The dichotomy between St. John’s underdog mentality and bigger goals at stake: ‘Have to be really hungry’

WASHINGTON — St. John’s finds itself in a familiar position Friday night.  No, not the Sweet 16. That is new — the program’s first trip to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in 27 years. The role of the underdog, the other team opposite top-seeded Duke in the East Region semifinal Friday night at Capital One Arena. It’s where the No. 5 Red Storm were in early January, 9-5 and uncertain to even make the NCAA Tournament.  Connecticut was supposed to be the class of the Big East, until the Huskies weren’t, until St. John’s beat them out for…

Uber expansion at 3 World Trade Center a boon to local economy

Uber’s 86,000 square-foot expansion at Silverstein Properties’ 3 World Trade Center, announced this week, brought the car-service giant’s total space there to nearly 500,000 square feet on 11 floors. The deal brings the 2.5 million square-foot skyscraper to 89% leased. Uber’s diverse neighbors include WPP, Hudson River Trading, Diageo, Kelley…

Household power steamers recalled after dozens of burn injuries reported

Wagner Spray Tech is recalling about 700,000 power steamers in the US, plus roughly 8,000 sold in Canada, after reports the products can overheat and cause burn injuries, according to federal safety regulators. The recall affects the company’s 905e Auto Steamer, 915e On-Demand Power Steamer and 925e Steam Machine Elite Steamer, which…

Dodgers’ Opening Day lineup features sentimental surprise

When the Dodgers announced their Opening Day lineup Thursday afternoon, it included one sentimental surprise. Typically, World Series hero Miguel Rojas will not start against right-handed pitching this year, set to platoon at second base base with switch-hitting Alex Freeland. Yet, even with the Dodgers facing Arizona right Zac Gallen…

Gavin Newsom shades Kamala Harris over his portrayal in her memoir

Gov. Gavin Newsom took a dig at Kamala Harris for twisting the truth of what happened in a supposed texting spat between the two in her memoir “107 days” — speculating there was a financial motive. The memoir, which recounts Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign, only gave “a little shot as…

Viruses in the gut may help prevent blood sugar spikes, mouse study hints

Viruses found in the intestines — collectively called the gut virome — activate the immune system to help metabolize carbohydrates, thereby reducing blood sugar spikes, a new study in mice shows.The findings, published March 11 in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, hint that the virome may play a role…

Urfa Man: An 11,500-year-old life-size statue of a man holding his penis

Urfa Man is a life-size Neolithic statue found in Turkey. (Image credit: Getty Images)QUICK FACTSName: Urfa ManWhat it is: A limestone statueWhere it is from: Şanlıurfa, TurkeyWhen it was made: Circa 9500 B.C.Over 11,500 years ago, people in what is now southern Turkey began crafting life-size human statues for the…

Strange ‘Half-Mӧbius’ molecule has rare properties chemists have never seen before

Researchers have created an unusually twisted molecule with a never-before-seen electronic structure.The new molecular architecture, dubbed half-Mӧbius topology, “is another knob that we can turn in order to make and manipulate matter,” and expands our fundamental understanding of physics and chemistry, co-lead author Igor Rončević, a lecturer in computational and…

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