On Tuesday, the world celebrated a rare piece of good news from 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the wild poliovirus has been eradicated from Africa. The milestone comes after three years without a single case of wild polio recorded anywhere on the continent (there are still so-called …
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Genes captured by chlamydiae were allowed to live a complex life without oxygen
Collection of pore fluid from sediment core for geochemical analysis. Samples are collected with so-called Rhizon samplers on board R / V GO Sars in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea during Center of Geobiology Expedition 2015. Credit: Michel Melcher An international team of researchers has discovered a new group of Chlamydiae – …
Read More »Barack Obama supports Bucks, NBA players leading walkout after Jacob Blake shot
The Milwaukee Bucks led a walkout at Walt Disney World on Wednesday in response to Jacob Blake’s shooting on Sunday, with former President Barack Obama just behind them. Obama tweeted Wednesday night his support for the Bucks and the rest of the league, one of the countless to do so …
Read More »Fox Unveils Sneak Peeks for ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 4 & New Game Show ‘I Can See Your Voice’
Fox announced on Wednesday (August 26) that it will soon be launching a new music program, I can see your voice. The unwritten series, hosted by The masks sing panelist Ken Jeong will debut on September 23 on Fox after the season four premiere of The masks sing. A new …
Read More »New Nintendo Switch FCC Announcements Apparently Fixing New Model with SoC and RAM Changes Next to CPU Board Change
New announcements from Nintendo Switch FCC suggest that Nintendo is planning a Switch revision with changes in the platform’s SoC and RAM. Earlier this week, we reported on a new Switch model that is said to be released in early 2021. After all, this ‘new’ upgraded model can support 4K …
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