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Nov 09 2024BUSINESS

Businesses Going Modular with SOA

Ever wondered how businesses keep up with all the new tech? One way they do it is by using something called the SOA framework. SOA stands for Service-Oriented Architecture, and it's like building a business with Lego blocks. Each block, or service, does one thing well and can be easily swapped out o

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Nov 09 2024POLITICS

A Late-Night Chat: Saudi Prince Calls Trump

In the wee hours of Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's future king, Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, picked up the phone to dial Donald Trump. This wasn't a typical late-night call; it was to express admiration for Trump's return to politics. The relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia has b

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Nov 09 2024TECHNOLOGY

Why Some Tech Succeeds and Others Fail: The Key Rules

You know how Newton's laws explain how things move? Well, technology also has its own rules, but for its rise and fall. After looking at thirteen successful tech trends, we've found three laws and five more rules to help understand why some tech sticks around while others disappear. The first law i

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Nov 09 2024HEALTH

Exploring Daily Habits: Visual Life Logging to Decode Lifestyle Health

Living a healthy life is crucial for overall well-being and happiness, impacting quality of life and preventing diseases. Currently, lifelogging and egocentric datasets do not cater to lifestyle analysis, leaving a gap in this area of computer vision research. This study tackles the challenge of lif

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Nov 09 2024SCIENCE

How Unequal Recovery Looks After Hurricanes Harvey and Ida

Imagine if Hurricane Harvey or Ida just hit your neighborhood. Do you think everyone would bounce back at the same speed? As it turns out, there's quite a bit of variety in how people get their lives back to normal after a big disaster like a hurricane. A recent study took a really close look at wha

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Nov 09 2024POLITICS

A Local Professor's Take on Trump's Surprising Win

In the aftermath of Election Day 2024, Matthew Record, an assistant professor at Molloy University, shared some intriguing insights about President-elect Trump's victory over Vice President Harris. Record, who teaches American Politics and Public Policy, noted something quite unexpected: young peopl

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Nov 09 2024HEALTH

The Unlikely Pioneers: Early Dog Doctors in Britain

Imagine this: in the 1700s, when medical care for humans was still quite basic, there were people in Britain dedicated to treating dogs! These were the dog doctors, and they didn't have any official healthcare training. The most famous of them was John Norborn, who wasn't ashamed to call himself a '

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Nov 09 2024SCIENCE

Faith Fluctuations: Tracking Religion Over a Century

Over the past century, religions have seen their fair share of growth spurts and declines. Imagine each religion as a unique club that people join. Some clubs become incredibly popular, while others lose members over time. To really understand how these clubs change, scientists used a special math

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Nov 09 2024HEALTH

Affordable Insulin: A Game Changer for South African Diabetes Care?

Recently, some big names in the insulin business, like Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi, have cut prices on their long-lasting insulin types. This isn't just good news for South Africa's healthcare system—it's essential. Diabetes is a big problem here, especially pre-diabetes, and the country's E

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Nov 09 2024HEALTH

Neurosurgery Training Around the World: A Closer Look

Do you ever wonder how future neurosurgeons are trained globally? It turns out that the world needs more than just skilled hands; it needs a well-supported and diverse workforce. This study explored the different training programs, the support trainees get, and how these programs are regulated. By u

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