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These top 10 places in Mexico are the reason the country continues to be one of the most popular destinations for American tourists. From the sands of its many resorts on the Caribbean and the Pacific, to the cultural bonanza of its cities and states in the interior, Mexico has much to offer the traveler. […]
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Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle sat down with Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers, and the man who dropped the dime on the Astros’ sign-stealing revealed something that, while not surprising, is pretty damn disappointing: he has received “a lot of death threats” since the story about it all appeared in The Athletic last November. […]
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The Biophotonics Imaging Lab at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology has developed imaging techniques that investigate tissues without using any staining or labels. The researchers created a unique system using a laser source that can capture more information about a tissue compared to traditional imaging techniques. That system provides better visualization of […]
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French power utility Engie SA has approached Ameresco Inc, a U.S. provider of energy efficiency solutions and developer of renewable energy plants, to express interest in acquiring it, according to people familiar with the matter. The approach will test the appetite of Ameresco’s 72-year-old chairman and chief executive, George Sakellaris, to cash out. Sakellaris founded […]
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Since its major update last year, Vizio’s SmartCast TV platform has included most of the major streaming services you might need, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Vudu. But if you wanted to watch Disney Plus, you had to stream it from another device using Chromecast or AirPlay 2. Good news: Disney fans need cast no […]
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The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane has been jailed for life. Grace was throttled by a Tinder date who stuffed her body inside a suitcase and buried it in a shallow grave in woodland near Auckland in December 2018. The 22-year-old, from Wickford in Essex, had been travelling in New Zealand after graduating […]
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Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco felt discomfort in his right leg during a spring training workout this week and will undergo an MRI. He was seen on crutches at Indians camp in Arizona this morning. The team will update his status tomorrow, after the test results come back. Carrasco was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia […]
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have demonstrated the use of stem-cell-derived “mini-brains” to detect harmful side effects of a common drug on the developing brain. Mini-brains are miniature human brain models, developed with human cells and barely visible to the human eye, whose cellular mechanisms mimic those of the developing human […]
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Unicredit Spa (CRDI.MI) Chief Executive Officer Jean-Pierre Mustier has emerged as one of the main external candidates for the top job at HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L), Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. Mustier has been credited with turning around the biggest Italian bank through major restructuring in the past three years, […]
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Google launched the Android 11 Developer Preview a little early, as everyone expected it to drop sometime in the second week of March. Interestingly, Google refers to it simply as “Android 11,” which means the company may be dropping the letter from the name, after abandoning dessert-themed names with Android 10 in its marketing last […]
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