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WASHINGTON — Now that they’re both with the Washington Nationals, Kyle Schwarber recalls joking around with Dave Martinez when both were with the Chicago Cubs – Schwarber a slugger, Martinez a bench coach. “He goes, `Whenever I get a manager’s job, you are going to come over, and you are going to play for me,”‘ […]
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A trio of researchers at Stanford University has found the pathways in the parts of the mouse brain that become active when witnessing pain, fear and pain relief in other mice. In their paper published in the journal Science, Monique Smith, Naoyuki Asada and Robert Malenka describe their study of the neural pathways that are […]
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Volkswagen said on Wednesday it would further cut car production at its main plant in northern Germany due to a shortage of semiconductors that has hit the industry worldwide. Staff producing the Tiguan, Touran, and Seat’s Tarraco models at its Wolfsburg site will work reduced hours, the group said in a statement. Production of its […]
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NHTSA was acting on information provided by a Mr. Brian Sparks, who requested that the NHTSA “recall all [Tesla] Model S, Model X, and Model 3 vehicles produced from 2013 to the present” due to SUA (sudden unintended acceleration) problems. To support his complaint, Sparks provided the organization with a total of 232 “non-duplicative” complaints […]
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Fire death dad Mick Philpott wants a reunion behind bars with his ex-wife and fellow child killer Mairead. The 65-year-old has told pals he wants Mairead, 39, to visit him in HMP Wakefield, where he is serving a life term. His ex, who divorced him in 2014, has been living in a bail hostel since […]
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Australian Open organisers have been forced to tear up a quarantine accommodation plan for international players a month before the grand slam following a threat of legal action from apartment owners at a luxury hotel in Melbourne. Tennis Australia and government authorities had arranged for players to serve a 14-day mandatory quarantine at the Westin […]
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World-leading AI technology developed by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine and their colleagues offers a glimpse of the future of precision medicine, and unprecedented predictive power to clinicians caring for individuals with cystic fibrosis. Accurately predicting how an individual’s chronic illness is going to progress is critical to delivering better-personalized, precision medicine. Only […]
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Asset manager BlackRock Inc said in a memo on Wednesday that co-founder Barbara Novick will retire from her role as vice chairman next month. Novick was set to leave the firm last year but reversed her decision to retire after the COVID-19 pandemic roiled financial markets. The Wall Street Journal reported Novick’s retirement earlier in […]
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Apple revealed this week that the App Store saw record spending of $1.8 billion during Christmas week, as well as a new all-time high for New Year’s Day of $540 million. This was fueled by streaming, messaging, and videoconferencing app, all of which saw a surge in usage amid the pandemic. According to a CNBC […]
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Prince Harry will not return to the UK to arrange an extension to his “Megxit deal”, due to coronavirus. The Duke of Sussex planned to request a face-to-face meeting with the Queen after he and wife Meghan left their roles as senior working royals. But a ban on non-essential travel in the latest lockdown means […]
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