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Breaking The Patrisharky | University of California - San Diego

Sand tiger sharks mating at Georgia Aquarium. Credit: Georgia Aquarium Scientists reexamine gender biases in shark, ray mating research March 4, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Shark scientists at Georgia Aquariu ...

BOOKS: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change | Jeff Rowe

Credit: CC0 Public Domain "How to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," by Bill Gates (Knopf) Feb. 17, 2021 (AP) -- Watching Bill Gates in the news over the ye ...

Why Democrats are as Dangerous as Republicans to a Just Peace in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud"Leaving Aside" International Law Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 14, 2021 Motivated by their justifiable aversion to former U.S. President Trump, many analysts have rashly pain ...

The Gamers’ Uprising Against Wall Street Has Deep Populist Roots | Ellen Brown

Ellen Brown -- Web of Debt Feb. 11, 2021 Wall Street may own the country, as Kansas populist leader Mary Elizabeth Lease once declared, but a new generation of “retail” stock market traders is fighti ...

Most Of Those Arrested For Capitol Riot Had A History Of Financial Trouble | Todd C. Frankel

Trail of bankruptcies, tax problems and bad debts raises questions for researchers trying to understand motivations for attack Feb. 10, 2021 (Washington Post) -- Nearly 60 percent of the people facin ...

Friends Matter: Giraffes That Group With Others Live Longer | University of Zurich

Female giraffes benefit from living in groups with several other females. Credit: Sonja Metzger Feb. 9, 2020 (Phys.org) -- Adult female giraffes living in larger groups have higher survival chances t ...

Vegan Diet Better For Weight, Cholesterol Than Mediterranean Diet | Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- A vegan diet is more effective for weight loss than a Mediterranean diet, a groundbreaking new study shows. The randomized crossover trial, w ...

Computer Model Shows If You'll Die From COVID-19 | University of Copenhagen

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Artificial intelligence is able to predict who is most likely to die from the coronavirus. In doing so, it can also help decide who should be ...

Ramanujan Machine Creates Mathematical Conjectures | Israel Institute of Technology

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Feb. 5, 2021 (Phys.org) -- Using AI and computer automation, researchers have developed a "conjecture generator" that creates mathematical conjectures, which are considered ...

Smartphone-based COVID-19 test delivers results in 10 minutes | University of Arizona

UArizona researchers image a sample using a smartphone microscope. Credit: UArizona Biosensors Lab Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- Researchers at the University of Arizona are developing a COVID-19 ...

Pandemic slows across world | AFP

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Jan. 29, 2021 (MedicalXpress) -- The COVID-19 pandemic slowed down in every region of the world over the past week, according to a specialised AFP database. Here is ...