When it came to the production of Luca Castellani and Aly Muritiba’s short film America, art really did imitate life. The story follows Tom, a Brazilian immigrant trying to make his way in the United States, as he meets and…
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When is a ‘double fireball’ not a ‘double fireball’: Wild meteor videos explained by a trick of the light
Onlookers were dazzled on the night of Oct. 16 when a bright green fireball blazed earthward in the skies over several Eastern Seaboard U.S. states, leaving a short-lived glowing trail in its wake as it streaked earthward before flaring and…
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Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, study shows
Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea that extinction rates are rapidly accelerating.
A…
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People With Multiple Sclerosis Have Distinct Oral Microbiome, Study Shows
Mangalam and his team analyzed saliva from 50 people with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), which is the most common form of MS, and 50 without MS, using shotgun metagenomic sequencing and untargeted metabolomics.
The team found that people with MS…
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Citi board names Jane Fraser as chair and awards her $25mn bonus
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Citigroup has elected chief executive Jane Fraser as chair of the US bank’s board of directors and is paying her a one-off $25mn bonus, underscoring her leadership position atop the lender as it pursues a radical overhaul.
When Fraser became chief executive in 2021, Citi split the CEO and chair roles, with John Dugan acting as chair.
“Citi is in a fundamentally different place than it was when these roles were separated,” Dugan, who will now be Citi’s lead independent director, said in a statement. “Jane’s very deliberate plan to make Citi a simpler and more focused bank has created meaningful shareholder value.”
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Get More Women to Cardiac Rehab, AHA Asserts
More focus is needed on female-specific barriers to enrollment and completion of programs that can improve their outcomes.
Despite evidence to support the role that cardiac rehabilitation can play in improving outcomes after serious…
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Moderna halts development of birth defect vaccine after trial setback – Reuters
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NASA Finds Signs of Ancient Microbial Life in a Rock on Mars
Did Mars once harbor life?
NASA’s Perseverance rover’s latest discovery of potential biosignatures from a rock formation named Cheyava Falls might have just answered that question, hinting that some form of life could have been hidden…
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