How a lunar ‘stalker’ is shining a new light on Stonehenge | Stonehenge

It may sound like fantasy, but as darkness approached – and with it an extremely rare lunar event – ​​it felt like the beasts and birds of Stonehenge sensed something strange was happening. The song of the cabbages and the flight of the stars seemed particularly energetic; rabbits, animals with a mythical connection to the … Read more

Chipotle’s 50-for-1 stock split is coming. Here’s what investors need to know

A historic stock split is coming for this fast favorite. High-profile stock splits are all the rage, it seems. Just days later Nvidia split its shares 10-for-1, Broadcom announced that he would follow suit. In fact, some big names are choosing to share theirs this summer. After Nvidia’s stock split, perhaps the most anticipated is … Read more

The inexplicably massive black hole from the origin of the universe refutes previous explanations

The cosmic enigma created by evidence of seemingly massive black holes in the very early universe continues to deepen. JWST observations of one such anomaly, known as J1120+0641, show that the once-favored explanation for how these objects could emit so much light so quickly after the Big Bang is unlikely, forcing astronomers to try again. … Read more

Train service in and out of New York’s Penn Station was suspended during the evening rush

Train service in and out of New York's Penn Station was suspended during the evening rush

Penn Station commuters faced another transit nightmare Monday. New Jersey Transit service in and out of midtown Manhattan was temporarily suspended during Monday night’s rush hour — the fourth time in less than a week commuters have been saddled with delays and cancellations. The latest headache was blamed by NJ Transit on “Amtrak overhead wire … Read more

Climate change may make mushrooms more dangerous to humans

Higher environmental temperatures can cause mutations in fungi that lead to increased infectivity, more aggressive growth, or resistance to multiple anti-fungal medications. Microbiologist examining cultures of mold and fungi in Petri dishes. getty Public health officials have long been concerned that rising temperatures on Earth could cause fungi to become more harmful to humans. Oh, … Read more

Stock market today: Much of Wall Street rises, but Nvidia falls again as AI craze cools

NEW YORK (AP) — Another slide for a Wall Street heavyweight Nvidia kept US indexes mixed on Monday, even as most stocks rose. The S&P 500 fell 0.3% to retreat further from the record set last week. The decline for Nvidia and other winners of Wall Street’s artificial intelligence boom dragged the Nasdaq composite down … Read more

“I don’t see the basis” for a recession

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Yahoo Finance that she “doesn’t see the basis” for a US recession and that she expects the Federal Reserve to reach its 2% inflation target next year – a faster pace than as predicted by central bank policy makers. “I expect inflation to come down and going into next year … Read more

New research shows why you don’t need to be perfect to get the job done

Building compact behavioral programs. (A) Top: The space of strategies for solving a task can be large, with many strategies achieving reasonably good performance. Bottom line: Studying relationships between strategies can provide insight into behavioral variability across animals and tasks. (B) General task configuration: An animal makes inferences about hidden properties of the environment to … Read more

Dow jumps as investors spin out of tech; Nvidia sinks

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 24, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more