While stocks ended lower on Tuesday amid concerns over stimulus negotiations, S&P 500 futures are up 0.3% as operators await the latest Fed policy decision. The central bank is expected to keep interest rates close to zero to support the economy that is still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, while …
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The United States will withdraw 12,000 soldiers from Germany after Trump calls the country a ‘criminal’
German authorities immediately trashed the plan. Norbert Röttgen, chairman of the Bundestag foreign affairs committee, said in a statement to POLITICO that the move would weaken the NATO alliance and reduce the effectiveness of the US military against Russia and the Middle East. “I hold my point: the reduction of …
Read More »Why do some coronavirus patients lose their sense of smell? Harvard researchers have an answer
Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is a common symptom of COVID-19, and a study recently determined the cell types in the upper nasal cavity most vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The research team led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School (HMS) discovered that non-neuronal cell types may be responsible for …
Read More »Mysterious evolution of unstable whale skulls revealed by new study
Some whales are unstable. You may not know how to look at them, but their skulls are really incredibly asymmetrical. This mysterious feature helps with echolocation, the way whales work where things are by making sounds and feeling how they reflect. But this weakness is not present in all whales. …
Read More »If Dak Leaves the Jeans – Free Agent Replacements?
Suppose we live in a world where Dak Prescott is no longer the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. It’s the spring of 2021. And Ben DiNucci and Clayton Thorson are the Cowboys’ only quarterbacks under contract. Still dizzy? Could occur. As I explained in my first “Life Without Dak” article, nothing with …
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