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Social media use linked to lower reading, memory scores in preteens : Shots

Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. The findings are published […]

Magazine

Watch Dua Lipa Duet With Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong

The pair performed “Wake Me Up When September Ends” over the weekend as part of the pop singer’s Radical Optimism tour Dua Lipa welcomed Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to the stage at San Francisco’s Chase Center last night to perform the band’s 2004 hit “Wake Me When September Ends.” “San Francisco, how you feeling?” […]

Sports

Padres’ Mike Shildt Announces Sudden Retirement as Manager

The Padres are in the market for a new manager. Mike Shildt announced his sudden retirement Monday, in a letter first reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. More news: MLB Punishes Padres’ Xander Bogaerts for Actions Toward Umpires in Wild Card Game 3 “It is with a heavy but full heart that […]

USA

Dozens rescued, several still missing after monster storm brings violent wind gusts and record storm surge to western Alaska

Rescuers in western Alaska are working to find missing residents and help those displaced after ferocious, hurricane-force wind gusts from what once was Typhoon Halong tore through remote, coastal communities, unleashed record-breaking storm surge and shoved homes completely off their foundations. Three people are missing in Kwigillingok and at least 18 people have been rescued […]

Business

Beyond Meat plummets after debt swap massively dilutes shareholders

(Bloomberg) — Beyond Meat Inc. (BYND) tumbled the most since the company went public in 2019 after the troubled plant-based protein producer said nearly all creditors had accepted a debt swap that will lead to a substantial dilution of shareholders. Most Read from Bloomberg The stock sank as much as 58% to 84.5 cents in […]

Science

Lab-grown human embryo model produces blood cells | Science

Scientists have grown embryo-like structures in the laboratory that produced human blood cells, raising new possibilities for regenerative medicine. The ability to generate blood stem cells in the laboratory may one day make it possible to treat patients in need of bone marrow transplants using their own cells. The advance is the latest in a […]

Magazine

Marc Maron Interviews Barack Obama In Final Podcast Episode

Marc Maron ended his podcast Monday after 16 years with special guest Barack Obama.  This was the second appearance of the former president on WTF With Marc Maron, following his visit to Maron’s Los Angeles garage studio about 10 tens ago while he was still in office. For Monday’s interview, Maron traveled to Washington D.C. […]

USA

President Trump hailed as a ‘colossus’ and ‘giant of Jewish history’

President Trump was hailed as a “colossus” and a “giant of Jewish history” who is the leader most deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize in history. “You, President Donald J. Trump, are a colossus who will be enshrined in the pantheon of history thousands of years from now,” Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said to applause. […]

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