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Science

Common heart drug taken by millions found useless, possibly risky

Beta blockers—drugs commonly prescribed for a range of cardiac conditions, including heart attacks—provide no clinical benefit for patients who have had an uncomplicated myocardial infarction with preserved heart function. Beta blockers have been the standard treatment for these patients for 40 years. This is a breakthrough discovery from the “REBOOT Trial” with senior investigator Valentin...

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Carbono-14: o relógio que começa a contar quando algo morre

Crédito, Getty Images/BBC Article Information Author, Chris Baraniuk Role, Serviço Mundial da BBC Há 46 minutos Aquilo deveria estar no esgoto em grande quantidade. Willard Libby tinha certeza disso. Em meados dos anos 1940, o objetivo do químico americano (1908-1980) era encontrar na natureza uma forma radioativa de carbono, o carbono-14. Libby havia descoberto que,...

Technology

Director Jim Jarmusch ‘disappointed and disconcerted’ by Mubi’s funding from Sequoia

Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his new movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” today at the Venice Film Festival, where journalists asked him about Mubi, the streaming platform that co-produced the film — specifically, about Mubi’s recent $100 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. “I was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship,” Jarmusch said,...