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• CBS saw 14% decline in viewers for NCAA men's basketball championship game, while ratings for women's title match on ESPN grew - CNBC

  06-04-2021 23:54 via news.google.com
  CBS saw 14% decline in viewers for NCAA men's basketball championship game, while ratings for women's title match on ESPN grew  CNBCGonzaga's nightmare title game shows difficulty in going undefeated  Yahoo SportsTipsheet: Baylor blitzed Gonzaga with peak title-game performance  St. Louis Post-DispatchEighteen years after Scott Drew took over a program in shambles, Baylor has done the impossible, ended Texas’  The Dallas Morning NewsA Jersey Guy: Red
  
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• Tyler Perry, Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Hit Forbes Billionaires List For First Time; Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Are No. 1 & 2 For 2021 - Deadline

  06-04-2021 23:52 via news.google.com
  Tyler Perry, Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Hit Forbes Billionaires List For First Time; Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk Are No. 1 & 2 For 2021  DeadlineKim Kardashian Is Officially a Billionaire! | E! News  E! NewsBezos, Musk top Forbes' record-setting billionaire list  Yahoo FinanceTrump falls nearly 300 spots on Forbes billionaires list | TheHill  The HillValue judgment: Donald Trump tumbles down billionaires’ rankings  The GuardianView Full
  
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• Bezos endorses Biden's infrastructure plan and backs corporate tax rate hike

  06-04-2021 23:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  Amazon, the country's second-largest employer, faces backlash for its attempts to crush unionizing efforts at its warehouses and Whole Foods grocery stores.
  
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• Rapper will.i.am is selling a smart mask for $299

  06-04-2021 23:39 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Rapper will.i.am wants to make face masks a high-end, high-tech statement.
  
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• Arkansas Has Adopted A Ban On Gender-Affirming Healthcare For Trans Youths - BuzzFeed News

  06-04-2021 23:16 via news.google.com
  Arkansas Has Adopted A Ban On Gender-Affirming Healthcare For Trans Youths  BuzzFeed NewsArkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson On Transgender Health Care Bill: 'Step Way Too Far'  NPRArkansas becomes first state to outlaw gender-affirming treatment for trans youth  CNN Arkansas governor's surprising veto of anti-trans law lasted one day  CNN Arkansas becomes the country’s chief anti-trans bully  The Washington PostView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• 'Godzilla vs. Kong' box office and HBO Max success future implications - Business Insider

  06-04-2021 23:09 via news.google.com
  'Godzilla vs. Kong' box office and HBO Max success future implications  Business InsiderHonest Trailers | Godzilla vs. Kong  Screen JunkiesGodzilla vs. Kong: Why Is There a Tiny Door in Kong’s Throne?  Collider.comGODZILLA VS KONG BREAKDOWN! Easter Eggs & Details You Missed!  New Rockstars“Godzilla vs. Kong” is a stunning reunion of veteran film stars  University of Virginia The Cavalier DailyView Full Coverage on Google New
  
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• Jimmy Fallon Brought The Original TikTok Dance Creators On His Show In Response To Recent Backlash - BuzzFeed

  06-04-2021 23:00 via news.google.com
  Jimmy Fallon Brought The Original TikTok Dance Creators On His Show In Response To Recent Backlash  BuzzFeedJimmy Fallon responds to backlash over Addison Rae TikTok dance segment  CNN Feel Free to Call Cardi B a 'Female Rapper': 'I Just Feel So Powerful Being a Girl'  BillboardTikTok Creators Break Down and Perform Their Viral Dances | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon  The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonJimmy Fallon responds to backlash for Addis
  
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• Sonos and IKEA are developing new Symfonisk speakers that hide in plain sight - Engadget

  06-04-2021 22:52 via news.google.com
  Sonos and IKEA are developing new Symfonisk speakers that hide in plain sight  EngadgetSonos Roam review: portable potential  The VergeSonos Roam review: A good speaker in a small package  CNETSonos Roam review: The right speaker at the right price  EngadgetSonos Roam review  TechRadarView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Tom Brady is launching an NFT company

  06-04-2021 22:46 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Tom Brady is joining the NFT party.
  
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• California Reopening Tentatively Set For June 15, With Caveats : Coronavirus Updates - NPR

  06-04-2021 22:42 via news.google.com
  California Reopening Tentatively Set For June 15, With Caveats : Coronavirus Updates  NPRCalifornia says it will fully reopen in June, citing falling Covid-19 case rates  CNN California Sets June 15 Date for Fully Reopening Economy  BloombergEditorial: Newsom’s pledge to reopen California rushes ahead of the data  San Francisco ChronicleCalifornia aims to fully reopen its economy June 15  Los Angeles TimesView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Isamu Akasaki, 92, Dies; Nobel Winner Lit Up the World With LEDs

  06-04-2021 22:41 via nytimes.com
  
  A physicist, he shared the prize with two others for their breakthrough in creating blue light-emitting diodes, succeeding “where everyone else had failed.”
  
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• California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire - KCRA Sacramento

  06-04-2021 22:37 via news.google.com
  California's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire  KCRA SacramentoPG&E facing criminal charges over role in 2019 Kincade Fire: Report  CNBC TelevisionPG&E Faces Criminal Charges Over 2019 Kincade Fire Bloomberg Money  MSN MoneySonoma County DA hits PG&E with criminal charges over 2019 Kincade Fire  San Francisco ChronicleCalifornia's Pacific Gas & Electric charged in 2019 wildfire  Associated PressView Full Coverage
  
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• Will Cryonically-Frozen Bodies Ever Be Brought Back to Life?

  06-04-2021 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cryonicists hope that modern technology will one day bring them back from the dead. But how realistic is a second life after a deep freeze?
  
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• Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery - Phys.org

  06-04-2021 22:18 via news.google.com
  Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery  Phys.org
  
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• Russian Police Arrest Physicians Seeking To Treat Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny - NPR

  06-04-2021 22:16 via news.google.com
  Russian Police Arrest Physicians Seeking To Treat Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny  NPRAlexei Navalny “seriously ill” on prison hunger strike as supporters arrested - BBC News  BBC NewsAlexei Navalny 'seriously ill' on prison sick ward, says lawyer  The GuardianAlexei Navalny ‘seriously ill’ in prison, moved to sick ward: report  Fox NewsAmnesty International says Russia may be slowly killing Navalny  Yahoo NewsView Full C
  
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• One of WFH's biggest losers: Cybersecurity

  06-04-2021 22:10 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Business leaders had a lot on their plates over the past year, and many have let cybersecurity fall by the wayside.
  
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• YouTube discloses prevalence of rule-breaking videos for first time

  06-04-2021 21:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  About 1.6 million views on YouTube out of every 1 billion are of a video that violates its content policies, about even with a year ago, the streaming service
  
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• NASA’s Mars copter survives brisk night alone in key pre-flight test - The Verge

  06-04-2021 21:35 via news.google.com
  NASA’s Mars copter survives brisk night alone in key pre-flight test  The VergeMars Helicopter Ingenuity snaps 1st color photo on Red Planet  Space.comNASA's Ingenuity helicopter survives first night alone on Mars  RFINASA’s Tiny Helicopter Snaps Its First Color Photo on Mars  GizmodoNASA Invites Public to Take Flight With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter  NASAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Rossen Reports: Should you be worried about new 'double mutant' variant? - KOAT Albuquerque

  06-04-2021 21:18 via news.google.com
  Rossen Reports: Should you be worried about new 'double mutant' variant?  KOAT Albuquerque'Double mutant' coronavirus variant is found in California  Yahoo NewsWhat To Know About 'Double Mutant' COVID-19 Variant | TODAY  TODAYNew double mutant COVID-19 variant identified in Bay Area, California; Stanford doctor explains their findings  KABC-TVConnect the Dots: Double mutant variant  WBIR Channel 10View Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• NASA drops test spacecraft into million-gallon pool, makes a big splash - CNET

  06-04-2021 21:17 via news.google.com
  NASA drops test spacecraft into million-gallon pool, makes a big splash  CNETWatch Live: NASA Drops an Orion Spacecraft Into a Giant Pool  GizmodoNASA just dropped an Orion space capsule into a pool for science  Space.comNASA Drop Test of Orion Spacecraft for Crewed Artemis Missions  NASANASA drops test spacecraft into million-gallon pool, makes a big splash  CNETView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• How an Abstinence Pledge in the ’90s Shamed a Generation of Evangelicals - The New York Times

  06-04-2021 21:06 via news.google.com
  
  How an Abstinence Pledge in the ’90s Shamed a Generation of Evangelicals  The New York TimesVaccine skepticism runs deep among white evangelicals  KSN-TVVaccine poll: Nearly half of white evangelicals say they won’t get the shot  fox4kc.comDon’t let covid-19 optimism turn into recklessness  Washington PostHow White Evangelicals' Vaccine Refusal Could Prolong the Pandemic  Yahoo NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Psaki on moving MLB All-Star Game to Colorado: Georgia legislation was 'built on a lie' - Fox News

  06-04-2021 21:04 via news.google.com
  
  Psaki on moving MLB All-Star Game to Colorado: Georgia legislation was 'built on a lie'  Fox News
  
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• Jordan Prince Hamzah: How Saudi Arabia fits into the crisis - BBC News

  06-04-2021 21:04 via news.google.com
  
  Jordan Prince Hamzah: How Saudi Arabia fits into the crisis  BBC NewsJordan's Prince Hamzah reaffirms his loyalty to King Abdullah, after being accused of plotting a …  CBS NewsJordan's royal rift entangles an American-born queen  Yahoo NewsUneasy lies the head that wears Jordan’s crown  The Washington PostJordan issues gag order as new audio backs prince's claims  Associated PressView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 is spreading in kids. Should parents be worried? - Yahoo Lifestyle

  06-04-2021 20:57 via news.google.com
  
  COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7 is spreading in kids. Should parents be worried?  Yahoo LifestyleCOVID-19 variant spreads to all 50 US states, experts warn of vaccine shortages  New York Post Kids now playing 'huge role' in spread of COVID-19 variant, expert says | ABC7 Chicago  ABC 7 ChicagoWashington health officials watching Midwest COVID-19 variant outbreaks in schools  KING5.com'Kids do transmit the virus, but not efficiently' Dr. Murphy answers viewer COVID
  
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• Chevrolet Silverado Electric Pickup Truck Confirmed: 400-Plus Miles Of Range - InsideEVs

  06-04-2021 20:38 via news.google.com
  
  Chevrolet Silverado Electric Pickup Truck Confirmed: 400-Plus Miles Of Range  InsideEVsGM announces electric Chevy Silverado pickup that can go 400 miles on a single charge  CNN Electric Chevy pickup to get estimated 400 miles per charge  Yahoo NewsGM shares hit new record on plans for electric Chevy Silverado pickup  CNBCChevrolet Confirms That Gas-Powered Pickups Aren't Going Anywhere  CarBuzzView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• You May Be Eating More Than You Think — Here's How Food Journaling Can Help

  06-04-2021 20:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Can you remember every meal you ate this week? If not, you're not alone. But studies indicate that food journaling can help you reach your dieting goals.
  
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• Google rolling out first Chrome for iOS update since November - 9to5Google

  06-04-2021 20:00 via news.google.com
  
  Google rolling out first Chrome for iOS update since November  9to5GoogleThe First Major Google Maps Alternative Launches on Android Auto  autoevolutionTop 10 Best Video Player Android Apps – 2021  Android HeadlinesGoogle releases final Play Music update to let you hide the Android app  9to5GoogleGoogle is finally fixing one of the worst things about Android Auto  Android CentralView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Iran and U.S. Agree on Path Back to Nuclear Deal - The New York Times

  06-04-2021 19:53 via news.google.com
  
  Iran and U.S. Agree on Path Back to Nuclear Deal  The New York TimesU.S. Holds Indirect Talks With Iran On Restarting Nuclear Deal | NBC News NOW  NBC NewsTalks on reviving Iran nuclear deal begin on ‘right track,’ Tehran envoy says  The Washington PostFred Fleitz: Iran will dictate Biden's surrender on its nuclear weapons program at Vienna meeting  Fox NewsEditorial: Biden must undo Trump’s original sin on the Iran nuclear deal &nbs
  
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• Lil Nas X Hopes 'Haters Are Sad' As Controversial New Song Hits No. 1 - HuffPost

  06-04-2021 19:51 via news.google.com
  Lil Nas X Hopes 'Haters Are Sad' As Controversial New Song Hits No. 1  HuffPostLil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) [Official Video except its not the official video at all]  Lil Nas XRapper Sada Baby used DMX's hospitalization to broadcast ill will towards Lil Nas X  InsiderLil Nas X shares defiant message as he tops US chart  BBC NewsWeekly News Quiz for Students: Infrastructure Plan, Myanmar, Lil Nas X  The New York TimesView Full Covera
  
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• Kaboom: Texas Bans Vaccine Passports

  06-04-2021 17:20 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a huge exercise of “states rights” to self-determination of their own affairs. In short, “Don’t mess with Texas.” However, this does not prevent the Federal government nor private companies from issuing their own vaccine passports for use within the state. Will other states follow suit? ⁃ TN EditorTexas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday morning banning the creation or use of a “vaccine passport.” It prohibits state agen
  
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• Russia says sanctions could push Myanmar towards 'full-scale civil conflict' - Yahoo News

  06-04-2021 17:12 via news.google.com
  
  Russia says sanctions could push Myanmar towards 'full-scale civil conflict'  Yahoo NewsMyanmar's military is waging war on its citizens. Some say it's time to fight back  CNN Myanmar junta charges celebrities with promoting protests  KOMO NewsMyanmar's online pop-up markets raise funds for protest  Associated PressPopular comedian arrested in Myanmar | TheHill  The HillView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• A Glimpse Under Technocracy: ‘Treating Us Like Robots’, Say Amazon Workers

  06-04-2021 16:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Maximum efficiency, relentless quotas, ubiquitous monitoring, measuring and intensity. Amazon is the poster child for how Technocracy treats and values humans. It’s not a question of pay levels, which are above average, but rather about pushing human limits and dignity. ⁃ TN EditorLinda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had always enjoyed ordering from the company, Now, she would be working for t
  
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• How Big Banks Will Force Americans Into The Great Reset

  06-04-2021 16:20 via technocracy.news
  
  The global banks will be the principal fulcrum to lever the world into the Great Reset, which is Technocracy, a resource-based economic system where oligarchs own everything and citizens own nothing. The pandemic was merely a rehash of Greta Thunberg stamping her feet to get people to panic over climate change. ⁃ TN EditorIn June 2020, elites from around the world gathered to announce the launch of a plan to “reset” the entire global economy, a proposal they ominously name
  
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• Chest CT Scans Illuminate Mortality Risk in People With COPD

  06-04-2021 16:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Body composition information derived from routine chest CTs can provide important information on the overall health of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including...
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• Scientists Have Identified 9 Potential New COVID-19 Treatments – Including Several That Are Already FDA-Approved

  06-04-2021 15:43 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Promising candidates include widely used transplant-rejection drug cyclosporine. A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has...
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• One of the web's pioneers will be wiped from the internet in May

  06-04-2021 15:18 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Yahoo Answers, a question-and-answer platform that launched more than 15 years ago and became one of the largest troves of information -- and misinformation -- on the internet, is shutting down on May 4.
  
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• Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies - NASA

  06-04-2021 15:05 via news.google.com
  
  Hubble Spots Double Quasars in Merging Galaxies  NASAView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Droughts Lasted Longer and Rainfall Was More Erratic Over the Last 50 Years in Most of the West

  06-04-2021 15:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Dry periods between rainstorms have become longer and annual rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western United States during the past 50...
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• Experimental Therapy For Parasitic Heart Disease – K777 – May Also Help Stop COVID-19

  06-04-2021 14:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  By blocking human enzyme cathepsin L, chemical inhibitor K777 reduces coronavirus’ ability to infect cell lines; clinical trials are underway. James McKerrow, MD, PhD, dean...
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• Terahertz Imaging of Graphene Paves the Way to Optimization and Industrialization

  06-04-2021 13:52 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Graphene Flagship researchers have developed a new measurement standard for the analysis of graphene and layered materials that could accelerate production and optimize device fabrication....
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• Searching for New Physics in the Subatomic World

  06-04-2021 13:03 via scitechdaily.com
  
    Particle physicists use lattice quantum chromodynamics and supercomputers to search for physics beyond the Standard Model. Peer deeper into the heart of the atom...
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• So you're one of 533 million in the Facebook leak. What now?

  06-04-2021 12:54 via rss.cnn.com
  
  If you were a Facebook user in 2019, it's possible that your information is among the millions of records posted on a website used by hackers.
  
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• NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Survives First Frigid Martian Night on Its Own

  06-04-2021 12:04 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Making it through the frigid Martian temperatures after being deployed by NASA’s Perseverance rover is a major milestone for the small rotorcraft. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars...
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• Tsunami of Chronic Health Conditions Expected as a Result of COVID-19 Pandemic – Will Affect Society for Decades

  06-04-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Cardiometabolic diseases including heart disease, obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes, are at the crest of an impending tsunami of chronic health conditions as a...
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• New Method to Separate Beer Waste Into Proteins for Foods, and Fiber for Biofuels

  06-04-2021 11:00 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Home brewing enthusiasts and major manufacturers alike experience the same result of the beer-making process: mounds of leftover grain. Once all the flavor has been...
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• Deep Dive Into Key SARS-CoV-2 Protein Is a Step Toward New COVID-19 Drugs & Vaccines

  06-04-2021 05:38 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Science have taken a key step toward new drugs and vaccines for combating COVID-19 with a deep...
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• Surprising Research Reveals Photosynthesis Could Be As Old as Life Itself

  06-04-2021 02:06 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think life evolved on Earth. The...
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• Self-Learning, Self-Evolving Smart Quantum Technologies for Secure Communication

  06-04-2021 01:02 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Researchers from Louisiana State University have introduced a smart quantum technology for the spatial mode correction of single photons. In a paper featured on the...
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• Is Coffee Good for You or Not?

  06-04-2021 01:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Confused by the dizzying array of studies that seem contradictory at times? You've come to the right place. Here's what to know about coffee's — mostly beneficial — health impacts.
  
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• How Thousands of Volunteers Are Hunting a Treatment for Alzheimer’s

  06-04-2021 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Stall Catchers citizen science project finds power in the crowd to accelerate the search for a cure to Alzheimer’s.
  
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