Ben & Jerry’s With CBD?
Ben & Jerry’s made a bold new flavor announcement in May 2019: CBD ice cream was coming
Where Your Watermelon Came From
A genetic analysis of a melon found in Sudan may point to the wild fruit that gave rise to one of summertime’s sweetest treats. About 4,300 years ago, someone drew a melon on the wall of a tomb in Egypt. It’s big, fat, green and generously striped: Everything
A study pits archaeologists against computers. Who is the most adept at sifting through the past?
When it came to the time-consuming operation of identifying ceramic fragments, researchers discovered that a deep-learning model was just as accurate as four human specialists and significantly more efficient. The arduous task of categorizing pieces of pottery into subtypes is an important part of an archaeologist's
A gene-based therapy helped a blind man regain some vision
He can see objects thanks to light-activated proteins implanted in eye nerve cells and special eyewear. A blind man has gained some vision thanks to a novel sort of gene therapy that rewires nerve cells in the eye.The 58-year-old guy suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary
Should SUVs Get a Pedestrian Warning Label?
Targeting large pickup trucks and SUVs, a New York bill proposes a safety rating system that would rank vehicles on the dangers they pose to pedestrians and cyclists. A bill in the New York State senate would establish a statewide pedestrian and cyclist vehicle safety rating system — the first of its
Time to Invest? Five Important, Undervalued Watches from the ’80s
Phillips' esteemed Head of Watches in New York, Paul Boutros, answers the one big question: which vintage timepieces from the pop era should you buy? As someone who both grew up during the 1980s and fell in love with watches back then, I was excited to see the '80s
Mobile-Game Maker Jam City to Go Public Via SPAC Merger
Jam City Inc., the developer behind mobile game Cookie Jam and Disney Pop Town, has agreed to go public in a reverse merger with a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. As part of the transaction, Jam City is acquiring Montreal-based game
Lost N.Y. House Seat Stirs Echoes of Racist 1929 Congress Debate
New York will lose a congressional seat next year because of a 92-year-old law rooted in fears over African-Americans and immigrants gaining too much political power. The Empire State came up short in the latest Census count by just 89 people, joining six other states as losers in
New York Boutiques Take Center Stage on AT&T-Discovery Megadeal
Three New York boutique advisory firms -- Allen & Co., LionTree LLC and Perella Weinberg Partners -- are among those in line for chunky fees after joining Wall Street’s big guns on the year’s largest deal. AT&T Inc. said Monday it will merge its WarnerMedia business with Discovery Inc. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg News, values
Refinery Once Key to New York’s Fuel Supply Ordered Shut
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the shutdown of a U.S. Virgin Island refinery that historically was positioned as a key fuel source for the East Coast due to public health concerns. The 200,000-barrel-a-day Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix is required to pause operations after repeated