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U.S. consumers grew more confident in July as their short-term outlook improved, but sentiment about the current situation weakened, reversing recent trends.The Conference Board, a business research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 100.3 in July from a downwardly revised 97.8 in June. The index measures both Americans’ assessment of their current economic situation and their outlook for the next six months.The index, which measures Americans’ short-term expectations about their income, businesses and the job market, rose to 78.2 in July from 72.8 in June. A reading below 80 signals a possible recession in the near…

The current velocity of the AMOC in (left) a low-resolution climate model and (right) the high-resolution model in this paper. Credit: Physics Magazine via APS Northern Europe is relatively warm given its location on the globe. For example, London is further north than most of Canada’s major cities, yet it is warmer than all of them (even Vancouver, British Columbia). However, this warmth may be lost by the turn of the century due to global warming. That could shut down a major ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Current (AMOC), which flows from the Gulf of Mexico to around Svalbard…

Police said the 9-year-old girl died at a hospital Tuesday morning.July 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM ET• 4 min readLONDON — A third girl has died in a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed children’s event in the UK, police said Tuesday, with Swift reacting on social media, saying she was “shocked.”Merseyside Police said officers rushed to the scene just before midday on Monday after reports of a stabbing at a home in Southport, a seaside town about 20 miles north of Liverpool.Police said two girls, 6-year-old Bebe King and 7-year-old Elsie Dot Stancomb, were killed and nine other children…

It is a lesser known type of dementia. Easily mistaken for Alzheimer’s diseasenow has an entirely new name and specific diagnostic criteria.The researchers call this limbic dominant amnesic neurodegenerative syndrome (LANS), and they hope that their work will make it easier for medical professionals to care for and counsel patients with various forms of memory loss. LANS is A different set of brain changes To Alzheimer’s diseaseIt tends to progress slowly, have mild symptoms, and mostly affects people over 80 years of age. As with Alzheimer’s disease, a definitive diagnosis can only be made by autopsy. To help people suffering…

PlayStation VR2 sales have reportedly skyrocketed on the first day of the current sale.In case you missed the news, the PSVR 2 Currently on sale for $350That’s a huge discount off the regular price of $550.PlayStation VR2 now on sale in the US for $350The PlayStation VR2 has been heavily discounted in the US, just days after the same thing happened in the UK.Shortcut Report One source cited retailer data showing that sales of PSVR 2 headsets increased 2,350% on the first day of the sale compared to the previous day, more than the number sold in a single day…

Recent observations of Venus have provided new evidence of compounds that could indicate life in the planet’s atmosphere, a finding that could add weight to previous controversial findings. Phosphine is a toxic gas that astrobiologists have proposed may be linked to the presence of life. Rocky planetswas first spotted in Venus’ atmosphere four years ago as a surprise find, and now new observations may strengthen those previous findings, suggesting the presence of biological signatures that, if confirmed, could mean life could thrive in the planet’s harsh environment. Controversial discovery on Venus Phosphine was first detected in the oxidizing atmosphere of…

Batman: The Caped CrusaderBatman Marvel has Deadpool and Wolverine breaking records, Robert Downey Jr. to play Doctor DoomApparently, a great DC production is coming to Amazon Prime Video: Batman: The Caped Crusader, which will be released on August 1st. Although it is animated rather than live-action, it evokes the era of Bruce Timm’s Batman: The Animated Series and retains its charm and quality, so in that respect it is a good choice. Rotten Tomatoes 100% The show received positive reviews from 24 critics, which is no easy feat, making it Amazon’s highest-rated show in a long time, even if it…

A dozen years or so after being the biggest star in college basketball, Jimmer Fredette found himself in Kosovo, getting into the back of a car driven by a man he barely knew and heading deep into the forest of a remote national park.Let him explain.Fredette and his 3v3 Basketball The teammates were in Kosovo for a tournament and had nowhere to practice, so they found three public courts in the middle of a national park: dotted with graffiti and with cracked pavement, but otherwise perfectly fine. So off they went.”This guy drove us up there, and we said, ‘Look,…

A British woman has been diagnosed with “severe tonsillitis” and had to be hospitalised and given intravenous fluids after sleeping with the air conditioning on in her hotel room.The woman, who presented with coronavirus-like symptoms and white spots on her tonsils, had been on a family holiday from North London to Antalya, Turkey, as reported by MailOnline. The holiday was interrupted two days later by a bad bout of tonsillitis, which left Ms Foster “feeling fatigued and with a sore throat”. She was unable to eat or drink, and had a high fever and body aches, which led her to…

Federal health officials are once again urging people to check their spice racks and cabinets for certain cinnamon products after testing showed lead in several more brands. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, short-term exposure to very low levels of lead may not produce symptoms, but long-term exposure to the metal can cause permanent damage to the central nervous system and lead to learning disabilities and other developmental disorders in children. The agency noted that chronic lead exposure has been linked to impaired kidney function, high blood pressure and neurocognitive disorders in adults. According to the Centers for…