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Vaccinations, tests give Walgreens a boost in first quarter

COVID-19 vaccines and testing boosted Walgreens store sales growth to levels not seen in more than two decades, pushing the drugstore chain well above Wall Street expectations for the first quarter. Walgreens doled out 15.6 million vaccines in the quarter that ended in November 30, up 16% from the previous quarter, as more Americans sought booster shots. Also, federal regulators expanded eligibility for Pfizer’s vaccine to children ages 5 to 12.

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College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves in a time crunch

Mothers in college have less time to study than students without children. 10’000 Hours/Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea We found that college students who have children had significantly less time for college than their childless peers – about 4.3 hours less per week, to be specific – and that this “time poverty” is greatest for mothers of preschool-age children. That’s according to a 2021 study of 11,195 U.S. college students. Our stu

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When endangered species recover, humans may need to make room for them – and it’s not always easy

Fencing protects New Zealand sea lions that have migrated inland from road traffic. Janet Ledingham, CC BY-NDImagine discovering a sea lion in the middle of the woods, more than a mile inland from the beach. Or coming face to face with one of these curious creatures in a local swimming pool or on your front porch. These encounters are happening in New Zealand with the return of the endangered New Zealand sea lion, the world’s rarest sea lion species. The females normally move up to a mile (about

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Real shooting stars exist, but they aren’t the streaks you see in a clear night sky

Some stars travel at high speeds through the universe and sometimes leave spectacular clouds of dust and gas in their wake. NASA, ESA and R. Sahai (NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory), CC BY“I see thy glory like a shooting star.” So says the Earl of Salisbury as he ruminates about the future in Shakespeare’s “Richard II.” Shooting stars – such as those produced by the Leonid meteor shower depicted in this print from 1889 – are beautiful, but they have nothing to do with real stars. Adolf Vollmy/Wi

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Omicron crashes cruise party

A series of coronavirus outbreaks have cropped up on cruise ships in North and South America, Europe and Asia in recent days despite strict health measures, giving new headaches to the pandemic-hit sector.

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BMW reveals car that changes colour by being wrapped in Kindle-style display

BMW has revealed what it says is a “magical” car that can change colour. The vehicle uses E-ink technology of the kind that is found in Amazon’s Kindle. Using that display, which wraps around the vehicle, the driver would be able to instruct the car to change colour, flipping from white to black or various gradients in between.