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Don't Worry, Wall Street Journal-Health Insurers Are Profitable!
On October 21, Elevance Health (the rebrand of for-profit health insurer Anthem) announced its third quarter results. Operating revenue went up 12% from the same three-month period last year, and profits as measured by normal accounting rules rose…
Baillie Gifford Prize: Helen Garner's journal is first diary to win £50k award
Helen Garner has won the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction with How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (W&N) – the first diaries to win the prize. The Australian writer will receive £50,000 for the book, which was described by chair…
Review mill in Italy targeting ob-gyn journals, researchers allege
A network of peer reviewers in Italy is targeting medical journals, threatening “both the scientific record and patient safety,” a team of researchers report. Without more transparency by journals, they say, most review mills will…
10 Trends for the Future of Warfare
Stories about killer robots, machine-augmented heroes, laser weapons and battles in space – outer or cyber – have always been good for filling cinema seats, but now they have started to liven up sober academic journals and government…
Two Thumbs Up to Siskel & Ebert's 50th Anniversary: 'Eve's Bayou' Kicks Off Film Series | Chaz's Journal
I am wildly excited that for the whole month of November, the Chicago Film Office of the City's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), and the Chicago History Museum are collaborating to celebrate the anniversary of the…
AI study gives insights into why super-recognisers excel at identifying faces
They have been used in the search for the Salisbury novichok poisoners, finding murder suspects and even spotting sexual predators. Now, research has revealed fresh insights into why super-recognisers are so good at identifying faces. Previous…
What the FDA's latest scandal says about Marty Makary's leadership
Makary's house is badly out of order, and as the Wall Street Journal noted in a recent editorial, taking accountability doesn't seem to be in the cards. The agency has been under fire for months over its sharp decline in drug approvals and delays…
A record-breaking glacier could alter predictions about sea-level rise
More than five miles of glacial ice in Antarctica vanished in only two months, retreating 10 times faster than the previous record, with possible implications for the stability of other glaciers and the pace of sea-level rise on a warming planet.
Duffy predicts 'mass chaos' in skies if shutdown continues into next week
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Tuesday that there could be chaos in the skies next week if the government shutdown drags on and air traffic controllers miss a second paycheck. There have already been numerous delays at airports…
Chatbot Correspondence Invades the Letters to the Editor Page
Letters to the editor from writers using chatbots are flooding the world's scientific journals, according to new research and journal editors. The practice is putting at risk a part of scientific publishing that editors say is needed to sharpen…
The Nonprofit Doing the AI Industry's Dirty Work
The Common Crawl Foundation is little known outside of Silicon Valley. For more than a decade, the nonprofit has been scraping billions of webpages to build a massive archive of the internet. This database—large enough to be measured in…
Start your health journal today with these easy tips
What's the story Health journaling is a simple yet effective way to track your wellness journey. It helps you keep a record of your daily habits, symptoms, and emotions, giving you insights into your health patterns. For beginners, starting a…
Lightning-prediction tool could help protect the planes of the future
More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won't feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded in key zones throughout the aircraft. Lightning…
Taylor Swift Introduces Gigi Hadid to Winter's Square-Toe Boot Trend
I don't read the tabloids, but I do, sometimes, when I've rinsed every other app for dopamine. It's not the journalism I'm there for, but the brilliant headlines. Such as this morning's: “ Taylor Swift sparks time travel theory as star is…
Convenience store blaze latest in series of arsons at city businesses
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