California has purchased thousands of body bags and has dozens of refrigerated storage units on standby as it prepares to deal with a growing death toll from Covid-19. The orders for 5,000 body bags and 60 53-foot-long refrigerated units to have ready for counties and hospitals should be a sobering […]
Daily Archives: December 15, 2020
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LA PAZ (Reuters) – A scientific expedition high in the Bolivian Andes revealed 20 species new to science, including “lilliputian frog” plus four rediscovered species including the “devil-eyed frog” previously thought to be extinct, Conservation International said. The expedition was led by the environmental group and the government of capital […]
Pinduoduo’s Smart Agri Competition A member of the traditional farming teams tending to the strawberry beds at the Smart Agriculture Competition. (Source: Pinduoduo) A member of the traditional farming teams tending to the strawberry beds at the Smart Agriculture Competition. (Source: Pinduoduo) Pinduoduo’s Smart Agri Competition Close-up shot of strawberries […]
AFLW pre-season has rolled around again, appearing from the shadows of a long off-season cast by Covid-19 and the death of my teammate Jacinda Barclay. Our team is sitting around the changeroom while members of the leadership group take it in turns to reflect on how we move forward from […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Early next year, NASA plans to select a maximum of three Astrophysics Pioneers missions, investigations with a maximum price tag of $20 million, Michel Garcia, NASA Astrophysics Division smallsats lead program scientist, said at the virtual American Geophysical Union fall meeting. NASA created the Astrophysics Pioneers initiative […]
Geologists have often served fossil fuel exploration – now is the time for them to focus on climate change and other global sustainability goals, says Christopher Jackson Earth | Comment 9 December 2020 By Christopher Jackson THIS year has brought into sharp focus the importance of scientists in our everyday […]
The first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipped out all around the United States this week, including this batch arriving in Louisville, Kentucky. Michael Clevenger/Pool/Getty Images By Jon Cohen, Kai KupferschmidtDec. 15, 2020 , 4:25 PM Science’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation. In […]
The latest Celebrity Game Face was one for the books! As part of Tuesday, Dec. 15’s episode of the E! series, host and executive producer Kevin Hart led celebrity pairs—Justin Long and his brother Christian Long, Mario Lopez and his wife Courtney Lopez, and longtime friends Taran Killam and Ronnie Kimble—in a series of hilarious games, promising the winning […]