The Supreme Court announced Thursday that judges will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s defiance of the House Judiciary Committee’s attempt to access the secret materials of the grand jury of the Robert Mueller investigation in Russia. This is a major setback for the Democratic-led committee, which has been trying …
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Covid-19 – Oxford University Leads Vaccine Race | Brittany
July 2, 2020 Editor’s Note: Part of our Covid-19 coverage is free to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. For more stories and our pandemic tracker, see our hub yesORIENTAL DE Y OXFORD Ring road, some distance from the famous spiers, is a collection of glass office buildings …
Read More »LIGO is so sensitive that it flinches with the quantum noise of light.
Enlarge / / LIGO mirrors are a bit large for experiencing quantum effects. Quantum effects are generally considered small and fragile. Usually we can only detect them when things are small and remain close to absolute zero, and are flooded by non-quantum effects outside of those conditions. Mainly. In the …
Read More »Tigers first MLB team to partner with bookmaker
The Detroit Tigers on Thursday announced a multi-year deal with PointsBet sportsbook, the first such partnership between a Major League Baseball franchise and a sportsbook. Starting this season, PointsBet signage will be displayed at Comerica Park. The sportsbook will be featured on the Detroit Tigers radio network and on the …
Read More »‘Mad Men’ episode containing blackface will not cut, will have content warning before users can stream
AMC’s “Mad Men” will not edit or delete an episode in which a character appears on a black face, but will instead choose to add a content warning at the beginning of the episode. The popular AMC drama, which aired for seven seasons before giving its last bow in 2015, …
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