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That elementary-school teacher was right about good posture. It improves a lot of health functions—and even your mood.
Yes, You Should Stand Up Straight—for All Sorts of Reasons
Slouching is bad for both your physical and emotional health. It’s never too late to start paying attention.
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May 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
That elementary-school teacher was right about good posture. It improves a lot of health functions—and even your mood.
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28 of the most important drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between 1985 and 2009. They found that 80 percent stemmed directly from basic discoveries made in the lab, often by scientists trying to understand a biological process or disease
bit.ly/4jLCfbC
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Tracing the Path from Basic Research to Transformative Therapies
bit.ly
May 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
28 of the most important drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between 1985 and 2009. They found that 80 percent stemmed directly from basic discoveries made in the lab, often by scientists trying to understand a biological process or disease
bit.ly/4jLCfbC
bit.ly/4jLCfbC
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How the Hamptons girls’ weekend became a $5,000-per-person affair.
The Jaw-Dropping Cost of a Hamptons Girls’ Weekend
Between $97 lobster salads, $950 bottle service and $4,000 rental homes, an Instagram-worthy weekend out east has become a four-figure-per-person affair.
buff.ly
May 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
How the Hamptons girls’ weekend became a $5,000-per-person affair.
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Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲
April 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲
📍Portland, Oregon 🇺🇲
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Japanese snow fairy bird 🇯🇵 😃
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Japanese snow fairy bird 🇯🇵 😃
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Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the movie ”Conclave” a run for its money
Real-Life Conclave Rivals Drama of Movie Version
Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the film a run for its money.
buff.ly
May 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Infighting, smear campaigns, papal letters from beyond the grave: The conclave to elect a new pope is giving the movie ”Conclave” a run for its money
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There's a toxic pile of arsenic trioxide under Yellowknife. Miners left the byproduct of 50 years of gold mining underground and hoped it would stay frozen. But the permafrost is melting and this arsenic is threatening to get into Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean.
www.wsj.com/world/canada...
www.wsj.com/world/canada...
Deep in an Abandoned Gold Mine, a Toxic Legacy Lurks
A new “cold rush” is mining northern mineral riches. Canada’s Giant Mine serves as a warning of the high and long-term cost of such expeditions.
www.wsj.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There's a toxic pile of arsenic trioxide under Yellowknife. Miners left the byproduct of 50 years of gold mining underground and hoped it would stay frozen. But the permafrost is melting and this arsenic is threatening to get into Great Slave Lake and the Arctic Ocean.
www.wsj.com/world/canada...
www.wsj.com/world/canada...
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Governing is harder when debt interest has jumped as a share of GDP and tax revenue.
Debt interest payments are now about twice as high as in the decade before the pandemic.
Debt interest payments are now about twice as high as in the decade before the pandemic.
May 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Governing is harder when debt interest has jumped as a share of GDP and tax revenue.
Debt interest payments are now about twice as high as in the decade before the pandemic.
Debt interest payments are now about twice as high as in the decade before the pandemic.
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What it looks like walking out the door in remote northern Alaska…
May 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What it looks like walking out the door in remote northern Alaska…
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This is very good.
Although I also think ‘too much institutional memory’ can be a problem too.
on.ft.com/4jAPnjl The value of institutional memory
Although I also think ‘too much institutional memory’ can be a problem too.
on.ft.com/4jAPnjl The value of institutional memory
The value of institutional memory
Why some organisations are condemned to repeat the same mistakes over and over again
on.ft.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is very good.
Although I also think ‘too much institutional memory’ can be a problem too.
on.ft.com/4jAPnjl The value of institutional memory
Although I also think ‘too much institutional memory’ can be a problem too.
on.ft.com/4jAPnjl The value of institutional memory
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Three weeks since Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, a slew of forecasts and surveys will point to the initial fallout
First Shockwaves of Trump’s Tariffs Are About to Hit the World Economy
Three weeks after US President Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, new economic forecasts and surveys will point to the initial fallout.
www.bloomberg.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Three weeks since Donald Trump effectively declared a trade war with the whole world, a slew of forecasts and surveys will point to the initial fallout
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More homes are up for sale, but potential buyers have economic uncertainty-induced cold feet. Plus: shrimp, federal food aid and rent subsidies.
Today on Marketplace.
Today on Marketplace.
A housing market dilemma
More homes are up for sale, but potential buyers have economic uncertainty-induced cold feet. Plus: shrimp, federal food aid and rent subsidies.
www.marketplace.org
April 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More homes are up for sale, but potential buyers have economic uncertainty-induced cold feet. Plus: shrimp, federal food aid and rent subsidies.
Today on Marketplace.
Today on Marketplace.
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Congratulations to Angus Deaton, whose book Economics in America was announced the Winner of the Axiom Gold Medal in Economics!
Learn more about this award-winning title: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Learn more about this award-winning title: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
April 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Congratulations to Angus Deaton, whose book Economics in America was announced the Winner of the Axiom Gold Medal in Economics!
Learn more about this award-winning title: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Learn more about this award-winning title: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Risky financial products and scams could see a resurgence as the Trump administration hollows out the federal government’s consumer watchdog, advocates warned.
3 shady tactics used during the 2008 housing crisis could be making a comeback
Risky financial products and scams could see a resurgence as the Trump administration hollows out the federal government’s consumer watchdog, advocates warned.
trib.al
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Risky financial products and scams could see a resurgence as the Trump administration hollows out the federal government’s consumer watchdog, advocates warned.
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A polka-dot nudibranch.This is a type of sea-slug, not a #fish.Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks known for their incredible colors and patterns
April 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A polka-dot nudibranch.This is a type of sea-slug, not a #fish.Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine mollusks known for their incredible colors and patterns
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Our cover story this week: reforming the Pentagon. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
February 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Our cover story this week: reforming the Pentagon. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Southeast Asians embrace Chinese minidramas as Beijing expands influence
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Southeast-Asians-embrace-Chinese-minidramas-as-Beijing-expands-influence
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Southeast-Asians-embrace-Chinese-minidramas-as-Beijing-expands-influence
Southeast Asians embrace Chinese minidramas as Beijing expands influence
8-minute installments are hot in Indonesia and Thailand, creating business opportunities
asia.nikkei.com
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Southeast Asians embrace Chinese minidramas as Beijing expands influence
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Southeast-Asians-embrace-Chinese-minidramas-as-Beijing-expands-influence
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media-Entertainment/Southeast-Asians-embrace-Chinese-minidramas-as-Beijing-expands-influence
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Samurai warriors, Samurai swords, Samurai armor, Samurai history, Samurai culture, Samurai code, Samurai battles,
#samurai #katana #japan #japanese #shadow #samuraishadow #shadowsamurai #sunset #armor #samuraiarmor #samuraiinarmor #artsamurai #samuraiart #samuraiartwork #samuraibattl
#samurai #katana #japan #japanese #shadow #samuraishadow #shadowsamurai #sunset #armor #samuraiarmor #samuraiinarmor #artsamurai #samuraiart #samuraiartwork #samuraibattl
April 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Samurai warriors, Samurai swords, Samurai armor, Samurai history, Samurai culture, Samurai code, Samurai battles,
#samurai #katana #japan #japanese #shadow #samuraishadow #shadowsamurai #sunset #armor #samuraiarmor #samuraiinarmor #artsamurai #samuraiart #samuraiartwork #samuraibattl
#samurai #katana #japan #japanese #shadow #samuraishadow #shadowsamurai #sunset #armor #samuraiarmor #samuraiinarmor #artsamurai #samuraiart #samuraiartwork #samuraibattl
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The Dollar isn't just falling. It's collapsing. Tariffs are a forced devaluation of the currency, a way to claw back competitiveness from others. The fact that USD is falling on top of that is totally counterintuitive and worrying. Lots of anecdotes of foreign investors pulling out of the US...
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Dollar isn't just falling. It's collapsing. Tariffs are a forced devaluation of the currency, a way to claw back competitiveness from others. The fact that USD is falling on top of that is totally counterintuitive and worrying. Lots of anecdotes of foreign investors pulling out of the US...
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The S&P 500 fell 3.4% in early trading and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 4.6%, dragged down by an 8% fall for index heavyweight Apple. Meanwhile, the dollar was down 2.4% against a basket of rivals, on course for its biggest daily decline since 2015 on.ft.com/3QYyMKf
April 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The S&P 500 fell 3.4% in early trading and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 4.6%, dragged down by an 8% fall for index heavyweight Apple. Meanwhile, the dollar was down 2.4% against a basket of rivals, on course for its biggest daily decline since 2015 on.ft.com/3QYyMKf
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For consumers, it will be “the worst of both worlds” if the economy slows and prices keep rising. Here’s how to minimize damage to your finances if the economy enters a period of stagflation.
Could stagflation threaten your job or your retirement? Here’s what to do now.
For consumers, it will be “the worst of both worlds” if the economy slows and prices keep rising.
trib.al
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
For consumers, it will be “the worst of both worlds” if the economy slows and prices keep rising. Here’s how to minimize damage to your finances if the economy enters a period of stagflation.
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Today's Headlines
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Today's Headlines
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If you start early and take strategic steps - like utilizing tax-advantaged accounts - your kids can have hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they become adults. Here's how to build wealth for the next generation.
Generational wealth is not just for the rich. Here's how to build it. - MarketWatch
If you start early and take strategic steps - like utilizing tax-advantaged accounts - your kids can have hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they become adults. Here's how to build wealth fo...
trib.al
April 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If you start early and take strategic steps - like utilizing tax-advantaged accounts - your kids can have hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they become adults. Here's how to build wealth for the next generation.