Five longtime friends from Argentina, celebrating the anniversary of their high school graduation, two young Americans and a Belgian mother were among those killed in Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City, officials and family members said. Eight people died and 11 others were seriously injured after a 29-year-old driver, […]
Daily Archives: November 1, 2017
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Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, invoked an uncited Bible verse in a highly criticized announcement that he would change EPA rules so scientists who receive funding from the agency cannot serve on its advisory boards. The decision, which is unprecedented, has prompted outrage among the scientific community. But beyond that, […]
Usage of the phrase, heavily popularised by US President Donald Trump, is said to have increased by 365 per cent since 2016. Defined as “false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting”, fake news will now be added to the next print edition of the Collins Dictionary. […]
And the warning signs could help doctors prescribe preventative steps which might be as simple as taking regular aspirin. Researchers claim people who have indicators in their blood of inflammations in their 40s and 50s may have more brain shrinkage decades later. Scientists have found a link between cell loss […]
Unlike on PS4 and Xbox One, The Destiny 2 Leviathan Raid arrives complete with the new Challenge Mode from launch. The new mode adds a new challenge that must be completed while running through the game’s only Raid. Like many activities in Destiny 2, the Leviathan raid offers Challenges that […]
New maps of Greenland’s coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought.
Researchers reported that the domestic ferrets in North America and Australia had extremely low genetic diversity, whereas ferrets in Europe had higher genetic diversity, as periodic hybridization with wild polecats appears to occur. However, all the countries sampled had ferrets with lower genetic diversity than their wild ancestors.
FILE – In this April 20, 2013 file photo, male greater sage grouse perform mating rituals for a female grouse, not pictured, on a lake outside Walden, Colo. Two governors are warning the Trump administration against big changes in a plan to protect the ground-dwelling bird across the West, saying […]