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Cambridge study aims to find out if dogs and their owners are on same wavelength
 Scientists to examine if humans’ and dogs’ brains synchronise when they interact in a way similar to parents and babies
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Editor's Note: Hints of an emotional bond between humans and their dogs stretch into the distant past: researchers have previously discovered the 14,000-year-old remains of a puppy buried in Germany alongside a man and a woman: the analysis suggested the young dog had been nursed through several periods of illness, despite having no particular use.
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WorkWorkJohnson Ekes Out Win For Speaker on First Ballot In the end, the threat of a far-right revolt turned out to be more real than expected, as Republican Mike Johnson initially came up short Friday on the first ballot of his bid to stay Speaker. Only after some backroom arm-twisting and plenty of public embarrassment did he prevail on a day that offered an early sign that Republicans will struggle to achieve a unified governing majority in the second Trump era.
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WorkWorkWhere Is Cannabis Legal? A Guide To All 50 States - Forbes (No paywall) Last year was a roller coaster for the cannabis industry. Both presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, came out in favor of reforming the nation?s marijuana laws. But when it came to ballot measures, efforts to legalize adult-use failed in Florida, North and South Dakota. Nebraska, on the other hand, legalized medical marijuana, making it the 39th state to allow for medicinal use of cannabis. In December, the Drug Enforcement Administration held its first meeting about the effort to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug?it is currently in Schedule I, the same category as heroin and LSD.
WorkDonald Trump's plan for new US empire - Newsweek (No paywall) Over the past few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has ruffled feathers by suggesting the United States should seek to expand its territorial holdings by encouraging Canada to join the Union as the 51st state, purchasing Greenland from Denmark and reclaiming control of the Panama Canal. WorkSpirit Airlines' worth, Tesla's miss, and drug hikes: Business news roundup Since winning the election on Nov. 5, Donald Trump has moved remarkably, if not unexpectedly, quickly to name his picks for top leadership posts in his administration. While Trump’s campaign rhetoric suggested a strong America-first, strong-dollar, tariff-led protectionist trade policy with low taxes and lower government spending at home, his picks are presenting a picture of an administration that may be more moderate, and may be fiercely at odds with itself.
WorkWhat We're Watching in 2025 Big Tech may not catch a break. While corporate America has been anticipating a longer leash under the Trump administration, Silicon Valley giants may still face a lot of scrutiny. Several of Trump’s picks to lead key regulators — Andrew Ferguson at the Federal Trade Commission, Gail Slater at the Justice Department’s antitrust division and Brendan Carr of the Federal Communications Commission — are expected to keep looking closely at Big Tech. WorkPark City Ski Patrol Strike Against Vail Resorts Continues “We deeply regret that this is having any level of impact on the guest experience and are grateful to our thousands of employees who are working hard every day to enable the experience at Park City Mountain and open the terrain that we can safely open,” Mr. Rock said in the statement.
WorkFriends From Debrina Kawam's Happy Past Aghast After Subway Burning Ms. Kawam, 57, grew up in a small white house on a street dotted with modest single-family homes. Her father worked on the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Linden. Her mother worked in a bakery, said Malcolm Fraser, Susan’s husband and a childhood friend of Ms. Kawam. She had an older brother and sister. WorkSouth Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media If President-elect Donald J. Trump has a “Make America Great Again” movement behind him, Mr. Yoon has the “taegeukgi budae” (literally, “national-flag brigade”). It consists of mostly older, churchgoing South Koreans who enliven their rallies with patriotic songs, a wave of South Korean and American flags in support of their country’s alliance with Washington, and vitriolic attacks on the nation’s left-wing politicians, who they fear would hand their country over to China and North Korea.
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WorkWorkDays-long funeral procession for Jimmy Carter begins in south Georgia There, Carter’s body will lie in repose until Tuesday morning, when it will be transported to Washington to lie in state at the US Capitol. His state funeral is Thursday at 10am at Washington National Cathedral, followed by a return to Plains for an invitation-only funeral at Maranatha Baptist church. WorkWorkHeliophysics Is Set to Shine in 2025 - Scientific American (No paywall) The sun sends out a constant flow of charged particles called the solar wind, which ultimately travels past all the planets to some three times the distance to Pluto before being impeded by the interstellar medium. This forms a giant bubble around the sun and its planets, known as the heliosphere. WorkCancer vaccines are showing promise at last - The Economist (No paywall) TOWARDS THE end of the 19th century William Coley, a surgeon in New York, made a surprising observation. One of his patients, close to death with a neck tumour, recovered after catching a serious bacterial skin infection. Intrigued, Coley tried to replicate the finding, injecting patients with a cocktail of killed bacteria to get their cancers to regress. He ended up treating over a thousand patients in this way, often successfully. WorkWorkSoldier's Struggles Began Before Las Vegas Tesla Explosion, Nurse Says Despite his troubles, Sergeant Livelsberger was also kind, funny and intelligent, Ms. Arritt said. He liked to hike, camp and play with her dogs. She said there was nothing in his talk or in his actions that suggested he was inclined to carry out a violent act like the one on Wednesday, when, according to the police, he detonated explosives in front of the Trump International Hotel. WorkWho Are the Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Mr. Carter, a Rhodes scholar and trained physicist, served as defense secretary under President Barack Obama. He assumed the post after a lengthy Pentagon career and used his influence as defense secretary to expand military eligibility for women and transgender service members. He died at age 68 in 2022. WorkBiden Awards 18 Medals of Freedom, and Delivers One Unmistakable Message As many presidents have done with the Medal of Freedom, Mr. Biden also honored some of his party’s most prolific fund-raisers, including the man who looms largest of all among Democratic donors — George Soros, the liberal activist billionaire whom Republicans have cast as the party’s evil puppet master. WorkSync Your Calendar With the Solar System Ms. Nichols also recommends wearing layers, even during the summer. “You’re going to be sitting there for quite a while, watching,” she said. “It’s going to get chilly, even in August.” WorkWorkWorkRalph Lauren Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom The fashion world, which had been largely absent from the event in the past, was well represented at the White House on Saturday. Joining Mr. Lauren in receiving the gilded medallion from President Biden was Anna Wintour, a steely Brit (and longtime supporter of Democratic causes) who has been Vogue’s editor in chief since 1988. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkN.Y.C. Congestion Pricing Begins on Sunday “This is just simply a misguided policy,” said Ed Day, the Rockland County executive. He has sued to halt the program, which, he said, “raises serious questions about fairness, priorities and accountability.” WorkWorkWhat to read this weekend: The friends you make in the apocalypse The first of its five issues was released this week, diving right in with a murder, an exorcism and a strange hospital visit. It’s mostly setting up the story that has yet to unfold — cuing us in on Father Manuel Barrera’s downfall and reassignment to Puerto Cristina, the world’s southernmost city, as a trainee under Father Merrick Stygian — but it’s definitely got me intrigued. I really like the art style, especially how grotesque the characters’ facial features are at times. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkSyria to resume international flights at Damascus airport Syria is reeling from 13 years of civil war and crippling western sanctions targeting Assad’s regime, which was toppled in a rebel offensive last month. The conflict has displaced millions and left the economy in ruins, with basic infrastructure struggling to function. WorkWorkAll NHS acute hospital trusts in England are missing Laboura??s 18-week target A spokesperson from University hospitals Sussex NHS foundation trust said: "We are providing additional clinical capacity as well as making the most of new community diagnostic centres. As a result, our waiting lists have fallen faster than most other trusts in the country by around 30,000 since its peak, which is close to a 20% reduction. We will keep working at this pace to ensure people receive safe, high-quality care." WorkWorkWorkProtesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail “I’m confident that, on appeal, the custodial sentence will be overturned and he will be allowed to return home. The question is, how long is that going to take and how much effort is that going to take, whether that’s British intervention or the public support in telling Dubai this is unacceptable?” |
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