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Canada to Review Amazon Contracts After Quebec Layoffs

The Wall Street Journal 

Canada has warned Amazon.com that it is reviewing business ties with the company’s cloud-computing unit following Amazon’s decision to shut down its warehouses in Quebec, leading to the layoff of 1,700 workers.

Massachusetts Democrats ask regulators to open Trump meme coins probe

TheHill.com 

Two Massachusetts Democrats sent a letter to various regulators asking them to open an investigation into President Trump's and first lady Melania Trump's recently launched meme coins. The letter, signed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), was sent to the Office of Government Ethics, the Department of the Treasury, the Securities...

Red Sox Pitchers Push Each Other With Rotation Challenge

New England Sportd Network: World Cup 

BOSTON — The Red Sox attacked the pitching staff as an area of need this winter. Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler arrived to add talent to the rotation. Tanner Houck, Brayan Bello and Kutter Crawford offer foundational homegrown arms, while depth options are plentiful between MLB and Triple-A with Cooper Criswell, Richard Fitts, Hunter Dobbins […]

How Some Trees Evolved to Birth Live Young

Real Clear Science 

Elizabeth Preston, Biographic

Typically, a seed's number one job is to have patience. Before it grows into a new clover or pumpkin vine or oak tree or hydrangea, it has to wait. Only when...

How Jurassic Park Changed the Image of Dinosaurs

Real Clear Science 

Maxime Lerolle, CNRS News

Are the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" realistic? How does the film franchise explore the impact and applications of science? These are some of the topics addressed...

The Strange Power of Laughter

Real Clear Science 

Kirsten Bell, Sapiens

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I tended to fall into bouts of uncontrollable laughter. Basically, once I started laughing, I found it very difficult to stop. The problem was...

Starvation Changes the Body, But Also the Mind

Real Clear Science 

Ingrid Spilde, ScienceNorway

Around this time of year, 80 years ago, 36 healthy young men reported to the University of Minnesota's Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene in the USA. They were...

Our Ability to Think in Terms of Numbers Is Universal

Real Clear Science 

Marjorie Hecht, Human Bridges

Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don't give these skills a second thought. But numerosity or numeracy, the ability to think...

Gateway: The 21st-Century Moonshot Mission

Real Clear Science 

Sarah Scoles, Undark

On some unknown day in 2027, if all goes as planned, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch toward the dark void beyond Earth's atmosphere, carrying with it the basic...

Neanderthals' Blood Type May Explain Their Demise

Real Clear Science 

Kristina Killgrove, Live Science

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the...

The Jagged, Monstrous Function That Broke Calculus

Real Clear Science 

Solomon Adams, Quanta

Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky foundation. Its core concepts were...