But a “sharp rise” in new cases has engulfed contact tracers, leading to delays and a “backlog of positive cases whose cases are yet to be handed over to the case investigator,” the North Dakota Health Department said this week. “Close contacts will no longer be contacted by public health …

An interesting system called 4U 1916-053 has two stars in remarkably close orbit. One is the main part of the star that has stripped its outer layers, leaving a star that is thicker than the sun. Another is a neutron star, which is also made of a weaker object when …

There are interesting stories with the start of the 2020 Zozo Championship, especially as this event counts as the last of three PGA Tour events directly on the West Coast, before the East turns to the Masters at Gusta National. Tiger Woods is playing for the first time in a …

Stephen Colbert “Around this time of the election, every four years, people begin to worry about the October surprise,” Stephen Colbert said Wednesday evening, just 13 days before the election. And on Wednesday, “We were more surprised than October. We were horrified in October, following the conciliatory scene of Rudy …

Twelve more than .IP file What Nintendo doing There is a treasure trove of video games spanning almost 40 years, including only a significant number of Japanese hits and curios. Is today’s news a sign of more to come – to keep the pressure away from its primary, locked-down studio? …