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A pair of new fights have been confirmed for Bellator 245 on Sept. 11 with Leslie Smith facing off against Amanda Bell, while Keith Lee will meet Vinicius Zani in a 140-pound catchweight bout on the card. Bellator officials confirmed Read more
If cancer is a series of puzzles, a new study pieces together how several of those puzzles connect to form a bigger picture. One major piece is the immune system and the question of why certain immune cells stop doing Read more
LONDON – U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Action Mark Carney launched on Wednesday a private sector taskforce to scale up voluntary carbon credit markets, which he says are vital if countries and businesses are to meet emissions targets set under Read more
Coming soon to TCL tablets Something to look forward to: It’s been almost a decade since a technology like the electrowetting display showed any promise of offering the same power-saving capabilities of E-Ink displays without any of the drawbacks. Chinese Read more
Detectives are hunting a pair of robbers who violently attacked a 70-year-old photographer in south London. The victim was pushed to the ground and beaten up in broad daylight on Oaks Road, Croydon, on Monday August 17, the Metropolitan Police Read more
Sean Strickland will finally re-enter the UFC cage on Oct. 31 as he battles Brazilian middleweight Wellington Turman in Las Vegas, N.V., sources told MMA Fighting. Combate first reported the matchup. Strickland (20-3) hasn’t fought since a second-round stoppage victory Read more
Cancers gain and lose large sections of chromosomes in some of their cells but not in others, a process that may indicate ongoing evolution and selection for preferred traits, report a team of researchers led by the Max Delbrück Center Read more
BRUSSELS – The pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic on government finances might help bring about a stalled international agreement on how to tax digital giants like Google(GOOGL.O), Amazon(AMZN.O) , Facebook(FB.O) , Apple (AAPL.O) or Microsoft(MSFT.O), German Finance Minister Olaf Sholz Read more
How would you feel about a computer’s diagnosis? The big picture: Google has won a contract with the DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to use recent technological advancements to improve the accuracy of cancer diagnoses. About five percent of diagnoses Read more
Tennis legend Boris Becker is accused of hiding an international property portfolio from his bankruptcy proceedings, as well as millions of dollars and shares in an artificial intelligence company. The 52-year-old Grand Slam champion was declared bankrupt in June 2017 Read more