America’s first monkeypox patient this year had ‘smallpox-like’ fluid-filled blisters erupting on his scalp, palms and soles of his feet, doctors say. The man — who has not been named — was admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital on May 12 with a fever and rash after antibiotics failed to stave off his illness. Doctors initially …
Jessica Pegula became the third American woman to reach the quarterfinals at the French Open on Monday, but Madison Keys failed to join the party as she crashed out after a sizzling start to her fourth-round match at Roland Garros. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek, meanwhile, dropped the first set before getting past Chinese teenager …
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Acer is one of those laptop makers that frequently tries too hard to stand out. Consider the Predator Triton 900, a wild machine with a 360-degree swiveling screen that I found to be mostly useless. Earlier this month, Acer also announced plans to bring its SpatiaLabs glasses-free 3D technology to gaming laptops. Ambitious swings are …
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Summary: Older adults who consumed cranberries frequently as part of their diet saw improvements in episodic memory, neural function, and brain perfusion. Cranberry consumption was also linked to a significant decrease in LDL cholesterol. Findings reveal adding cranberries to the diet helps to improve memory and could protect against dementia. Source: University of East Anglia …
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The James Webb Space Telescope plans to explore strange, new rocky worlds in unprecedented detail. The telescope’s scientific consortium has an ambitious agenda to study geology on these small planets from “50 light-years away”, they said in a statement Thursday (May 26). The work will be a big stretch for the new observatory, which should …
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The second of two regular-season matchups between the Celtics and Warriors is best remembered for Steph Curry’s second-quarter injury. Marcus Smart went nosediving for a loose ball, rolled up on Curry’s foot, and the resulting sprain threatened to derail the Warriors’ season. It didn’t. Jordan Poole exploded into another tier during the month Curry missed. …
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The first potential cases of human-to-human transmission of monkeypox in the United States this year have been detected. This weekend four cases have been spotted overall — with two in California and one each in Colorado and New York. It brings the U.S. tally to 14 infections across eight states, with most of the infections …
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The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple’s annual developer and software-oriented conference, is now a week away. We’ve heard very little about macOS 13 ahead of its announcement this year, so we could be in for some major surprises when June 6 rolls around. Here’s what we know so far about the next version of Apple’s …
Connor McDavid versus Nathan MacKinnon. That’s it. That’s the lede. That’s the selling point of this series, a heavyweight tilt between two of the best players in the world, finally going toe-to-toe at the peak of their powers. It does not get better than this. It’s this generation’s version of the epic battles between Sidney …
According to new research, stimulant medication has no detectable impact on how much children with ADHD learn in the classroom. For decades, most doctors, parents, and teachers have believed that stimulant medications help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) learn. However, in the first study of its kind, scientists at the Center for Children …
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