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When the sheriff in Marion County, Fla, wrote an email to his deputies this week about a new mask assignment, he expected there would be complaints. “I can hear the crying already,” Sheriff Billy Woods wrote, noting that he did not “take the decision easily.” And at a time when …

Photo: Twitter / Chris Cassidy Galapagos Islands are a group of volcanic islands that lie in the Pacific Ocean and are part of Ecuador. Trending Desk Last updated: 18:44, 12 August 2020 IST NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy shared the enchanting photos of the Galapagos Islands on his twitter grip. Astronauts …

While school systems in the country face the countless challenges of reopening amid the pressure of a rebellious coronavirus pandemic, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has reported herself in her sprawling estate in Michigan. At the same time, public attitudes about resurgence have been fueled as schools experiment with personal learning …

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist who received credit for inventing the pixel and scanning the world’s first digital photo, died Aug. 11 at his home in Portland at the age of 91. Berch, born in Manhattan in 1929, was the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Hungary. Educated at …

Scientists believe that coronavirus recovery is likely to leave a person with some immunity, but it is not clear how strong it is or how long it will last. Re-immunity is the idea that a disease ceases to spread once a population becomes immune – and is appealing because, in …