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Browns running back Nick Chubb is denying an accusation that he accepted cash payments to stay at Georgia his senior year. A high school football coach in Georgia named Rush Propst has claimed that in 2017, when Chubb decided to Read more
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sense of how to develop therapies and Read more
Effissimo Capital Management has gained further backing in its push for a probe into Toshiba Corp, but big stakes built up by investors like BlackRock have raised questions over how much influence it and other activist shareholders will ultimately wield. Read more
Microsoft finalized its Bethesda acquisition earlier this week, and now the company is revealing which existing games will appear on Xbox Game Pass. In total 20 Bethesda titles will appear in Xbox Game Pass on Friday, including Dishonored, Doom, The Read more
In an encouraging flip of the narrative, an experiment demonstrated that basic income recipients in a California city showed intelligence and ambition, not lethargy. The randomized, controlled trial in the city of Stockton is being viewed by sociologists as a Read more
Trent Brown is on the move, from Las Vegas to New England. Brown, the Pro Bowl offensive tackle, is being traded from the Raiders to the Patriots, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The deal includes Brown agreeing to Read more
Much like coronavirus, circulating HIV-1 viruses mutate into diverse variants that pose challenges for scientists developing vaccines to protect people from HIV/AIDS. “AIDS vaccine development has been a decades-long challenge partly because our immune systems have difficulty recognizing all the Read more
Blockchain payments firm Ripple has not experienced any fallout in its Asia Pacific business after being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company’s chief executive officer said on Friday. In late December, the SEC charged Ripple, Read more
It’s a fundamental rule of the road: driver picks the music. And yet, in a brazen challenge to the immutable laws of the universe, Spotify has chosen to meddle with this golden rule by expanding its Group Session beta to Read more
A breakneck-speed tour of a Minneapolis bowling alley has seen millions of people watching—and even Hollywood impressed by the slick skills of the pilot. The 87-second video, produced by Sky Candy Studios, starts above Bryant Lake Bowl before speeding through Read more