"after more than three decades of economic gloom, japan is back. this should be welcome news, but there is a downside that’s going to make things challenging for america and its economic stewards in the trump administration. remember the butterfly flapping its wings and causing tornadoes? it’s like that, only in this case the butterfly is a $7.6 trillion bond market..."

"mori's original hypothesis states that as the appearance of a robot is made more human, some observers' emotional response to the robot becomes increasingly positive and empathetic, until it becomes almost human, at which point the response quickly becomes strong revulsion..."

"the phenomenon remained largely unstudied until 2005, when professor adam zeman of the university of exeter was approached by a man who seemed to have lost the ability to visualize after undergoing minor surgery..."

"targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access..."

"a large health-record analysis found that glucosamine use was associated with a 25% higher likelihood of mild cognitive impairment progressing to dementia. lab experiments suggest the popular joint supplement may intensify an abnormal sugar-tagging process in the alzheimer’s brain, although researchers say clinical trials are needed to determine whether it actually causes harm..."

"melanie had been called to the main hospital on the remote island of saipan to translate for the woman, who had travelled alone from china to give birth in the us territory, automatically giving her baby us citizens..."

"in the past five years alone, novel drugs have been shown to modestly slow decline in early alzheimer's, while growing evidence suggests some dementia cases could potentially be delayed or prevented through risk reduction..."

"tech workers have flocked to liangzhu, a small town outside hangzhou, looking to escape china’s corporate culture and build their future with a.i..."

"but somewhere along the line, the “internet” turned into a monster. when i was a kid, the internet was where i went to download minecraft mods and watch gordon ramsay cooking videos..."

"four months after his arrival, an unfortunate incident tarnished his good name. in the early hours of new year’s day 2023, one of his bodyguards discharged seven bullets into the kneecap of a young playboy named hussein fawaz at a freetown nightclub called scarlet..."