Located in northern Canterbury, Connecticut, this rural farmhouse was built following the American Revolution, showcasing the emergence of the Federal style from the Colonial Georgian type farmhouses before. The house dates to 1783 and was built by Captain Asa Bacon (1735-1819), a wealthy farmer and captain in the Revolutionary War. The home was also occupied by his son, Asa Bacon Jr. (1771-1857) a Yale educated lawyer who practiced law in town before moving to Litchfield. Asa Jr. was a turnpike promoter, advocating for turnpikes through the formerly sleepy agricultural town, opening it up to trade and commerce. The early Federal-period home features a five-bay facade and central entry with triangular pediment and fluted pilasters. The house appears much like it would have when originally built besides the Victorian-era two-over-two window sashes installed in the late 19th century. The farm even retains a few 19th century barns, likely built when the windows were replaced by later owners.

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In his final days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared a time-lapse video (below) showing the orbital outpost flying above cities at night before passing over a stunning aurora, shimmering in the darkness.   Changes in attitude, changes in latitude: @Space_Station We rotated 180 degrees and flew backwards for yesterday’s Soyuz docking. This is a bit long but keep watching for the surprise in the middle. pic.twitter.com/UDEp8zKDwE— Don Pettit (@astro_Pettit) April 9, 2025 “Changes in attitude, changes in latitude at the ISS,” Pettit wrote in the post. “We rotated 180 degrees and flew backwards for yesterday’s Soyuz docking. This is a bit long but keep watching for the surprise in the middle.” Recommended Videos The surprise is the incredible aurora, a striking display of green light caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere. We’ve seen a lot of aurora footage captured from the ISS over the years, but the intensity of this one is among the more powerful displays. Related The Soyuz spacecraft that Pettit speaks of arrived on Tuesday, carrying with it NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky. They’ll live and work aboard the space station for about eight months, returning to Earth in December. Pettit’s mission started in September last year and is expected to end some time this month. During his time in orbit, Pettit — who at 69 is NASA’s oldest serving astronaut — has dazzled earthlings with an endless stream of breathtaking images and videos.  A particularly striking capture shows the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar in a way that Pettit said reminded him of “the arteries in your retina,” while another shows the Milky Way and even Starlink satellites, among other features. Showing off his creative skills, the American astronaut recently shared a photo featuring an “Earthly eyeball,” captured through the seven windows of the station’s Cupola module. In an interview from the station last year, Pettit shared some insight into his space photography, explaining how he manages to capture some of his impressive shots, and why he gets such a kick out of it. Editors’ Recommendations

What a medical professional sees when they supervise the IVF procedure via a livestreamConceivable Life Sciences A highly automated form of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has led to a successful birth, raising hopes that this approach could cut the risk of human error during such procedures. One method of IVF is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where sperm is injected into eggs in a lab dish. This is commonly used in cases of male infertility, as the sperm don’t have to work to reach an egg. Any resulting embryos are then inserted into the uterus. IVF can also be done by mixing sperm and eggs in a lab dish in the hope that fertilisation will take place, which is generally less successful, but also requires less medical intervention. Advertisement ICSI also has drawbacks, as it relies on high levels of precision and judgement from medical professionals. “They become tired and distracted sometimes, just like everybody else in most professions, so errors happen that can reduce [the] odds of fertilisation and births,” says Jacques Cohen at Conceivable Life Sciences, a biotech company in New York City. To address this, Cohen and his colleagues have developed a machine that can perform 23 key steps required for ICSI. Each one is initiated by a person through the press of a button as they watch a livestream of the process. This can even be done from a different part of the world. In one step, the machine uses an AI model to select the healthiest sperm cells for fertilisation, based on their appearance. In another, the machine immobilises the sperm by zapping their tails with a laser so they are easier to pick up. It later injects the sperm into already-collected eggs. A similar approach has been tested before, resulting in two live births, but some steps weren’t done by a machine. Get the most essential health and fitness news in your inbox every Saturday. Sign up to newsletter To put their machine to the test, the researchers recruited a couple who were struggling to conceive, partly because the man had sperm that couldn’t swim properly. The woman also had problems producing eggs, so donor ones were used for the procedure. The researchers randomly assigned five out of eight donor eggs to be fertilised by the automated system, which produced four embryos. The three remaining eggs were fertilised using the standard manual ICSI approach, all of which formed embryos. They then used another AI model to select the two best embryos, based on the appearance of their chromosomes. Both of these were produced using the automated system, but that doesn’t necessarily mean this approach leads to healthier embryos than manual ICSI, says Cohen. We can’t gauge this due to the small number of eggs involved, he says. When the team inserted one of the embryos into the woman’s uterus, it failed to develop, but the second led to a successful birth. It is an exciting proof-of-concept, says Joyce Harper at University College London. But larger studies that randomly assign couples to undergo either the automated or the manual lCSI procedure are needed to establish whether the former approach leads to higher birth rates, she says. Automated IVF is also unlikely to be widely used, due to it being an additional expense, at least when initially rolled out, says Harper. But Cohen hopes this would improve with time. “As we optimise, standardise and refine the system, we expect the cost to the patient and clinic to decline,” he says. Journal reference:Reproductive BioMedicine Online DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104943 Topics:fertility

President Donald Trump abruptly paused sweeping tariffs, causing the stock market to rally. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images 2025-04-10T02:11:02Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Trump's 90-day tariff pause sent stocks into a rally. Airlines and semiconductor companies saw some of the biggest gains. China was hit with even higher tariffs, and economists say uncertainty remains. President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on sweeping tariffs was felt worldwide and in the financial markets, with some stakeholders making out better than others.On Wednesday afternoon, Trump abruptly paused the tariffs, which took effect after midnight early Wednesday morning. Before his rollback, stocks cratered for days amid the volatility brought on by the tariffs.The reversal quickly sent stocks skyward. The S&P 500 had its biggest single-day gain since 2008 at 9%, while the Dow rose nearly 3,000 points and the Nasdaq surged 12%.Some business leaders reacted with relief to the move, but not everyone was unscathed. China was hit with even greater tariffs, which Trump said were due to the retaliatory tariffs the country enacted on the US.Here's who was sitting a bit prettier at market close on Wednesday and who could be worse off.WinnersAirlines and other travel companiesTravel companies saw some of the biggest market gains on Wednesday, with United Airlines' share price surging 26% and Delta Air Lines' stock rising 23%. Cruise companies did well, too, with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings up 19% and Carnival Corp up 18%. Expedia Group was also up 18% on the day."It wasn't just the airlines. All travel brands really were the winners today on Wall Street," Amir Eylon, president and CEO of Longwoods International, a travel tourism market research consultancy, told BI.Eylon said two main issues travel companies faced with the tariffs were increased supplier costs on things like aircraft parts, hotel supplies, and building materials, as well as a fear that increased prices across the economy could weaken travel spending. Semiconductor companiesIntel, Nvidia, and several other semiconductor companies were among the biggest winners regarding share price increases. Both Intel's and Nvidia's share prices rose by around 18%.Even though semiconductors, or chips, were exempt from tariffs, BI's Emma Cosgrove reported earlier this week that other components used in products that chips are used in could've been affected."We're not exactly sure what to do with all this," Bernstein analysts wrote in a note last week. "Most semiconductors enter the US inside other things for which tariffs are likely to have a much bigger influence, hence secondary effects are likely to be far more material."Tesla and Elon MuskTesla's stock rose by 22% on Wednesday, likely a welcome reprieve for a company that's been facing heavy backlash and a declining share price for months.Tesla CEO Elon Musk also emerged as a winner, partly due to the stock price rise. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his net worth increased to $326 billion, up from $290 billion as of the market close a day prior, which was the lowest it had been since November.Musk had also publicly criticized tariffs in recent days and went after Peter Navarro, the president's top trade advisor, so the pause appeared to give the billionaire what he wanted.LosersChinaUnlike other US trade partners, China was excluded from the pause on tariffs. Also, Trump said he would raise the tariff rate on China due to the country's retaliatory tariffs. The new total tariff rate for imports from China was 125%.As Meagan Martin-Schoenberger, a senior economist and trade expert at KPMG, and some other economists have noted, the rise in tariffs for China actually raises the effective tariff rate.AmazonThough Amazon's stock price rose around 12% on Wednesday, the hefty tariffs on China could spell trouble for the online retailer because many of the products it sells, directly or through third-party sellers, come from the country.BI's Eugene Kim previously reported that Morgan Stanley estimated Amazon to be the e-commerce company it covers most exposed to Trump's tariffs, citing the products it sells that come from China.Not many, for nowAll in all, if the stock market is any indication, there weren't many losers from the pause on tariffs. Only nine companies out of the S&P 500 saw their stock value decline on Wednesday (sorry, Dollar General).Still, time will tell what happens next, including whether the tariffs will be reinstated or if the uncertainty and whiplash of the ordeal will have lasting impacts that are not yet clear.Neither winners nor losersMartin-Schoenberger from KPMG said that "winners and losers" may not be the best way to view the situation."Even though most countries got a pause the higher rates on China, Canada, and Mexico actually sent the effective tariff rate above what it would have been with no changes," she told Business Insider in an emailed statement, adding this was likely to "accelerate usage of connector countries to avoid tariffs.""Uncertainty is high which acts like its own tax on the economy," she said, adding that industries with complex supply chains, like cars and tech manufacturing, could be harder hit. Recommended video

After a week of intensifying market turmoil, President Donald Trump stepped back from the brink of financial crisis Wednesday, announcing a 90-day “pause” on the exorbitant tariff levels he’d imposed on dozens of countries.It was not a total climbdown: Trump intensified a trade war with China by hiking its tariff level up to 125 percent. And he is also keeping in place a 10 percent tariff for other countries. (Details on exactly which countries remained murky as of mid-Wednesday afternoon.) But it was a significant step back.So why did he do it? Why make such a dramatic announcement last week, and walk it back so relatively soon?Though Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent initially claimed this pivot was part of Trump’s “strategy all along,” many outside observers saw this as market-driven, both because of the timing and because of remarks Trump himself later made (he said he shifted because people were “getting yippy” and “a little bit afraid”).Since Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement last week, stocks had lost 10 percent of their value. Even more concerning: US treasury bond yields were spiking. Trump’s team had been trying to drive bond yields lower, both so the US government would pay less interest on its debt and so the Federal Reserve would cut rates and lower borrowing costs for Americans. Instead, yields went up, in ways that some feared could ripple outward and cause a financial crisis. This wasn’t what the Trump team had expected, so many speculated it was the reason for Trump’s sudden cave. (“The bond market is very tricky,” Trump said Wednesday afternoon. “Last night, people were getting a little queasy.”)Investors were overjoyed at Trump’s partial walkback, as stocks quickly surged — though not all the way back to their pre-Liberation Day levels (they made up about half of their losses since then). This relief may be largely about the seeming confirmation that, contrary to appearances of the past week, Trump is not totally heedless to market reaction and lobbying, disconnected from reality, and willing to wreck the business environment. The shift also suggests that Wall Street-aligned advisers like Bessent have gained the upper hand over anti-trade fanatics like Trump adviser Peter Navarro — for now, at least.But there will likely be more tumult ahead. Trump’s trade war with China is still on. And though Trump’s team purportedly intends to work out deals with every other country he targeted, it is far from clear how such deals could realistically meet Trump’s (bizarre) goal of bringing the US into trade surplus with every major trading partner.Furthermore, the chaos and uncertainty Trump caused may have a lasting effect, chilling businesses’ planning and doing damage to the economy. Because if he caused such a mess once, how do we know he won’t do it again?See More:

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Jackfruit Processing Unit and Community Centre / atArchitectureSave this picture!© Avneesh TiwariIndustrial Architecture, Community Center•Gulpani Nokat, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, India, India Architects: atArchitecture Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5000 ft² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Avneesh TiwariMore SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. A government funded Jackfruit processing plant in rural Meghalaya is part of a farmers' cooperative, which serves not just as a space for production and movement of goods but also as a community centre to an isolated populace. The facility takes into consideration the needs of its users, climatic conditions and the realities of the remote location whilst providing an affordable intervention with value added benefits.Save this picture!A transverse plan is employed to separate the flow of movement while creating an efficient intersection for shared facilities. The building is elevated above the ground and aligned with the road level, leaving the floodplain undisturbed and allowing the site to function during the monsoons. The four wings accommodate the processing of goods, staff access, community hall, and production area. Circulation is planned such that the movement of goods and people are separated from each other. A centrally located admin office aids in passive surveillance, with the public hall opening up to the village fields, strengthening the sense of community among users.Save this picture!Save this picture!To keep construction costs low, the superstructure is made of steel, which is the cheapest material to transport. Steel also makes the building lighter & more economical, while prefabrication allows for faster and easier construction. The concrete base is built by local craftsmen who are proficient in RCC construction and are valued throughout the country for their skills; they also supervise the entire construction.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Through an emphasis on a participatory and skill development-centric approach, the facility enables local job creation by providing a complete value chain with infrastructure and capacity building for local people. Livelihood promotions for both farming and non-farming villagers are thus supported. Located in a marginalised area of Meghalaya, prone to flooding and earthquakes, the building is designed to be resilient and durable, acting as safe haven for the populace in times of disaster. It additionally serves as a landmark and prototype, giving the community a sense of identity and reflecting their commitment to sustainable development.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The project involves 2 groups: the producer group of farmers who grow fruit and vegetables, and the processor group, a cooperative made up of 50 farmers who add value and provide the link to the market connections. There are about 200 producer groups, each with 20 farmers. The state government funds capacity building and development, while AFISI provides training, business plans, and supply chains. The project creates 100 new jobs & increases the income of over 4000 farmers, 60% of whom are women. It promotes sustainable agricultural practices and supports the local economy. It also houses a community center for these farmers and their families, hosting ethnic, cultural, and recreational events.Save this picture!The project aims to reduce the wastage of ripe jackfruit, estimated to be worth USD 52 million per season, in the Garo Hills. This amount is recuperated through the production of value-added items from the jackfruit, such as canned food, chips, pickles, and flour. It further highlights the replicable nature of this model through affordability and ease of assembly. Rapid construction of the plant is made possible by the use of prefabricated steel components that are economical, light, and easy to transport and install in remote locations. In addition, local expertise in concrete construction is used, which supports the economy and ensures the longevity of the structure and continued job creation.Save this picture!The Jackfruit processing unit and community centre promote sustainable agriculture practices. The building is designed to harvest rainwater, reducing the dependency on external sources of water. It is powered by solar energy, reducing its carbon footprint and promoting renewable energy use. The slim footprint and orientation of the structure allow for minimal heat gain from the west while letting in adequate north light and facilitating cross-ventilation. The double-skin construction provides thermal insulation and passive cooling, creating a healthy and sustainable working environment for its users.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this officeatArchitectureOffice••• MaterialConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on April 09, 2025Cite: "Jackfruit Processing Unit and Community Centre / atArchitecture" 09 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. 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