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Gold wrapped up its best annual performance in years. What comes next is idolatry surviving on unpredictable dynamics, ranging from the strength of the global economic recovery to the health of the US dollar. One of the most active sell-offs in gold futures for February delivery ended Thursday’s session at …

A drug that has been used to treat cancer for more than a decade could treat people with covid-19, according to new research. A drug called pralatrexate is a chemotherapy drug originally designed to treat lymphomas – tumors that grow out of the glands. Chinese researchers have found praltrexate outperforms …

Dr. Sue A. in El Paso, Texas. Zelen Blankas, a first-grade teacher at Shook Elementary School, died Monday, his family told CNN. He was 10 years old in his career as a teacher. Blankas tested positive for coronavirus on October 20 and days later, she was hospitalized, her brother, Mario …

By interacting in a limited space, a swarm of ‘smarts’ can create spontaneous choreography.Image: Courtesy Thomas Barutta In January 2020, the second-floor laboratory at Northwestern University was filled with light-running cloaking of three pushing robots. Around each other. The three were in a small ring colliding with each other, although …

More than 17,000 cases of coronavirus were reported in Florida on Thursday, bringing more than a million cases of the virus to Florida and killing hundreds of thousands nationwide. It is the single largest increase in COVID-19 cases in Florida. The Florida Department of Health announced 17,192 cases Thursday, bringing …