For the city pairs below, I largely used the equation of flight time plus three hours to account for commuting to and from downtown areas on both ends to come up with true air transit time when compared with train travel. The tipping point seems to be just shy of 300 miles, making long distances […]
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Scientists say they’ve deciphered features of the skull and some other details of a mysterious, extinct cousin of Neanderthals by analyzing its DNA. The genetic material came from the finger bone of a female member of the Denisovans, a population known mostly from small bone fragments and teeth recovered in Siberia’s Denisova Cave. Denisovans may
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Red Bull driver Max Verstappen posted the fastest time in Friday’s first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix. Verstappen was 0.167 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel while championship leader Lewis Hamilton was third fastest. Mercedes driver Hamilton heads into Sunday’s night race with a 63-point lead over teammate Valtteri Bottas, who was fourth
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Average global temperatures have risen by about 1 degree Celsius since the start of the industrial age, and the world as a whole remains far from meeting its obligations under the Paris Agreement, the landmark climate accord designed 4 years ago, to keep temperatures from rising to catastrophic levels. President Trump has said the United
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Financial planners also say inheritors must resist entreaties from friends and relatives seeking loans or gifts. Tyrone Phillippi, a certified financial planner in Dayton, Ohio, said one client, against his advice, gave money to a relative to open a bar. “It did not go well — the money was basically gone,” he said. Teri Alexander,
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Are carbohydrates victims of bad press, or are they just bad for you? Many of the most popular diets of the past decade ― Atkins, keto, low-carb paleo ― have promoted minimal carb consumption, which likely has contributed to its demonization. We spoke to three registered dieticians (and one director of diabetes education and care)
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Image caption Sam’s album has replaced Post Malone at the top of the UK chart “It’s all stupid.” Sam Fender’s laughing as he and his drummer Drew Michael sit in front of a green screen at Radio 1 discussing how his debut album, Hypersonic Missiles, has outsold the rest of the UK’s top five albums
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Columbus, Ohio, is no longer the meat-and-potato city of decades ago. Yes, there are the big restaurant chains. Wendy’s, White Castle and Sbarro, to name a few, have national headquarters here. But the state capital is now one of the country’s fastest-growing cities, and it has dynamic art projects, good restaurants and a revitalized riverfront.
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As wireless technology changes how and where people do their jobs, giving many the freedom to work remotely at least part of the time, so too is it changing their thinking around real estate. Remote workers still represent a minority of the work force. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of last year,
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No matter the score, if Nasi Manu gets on the field for Tonga in the Rugby World Cup game against England on Sunday it’ll be a triumph. In many ways it already is. The 31-year-old Manu is on the brink of playing his first game at the World Cup, and first since being diagnosed with
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