Wall Street institutions’ growing connections to crypto markets could threaten financial stability and cause a credit crunch-style financial crisis, global regulators have warned. The Financial Stability Board said (PDF) “ongoing vigilance” of institutional investors such as big banks and hedge funds is needed as they deepen their involvement in the Read more…
Our ability to process information during decision-making doesn’t drop off until age 60, according to new findings that challenge the widespread belief that mental speed starts to decline in our 20s. Mischa von Krause at Heidelberg University in Germany and his colleagues analysed data collected from around 1.2 million people Read more…
UPI reports on the results of a new randomized-controlled trial of ivermectin, the “gold standard” of medical research. UPI reports that treatment with ivermectin “failed to prevent patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 from progressing to serious illness, a study published Friday by JAMA Internal Medicine found.” Of 241 patients Read more…
Corn-based ethanol, which for years has been mixed in huge quantities into gasoline sold at U.S. pumps, is likely a much bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline, according to a study published Monday. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, contradicts previous research Read more…
The Food and Drug Administration cleared a smartphone app from Tandem Diabetes Care to program insulin delivery for its t:slim X2 insulin pump, the company announced Wednesday. It’s the first phone app for both iOS and Android to able to deliver insulin, the company said in a statement. Previously, delivery Read more…
The U.S. produced more petroleum than it consumed in 2020, and the numbers were essentially in balance in 2021, according to the Energy Information Administration. The surge in oil prices taking place in 2022 has radically different implications for the U.S. economy — and for key geopolitical relationships in the Read more…
Herman Pontzer, a biological anthropologist at the Pontzer lab at Duke University, works with his colleagues to “systematically measure the total energy used per day by animals and people in various walks of life,” reports Science.org. “The answers coming from their data are often surprising: Exercise doesn’t help you burn Read more…