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The Warped Side of Our Universe: A Painted Epic Poem about the Dazzling Science of Spacetime

The first English use of the word space to connote the cosmic expanse appears in line 650 of Book I of Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost: “Space may produce new Worlds,” he wrote, and grow rife with…Continued here

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NHS prevents thousands of strokes with blood-thinning drug push    
NHS prevents thousands of strokes with blood-thinning drug push
Dr Maeva May, the Stroke Association’s director of policy and research, hailed the widespread use of the drugs as “fantastic news … [because] AF accounts for one in five strokes and strokes in people with AF are more severe and are more likely to result in death or serious disability”. The right medication can prevent most AF-related strokes, she added.


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Palestinian Americans sue state department on behalf of relatives stuck in Gaza    
Palestinian Americans sue state department on behalf of relatives stuck in Gaza
“For my mom and sister, there’s this light at the end of the tunnel, that they can leave and flee to safety. But they’re caught between two fires. They don’t want to stay and risk their lives, but they also feel guilty for leaving our loved ones behind.”


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US should place 'no limit' on civilian casualties Israel inflicts, senator says    
US should place 'no limit' on civilian casualties Israel inflicts, senator says
Graham has long been one of the most extreme voices on the Israel-Hamas conflict in American politics. He told Fox News previously that "Gaza is going to look like Tokyo and Berlin at the end of world war two when this is over. And if it doesn't look that way, Israel made a mistake."


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Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against use of image for AI    
Scarlett Johansson takes legal action against use of image for AI
It’s also not the first time Johansson has experienced her image used without her consent. In 2018, the actor spoke to the Washington Post about the use of her image in computer-generated “deepfakes” in which women’s faces are artificially added to pornographic videos. “Nothing can stop someone from cutting and pasting my image or anyone else’s onto a different body and making it look as eerily realistic as desired,” she said. “There are basically no rules on the internet because it is an abyss that remains virtually lawless, withstanding US policies which, again, only apply here.”


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I Bond interest rate hits 5.27% with fixed rate boost: What investors should know    
I Bond interest rate hits 5.27% with fixed rate boost: What investors should know
A key point at tax time: Savers are allowed to buy up to $5,000 of I Bonds directly if they\'re receiving a tax refund when they file their 2023 tax returns next year. You file Form 8888 with your tax return and complete Part 2 to request that your tax refund be used to buy paper bonds.


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USMNT stock watch: Why Pulisic and McKennie are thriving, but Reyna and Turner are stuck    
USMNT stock watch: Why Pulisic and McKennie are thriving, but Reyna and Turner are stuck
Ethan Horvath was left off Forest\'s Premier League roster this season, meaning he won\'t see the field again until the January transfer window. That is a massive blow considering that Horvath helped Luton Town gain promotion to the Premier League last season while on loan.


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Will the World Cup ever be hosted outside Europe, North America or Asia again?    
Will the World Cup ever be hosted outside Europe, North America or Asia again?
So, if you\'re reading this in a part of the world that\'s not rife with billion-dollar corporations, and where the per capita GDP is less than what Cristiano Ronaldo earns in an hour, get yourself a comfortable sofa and some snacks, because you\'ll most likely be watching the World Cup on TV for the foreseeable future.


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In New Hampshire, a Democratic Congressman Debates Ramaswamy    
In New Hampshire, a Democratic Congressman Debates Ramaswamy
Jonathan Weisman is a Chicago-based political correspondent, veteran journalist and author of the novel “No. 4 Imperial Lane” and the nonfiction book “(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump.” His career in journalism stretches back 30 years. More about Jonathan Weisman


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Biden Travels to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments    
Biden Travels to Minnesota to Highlight Rural Investments
Lisa Friedman reports on federal climate and environmental policy from Washington. She has broken multiple stories about the Trump administration’s efforts to repeal climate change regulations and limit the use of science in policymaking. More about Lisa Friedman


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Some of the Lawyers Who May Fill a Second Trump Administration    
Some of the Lawyers Who May Fill a Second Trump Administration
Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent and the author of “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” She was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on President Trump’s advisers and their connections to Russia. More about Maggie Haberman


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If Trump Wins, His Allies Want Lawyers Who Will Bless a More Radical Agenda    
If Trump Wins, His Allies Want Lawyers Who Will Bless a More Radical Agenda
Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent and the author of “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” She was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on President Trump’s advisers and their connections to Russia. More about Maggie Haberman


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Their Thanksgiving Dinner Went Viral In 2016. Now You Can Join Them    
Their Thanksgiving Dinner Went Viral In 2016. Now You Can Join Them
\"I think that people just look forward to it and just love it so much because it just gives them something to look forward to that doesn\'t have anything to do with war or violence in the US or anything like that,\" theorized Hinton. \"So it\'s amazing to see people can still just come together and become family, even if you\'re not blood.\"


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Forget New York Tourist Traps—This Brooklyn Hotel Gives You The Hyper-Local Experience    
Forget New York Tourist Traps—This Brooklyn Hotel Gives You The Hyper-Local Experience
There's a big focus on MLAC for the brand right now given its proximity to the US, and desire for more lifestyle brands in region. Notable upcoming openings you can expect from Hotel Indigo in 2024 include Cayman Islands, Barbados, La Paz and more.


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Danish energy developer Ørsted delivered a setback to Biden—and its own investors    
Danish energy developer Ørsted delivered a setback to Biden—and its own investors
The same day as Ørsted’s announcement, the US government announced the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project that “will power 900,000 homes, support thousands of jobs, and add 2,600 megawatts of clean energy to the grid.” It’s the nation’s fifth massive-scale offshore wind project.


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WeWork to start closing some offices around the world    
WeWork to start closing some offices around the world
In a statement to the BBC, WeWork said it was \"fully committed\" to the UK and Ireland, but declined to comment on reports it was set to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States.


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Qualcomm gives strong forecast, signaling chip slump recovery    
Qualcomm gives strong forecast, signaling chip slump recovery
Earlier this year, Qualcomm said it would continue to supply Apple with 5G modems for handsets through 2026. Previously, analysts had suggested that Apple could use different modems as soon as this year. Palkhiwala said the new deal was similar to its previous agreement with Apple.


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Splunk to cut 7% of workforce, or about 500 employees, ahead of Cisco acquisition    
Splunk to cut 7% of workforce, or about 500 employees, ahead of Cisco acquisition
Layoffs have struck tech companies large and small over the past year. Companies such as Google and Microsoft have cut thousands of employees, while many venture-backed companies have become so-called \"zombie startups.\"


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Airbnb beats on revenue but offers weaker-than-expected guidance    
Airbnb beats on revenue but offers weaker-than-expected guidance
The company also provided updates on its efforts to lower the cost of Airbnb stays for consumers. \"While prices are increasing industry-wide, the average nightly price of a one-bedroom listing on Airbnb in September was $120, only 1% higher than it was in the prior year period,\" the company said in its letter to shareholders.


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Spirit Halloween lives on, even when the holiday ends and stores close    
Spirit Halloween lives on, even when the holiday ends and stores close
But Americans take Halloween seriously. The National Retail Federation said Americans were expected to spend a record $12.2 billion on the spooky holiday this year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels.


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Orsted cancels two New Jersey offshore wind projects, takes $4 billion writedown    
Orsted cancels two New Jersey offshore wind projects, takes $4 billion writedown
Orsted had previously indicated to investors that it was going to face financial impairments. On August 29, Orsted announced it was anticipating a write down of up to $2.3 billion in its U.S. portfolio, but things got worse, not better. \"Since the announcement, the US offshore wind projects have experienced further negative developments,\" Orsted said.


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John Howard says he 'always had trouble' with the concept of multiculturalism    
John Howard says he 'always had trouble' with the concept of multiculturalism
Addressing the audience assembled by Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson and backed by a pro-Brexit hedge fund billionaire and a Dubai-based investment group, Anderson decried the influence of "cultural elites".


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Erin Patterson arrested over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in Victoria    
Erin Patterson arrested over suspected mushroom poisoning deaths in Victoria
She said she had been at the hospital with her children “discussing the food hydrator”, which was later found at the tip, when Simon asked her if it was “what you used to poison them?”.


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Huge Lego collection and boxes of gemstones seized by Victoria police in alleged meth lab raid    
Huge Lego collection and boxes of gemstones seized by Victoria police in alleged meth lab raid
“It’s not unusual for police to seize a range of different items from a property as part of an investigation like this, however this is more often drugs or cash,” Det Insp Anthony Vella said.


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Judges to be protected against civil lawsuits after Salvatore Vasta sued over wrongful imprisonment    
Judges to be protected against civil lawsuits after Salvatore Vasta sued over wrongful imprisonment
“Importantly, judicial immunity does not mean a lack of accountability for the exercise of judicial functions,” Murphy said. “The majority of Australia’s states and territories have an independent statutory mechanism to receive, manage and investigate complaints about judicial officers, and at the federal level the Australian Government is in the process of establishing of a Federal Judicial Commission.”


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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 617    
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 617
Russia has reportedly imposed additional currency controls in an attempt to prop up the falling rouble, restricting western companies that sell their Russian assets from taking the proceeds in dollars and euros.


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Emmanuel Macron vows to boost French cooperation with Kazakhstan    
Emmanuel Macron vows to boost French cooperation with Kazakhstan
Macron added: “You have to attack and punish the terrorist groups but civilians are not the ones to attack … You have to protect civilians in your counterattack … in order to focus on the terrorist groups. I want to make this distinction because all lives matter in this world,” he stressed.


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Serbia's president dissolves parliament and calls early election    
Serbia's president dissolves parliament and calls early election
After their meetings in Brussels, the senior EU leaders called on Kosovo's leadership to press ahead with the self-management plan, known as the association of Serb-majority municipalities, and for Serbia to deliver on recognition.


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First UK nationals leave Gaza via Rafah crossing, says Foreign Office    
First UK nationals leave Gaza via Rafah crossing, says Foreign Office
His family are in Jabalia, northern Gaza, where at least six airstrikes hit residential areas of a refugee camp on Tuesday, killing more than 50 people and injuring about 150, Hamas officials said. He said he was worried about how his wife would travel south with their children, two of whom are autistic, when their opportunity to evacuate comes.


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UN official who denounced Gaza 'genocide' had been under review after Israel lobby complaint    
UN official who denounced Gaza 'genocide' had been under review after Israel lobby complaint
"High commissioner we are failing again," he wrote. "The current wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people, rooted in an ethno-nationalist colonial settler ideology, in continuation of decades of their systematic persecution and purging, based entirely upon their status as Arabs … leaves no room for doubt."


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Fifteen Israeli soldiers killed as fighting intensifies in Gaza    
Fifteen Israeli soldiers killed as fighting intensifies in Gaza
Commenting on the losses on Wednesday morning, Israel’s defence minister, Yoav Gallant, said on X – formerly Twitter: “The loss of IDF soldiers in battles with Hamas terrorists in Gaza is a severe and painful blow. Our significant achievements in the powerful fighting deep in the strip are taking, to our sorrow, a heavy toll.”


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Storm Ciarán: 'danger to life' warnings issued for parts of England    
Storm Ciarán: 'danger to life' warnings issued for parts of England
Dr Michael Byrne, at the University of St Andrews, said: "The heavy rain is very likely to be linked to climate change: a warmer atmosphere holds more water vapour. The link between strong winds and climate change is much less clear. There is some evidence suggesting storms like Ciarán will become windier as climate warms, but the jury is out."


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Labour says 630,000 will be hit by surge in mortgage costs before 2024 elections    
Labour says 630,000 will be hit by surge in mortgage costs before 2024 elections
A Conservative source said interest rates were high around the world as economies grapple with inflation. “The worst thing we can possibly do right now is listen to the Labour party who have a dangerous plan to borrow an extra £28bn a year which will send inflation and mortgages sky high,” they said.


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'It's not clear we can control it': what they said at the Bletchley Park AI summit    
'It's not clear we can control it': what they said at the Bletchley Park AI summit
"What's so great about what the frontier taskforce is doing, what the safety institute will do, is that it gets rid of these thought experiments. It just says, let's look at what these models can do right now."


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Man arrested after rodents released in Birmingham McDonald's in Gaza protest    
Man arrested after rodents released in Birmingham McDonald's in Gaza protest
"Our hearts are with all of the communities and families impacted by this crisis. We are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of our people in the region while supporting the communities where we operate."


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Man charged in Tupac Shakur killing loses bid for lawyer representation    
Man charged in Tupac Shakur killing loses bid for lawyer representation
Prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo told the grand jury that Davis admitted in his book that he had provided the gun, had been in the car “and that he was the on-ground, on-site commander of the effort to kill Tupac Shakur and Suge Knight”.


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Donald Trump Jr tells court 'I don't recall' in response to questions at Trump family fraud trial - as it happened    
Donald Trump Jr tells court 'I don't recall' in response to questions at Trump family fraud trial - as it happened
Cross-examination of the state's expert witness, Michiel McCarty, is starting. Trump's team will likely try to undercut what he just testified, that the Trump Organization got cheaper loans because they inflating the value of their assets on financial statements. Trump lawyer, Jesus Suarez, is conducting cross examination.


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Judge signals she could delay key dates in Trump's classified documents trial    
Judge signals she could delay key dates in Trump's classified documents trial
The lawyers for Trump and his co-defendants told the judge they knew what clips the special counsel had identified as pertinent for their defense work - the period in 2022 when boxes of classified documents were moved at Mar-a-Lago - but that they needed to review all of the footage.


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Republican to quit House citing party's reliance on 'lie' of stolen 2020 election    
Republican to quit House citing party's reliance on 'lie' of stolen 2020 election
A "Trump-Biden redo" would present "a very difficult decision", Buck said, adding: "I am not thrilled with either one of those candidates and I will just see what happens down the road."


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What's an Actually Realistic Retirement Rate of Return?    
What's an Actually Realistic Retirement Rate of Return?
Managing investments yourself can be a lot to juggle when you\'re sifting between stocks and bonds, and aren\'t sure how much income you\'ll need. Finding a financial advisor doesn\'t have to be hard. SmartAsset\'s free tool matches you with up to three vetted financial advisors who serve your area, and you can interview your advisor matches at no cost to decide which one is right for you. If you\'re ready to find an advisor who can help you achieve your financial goals, get started now.


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Charlie Munger Raves About Warren Buffett's Rare Japanese Investment Opportunity Of A Century — 'It Was Like Having God Just Opening A Chest And Just Pouring Money Into It' — High Rewards For A Low Risk    
Charlie Munger Raves About Warren Buffett's Rare Japanese Investment Opportunity Of A Century — 'It Was Like Having God Just Opening A Chest And Just Pouring Money Into It' — High Rewards For A Low Risk
This article Charlie Munger Raves About Warren Buffett\'s Rare Japanese Investment Opportunity Of A Century — \'It Was Like Having God Just Opening A Chest And Just Pouring Money Into It\' — High Rewards For A Low Risk originally appeared on Benzinga.com


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3 REITs That Recently Announced Dividend Increases After Beating Estimates    
3 REITs That Recently Announced Dividend Increases After Beating Estimates
Weekly REIT Report: REITs are one of the most misunderstood investment options, making it difficult for investors to spot incredible opportunities until it\'s too late. Benzinga\'s in-house real estate research team has been working hard to identify the greatest opportunities in today\'s market, which you can gain access to for free by signing up for the Weekly REIT Report.


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Charles Schwab lays off 5% to 6% of total headcount    
Charles Schwab lays off 5% to 6% of total headcount
In August, Charles Schwab disclosed plans to save $500 million by cost-saving measures and said at the time it would cut jobs, without disclosing the number of employees it was going to lay off.


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Toyota hikes wage of US factory workers after UAW labor deals    
Toyota hikes wage of US factory workers after UAW labor deals
\"One of our biggest goals coming out of this historic contract victory is to organize like we’ve never organized before,\" Fain said on Sunday. \"When we return to the bargaining table in 2028, it won’t just be with the Big Three, but with the Big Five or Big Six.\"


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Ask an Advisor: My Kids Inherited $5 Million. How Should They Handle It?    
Ask an Advisor: My Kids Inherited $5 Million. How Should They Handle It?
If you have a sizable estate, estate taxes could be hefty. But you can plan ahead for taxes to maximize your loved ones’ inheritances. For example, you can gift portions of your estate in advance to heirs or even set up a trust.


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What the Fed rate-hike pause means for bank accounts, CDs, loans, and credit cards    
What the Fed rate-hike pause means for bank accounts, CDs, loans, and credit cards
What to do now: Prioritize paying off the credit cards you can — especially those with the highest interest charges — and consider balance transfers to lower interest rate and zero-interest credit card offers as your credit score allows. With good credit, a personal loan for credit card debt consolidation may be another option to consider.


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Stock market news today: Stocks rally, tech surges after Fed leaves rates unchanged    
Stock market news today: Stocks rally, tech surges after Fed leaves rates unchanged
Meta Platforms (META) issued softer-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter, though the stock finished the month basically flat, rising 0.4%. Apple (AAPL) stock logged a similarly lackluster month, falling 0.3% after a more than 8% drop in September; the iPhone maker will report results on Thursday.


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PayPal allays growth fears after raising annual profit forecast    
PayPal allays growth fears after raising annual profit forecast
Analysts, however, remain focused on PayPal\'s margins that have underwhelmed investors in recent quarters. The company\'s low-margin business products have grown strongly, while growth in its branded products has slowed due to increased pressure from competitors such as Apple.


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Saylor’s MicroStrategy Posts Loss After Writing Down Bitcoin Holdings    
Saylor’s MicroStrategy Posts Loss After Writing Down Bitcoin Holdings
Since the quarter ended, MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin holdings have risen in value by around $1.2 billion, which was about the company’s market capitalization when it started buying crypto in 2020.


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MercadoLibre's third-quarter profit soars past expectations    
MercadoLibre's third-quarter profit soars past expectations
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew 108.7% to $820 million. Its operating margin stood at 18.2% in the period, compared to 16.3% in the second quarter and 11% a year earlier.


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