The resurgence of cases that affects more than half of U.S. states and territories fueled concerns among health experts on Tuesday, as new diagnoses continue to rise within U.S. borders. With infections increasing in the Sun Belt states, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
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$ 1 billion transferred from NYPD on a budget that no one likes
New York City officials agreed Tuesday on a grim coronavirus-era budget that will dramatically cut city services, impose a hiring freeze, and, in a move to tamp down calls to disburse police, change $ 1,000. million from the Police Department. The $ 88.1 billion budget reflected the economic shutdown that …
Read More »Snohomish Executive Says COVID-19 Rise Force County to Return to Phase One
This is a bad sign for COVID-19’s reopening plan in western Washington. On Tuesday, Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers said the area was in danger of reversing its reopening course amid a recent spike in cases of the new coronavirus, if things did not improve soon. Snohomish, like King County, …
Read More »Amber fossils unlock the true color of the 99 million year old insect.
Various insects of structural color in the mid-cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Credit: NIGPAS Nature is full of colors, from the radiant glow of a peacock’s feathers or the bright warning coloration of toxic frogs to the pearl-white camouflage of polar bears. Typically, the fine structural details required for color …
Read More »Listen to ‘Some Song’ by Elliott Smith from the previously unreleased live album
Kill Rock Stars has released Elliott Smith’s “Some Song,” a song from the unreleased live album by the late songwriters, Live in Umbra Penumbra, on August 28. “Some Song” first appeared on the seven-inch single “Needle in the Hay” in 1995. “I have a rock song I’d like to play,” …
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