Floral, Mauritius – The bodies of whales, turtles and other sea creatures have been washed ashore in Mauritius five weeks after thousands of tonnes of oil spilled off the coast of the Indian Ocean island. Fishermen told NBC News they found a watermelon-headed whale near the spot where the Japanese-owned …
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New Orleans after Katrina: This for-profit will still help rebuild the city after another 15 years
Fifteen years later, Crescent City’s most vulnerable are still struggling. But over the past two and a half decades, the national nonprofit Rebuild Building has helped restore families together, and has carried out serious repairs to 1,750 homes there. Born together with Reconstruction in the Midlands of Texas, a small …
Read More »How the University of Arizona used No. 2 to solve its No. 1 problem: coronavirus
The University of Arizona made a bold claim this week: it stopped the coronavirus outbreak before it started. Universities around the US are struggling with an outbreak while trying to start a fall semester. But in the dorm of Lickinson Hall, across the street from the University of Riyadh recreation …
Read More »A new method for removing harmful heat bursts in toroidal toxins
Physicists Rafi Nazikian and Kiming Hu, whose background is a figure from research. Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Commun Fees of Communications Picture an airplane that can only go one or two heights after taking off. That limitation may be similar to that of scientists who seek to avoid instability …
Read More »Thamas Mus Nido confirmed that he was a Mets player who was positive for Covid-19
Tomas Nido announced all but he is the Mets player who has tested positive for COVID-19. The team’s backup catcher posted a photo of himself in uniform on Instagram and wrote: “I missed out with my brothers! Can’t wait to get back on the field soon. Wear your mask and …
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