Image copyright University of Leeds Image caption The therapy delivers a small, painless electrical current to the ear, which sends signals to the body’s nervous system Tickling the ear with a small electric current could rebalance the nervous system in over-55s and help them age more healthily, research suggests. Stimulation of the vagus nerve, which […]
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The past several months have been anything but a celebration for Lori Loughlin, the disgraced actress accused of bribing her daughters’ way into the University of Southern California as fraudulent crew recruits. But the former “Full House” star could at least celebrate her 55th birthday on Sunday. She received public celebratory wishes from her girls,
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Image copyright Getty Images Chinese telecoms firm Huawei saw a sharp jump in revenue in the first half of the year but warned of “difficulties ahead”. The US blacklisted the firm in May, restricting its ability to trade with US companies. Company revenue jumped 23% in the first half of the year versus a year
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A hacker gained access to personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications, the bank said Monday as federal authorities arrested a suspect in the case . Paige A. Thompson — who also goes by the handle “erratic” — was charged with a single count of computer fraud and abuse in U.S.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: STILL A MET (FOR NOW) Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard (7-5, 4.33) is set to start against the White Sox, and it could be his final appearance with the club. The hard-throwing 26-year-old changed his bio on Twitter over the weekend to read “Pitcher for the New
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NEWTOWN, Pa. — Diane LeBas, a 71-year-old substitute teacher attending the Newtown Democrats’ summer picnic on Sunday, recounted how she was tear-gassed protesting the Vietnam War. No one could question her progressivism. “But at the moment, I’m leaving progressivism in the back seat for pragmatism,” Ms. LeBas said about the 2020 presidential race. “We have
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Taha Shakouri keeps finding remote corners to play in at a Tehran children’s charity hospital, unaware that his doctors are running out of chemo medicine needed to treat the eight-year-old boy’s liver cancer. With Iran’s economy in free fall after the U.S. pullout from the nuclear deal and escalated sanctions on Tehran, prices of imported
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Image copyright Getty Images Katy Perry copied her 2013 song Dark Horse from a Christian rap song, a US court has ruled. Katy gave evidence in the week-long trial, denying she had ever heard the 2009 song Joyful Noise by Flame before recording her track. She even offered to perform Dark Horse for the court
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British Gas owner Centrica’s chief executive Iain Conn is to step down from his post and retire from the company’s board next year. He told the Today programme it was “a natural time for me to hand over”. Centrica reported a pre-tax loss of £446m in the six months to June. It made a £704m
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Toby Walsh, a professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is one of Australia’s leading experts on artificial intelligence. He and other experts have released a report outlining the promises, and ethical pitfalls, of the country’s embrace of A.I. Recently, Dr. Walsh, 55, has been working with the Campaign to Stop Killer
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