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The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual. The NBA is tweaking the rules for those initial matchups, going with 10-minute quarters instead of the usual 12 minutes. The change is for several reasons — among them, not wanting to overly tax players’ bodies after they went […]
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The “enhanced paper grip test” validated by researchers from the Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies (CBRT) at Staffordshire University involves pulling a small card from underneath the participant’s foot while asking them to grip with their big toe (Hallux). The proposed test can potentially be used to monitor muscle weakness in clinics for better […]
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Negative U.S. interest rates could be the norm next year and all through to 2023 if fed funds futures are any indication. Or it could just be traders hedging their bets. Fed funds futures have implied negative rates next year on-and-off since May, when the contracts priced them for the first time. They flipped back […]
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It’s been a few years since Samsung first revealed its DeX system alongside the Galaxy S8, and while some owners benefit from using their smartphones to create a desktop PC, its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. But DeX could become a lot more useful following the Galaxy Note 20 announcement: the technology is going wireless.Dex in […]
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A police officer is suspected of vandalising a colleague’s belongings with a swastika. Greater Manchester Police said it has sparked an ‘internal investigation’ after the ‘disgraceful and disgusting act’, which has been declared a hate crime. Detectives and professional standards said they are treating the incident ‘incredibly seriously’ after the unnamed officer began their shift […]
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A man on a rafting trip in Saskatchewan saved a young coyote from drowning and ended up nursing it back to health during his 10-day outdoor adventure. Justin was embarking on a multi-day rafting trip down the Red Deer and South Saskatchewan rivers “when he heard a commotion,” the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan wrote […]
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John Lewis, one of the leaders of the civil rights movement in America and a long-time congressman, died Friday at the age of 80. That has hit some in the NBA hard. “I’ll tell you a quick story,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said Saturday in a Zoom conference with reporters. “I was young, I was […]
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While the majority of parents recognize the importance of sunscreen, they may not always use best practices to protect children from getting burned, a new national poll suggests. One in 10 parents (11%) say they do not have a specific minimum SPF they use and 3% report they do not use sunscreen for their child, […]
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There’s little reason for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates until inflation rises above the Fed’s 2% target, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said on Thursday, noting that he expects low inflation to be a problem for the next few years. Evans forecast U.S. unemployment to fall only to 6.5% by the […]
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Best yet, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the planned seven-year mission, the craft’s other instruments are expected to reveal a wealth of additional information about the Sun that scientists will be studying for years to come.The Solar Orbiter, a Sun-observing satellite jointly funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA […]
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