As academic fights progress, the dispute over a recent article on facial masks and how they help prevent the spread of the coronavirus is very good. “It is absolutely riddled with errors,” says Caroline Buckee, an epidemiologist at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, “and it would not …
Read More »The first commercial video call took place 50 years ago today
With the advent of smaller cameras and advancements in signal compression, switchboards, and circuits, AT&T was able to create the Picturephone Mod II for home and office use. It had a 5.5-by-5-inch black-and-white screen, with a resolution of 250 lines and a refresh rate of 30 interlaced frames per second. …
Read More »Goldman Sachs has done the math and a national mask mandate to stop the spread of the coronavirus would have a major impact on the U.S. economy.
Wearing a mask has become a unique problem in the US, which is in the midst of a coronavirus crisis that seems to be out of control every day. However, a recent Goldman Sachs report projects that the lack of a national policy requiring the use of facial coatings across …
Read More »Tulsa community supports 2 officers shot during traffic stop with prayers, flowers
Hundreds of people attended a prayer vigil as the Tulsa community gathered to show support for two police officers who were fighting for their lives after they were shot during a traffic stop, according to a report. The vigil was Monday night, after rookie officer Aurash Zarkeshan and Sgt. Craig …
Read More »Whale sharks have eyeballs covered in small teeth
A whale shark Image: AP (AP) Marine biologists in Japan say whale sharks have eyeballs covered in tiny teeth, in a unique discovery of this huge but gentle aquatic species Teeth are typically used to describe our upper canines.but new investigation published in PLOS One describes the teeth of one …
Read More »