medical school that received a $1 billion tuition fee donation said he was elated, but he wouldn't want to be in the shoes of future applicants. "I still have to pinch myself and remind myself that this actually happened," Kohanzadeh told Business Insider. AdvertisementNonetheless, he said he would still encourage future students to apply as it isn't "out of reach for anyone who is extremely passionate."

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☆ This New York medical school will no longer charge tuition—here are 3 other med schools where future doctors study for free
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | In Kamaronmcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Albert Einstein College of Medicine on Monday announced it received a historic billion-dollar donation to make tuition free. While becoming a doctor has historically been a lucrative career path, many students come out of med school under a mountain of student debt. Nearly 3 in 4 med school graduates have education-related debt when they graduate, according to Bankrate. Public med school graduates leave with an average of $194,558 in debt, while those who attend private schools graduate with an average of $222,899 in loans. "Additionally, it will free up and lift our students, enabling them to pursue projects and ideas that might otherwise be prohibitive."

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☆ A widow unexpectedly received $1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Now, she's covering Bronx med students' tuition forever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"He left me, unbeknownst to me, a whole portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway stock," Gottesman told The New York Times. She would donate the money in full to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York's poorest borough, the Times reported. Advertisement"I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition," she told the Times. Her gift is so large that it will cover students' tuition to the medical school in perpetuity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine said in a press release. A year's tuition at the school costs over $59,000, leaving many graduates with more than $200,000 in debt, the Times reported.

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☆ Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York will receive free tuition after a $1 billion dollar donation from a former faculty member. In 2010, their gift of $25 million to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine went towards creating the school’s Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine. Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Lizette H. Sarnoff Award recipient Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D. Brent N. Clarke/Getty ImagesDr. Ruth Gottesman joined the medical school in 1968 and developed screening, evaluation and treatments for children with learning disabilities. In 2018, in part due to Langone’s donations, NYU’s School of Medicine became the first medical school in the country to offer free tuition to accepted students.

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☆ $1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Joseph Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. It is one of the largest charitable donations to an educational institution in the United States and most likely the largest to a medical school. The donation is notable not only for its staggering size, but also because it is going to a medical institution in the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough. The Bronx has a high rate of premature deaths and ranks as the unhealthiest county in New York. Over the past generation, a number of billionaires have given hundreds of millions of dollars to better-known medical schools and hospitals in Manhattan, the city’s wealthiest borough.

Persons: Ruth Gottesman, Einstein, David Gottesman, Sandy, Warren Buffett, Buffett Organizations: Wall Street, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Locations: Bronx, United States, Berkshire Hathaway, The, New York, Manhattan

☆ A fund manager beating 98% of his peers over the last 10 years breaks down why the stock market resembles the 'Nifty 50' bubble of the 1970s, when the market's biggest names got crushed as inflation s
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Disco is backOthers have also started to compare today's market and the 1970s' "Nifty Fifty." AdvertisementJPMorgan's Chief Global Strategist Marko Kolanovic also said in a note on Wednesday that fiscal spending and inflation could resemble the 1970s landscape. Similar to the 1970s, there are currently 3 active geopolitical conflict zones – eastern Europe, Middle East, and South China Sea," Kolanovic said. Kolanovic included in his note the chart below, which shows the correlation between inflation and the performance of the S&P 500.

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☆ Einstein's last message was a dire warning against nuclear war that's still relevant today. Here's what it said.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A new Netflix docudrama, “ Einstein and the Bomb ,” uses footage and reenactments of the famous scientist and his shifting view of nuclear weapons. It quotes his 1945 Nobel Prize address expressing concern over the future use of nuclear weapons, saying, “The war is won, but the peace is not.”Albert Einstein warned that nuclear weapons could lead to the end of humankind. The general public, and even many men in positions of authority, have not realized what would be involved in a war with nuclear bombs. But we now know, especially since the Bikini test, that nuclear bombs can gradually spread destruction over a very much wider area than had been supposed. Although an agreement to renounce nuclear weapons as part of a general reduction of armaments3 would not afford an ultimate solution, it would serve certain important purposes.

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☆ Brazil Retail Billionaire Abilio Diniz Dies at 87
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian billionaire Abilio Diniz, who built an empire in the supermarket retail sector, died on Sunday in Sao Paulo, according to his press office. The 87-year-old had been hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Hospital and suffered respiratory failure due to pneumonitis, his press office said in a statement. Diniz played a pivotal role in the history of Brazilian retail, serving most recently as vice-chairman of Carrefour Brasil and as a board member of the French group Carrefour. Diniz remained with the company he founded until 2013, when he took over as chairman of Brazilian food processor BRF, where he served for five years. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesIn 2014, Diniz acquired a stake in Carrefour Brasil through his private investment company Peninsula.

Persons: Abilio Diniz, Diniz, Pao de, Marcela Ayres, Chris Reese Organizations: Reuters, Albert Einstein Hospital, Carrefour Brasil, Carrefour, Forbes Locations: BRASILIA, Sao Paulo, French, Carrefour Brasil

☆ A renowned market bear who called the dot-com bubble warns concentration in tech stocks now exceeds levels seen just before the 2000 crash — and cautions that the sector's earnings are not keeping up
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

For example, the tech sector’s valuations are generally lower than they were then, though still elevated. One is that the fundamentals of the tech sector are detached from its price action. While the sector’s earnings have performed better than the rest of the market on average, earnings expectations have been rising faster than actual subsequent earnings performance. Many parallels between the dot-com bubble and today’s market have been called to light in recent weeks. Only time will tell if tech stocks are in a bubble that's due to burst.

Persons: Albert Edwards, “, ” Edwards, Edwards, Michael Hartnett, Jeffrey Schulze, Adam Karr, ”, Quincy Krosby, Hartnett Organizations: Societe Generale, Nasdaq, Business, Generale, Bank of America, Orbis Investment Management, Artificial Intelligence, LPL Financial Locations: Japan

☆ What is a typical degree of cognitive ability for a person in their 80s?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Mira Cheng | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

How we change as we ageA decline in cognitive abilities is a normal part of healthy aging, said Dr. Emily Rogalski, Rosalind Franklin Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago. A diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment is made clinically when cognitive difficulties become frequent and fall outside what is considered normal aging. “There’s not a whole lot of good evidence that there’s anything special about age 80 that leads to a drop-off” in cognitive abilities, Mather said. And they use cognitive tests, such as the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) or Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA), to assess performance in different cognitive areas. Although population-level data associates aging with cognitive decline, the actual manifestation of aging is very diverse on an individual level, Rogalski said.

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