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Europe’s Super League Is Gone. What Now?
The plan hatched by Europe’s elite clubs was wrong on almost every level, but its architects got one thing right: Soccer’s economy, as it stands, does not work.
iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2021) vs. iPad Pro 11-inch (2021)
The 2021 iPad Pro models are both great tablets, but which one is better: the iPad Pro 12.9-inch or the iPad Pro 11-inch? We find out in this head-to-head.
Best graphics card under $200
Buying a graphics card in 2021 is tough as supplies are short and prices are high. We dug deep to find some GPUs that are actually available.
Measuring ventilation to quantify COVID-19 risk
There are many factors that play into models of COVID-19 transmission: How much viral load is present in a person’s cough? What kinds of materials are most effective for masks?
Genetic study sheds light on why people get hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids, also called piles, affect a large portion of the population, for reasons that have mostly remained unknown.
From individual receptors toward whole-brain function
In the brain, more than a hundred molecular substances act as transmitters that control communication pathways between nerve cells via thousands of different receptor types. In a review article, an international research team discusses how the activation of certain nerve cell receptors affects neuronal networks in the brain. The authors from Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Pompeu …
How philosophy can change the understanding of pain
Dr. Sabrina Coninx from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Dr. Peter Stilwell from McGill University, Canada, have investigated how philosophical approaches can be used to think in new ways about pain and its management. The researchers advocate not merely reducing chronic pain management to searching and treating underlying physical changes but instead adopting an approach that focuses …
Newly discovered immune cell function vital to healing
Cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death, is the result of oxygen deprivation as blood perfusion to affected tissue is prevented. To halt the development of the disease and to promote healing, re-establishment of blood flow is crucial. Researchers at Uppsala University have now discovered that one of the most common immune cells in …
30,000 People Line Up for the First McDonald’s in Moscow, While Grocery Store Shelves Run Empty (1990)
Everyone has waited in a long line — for burgers, Broadway tickets, Black Friday sales… But few us have the notorious queuing resilience of the Soviets. “When the first McDonald’s arrived in Moscow in 1990, the city went mad,” Boris Egorov writes at Russia Beyond. “Thousands of Muscovites flocked to the new burger joint, forming …