Collaboration Across Social Boundaries: A Practical Guide Every social system has its own unique and self-reinforcing characteristics, practices, and vocabularies. Learning to span these boundaries is a prerequisite for any significant change effort. 05/2/2024 - 2:49 am | View Link
Where bacteria is living in your home office and how to clean it A lot of biological matter — skin cells, bacteria, hairs — are shed by people every day, many taking up residence in our home office. 04/30/2024 - 11:03 am | View Link
America’s Infectious-Disease Barometer Is Off Somehow, the U.S. is both over- and under-reacting to bird flu and other pressing infectious threats. The ongoing outbreak of H5N1 avian flu virus looks a lot like a public-health problem that the ... 04/30/2024 - 8:44 am | View Link
The WHO overturned dogma on how airborne diseases spread. Will the CDC act on it? The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like Covid, influenza and measles.Motivated by grave missteps in the pandemic, the ... 04/29/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
UCSF Infectious Diseases expert breaks down the risks of spreading bird flu As federal agencies work to slow the spread of bird flu, a Bay Area infectious diseases expert is breaking down the risks here at home, and what to be on the lookout for. 04/28/2024 - 7:29 pm | View Link
The author worked through OCD and met her partner. Courtesy of Celena RileyFor almost 10 years, I struggled with a type of OCD known as sexual orientation OCD (SO-OCD). SO-OCD made me question my sexuality; internalized homophobia made me desperate to know the answer. When I moved to a progressive city, I accepted my queerness and now I'm engaged to the woman I love.
Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesConsumers are "price weary," and McDonald's is paying attention. McDonald's will be "thoughtful" about any further price increases in 2024, CFO Ian Borden said. People are getting less fast food. "Everybody is fighting for fewer consumers," Borden said. McDonald's says it's doubling down on value as customers increasingly feel the strain."The consumer is price weary," McDonald's CFO Ian Borden told analysts at the company's earnings call on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden issued a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence just months after his first run with the technology. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesPresident Joe Biden was apparently impressed by his first encounter with generative AI last year. His science advisor said she and Biden put ChatGPT to a few tasks, such as explaining a legal case.
More teens and young adults are getting cancer than ever, leaving researchers scrambling for clues. Here's what we know and how to protect yourself. Read the original article on Business Insider
Apple CEO Tim Cook at the opening of Shanghai's new Apple retail store in Shanghai on March 21, 2024. AFP/Getty Images
US stocks rose Thursday after the Fed meeting and as investors eyed Apple earnings.
Jobless claims were about unchanged from the previous week, coming in below forecasts.
Expectations heading into Apple earnings are mixed, with analysts seeing a tough period for the iPhone maker.
A coal-fired power plant in China's Zhejiang province. Getty ImagesThe US is trying to cut itself off from China's green tech like solar, EVs, and batteries. The moves could hit China's economy and risks slowing down the green transition. The US and China, as the world's largest polluters, are key to solving the climate crisis.