Science: From Coal Tar | TIME

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  Tandra Barner

Two young Harvard chemists wrote a modest note to the American Chemical Society. It said: “We wish to record the first total synthesis of quinine.” So ended a 90-year-old search for a method of manufacturing a synthetic for the drug that the Japs (by their seizure of the natural supply in the East Indies) have made a critical weapon of war. Dr. Robert Burns Woodward, 27, and his 2 7-year-old associate William von Eggers Doering detailed the 15 difficult steps of their process, in sentences bristling with 20-letter chemists’ words. [Read More]

Science: Radio Auto | TIME

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  183 words  |  Patria Henriques

TIME August 10, 1925 12:00 AM GMT-4 In Manhattan, an empty touring car lounged against a Broadway curb. A man stepped on the running-board but did not approach the controls. Pedestrians gaped to hear the chauffeurless machine start its motor, shift into gear, lurch away from the curb into thick traffic. Down Broadway it went, looping uncertainly back and forth across the street. It missed a cowering milkwagon, blew its horn, dodged a speeding fire-engine. [Read More]

Shaun Martin, Grammy-Winning Musician, Dead at 45

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1028 words  |  Patria Henriques

Shaun Martin, a multiple Grammy winner best known as a keyboard player for the jazz fusion group Snarky Puppy and a three-decade collaborator of gospel star Kirk Franklin, died Saturday at age 45. Martin had been under constant medical supervision since suffering a massive stroke in April 2023. In November, Franklin had posted a tribute hoping for Martin’s recovery against difficult odds, saying the musician was still “fighting for his life” and describing him at the time as “my right hand, my North Star, my musical collaborator for over 25 years. [Read More]

Some Instagram Users Will Be Able to Add AI Chatbots to Their Profiles

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  281 words  |  Kelle Repass

Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. will let users create their own AI-powered chatbots and add them to their profiles, an effort to court creators and further integrate the company’s artificial intelligence software into its most popular consumer products. The feature, called AI Studio, lets creators with professional accounts make a custom AI chatbot that is “an extension of themselves” and can answer common questions from fans or followers. People can tell their bot what types of questions to answer, or which topics to avoid, Meta wrote in a blog post. [Read More]

Statins: What to Know About the Cholesterol Drug

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1625 words  |  Kelle Repass

High cholesterol is a prime example of having too much of a good thing. Our bodies naturally make this substance in the liver and then transport it throughout the body for multiple functions, including hormone regulation, cell tissue regeneration, and vitamin absorption. When the system is working well, cholesterol can boost overall health. But when a certain type called low-density lipoprotein—LDL, sometimes dubbed the “bad” kind—is overproduced, not only does it block the “good” kind called high-density lipoprotein (HDL), but it can also begin to accumulate in the arteries and form thick, hard deposits. [Read More]

Subway's oven-roasted chicken may not be what you think it is (MCD, WEN)

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  Patria Henriques

Researchers in Canada tested the DNA in multiple products from the fast-food chains and found that Subway's oven-roasted chicken is only 53.6% chicken and the sweet onion chicken teriyaki strips are only 42.8% chicken, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports. Most of the remaining DNA in the Subway items belongs to soy, according to test, which was conducted by Matt Harnden, a DNA researcher at Trent University's Wildlife Forensic DNA Laboratory. [Read More]

The Antarctic Expedition That Changed Modern Medicine

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1291 words  |  Tandra Barner

The American explorer Frederick Albert Cook is remembered today, if he’s remembered at all, for having likely lied about reaching the North Pole in 1908. Hailed as the Neil Armstrong of his day when he announced he’d seen the top of the world, he very quickly became the Lance Armstrong of his day after being pegged as a fraud. But years earlier, as the surgeon on a grueling Antarctic expedition, the subject of my new book Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Cook was a legitimate hero. [Read More]

The Best Network Sitcoms to Stream

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  17 minutes  |  3495 words  |  Tandra Barner

There’s something uniquely satisfying about prime-time network comedies. Maybe it’s their self-contained nature, with most story lines introduced and resolved within a single episode. Maybe it’s their brevity, each half-hour studded with commercial breaks long enough to visit the kitchen or bathroom. Maybe it’s the comfort of entertainment conceived to elicit laughter from the broadest possible range of viewers. More likely, it’s all of the above. Which is why, although they’ve dwindled in number and declined in quality since cable and streaming started to erode Big 5 broadcasters’ dominance over the market for original scripted programming, network sitcoms’ absence has been felt amid a fall TV season delayed by strikes. [Read More]

The Best Romantic Comedies on Netflix

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  11 minutes  |  2248 words  |  Martina Birk

When you’re in the mood for love, these are the best romantic comedies to Netflix and chill with.  Spend your night revisiting the Julia Roberts classic My Best Friend’s Wedding or take a chance on something new like Randall Park’s 2023 directorial debut Shortcomings. Fall in love with Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani in the action-packed The Lovebirds or make Gabrielle Union’s The Perfect Find your perfect movie night match.  [Read More]

University of Finance and Administration

 Posted on August 14, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  419 words  |  Kelle Repass

INFORMATION ON THE ADMISSION PROCESS FOR BACHELOR’S STUDY The information on the admission process is provided by the Department of Study at study centres in Praha, Most and Karlovy Vary. Open days The open days  grant an opportunity for an applicant to get familiar personally with the school and its representatives and to obtain any necessary information on VŠFS study. More about Open days. Applying for study Submit an electronic application form or submit a printed application form. [Read More]