Recurrent pregnancy loss can be explained by specific genetic variations that prevent suppression of the immune system during pregnancy, finds new research from Nazarbayev University School of Medicine. Professor Kuralay Atageldiyeva, with colleagues from Kazakhstan, Canada, and Tunisia, investigated the association between PD-L1 (programmed death-ligand 1) gene variants and recurrent pregnancy loss in women of…
By Aralynn Abare McMane Across the globe, children are losing some and gaining some when it comes to news products tailored for them. Here are some developments: The 31 August edition of The New York Times (NYT) will carry the last monthly print-only section for children, its media reporter Katie Robertson announced in July. California-based…
The Dallas Cowboys have been carefully managing rookie running back Jaydon Blue after a heel and ankle injury disrupted his promising start to training camp. Blue had been climbing the depth chart before the setback forced the team to take a cautious approach with their potential offensive weapon. Now there’s positive news about his…
When Chaos Stopped Being a Strategy ChatGPT wasn’t supposed to become his daily planner. The solo founder, juggling product development and marketing, already had software tools stacked across the cloud – Notion, Trello, half a dozen calendars. Yet his mornings started the same way: Slack, inbox, endless scroll. By the time he looked at sales…
Big insurance companies aren’t known for their nimbleness. Many of the largest global insurers have been around for more than a century, and their time-tested business models and operating processes have changed very little. They are like supertankers; for them to change directions takes a long time. Technology, not surprisingly, has been put forward as…
If you are new to using AI in design or curious about integrating AI into your UX process without losing your human touch, this article offers a grounded, day-by-day look at introducing AI into your design workflow. Artificial Intelligence isn’t new, but in November 2022, something changed. The launch of ChatGPT brought AI out of…
The Trust Project’s Sally Lehrman shares how its ambitious new public campaign is geared to helping people “confidently choose trustworthy news” – and how the Trust Mark is benefitting newsrooms around the world and could soon help identify trustworthy news creators. When The Trust Project was started in 2014, we’d only seen the tip of…
The top tier of NBA players is as elite as it has ever been, and while this is the quietest part of the offseason, it’s never too early to get excited about next season. There are a ton of interesting subplots heading into next season, but ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith recently named who he…
Why Robert De Niro’s Net Worth Can’t Be Summed Up in a Single Number. Robert De Niro has long been considered one of the greatest actors of his generation—an artist who can disappear into a role so completely that audiences forget the man behind the character. His films—Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino—are etched into…
The hunger crisis in Gaza reached another grim milestone on Friday when the world’s leading hunger watchdog confirmed that a famine is taking place within the enclave, amid Israel’s ongoing blockade and bombardment. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the consortium of humanitarian groups and UN agencies that monitors and classifies global hunger crises…