Step away from the screens, little ones. Regardless of age, too much screen time is detrimental to one’s health. Excessive staring at screens can cause eye strain, dry eyes, headaches, and poor sleep quality, not to mention increased stress and anxiety, according to Michigan State University. And the less-than-ideal effects are even more pronounced for children — and require the utmost care to be adequately corrected. A new study reported by News-Medical and conducted by a team of researchers from Inserm and the National University of Singapore, backed up by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of…

How soon we forget that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were billed as a response to centuries worth of fiat currency instability. The latter is worth noting for a variety of reasons, including a recent interview of Milken Institute senior advisor Michael Piwowar about money. Let’s start with Piwowar on bitcoin. Piwowar…

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At 67, Jorge Ramos walked away from nearly four decades as the most recognized face in Spanish-language TV news to launch a one-man digital news operation — leaving behind the kind of institutional backing most journalists spend entire careers chasing.Half a world away, former NPR reporter Tim Mak now writes…

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