'Peter' and 'Deborah' Are Top CEO Names
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Fernande Dalal
Hoping to raise a future CEO? Try naming your kid Peter or Deborah. If having a child who grows up to be an athlete is more your style, Ryan, Matt or Jessica might be the way to go.
These are the top names for CEOs and athletes, according to online professional networking site LinkedIn. Drawing from over 100 million LinkedIn profiles, the site has released the most popular names for a variety of professions.
[Read More]Bizarre Te'o Hoax & The Truth About Online Love
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Leukemia, Twitter, and "catfish" lures: The saga of Manti Te'o's imaginary girlfriend is getting more confusing by the minute.
The Notre Dame linebacker initially told reporters that the "love of his life," a woman named Lennay Kekua, died of leukemia. But after some digging by a Deadspin reporter, it was discovered that Kekua never existed, and hence the reference to "catfish," which refers to this type of Internet dating hoax and is the name of a reality TV show.
[Read More]Dinosaur with Raccoon-Like Mask Hid in Broad Daylight
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
New research on Sinosauropteryx's coloring reveals that the feathered dinosaur sported not only a raccoon-like face mask, but also striped patterns and countershading — that is, a dark back and light belly. Animals still use that trait today to stay camouflaged from predators and prey, the researchers said.
"Far from all being the lumbering prehistoric gray beasts of past children's books, at least some dinosaurs showed sophisticated color patterns to hide from and confuse predators, just like today's animals,"
[Read More]Distress Calls Linked to Amelia Earhart Probably Don't Reveal Anything About Her Demise
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Patria Henriques
The daring aviator Amelia Earhart may have sent distress calls from a tiny Pacific island by the light of the moon, talking urgently into her radio while she recharged her damaged plane at low tide, according to a new report.
But not everyone is on board with this new idea about Earhart's tragic end.
The scenario rests on a lot of assumptions about how and where Earhart's plane went down, meaning it's highly unlikely it ever happened, said John Little, an assistant curator at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, who was not involved with the report.
[Read More]Earth's Biggest Diamonds May Form in Strange 'Metal Pools'
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
The world's largest, most valuable diamonds may be born in pockets of liquid metal located deep within the Earth, a new study finds.
This discovery suggests that pockets of liquid metal peppered throughout Earth's mantle layer, between the planet's crust and core, may play a key role in how carbon and other elements key to life cycle between the Earth's interior and the planet's surface, the researchers said.
In general, diamonds form deep in the hot rock of Earth's mantle, rising to the surface with volcanic eruptions.
[Read More]More Than 250,000 People May Die Each Year Due to Climate Change
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
In the coming decades, more than a quarter-million people may die each year as a result of climate change, according to a new review study.
In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that climate change would lead to about 250,000 additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050, from factors such as malnutrition, heat stress and malaria.
But the new review, published Jan. 17 in The New England Journal of Medicine, said this is a "
[Read More]Oops! Etruscan Warrior Prince Really a Princess
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Last month, archaeologists announced a stunning find: a completely sealed tomb cut into the rock in Tuscany, Italy.
The untouched tomb held what looked like the body of an Etruscan prince holding a spear, along with the ashes of his wife. Several news outlets reported on the discovery of the 2,600-year-old warrior prince.
But the grave held one more surprise.
A bone analysis has revealed the warrior prince was actually a princess, as Judith Weingarten, an alumna of the British School at Athens noted on her blog, Zenobia: Empress of the East.
[Read More]Quantum Computer Could Simulate Beginnings of the Universe
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Arica Deslauriers
Quantum mechanics suggest that seemingly empty space is actually filled with ghostly particles that are fluctuating in and out of existence. And now, scientists have for the first time made an advanced machine known as a quantum computer simulate these so-called virtual particles.
This research could help shed light on currently hidden aspects of the universe, from the hearts of neutron stars to the very first moments of the universe after the Big Bang, researchers said.
[Read More]Shocking Treatment Helps Erectile Dysfunction
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Mittie Cheatwood
If you experience impotence, instead of a little blue pill maybe you want to apply shockwaves to your privates instead.
Experiments now suggest directing shockwaves at penises can help treat erectile dysfunction.
"We can really reverse erectile problems with this," researcher Yoram Vardi, head of the neuro-urology department at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, told LiveScience.
"While patients with erectile dysfunction can function with Viagra or Cialis, this is not a cure — when they stop the medication, they cannot function,"
[Read More]Sing it Baby! Almost Everyone Can Carry a Tune
Posted on January 16, 2023
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| Trudie Dory
Despite the hilarity of early-season "American Idol" episodes, nearly everyone can carry a tune, new research shows.
Of those who can't, there are two types — those that know they sound bad and those that think they sound fine.
In a series of studies led by researchers at the University of Finance and Management in Warsaw and the University of Montreal, more than 150 people in Canada and Poland were asked to sing familiar songs — such as Quebec's version of "
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