The world ’s interest bill is $13trn
A 2010s, in which interest rates hardly budged, rising prices are putting central-bank officials to work. Indeed, policymakers have rarely been busier. In the first quarter of 2021, policy rates in a sample of 58 rich and emerging economies languished at an average of 2.6%. By the final quarter of…#economist #treasury #netherlands #newzealand #sweden #adanigroup #luxembourg #hungary #singh #americantreasury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Using A.I. to Detect Breast Cancer That Doctors Miss
Adam Satariano, a tech correspondent in Europe, visited breast cancer clinics in Hungary. Cade Metz, who writes about artificial intelligence, reported from San Francisco. A patient getting a mammogram at Bács-Kiskun County Hospital in Kecskemét, Hungary. The hospital has been testing A.I.…#adamsatariano #hungary #kecskemét #budapest #évaambrózay #aisystems #siliconvalley #geoffhinton #wileecoyote #newyorker (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How A.I. Is Being Used to Detect Cancer That Doctors Miss
Hungary has become a major testing ground for A.I. software to spot cancer, as doctors debate whether the technology will replace them in medical jobs. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adam Satariano, Cade Metz and Akos Stiller For The New York Times Tags: Artificial Intelligence Breast Cancer Computers and the Internet Mammography Doctors Hospitals Hungary Kheiron Medical Technologies Ltd Source Type: news
Earliest evidence of horseback riding found in ‘eastern cowboys’
About 5300 years ago, people from the steppes of modern-day Russia and Ukraine expanded rapidly across Eurasia. Within a few centuries these “Yamnaya”
left a lasting genetic mark
on populations from central Europe to the Caspian Sea. Today, archaeologists call them “eastern cowboys” for their livestock herding and highly mobile lifestyle.
But one part of the classic cowboy picture was missing: horseback riding. Although cattle bones and sturdy wagons have been found in Yamnaya sites, horse bones are scarce, and most archaeologists assumed people did not start to ride horses until at least 1000 years...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 3, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Finland's Parliament gives final approval for NATO bid
HELSINKI -- Finland’s Parliament gave final approval Wednesday to the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, with lawmakers signing off on membership along with the required legislation. The 200-seat Eduskunta legislature voted 184-7 to authorize Finland’s accession to NATO, clearing the last required…#finland #parliament #nordic #nato #eduskunta #western #turkey #hungary #sweden #finnish (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
