June 28, 2020 Alexis Lafreniere has the eyes of 16 teams on him at the moment. (Photo: Vincent Ethier / CHL)Since the “mystery team” won the NHL Draft Lottery last Friday night, a group of teams have fans debating whether it would be better to lose the qualifying round. This …
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VybPro: this teenager invented a watch that warns you about touching your face so you don’t get coronavirus
But in the midst of a pandemic, such a common habit can quickly become fatal, with our hands transferring germs from contaminated surfaces to our eyes, ears, noses, or mouths. That’s what inspired 15-year-old Max Melia from the UK to invent Vybpro, a watch that can help prevent people from …
Read More »Oil refining helps China’s industrial earnings recover in May
China’s industrial gains recovered in May, signaling a shift in the fortunes of sectors such as oil refining following the devastation caused by the coronavirus blockade earlier in the year. Profits from large-scale industrial companies rose 6 percent yoy in May, after declining 4.3 percent in April, marking the first …
Read More »The Health District reports the first COVID-19 deaths in 18 days in Spokane County
June 28, 2020 1:56 PM Connor Sarles Aware: June 28, 2020 1:56 PM Updated: June 28, 2020 2:08 PM SPOKANE, Washington. – The Spokane Regional Health District reports that 39 people died from COVID-19 in Spokane County, and 1,224 tested positive. This generates 25 new positive cases and two deaths …
Read More »The magnetic history of ice
The history of our planet has been written, among other things, in the periodic inversion of its magnetic poles. Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science propose a new way to read this historical record: on ice. Their findings, which were recently reported in Letters of Earth and Planetary Science, …
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