Pythons' extreme biology may hold clues for treating human disease

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...

Why Florida hunters should never cut off the head of a python

Catching a python can be very challenging during the Florida Python Challenge. But when one is caught, there are rules for ...
The Hill

The progressive left is ascendant, but it may not be good for Democrats

Once is a surprise, twice is a coincidence, three or more is a movement. By that measure, the Democratic Party’s progressive wing is undeniably experiencing a genuine moment. That segment of the left ...
The Conversation

World Cup: why are left‑footers like Messi so valuable in soccer?

Argentina’s Lionel Messi, England’s Bukayo Saka, Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah are all highly skilled soccer players in slightly different ways, as is the tall, powerful and ...
The New York Times

Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

Researchers are at a loss for why people across cultures and ages, regardless of their dominant hand, have a natural bias toward wandering in a counterclockwise direction. By Rachel Nuwer See more of ...
New York Post

Activist short seller Andrew Left convicted of securities fraud, sending shock waves through Wall Street

Outspoken activist short seller Andrew Left was convicted on securities fraud charges over manipulating stock prices — a surprise verdict that sent shock waves through Wall Street. A jury in Los ...
CNBC

U.S. jury finds investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud

A U.S. jury found prominent investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud on Monday, the Justice Department said, in a blow to a divisive cohort of short sellers who have for years ‌goaded public ...
Wall Street Journal

Prominent Short Seller Andrew Left Convicted of Fraud

LOS ANGELES—Andrew Left earned fame and fortune by researching companies, accusing them of fraud and betting their stock price would fall. On Monday, a federal jury convicted him of securities fraud, ...
Reuters

US jury finds investor Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud

Jury convicts Left of securities fraud, acquits on four counts, sentencing set for August 31 Prosecutors allege Left manipulated markets via media, profiting from misleading stock calls Legal experts ...
Business Insider

A jury must pick between two versions of short-seller Andrew Left: clever trader or master manipulator

The jury in the trial of Andrew Left was presented with dueling portraits of the short-seller on Thursday: one, a law-breaking schemer, and the other, a clever trader just doing his job. That's how ...
Bloomberg L.P.

‘Overwhelming Evidence’ of Fraud by Short Seller Left, US Says

A federal prosecutor urged jurors to convict prominent short seller Andrew Left of securities fraud because “overwhelming evidence” at the trial showed he’d rigged the market for years to reap ...