Ancient Amazonians created mysterious ‘dark earth’ on purpose
Mysterious patches of fertile black soil pepper the verdant Amazon rainforest. They sit in stark contrast with the reddish, eroded soil that dominates the basin. Researchers have long thought this Amazonian dark earth—or terra preta —was created by pre-Hispanic Indigenous civilizations, which have inhabited the region for millennia, but it wasn’t clear how. Now, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and Indigenous partners suggests the ancient Amazonians intentionally created the rich soil thousands of years ago to better foster their crops, and that their modern-day descendants are still making new terra p...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 20, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Financial Crime: Dialing for dollars: Oklahoma couple guilty in $88 million pirated Avaya phone software scam
An unassuming couple from a tiny town in Oklahoma have pleaded guilty to running a scam that flooded the world with so many pirated office phone-system licenses stolen from the telecom company Avaya that they nearly cornered the global market for the software. Federal prosecutors say Brad Pearce,…#oklahoma #avaya #bradpearce
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Breaking Baz: ‘Anatomy Of A Fall’s French Filmmaker Justine Triet On Why She’s Obsessed With Germany’s Superstar Actress Sandra Hüller
Everybody mingles at Telluride. I have this abiding memory of Bill Kramer, CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at the festival’s opening-day brunch set atop a mountain in the San Juan range of the Rockies, bounding over to Cannes Palme d’Or winner Justine Triet and Sandra…#telluride #billkramer #sanjuan #rockies #cannespalmedor #justinetriet #sandrahüller #palme #emmanuelmacron #96thacademyawards
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why US hotels are missing more than 238,000 employees
Augusta Saraiva | Bloomberg Tourism is back in the US — but hotel workers are not. Hotels and resorts learned to operate with leaner staffing models during the pandemic. Three years later, Covid-era band-aids like self-service kiosks and less frequent housekeeping have now become the new normal…#augustasaraiva #hotels #alexikhajavi #questex #lasvegas #mgmgrand #priscilla #renaissance #hollylang #smartbarusas
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

California ’s Fire Risk Ramps Up While Smoke Chokes San Francisco
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biz journalist Urban has died
Rob Urban, who spent nearly three decades at Bloomberg News in a variety of positions, has died. He was director of editorial development for real estate publication The Real Deal in 2021 and 2022, expanding The Real Deal’s presence in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Dallas and…#roburban #austin #dallas #houston #urban #moscow #prague #bloombergurban #charlotteobserver
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Beshear ’s new ad features story of 12-year-old girl raped by stepdad
A Democratic governor in a red state is leaning on abortion messaging to boost his reelection bid. Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s campaign on Wednesday released an ad featuring a woman sharing her experience of being raped by her stepfather as a child — attacking Republican Attorney…#kentucky #andybeshear #danielcameron #beshear #cameron #democrats #republicans #democrat #donaldtrump #florida
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images, Too
ChatGPT can now generate images — and they are shockingly detailed. On Wednesday, OpenAI, the San Francisco artificial intelligence start-up, released a new version of its DALL-E image generator to a small group of testers and folded the technology into ChatGPT, its popular online chatbot. Called…#openai #adityaramesh #siliconvalley
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

American Eagle is suing a major mall over disturbing San Francisco activities
As cities like Miami, Scottsdale, Ariz. and Austin, Texas flourish in a post-pandemic world, with more folks working remotely in sunnier and lower-cost places, other cities have struggled to regain their strength. San Francisco, for example, whose workforce is primarily based around the tech and…#miami #scottsdale #ariz #austin #bayarea #mckinseycompany #unionsquare #oldnavy #bananarepublic #cratebarrel
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Elon Musk crashed Grimes ' voice-recording session for ' Cyberpunk 2077 ' with a 200-year-old musket and ' insisted ' on a cameo
None Grimes voiced a character for "Cyberpunk 2077" while she was dating Elon Musk. • None While she was recording, Musk entered the studio with a 200-year-old gun and asked for his own cameo. • None The story was detailed briefly in Walter Isaacson's new biography of Elon Musk. Sometimes, stories…#nonegrimes #elonmusk #walterisaacson #claireboucher #lizzywizzy #scifi #projektred #isaacson #secondamendment #robbelementaryschool
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Disney ’s $60 billion spending plan is a not-so-subtle signal to investors it has the firepower to buy Hulu
Disney's plans to nearly double spending in its lucrative line of resorts, cruise ships and hotels over the next ten years comes with an important message to investors. In black and white, Disney sought to assuage market fears it lacks the financial firepower to both invest in further growth of…#disney #hulu #mousehouse #bobiger #kevinlansberry #comcast #hollywood #warnerbrosdiscovery #disneyparks #waltdisneyworld
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

96-year-old federal judge suspended in clash with colleagues over mental fitness
Source: Reuters: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Global Genes' RARE-X Names Winners to the Xcelerate RARE Open Science Data Challenge
Global Genes today announced the winners of its inaugural Xcelerate RARE Challenge Open Science Data Challenge at the RARE Advocacy Summit in San Diego. The Xcelerate RARE Challenge brought together academic and industry researchers and data scientists to use patient-reported data for...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD NPT Source Type: news

We Help You Legal of San Luis Obispo offers a downloadable living trust packet
According to the 2022 Court Statistics Report Statewide Caseload Trends report from the California Judicial Council, over 40,000 probate cases were filed in California for 2020-2021. The number of cases emphasizes the importance of creating a living trust and We Help You Legal, the San...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

SAC Health Wins National Award for Innovative Care in Vaccine Delivery
Award from Direct Relief and The Pfizer Foundation includes $250,000 to improve access to infectious disease care in the United States SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SAC Health was awarded the Innovation Award in Community Health: Addressing Infectious...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD NPT Source Type: news

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