WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims slid to 196,000, the fewest since mid-July and down from 206,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which smooths
This story is based on an interview with Angela Cheng-Cimini, 56, a veteran HR professional who lives near Baltimore. It has been edited for length and clarity. A few years ago, my husband, Michael, and I started losing friends who were around our age. Three, in particular, died of pancreatic cancer, which was very sudden.
Grafts of muscle cells lead to cognitive and physical improvements in mice.Credit: Ziad M. El-Zaatari/Science Photo Library Researchers have created contracting muscle implants that can mimic some of the benefits of exercise, including improving muscle mass, strength and bone density while also slowing age-related muscle changes1. The research, published in Nature Aging on 26 August,
The United States is entering the most expensive phase of retirement. Some of America’s oldest are eligible for more than $100,000 a year in combined Social Security benefits, while remaining as one of the wealthiest generations in the country. The national debt is rising—just passing $40 trillion this month—and Social Security is set to enter
The European Union’s AI Act will hold companies accountable for the safety of their artificial-intelligence models, such as SpaceXAI’s Grok.Credit: Alamy In the past two months, frontier artificial-intelligence models from three US firms, OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta, autonomously and independently hacked into the computer systems of other organizations during safety testing. Some of the models
When asked if he thought he had edged the ball, Smith said: “I think so, yeah. I was lucky? Yeah, it seems that way. You got to take it sometimes. “Maybe I didn’t nick it. I don’t know. But I certainly felt something. If I’d been given out, I was going to walk off. But