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Unvaccinated 90-year-old woman infected with Alpha and Beta variants together
 In January, scientists in Brazil reported that two people had been simultaneously infected with two different strains of the coronavirus, but the study has yet to be published in a scientific journal
A 90-year-old woman who died after falling ill with Covid-19 was infected with both the Alpha and Beta variants of the coronavirus at the same time, researchers in Belgium said Sunday, adding that the rare phenomenon may be underestimated.
The unvaccinated woman, who lived alone and received at-home nursing care, was admitted to the OLV Hospital in the Belgian city of Aalst after a spate of falls in March and tested positive for Covid-19 the same day.
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� | � |  | Messi breaks drought, wins first major title with Argentina
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/QXZZCR7TSJIWJGVTMYRYIUVP2A.jpg) Lionel Messi was uncharacteristically quiet in Argentina's 1-0 win over Brazil on Saturday but his performance was irrelevant compared to what the victory means - a first major title for Messi in the blue and white of the national side.
The Barcelona striker has won the FIFA World Player of the Year a record six times and is widely considered one of the greatest players ever to play the game, alongside Pele and countryman Diego Maradona.
But his inability to win an international title with Argentina always left an asterisk beside his name on the all-time greats list.
That is now gone after an emotional Copa America final at the Maracana stadium decided by a first half goal from Angel Di Maria.
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| � | | CEO Picks - The most popular editorials that have stood the test of time! Accidental Billionaires: How Seven Academics Who Didn't Want To Make A Cent Are Now Worth Billions
 Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi and his cofounders weren't interested in starting a business, and even less interested in making a profit on the tech. Eight years later, at least three are billionaires.
Inside a 13th-floor boardroom in downtown San Francisco, the atmosphere was tense. It was November 2015, and Databricks, a two-year-old software company started by a group of seven Berkeley researchers, was long on buzz but short on revenue.
The directors awkwardly broached subjects that had been rehashed time and again. The startup had been trying to raise funds for five months, but venture capitalists were keeping it at arm's length, wary of its paltry sales. Seeing no other option, NEA partner Pete Sonsini, an existing investor, raised his hand to save the company with an emergency $30 million injection.
The next order of business: a new boss. Founding CEO Ion Stoica had agreed to step aside and return to his professorship at the University of California, Berkeley. The obvious move was to bring in a seasoned Silicon Valley executive, which is exactly what Databricks' chief competitor Snowflake did twice on its way to a software-record $33 billion IPO in September 2020. Instead, at the urging of Stoica and the other cofounders, they chose Ali Ghodsi, the cofounder who was then working as vice president of engineering.
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My 88-Year-Old Grandfather's Approach to Habit-Forming
 My grandpa recently turned 88 years old. When I gave him a call on his birthday, he was as energetic as ever. I know he's a disciplined man who relies on very strict routines. But I realized I never asked him about his habit-forming process.
He's been doing the same things for all of his adult life. Back then, there were no books and blogs on habits. For example, he's been going to bed and waking up at the same time for ages.
Another thing he does is going for a daily walk. And he recently got a stationary bike that he also uses every day. One of the things I've been writing about for years is that you don't need to look at scientific research on habits to figure out what to do.
If you have a healthy grandparent or elderly family member, just look at what they do. You'll see the patterns. Look at the good things they do and copy them. That̢۪s what I've been doing with my grandfather as well.
So asked him, "Gramps, I know your habits are really important to you. How did you go about forming your habits?" Here's his process.
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| � | | The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership
 Research shows it can reduce inequality and improve productivity.
Inequality in the U.S. has been getting worse for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. It has become clear that companies need to address the problem. One place to start is by expanding employees' ownership stakes in companies, giving workers a path to building wealth. There's incentive for companies, too: Businesses with 30% or more employee ownership are more productive, grow faster, and are less likely to go out of business than their counterparts.
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| � | | Self-knowledge is a super power - if it's not an illusion
 It seems we know a lot about the contents of our own minds. We know, for instance, that we want our friends and family to be healthy, that we intend to pay this month's electricity bill, that we believe Myanmar was formerly called Burma, or that we're experiencing a particular sensation, such as pain. Philosophers have a term for such (alleged) knowledge of facts about our own minds: self-knowledge.
Dating back at least to Rene Descartes in the 17th century, it has seemed to a number of philosophers that not only do we possess self-knowledge, but that there's also something special about the nature of some of the self-knowledge we possess. We can begin to see why by investigating our knowledge of other people's minds.
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| � | | The 25 Best Educational Podcasts For Learning What You Missed In School
 Most folks love learning, regardless of whether or not school is "their thing." Sometimes it's just a matter of finding the right teacher for your learning style - or maybe even the right medium.
For auditory learners, podcasts can be excellent vehicles for processing knowledge that'd be less digestible in more visual mediums like video or even the written word. The American education systems tends to fail students in myriad ways, requiring continual education after the fact to learn the truth behind what we were taught in history, art, science, language, literature, and math. Privileged gatekeepers deciding who and what gets taught can result in the denial of diverse voices and perspectives.
Podcasts radically shift the dynamics around who gets to teach, and who gets to learn. A lot of the most beloved and popular shows, like Radiolab and Dan Carlin's Hardcore History, basically boil down to what you wish your science or history class had been like in the first place. Many others, like 1619 and You're Wrong About, aim to correct the misinformation in many accepted cultural narratives from both our near and distant pasts.
Now, obviously, podcasts can't replace a world-class, bonafide, IRL, teacher-to-student relationship. But they can teach us more than a few vital lessons. Here are a few of our most educational favorites.
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