Steph Curry is fired up about NBA 2K16. (USATSI) Along with James Harden and Anthony Davis, Stephen Curry will be gracing the cover of NBA 2K16. To make sure Cury’s signature moves like his shooting motion and crossover dribble will look exactly the same in the game, the Golden State Warriors guard put on a […]
Jarrod Dyson hit a two-run single in the eighth inning to lead the host Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night in an interleague game. Dyson scored later in the inning on Alcides Escobar’s single to put the Royals up 3-0, and they won for the 11th time […]
China’s epic stock market boom—and impending bust—is like déjà vu all over again. The stock rally that began last year bears a striking resemblance to the credit-fueled American stock bonanza of the late 1920s. It also, however, has much in common with the Japanese market frenzy in the twilight of the 1980s. The uncanny similarities […]
Jean-Philippe Hugues, left, fills a store shelf with summer air conditioning products in Marseille, southern France, on July 3, where the temperature rose to 89.6F. (Claude Paris/AP) The weather in Washington, D.C., and Berlin, Germany, has been pretty similar recently. There is one striking difference between the two capitals, though: Whereas many Americans would probably never consider […]
It’s the second week of judge cuts on America’s Got Talent. Once again, 20 acts will take the stage, with the hope that his or her performance will be entertaining enough to score one of seven tickets to Radio City Music Hall. At the end of the day, some of the early favorites failed miserably, […]
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A number of natives of the Amazon rainforest may partly descend from peoples in the Pacific, researchers say. It remains a mystery as to when and how this genetic signature from an Australasia group in the Pacific they call “Population Y” made its way to the Amazon, scientists added. Most genetic studies have suggested that […]
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (CBS) – A new report from the CDC finds the percentage of teen girls who have used the morning after pill has increased by more than ten percent over the past decade. The report says that the use of emergency contraception by female teenagers who have had sexual intercourse at least once has […]
Scientists at Purdue University have isolated the taste of fat— a discovery that may have implications for obesity research and human biology, Forbes reported. The finding potentially means that, in addition to the five known basic tastes— bitter, salty, sour, sweet and umami— fat has a distinct taste and brain activity patterns that generate it. […]
According to a study published in the journal Public Library of Science (PLOS ONE), a drug used to treat diabetes may reduce the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. Researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine have found that diabetes patients taking glitazone antidiabetes drugs had a 28 per cent lower incidence […]
