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Female mining workers in Western Australia report it’s common to experience condescending attitudes because of their gender, and to be subject to offensive sexist remarks,...

Anna Broadway’s survey of global singleness challenges a marriage status hierarchy within the church.

CLEVELAND—Attempting to draw in passersby with that rarest leaf from faraway lands, a new dispensary opened in the area Thursday, promising customers a tantalizing taste of the forbidden fruit that is marijuana. “O, could it be? A merchant whose wares are that seductive and most taboo of herbs?” said local man Jason…

The Star Homes Project has been in development for over a decade, exploring ways to develop novel, low-cost, comfortable, and insect-proof housing to enhance people's health in rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa. The project consists of 110 identical, single-family ‘Star Homes’ constructed across 60 different villages in rural Mtwara, one of the more underdeveloped regions of Tanzania, with a high incidence of malaria, respiratory tract infections, and diarrhea. These houses form the basis of a trial... Читать дальше...

There are 880 seats in one of Sydney’s Waratah trains, but on most peak-hour services you’d be lucky to find bums on 700. The legacy of the green dot lives on.

DoorDash is one of the biggest food delivery services in the United States, but one TikToker got more than he bargained for when he placed a DoorDash pick-up order directly from somebody's house.

By Eli Yudin Published: March 14th, 2024

A new miniseries has been announced, and it looks fantastic.

We look at the cast list. What do we see? Oh, another show starring Nicole Kidman. Or Jake Lacy. Or Kate Winslet. Or Betty Gilpin.

You get the idea.

Look, we get it. A miniseries has limited episodes to make an impact, and a recognizable name can be a big draw.

Since it's become commonplace for renowned movie actors to make the move to television, particularly miniseries, why wouldn't a studio jump on the chance to nab a big name? Читать дальше...

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These momentum stocks are suddenly hot again. Their share prices have been reaching new heights amid the current bull market.

The post Momentum Mavericks: 3 Stocks Defying Gravity and Expectations appeared first on InvestorPlace.

• The #1 AI Investment Might Be This Company You’ve Never Heard Of
• Musk’s “Project Omega” May Be Set to Mint New Millionaires. Читать дальше...

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These AI stocks will get big boosts from the proliferation of AI over the longer term, but the market is not giving them enough love.  

The post Artificial Intelligence, Real Profits: 3 Stocks to Outsmart the Market appeared first on InvestorPlace.

• The #1 AI Investment Might Be This Company You’ve Never Heard Of
• “America’s Top Trader” Issues A.I. Code Red... Читать дальше...

A young couple spent $10 million transforming the spacious Orinda residence into a stylish oasis for family and friends.

Exclusive: A new HarrisX study finds that the new "Road House," "The Accountant 2," and literally every Netflix movie may have the right idea.

The head of Shell received nearly £8m last year as the petrol giant cut executive pay following a drop in energy prices. The firm handed chief executive Wael Sawan, who took over the role from longstanding predecessor Ben van Beurden in January of 2023, a total pay packet worth £7.94m. This comprised a base salary of £1.40m, an annual bonus of £2.71m and a £2.60m long-term incentive payment, among other payments. This figure ranks more than van Beurden’s 2021 pay packet, but less than the £9.7m the... Читать дальше...

The impact of stock market fluctuations is complex and far-reaching. It doesn't just affect individual investors; its ripple effect impacts businesses everywhere. Here's how.

Investigating “infantile amnesia,” and how generalized fear after acute stress reflects changes in the brain   This week we have two neuroscience stories. First up, freelance science journalist Sara Reardon looks at why infants’ memories fade. She joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss ongoing experiments that aim to determine when the forgetting stops and why it happens in the first place.   Next on the show, Hui-Quan Li, a senior scientist at Neurocrine Biosciences, talks with Sarah about how the brain encodes generalized fear... Читать дальше...

Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he’s putting together a group of investors to try and buy TikTok on Thursday. The company maintains it’s not for sale, but the app is in jeopardy after the House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would force its parent company ByteDance to sell the platform or…

Information about Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators can be confusing. Here’s what you need to know.

Il Resto del Carlino journalist Marcello Giordano has backed Antonio Conte to poach Tottenham target Joshua Zirkzee from Bologna next summer if the Italian takes...

The Chinese Communist Party perceives AI as paramount to its economic and military ambitions.

As this slow broadcast network pilot season continues, ABC has ordered its second comedy pilot of the year: “Forgive and Forget,” a multi-camera comedy set to star Emmy-winning “Modern Family” alum Ty Burrell. Burrell is also on board as an executive producer (through his Desert Whale Prods. shingle) on “Forgive and Forget,” while Eugene Garcia-Cross […]

“Snowpiercer” Season 4 will see the light of day after all. AMC has acquired the exclusive U.S. linear and streaming rights to all four seasons of the post-apocalyptic drama series after it was previously axed at its original network home, TNT. It had already been announced Season 4 would be the show’s last before TNT […]

Netflix has revealed a slew of commissions out of the U.K., including a political thriller series starring Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones, the reality show “Buying London” and a TV adaptation of Marian Keyes’ bestselling novel “Grown Ups.” As reported by Variety exclusively earlier, Netflix has also commissioned the Jamie Dornan crime noir series “The […]

On the eve of his official retirement from YouTube, Game Theorist creator Matthew Patrick, better known as MatPat, walked down into his basement where he’s edited and uploaded nearly 3,000 videos on his various YouTube channels throughout his 13-year career.  The room was utterly dark, with the only light coming from a dimly lit blue […]