As the city of San Francisco approaches its 5,000 confirmed case of COVID-19, probably sometime this week, Mayor London Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax issued some grim predictions for the second half of the year, if infections do not decrease below. San Francisco is potentially analyzing “a …
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Artificial intelligence predicts which planetary systems will survive
While three planets have been detected in the Kepler-431 system, little is known about the shapes of their orbits. To the left are a large number of overlapping orbits for each planet that are consistent with the observations. An international team of astrophysicists led by Princeton’s Daniel Tamayo removed all …
Read More »Learn more about the status of testing rare puppies today, most have already returned negative
Updating today’s bizarre situation earlier with some of the Cubs’ tests not returning in time for the first half of training today, meaning David Ross and five other people pulled out because they weren’t sure they were authorized. It was also notable that David Ross’s message expressly warned that it …
Read More »Nearly 60 universities present a brief challenge in support of the ICE rule on foreign students
Nearly 60 public and private universities are supporting a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the Trump administration from stripping foreign students of visas at universities that choose against in-person classes this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. Harvard University and MIT filed the lawsuit last week in Boston federal court …
Read More »Chance the Rapper asks Twitter: Why vote for Joe Biden on Kanye West for president?
Chicago’s Chance the Rapper himself never shy away from sharing his political views on Twitter, and is known for supporting public education and the Chicago Teachers Union. But few fans and followers could have guessed that the rapper supported Kanye West’s bid for the White House. On Monday morning, Chance …
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