Photo by Darren Baker / Shutterstock.com Take a job earlier in life if you are a woman who wants to keep cognitive decline at bay in your later years. A new study finds that women who work during early adulthood and midlife have slower rates of memory decline later in …
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Richard Lachmann’s book manages to connect status and national choices — making us realize that some failures aren’t far from home. All good things come to an end — including the global dominance of the United States. In First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of …
Read More »Caterpillar looks to mining, construction, and space automation as traditional equipment sales decline
(Reuters) — Question: How can a company like Caterpillar try to counter a slump in sales of bulldozers and trucks during a pandemic that has made every human a potential disease vector? Answer: Cut out human operators, perhaps? Caterpillar’s autonomous driving technology, which can be bolted on to existing machines, …
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Here’s what you need to know: As U.S. cases decline elsewhere, the Midwest sees a worrying spike. The virus is spreading much faster in Spain than anywhere else in Europe. Health care workers with Covid-19 may be going undiagnosed, according to a C.D.C. report. The virus pummels the economies of …
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