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Rich people are living healthy lives for almost a decade more than poor people
Researchers analyzed data on more than 25,000 adults over 50, looking for factors that could predict how long they lived before they started suffering from age-related disabilities, like being unable to get out of bed or cook for themselves. The biggest socioeconomic factor in predicting when those problems began was wealth, the team discovered, with …
BREAKING: Bernie Staffer: Kill Political Opponents, Burn People In Streets, Cops To Be ‘Beaten’ If Bernie Loses
A far-left campaign staffer for 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared to repeatedly advocate for the use of extreme violence in an undercover video that was released on Tuesday by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. Sanders campaign Iowa field organizer Kyle Jurek was busted making the following statements in a variety of …
New technology makes OMNIMAX Theater more accessible for people with hearing loss | News Headlines
ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — New technology is making the OMNIMAX Theater at the St. Louis Science Center more accessible to people with hearing loss. On Saturday, the Science Center welcomed a group of nearly 40 movie-goers who have cochlear implants or other hearing devices. When officials renovated the OMNIMAX Theater in 2019, they added a …
BREAKING: Iran Admits It Shot Down Passenger Plane Killing 176 People
The New York Times reports that Iran has admitted to shooting down a Ukrainian 737 this week that killed 176 people, and claimed that the plane was accidentally shot down when it turned toward an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military base. The plane was shot down on Tuesday after Iran fired numerous missiles targeting …
Iowa produces record-breaking 5.4 billion pounds of milk, but people are drinking less
Iowa produces record-breaking 5.4 billion pounds of milk, but people are drinking less Updated: 11:42 PM CST Jan 9, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00. STEVE: FALLING MILK PRICES AND RISING TARIFFS ARE REALLY TAKING THEIR TOLL ON THE U.S. DAIRY INDUSTRY. IN FACT, BORDEN DAIRY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY JUST THIS …
Prescribing tablets – Finland turns to technology to help frail old people live at home | Europe
Jan 11th 2020 HELSINKI IN A GREY office building on the outskirts of Helsinki, a chatty social worker is meeting six elderly people from around town for lunch—via tablets propped on their kitchen tables. For the next half-hour she talks to them about their day and reminds them to have something to drink, because dehydration …
Elon Musk: ‘UFO on a stick’ will connect people to Starlink internet
On Monday evening, SpaceX, the rocket company founded by tech mogul Elon Musk, blasted a fresh batch of Starlink internet satellites into orbit. The mission added 60 new versions of the spacecraft to a network of 120 already circling Earth — a total of 180 launched into space. Though several experimental Starlink satellites launched in …
Technology changing how people use maps, how they’re created
Maps have changed over the years and so has how we use them. What used to be a final product is now an ever-changing data set, which has put map-making in the hands of everyone. “The world is divided into two types of people, those who love maps, and those who can’t understand why people …
This startup is raising $7 million for a technology that can authenticate people based on their typing style – TechCrunch
TypingDNA, a four-year-old startup that was founded in Bucharest, Romania and more recently moved its headquarters to Brooklyn, New York, looks to be raising $7 million in funding for something interesting: AI-driven technology that it says can recognize people based on the way they type, both on their laptops and mobile devices. A new SEC …
Technology changing how people use maps, how they’re created
Maps have changed over the years and so has how we use them. What used to be a final product is now an ever-changing data set, which has put map-making in the hands of everyone. “The world is divided into two types of people, those who love maps, and those who can’t understand why people …
