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Aranceles de Trump impactan costos y ventas de P&G, Pepsi y otras empresas, que hacen ajustes
Aparentemente, pocas industrias o empresas se están librando de la incertidumbre. Las empresas de alimentos y bebidas, las ...
Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more
NSF, founded in 1950, has a $9 billion budget that can be a lifeline for resource-strapped professors and the younger researchers they recruit to their teams. It has shifted priorities over time but ...
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ban on transgender members of the military to take effect, for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender ...
Tariff turmoil: What P&G, Pepsi and other companies are saying about tariffs
Some tariffs remain in place against key U.S. trading partners, but others have been postponed to give nations time to ...
A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom
It appears that the culprit at Tall el-Hammam was a small asteroid similar to the one that knocked down 80 million trees in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. It would have been a much smaller version of the ...
Pope Francis’ death right after Easter sounds miraculous – but patients and caregivers often work together to delay dying
(THE CONVERSATION) On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the Catholic Church. He joins the phenomena ...
Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful
Thus, it may assist in counteracting the negativity bias by helping us find and remember the good that others are doing for us every day − the good that we may lose sight of in the best of times, let ...
Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence
The meme features the language “gamers don’t die, they respawn,” alluding to video game characters who return to life after dying. This makes light of Babchenko’s predicament and illustrates the use ...
US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are
All told, money distributed from endowments covered more than 15%, on average, of college and university operating expenses in 2024. Some of America’s institutions of higher education, however, lean ...
The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform
Sonja Dümpelmann is a historian of landscapes and the built environment who lived in Philly from 2019 to 2023. During this time, she researched how female reformers and activists in Philadelphia in ...
Smoke from growing New Jersey wildfire to affect air quality in the New York City area
CHATSWORTH, N.J. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire engulfing part of New Jersey’s Pine Barrens was expected grow Thursday, with ...
Alert: In rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges Russian president to "STOP!" after deadly attack on Kyiv
WASHINGTON (AP) — In rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges Russian president to "STOP!" after deadly attack on Kyiv.