Activists in South Africa decapitated a statue of 19th-century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, a diamond magnate who became wealthy from the work of black miners and then limited the amount of land they could own. The statue in Cape Town is the last to be targeted as part of a …
Read More »Chuck Woolery’s Twitter account disappears after his son receives coronavirus – Deadline
A few days after President Donald Trump retweeted his rejection of anything related to the coronavirus, former game show host Chuck Woolery’s Twitter account no longer existed. It was unclear Wednesday night whether the disappearance was related to a widespread hack Twitter experienced earlier Wednesday, or whether Twitter or Woolery …
Read More »Fauci warns that COVID-19 could be as bad as the 1918 flu pandemic
Similarities, differences between the 1918 and 2020 pandemics In many ways, 2020 looks like 1918, the year the great flu pandemic was triggered. As then, science cannot crush an insidious but preventable infectious disease before hundreds of thousands die from it. WASHINGTON – The country’s leading infectious disease expert warned …
Read More »COSMA supercomputer reveals dramatic impact of massive planetary collisions
Cross section of the still image showing the impact (box) and consequences (main image) of a 3D simulation of a giant planetary impact using 100 million particles, colored by their internal energy, similar to their temperature. Credit: Dr. Jacob Kegerreis, University of Durham. According to new research, the giant impacts …
Read More »Myles Garrett is the next Joe Thomas or Ozzie Newsome of the Cleveland Browns
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A newborn can wear a Myles Garrett T-shirt through first grade. You there, clinging to the limit of your 30s: The Browns’ 40th birthday tickets will include the opportunity to see Garrett live. Anyone looking for future hope in the midst of this pandemic present? The Browns’ …
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