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Science misinformation alarms Francis Collins as he leaves top NIH job
Francis Collins has been head of the US National Institutes of Health for longer than any other presidential appointee.Credit: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo/Bloomberg/Getty This month, Francis Collins will step down as director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) after more than 12 years leading the agency, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research. A former head of the Human Genome Project, he championed similar bold, big-budget science efforts, such as the All of Us Project, which aims to study health data from one million people. He led the NIH under three US presidents, steered it through a roiling pandemic, and faced myriad clashes over politics and biomedical science.…
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This 34-year-old increased her salary by $194,000 after quitting jobs 6 times: Top 7 negotiation tips
Long before the Great Resignation drove record numbers of American workers to quit their jobs in the wake of the pandemic, quitting had been a key part of my career growth and wealth-building strategy. I started my first full-time job in 2010, at age 22. Since then, I’ve quit jobs six times — increasing my salary by nearly $194,000, and by an average of 39% each time I left for a new opportunity. I went from making $31,200 per year in 2010 to $225,000 per year in 2020. And that’s just the base salary; when you factor in the signing bonuses I negotiated, I added an additional $160,000 to my…
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Internship Opportunities In Data Science & Analytics At Top Indian Firms
We have listed the latest internship opportunities in data science and analytics at top firms in India. Register for Free Hands-on Workshop: oneAPI AI Analytics Toolkit 1| Intern at BCG Location: Delhi Responsibilities: Identify bugs/technical issues in the system and log them in the project’s defect management system. Should be able to manage and work on multiple on-going projects. Support additional requests from product managers and lead analysts for analysis or documenting process steps to serve as inputs for future development of the platform. Apply here. Register for AWS ML Fridays: Hands-on Workshops on Machine Learning 2| Graduate Intern Technical at Intel Location: Bangalore Responsibilities: Knowledge representation and (symbolic) reasoning…
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‘Jobs of the now’: The top 10 jobs of the future have arrived early
Which jobs will top the post-pandemic jobs list and which roles are likely to emerge as top contenders in the post-COVID future? From Work-from-Home Facilitator to Fitness Commitment Counsellor and Algorithm Bias Auditor to Cyber Calamity Forecaster, the future of jobs is already upon us. As some countries begin to pull out of pandemic-induced lockdown, and the corporate engines of “return to the office” begin to whir, an open question hangs: What kind of jobs will people return to following months of work-from-home exile in “Remotopia”? Will the online “big-bang” of the 2020s (when everything that could go online did go online) accelerate digitally enabled jobs? And which jobs will…
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Africa’s oldest human burial and 5 other top space and science stories this week
This virtual reconstruction shows the position of a fossil in a burial pit. The toddler was laid to rest 78,000 years ago on a pillow in a cave in eastern Kenya. This is thought to be the oldest human burial ever found in Africa. This is a skeletal mount of Homotherium serum from Friesenhahn Cave, on display in the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin. This is the second lower molar of a modern human found in Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria that was associated with tools from Initial Upper Palaeolithic about 45,000 years ago. This photo captures the Ewass Oldupa archeological site in the Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania. Stone tools that…
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Pfizer, GM earnings and jobs report top week ahead
Former Nuveen chief equity strategist and senior portfolio manager Bob Doll provides insight into how Biden’s spending and Big Tech earnings are impacting the markets. The upcoming week will be jam-packed with earnings from big names including Pfizer, Moderna, CVS Health, Under Armour, Uber, Lyft and General Motors. Jobs will also take center stage this week with the ADP unemployment report on Wednesday and non-farm payrolls on Friday. Ticker Security Last Change Change {c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 34964.86 +187.10 +0.54{c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 13523.443151 -228.79 -1.66{c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} SP500 S&P 500 4221.5 -11.10 -0.26{c25493dcd731343503a084f08c3848bd69f9f2f05db01633325a3fd40d9cc7a1} This as U.S. stocks sit near record highs after pulling back last week. FOX Business takes a…
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Why we go to Mars and 5 other top space and science stories this week
Welcome to Wonder Theory, your weekly space and science digest. Maybe you wanted to be an explorer when you were a kid. The CNN Space and Science team is lucky enough to experience genuine awe — the eye-opening, can’t-stop-thinking-about-it kind — on a weekly basis. And we’re excited to share that awe with you. May we never lose the wonder and curiosity that filled our hearts and minds at a young age. Now, who’s ready to explore? Here are the stories that sparked our imagination this week. Across the universe The mystique of Mars is one that humans can’t seem to resist. The red planet has captivated us for centuries…
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