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Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is looking for more explosive plays through the air in the weeks to come and one way to generate them might be for wide receiver A.J. Green to get rolling. Green didn’t play at all last season after hurting his ankle in the team’s first practice of training camp and he […]
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If sport is good for the body, it also seems to be good for the brain. By evaluating memory performance following a sport session, neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) demonstrate that an intensive physical exercise session as short as 15 minutes on a bicycle improves memory, including the acquisition of new motor skills. […]
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Britain and the United States exchanged their first tariff offers during the fourth round of trade talks, allowing a series of detailed market access discussions to be held, the UK’s Trade Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday. “The exchange of tariff offers is a notable milestone, and the speed at which this stage has been […]
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Amazon postponed its annual Prime Day from July to a date TBD, but new rumors — with a hint of evidence — suggest it may be happening in mid-October. The latest rumor mill was set off after tech site T3 discovered a promotional poster from Braun, titled “Braun x Prime Day,” which reads, “In mid-October […]
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Watch the presidential debate with live fact-checking by USA TODAY’s…Chain restaurants in bad financial shapePeople logoElectrician Rallies Mass. Town to Rebuild 72-Year-Old Woman’s Run-Down Home: ‘A Miracle to Witness’ A Massachusetts community has rallied around an elderly woman whose home was in desperate need of repairs thanks to one courteous electrician. John Kinney was fixing […]
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Troy Dye replaced the injured Anthony Barr on the field last week. Now, he’s been replaced on the active roster. The Vikings announced that the rookie linebacker was placed on injured reserve (foot), to make room for the previously reported addition of veteran inside linebacker Todd Davis. Dye, their fourth-round pick from Oregon, stepped in […]
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Accumulation of assembled tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases, called tauopathies. Recent studies have revealed that propagation of assembled tau is key to understanding the pathological mechanisms of these diseases. Mouse models of tau propagation are established by injecting human-derived tau seeds intracerebrally; nevertheless, […]
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British pub operator JD Wetherspoon JDW.L said on Tuesday it could cut 400 to 450 jobs at its sites at six airports, including London’s Heathrow and Gatwick, because of the large drop in passengers caused by the impact of COVID-19. “The company has written to 1,000 people employed in its pubs at six airports (Gatwick, […]
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Amazon’s fall Alexa hardware event is scheduled for September 24th at 1PM ET. It’s not clear exactly what might be revealed at the event — an invite sent to The Verge only said that Amazon’s Devices and Services team would be sharing “some news.” An Amazon spokesperson specified that the event is invite-only, however, which […]
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The act of kindness can be priceless. But for Derlin Newey, a pizza delivery driver from Roy, Utah, it was actually worth $12,069. According to NBC affiliate KSL, the 89-year-old deliveryman for Papa Johns Pizza took the 30-hours-a-week gig to make some extra money because his monthly bills cost more than his social security covered. […]
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