NYT: 7 Takeaways From Kamala Harris’s CNN Interview
Kamala Harris showed her tendency toward winding answers in the CNN interview, but said nothing likely to cause her serious political trouble.
NYT: 6 Exercises to Help You Move Easier
Practicing these movements can make everyday tasks — like carrying groceries and walking up stairs — easier.
ScienceAlert: Intermittent Fasting Could Trigger Cancer Risks, Study in Mice Shows
While previous studies have linked intermittent fasting to benefits such as reductions in weight and dementia risk, new research in mice points to a potential downside of periodic food abstinences: an increase in the risk of cancer.
The discovery follows a previous study that found fasting in mice led to a boost in the regenerative capabilities of their intestinal stem cells, protecting against injury and inflammation.
Now an international team of researchers have determined this increase in stem cell production accelerates as mice refeed after fasting. What’s more, eating can introduce mutagens — compounds like the heterocyclic amines in burned meats, which can cause genetic mutations — that increase the risk of triggering cancerous tumors.
Let’s admit it: nothing is “safe”! Everything is a trade-off.
Globe: editorial: The high cost of real estate commissions
The buying and selling of real estate in the U.S. is undergoing a similar reckoning. People in the U.S. (as in Canada) pay some of the highest real estate transaction fees in the world. Last October, a U.S. jury ruled against the National Association of Realtors in a class-action lawsuit case over high fees paid on housing deals, often around 6 per cent. The decision found the industry conspired to inflate fees. Instead of appealing, the real estate agents this March settled for a lower penalty and agreed to change industry rules around how fees are decided.
The deal went into effect in mid-August but industry continues to fight against change. Academic research published last year shows agents – who are supposed to be working on behalf of their clients – routinely steer people away from deals with lower fees. Such homes take longer to sell, the research found, as agents for buyers tended to avoid them.
Times of London (Apple.news): Tudor explorer who began the Arctic quest
On a spring morning in 1554, a group of Laplanders fishing off Russia’s desolate northwest coast spotted two mighty English galleons floating at anchor, with no one on deck.
On board, the fishermen encountered a grim sight. The entire crew had perished during the long Arctic winter, along with their captain, the Tudor adventurer Sir Hugh Willoughby — a heroic failure who, like John Franklin and Robert Scott after him, had set off on a great feat of exploration and perished in the attempt.
CBC: Abortion issue returns to haunt Trump’s campaign
It was laid bare this week when Trump was asked about his state’s referendum on the issue this November: Would he vote for Amendment 4, which would undo Florida’s six-week abortion ban and, in effect, restore the pre-2022 status quo, allowing abortion until fetal viability, and even afterward if deemed necessary by a doctor?
Trump appeared to tell NBC News he would support it, which triggered a swift backlash from elements of his base. Within 24 hours, he performed a backflip, telling Fox News he’d, in fact, vote no on the amendment.
Globe: Johnny Gaudreau’s unusual superstardom was a testament to humble beginnings
The daily news is so full of awfulness that a sensitive person is hard-pressed to get to the end of the A-section without feeling some level of despair. But whether you knew of Johnny Gaudreau or care one iota about sport, this one feels especially unfair.
That’s because not everyone can imagine the horror of war, but they can picture two brothers on a bike ride. Chirping each other. One daring the other to keep up, and then vice versa. This scene is a shorthand of movies meant to signal the bonds of family.
And a day before a family wedding. All they had to do was make it home.
Last Updated: 30.Aug.2024 19:51 EDT
