Alex Azar’s Secretary of Health and Human Services’ trip to Taiwan is angry at Beijing. I’m good. Azar will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island since 1979 and the first U.S. Cabinet official to step down in six years. China considers Taiwan a part of itself, has …
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NY Times pledges after op-ed claims it’s 36 years’ since a man and woman ran together on Dem ticket
An advisory piece published on Saturday in The New York Times that wrongly claimed that it is “36 years since a man and woman walked together [in a presidential election] on a Democratic Party ticket “was immediately panned on Twitter, prompting The Times to delete his tweet and correct the …
Read More »New clues about mystery of virus reproduction; non-COVID faxes can help
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Possible “missing link” found in virus reproduction cycle Researchers may have found a missing …
Read More »Memory astronomy | Astronomers use Hubble during an eclipse to detect life on Earth
How would you discover signs of life in a foreign world hundreds of light years from Earth? One way would be to look for molecules in their atmosphere that indicate the presence of life. Sis, oxygen, methane, ozone, etc. removed. That would not prove that strangers live there, but it …
Read More »MLS makes 2020 return to season schedule
Major League Soccer revealed the schedule for the first phase of the return of the 25th season in home markets. As was the case during the MLS’s Back Tournament, the continuation of the season will include extensive protests of health and safety, including regular testing of players, coaches and essential …
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