In 1947, Harvard’s Mark II ran on roughly 13,000 electromechanical relays, stored numbers across 100 registers, and read instructions from punched paper tape, turning thousands of clicking metal switches into a Navy calculator vulnerable to dust, loose contacts, and one famously misplaced mothJuly 27, 2026
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GSK just announced its biggest purchase in eight years to rev up cancer portfolio it had previously wound down Personal Finance June 9, 2026 U.K. pharmaceutical giant GSK on Tuesday struck a $10.6 billion deal to buy U.S.-listed biotech company Nuvalent, its biggest acquisition…
‘There is an imbalance of power’: My husband has cancer. Why must we wait two hours for a 10-minute CT scan? Personal Finance May 3, 2026 “This letter is in memory of all the patients who died waiting for their medical appointments to begin.”
‘This is an overlooked catastrophe’: Why do so many hospitals not accept Medicare Advantage for cancer patients? Personal Finance April 4, 2026 “Insurers have pushed certain cancer-care centers out of network before the end of the calendar or policy year.”
‘The money is tax-free’: I’m 76 and won $50,000 in a settlement related to cancer from nuclear waste. What should I do with it? Personal Finance March 21, 2026 “The money is tax-free and does not affect our income, which comes from investments and Social Security.”
