Thursday, February 20, 2020

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  • Democrat strategist and political commentator James Carville last week aired his grievances against Bernie Sanders and his supporters, invoking a response from the Senator and...

  • Kirk Out: Prominent Texas Democrat’s Exit Forces Special Senate Election GOP Might Just Win

    13 hours ago
  • As a surprise to the Texas Capitol community, longtime Sen. Kirk Watson announced he would be vacating his Austin-based Senate seat to become a university dean. Watson, a Democratic...

  • Now Jim Donelon Is In Trouble For Stating Facts Inconvenient To The Left

    15 hours ago

    • We talked about this a couple of weeks ago, but there is a fraudulent “reform” outfit run by Democrat political operatives Trey Ourso and Eric Holl, who worked on the effort to re-elect...

      Lifehacker


    • 9 hours ago

  • Jalopnik The Bugatti Sedan Was Axed At The Last Minute For Being Too Ugly  |Jezebel The Spooky, Loosely Regulated World of Online Therapy  |The Root We Calculated How Much...

  • The Best Winter Travel Shoes for Men and Women

    15 hours ago
  • Shoes are a terrible thing to travel with. They take up so much space in your luggage, they’re heavy, and it’s hard to find the perfect pair that doesn’t require also packing several...

  • Everything You Need to Know About the New Firefox VPN

    10 hours ago

    • Mozilla launched the beta for its long-planned VPN, Firefox Private Network, adding yet another VPN service for both mobile and desktop users. There’s currently a waitlist for...

    Pesticide Action Network



  • When a dangerous chemical like chlorpyrifos that has been widely used for pest management is eliminated, what takes its place? Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...

  • Celebrating democracy, protecting our keiki

    15 days ago

    • Last month I had the pleasure of attending the opening day of the state legislature in Hawai’i. I joined our Protect Our Keiki coalition partners and hundreds of people from across...

      USATODAY - News Top Stories



  • Guide to coronavirus    

  • NEVADA CAUCUSES

    17 hours ago
  • What you need to know    

    •   World news | The Guardian



  • Suspect and one other person found dead after nine killed in attacks earlier on two cafes 25km east of FrankfurtAt least 11 people have been killed – including the suspect – and...

  • Bloomberg roundly attacked by rivals in fiercest Democratic debate so far

    17 minutes ago
  • Billionaire’s record on policing and discrimination condemnedCentrists Buttigieg and Klobuchar rip into each otherWarren gives spirited display and likens Bloomberg to TrumpThe...

  • Coronavirus: South Korean city faces 'unprecedented crisis' after spike in cases – latest news

    36 minutes ago

    • Kindergartens and libraries closed with troops confined to barracks in Daegu city as two Japanese passengers from stricken Diamond Princess ship die 7.05am GMT Here’s a summary...

      Techdirt.



  • If there is ever a Copyright Protectionist Hall of Fame built, it should probably be constructed on the grounds of one Disney theme park or another. As regular readers here will already...

  • College Student Gets Thrown On The Ground And A Gun Pointed At His Head For Committing The Crime Of 'Taking A Selfie While Black'

    8 hours ago
  • The latest crime to result in civil litigation is "taking a selfie while black." Doing so in Illinois gets your face pushed in the snow, a knee in your back, and a gun held to your head...

  • Hey Tom Wheeler: Stick To Net Neutrality, Because Your Understanding Of Section 230 Is... Not Right

    10 hours ago

    • Remember back when former FCC chair Tom Wheeler surprised us all and turned out not to be a dingo. That was cool. But now that he's out of government and working at the Brookings Institution...

      BBC News - Home



  • The suspect was found dead seven hours after targeting shisha bars in the western city of Hanau.

  • Democratic debate: Bloomberg rivals line up to attack billionaire

    3 hours ago
  • The billionaire faces off against opponents for first time in a slugfest debate worthy of Las Vegas.

  • Coronavirus: Two passengers dead from quarantined Diamond Princess

    an hour ago

    • The pair, in their 80s, had been taken off the Diamond Princess after contracting Covid-19.



      memeorandum




  • Josh Greenman / New York Daily News: With the exception of that one exchange, Bloomberg's debate performance was good enough  —  Too bad Mike Bloomberg doesn't have enough money...

  • 6 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in Nevada (New York Times)

    an hour ago
  • New York Times: 6 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in Nevada  —  Bloomberg was on the defensive, Warren carved up her opponents and Klobuchar and Buttigieg tried to take each...

  • Bolton: Testimony wouldn't have changed impeachment outcome (Jonathan Mattise/Associated Press)

    2 hours ago

    • Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press: Bolton: Testimony wouldn't have changed impeachment outcome  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former national security adviser John Bolton...


      The Register




  • Linux Foundation hears your gripes about naming schemes, legacy code, and more With modern applications now composed of 80 to 90 per cent Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), the...

  • Galileo got it wrong – official: Jupiter actually wet, not super-dry: 'No one would have guessed that water might be so variable across the planet'

    2 hours ago
  • The 1990s spacecraft, that is Jupiter contains more water than a previous study suggested, according to recordings from NASA's Juno probe, which were published in Nature Astronomy...

  • Chrome deploys deep-linking tech in latest browser build despite privacy concerns

    6 hours ago

    • It's not a bug, it's a feature, explains the Chocolate Factory Google has implemented a browser capability in Chrome called ScrollToTextFragment that enables deep links to web documents...


      BBC News - Technology




  • Celebrities including Justin Bieber were among those whose data was stolen, one report said.

  • Larry Tesler: Computer scientist behind cut, copy and paste dies aged 74

    4 hours ago
  • Larry Tesler was responsible for many of the innovations that made personal computing accessible.

  • Ransomware-hit US gas pipeline shut for two days

    14 hours ago

    • The entire pipeline was closed after the cyber-security incident.


      Further




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  • Aww Look: Nazis Getting Married

    2 days ago
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  • Brilliant New $5.34 Ladder Defeats Not So Brilliant $2.5 Billion Trump Fever Dream

    5 days ago

    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer


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  • Beehives are being stolen in droves and hacked to bits to support the almond industry, whose overgrowth has already caused many problems for the dwindling honeybee population. This...

  • Protect Threatened National Bird from Harmful Airport

    an hour ago
  • The national bird of the Netherlands is under threat due to the proposed construction of an airport directly in its migratory path. This airport’s placement could subject the near-threatened...

  • Success: Ban on Transgender Children’s Medical Care Fails

    an hour ago

    • Transgender children in South Dakota scored a major victory, as a proposal to take away their rights to medical treatment was thrown out. Health care is a human right that must be upheld...


      Science: Current Issue





  • News at a glance

    7 days ago

  • Scientists in Indonesia fear political interference

    7 days ago



    •   Unexplained Mysteries




  • Scientists have determined what it was that made the fiercest Viking warriors so fearless and ferocious. Famed for their advanced seafaring skills as...

  • SpaceX in new bid to send tourists into space

    19 hours ago
  • The space firm is expanding into the space tourism sector with plans to send tourists as early as 2021. Up to four people will be selected to launch i...

  • Ghost Hunters S2 promises 'indisputable proof'

    a day ago

    • Season two of the rebooted Ghost Hunters TV show will reportedly offer up concrete evidence of the afterlife. One of most popular paranormal TV shows...


      Network Front | The Guardian




  • Suspect and one other person found dead after nine killed in attacks earlier on two cafes 25km east of FrankfurtAt least 11 people have been killed – including the suspect – and...

  • Over half of UK women killed by men die at hands of partner or ex

    2 hours ago
  • Femicide Census for 2018 shows 149 women killed, the highest number since census beganMore than half the women killed by men in the UK in 2018 were killed by a current or former partner...

  • Bloomberg roundly attacked by rivals in fiercest Democratic debate so far

    17 minutes ago

    • Billionaire’s record on policing and discrimination condemnedCentrists Buttigieg and Klobuchar rip into each otherWarren gives spirited display and likens Bloomberg to TrumpThe...


      SPACE.com




  • The new moon occurs Sunday (Feb. 23) at 10:32 a.m. EST (1532 GMT), three days after a waning crescent moon makes a close pass with Saturn and four days before a close pass with Venus...

  • Russia replaces two cosmonauts on next space station crew, citing medical reasons

    8 hours ago
  • Two Russian cosmonauts have been removed from the next scheduled launch to the International Space Station "for medical reasons," according to the Russian space agency. Roscosmos...

  • Watch Mars 'sneak' behind the crescent moon in these amazing views (video)

    10 hours ago

    • The Red Planet briefly disappeared behind the moon for skywatchers in North America on Tuesday (Feb. 18), providing a rare celestial treat for early risers and astrophotographers...


      Trend.Az - All news




  • Данный шаг принят в рамках защиты интересов национальной безопасности и здоровья граждан...

  • Австралия продлила запрет на въезд прибывающим из Китая

    2 minutes ago
  • Australia extends entry ban from China
  • Власти Австралии еще на одну неделю продлили запрет на въезд на территорию страны всем прибывающим...

  • ГЭЦ Азербайджана огласила статистику о впервые принятых на госслужбу

    3 minutes ago
  • Britain will leave the sinking ship At the end of January, they will leave the EU and become a free nation again. The end of the EU has come close. Let us do everything we and other countries can follow the British and create cooperation between sovereign nations without dictatorship from Brussels and Berlin. Czex

    • ГЭЦ огласил статистические данные о кандидатах, желающих быть впервые принятыми на госслужбу...


      Science This Week in Science TOC RSS Feed



  • Conserved gene specifies germ cell

    7 days ago

  • More evidence for a massive turtle

    7 days ago





      All Things Considered : NPR





  • President Trump has named Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell as the new acting director of national intelligence.

  • What's A 'Super-Spreading Event'? And Has It Happened With COVID-19?

    10 hours ago
  • At least 11 cases of the viral disease are linked to a British man's ski trip to the Alps after attending a conference in Singapore.

  • In Colombian City Of Cali, A Legacy Of Salsa Music — And A Tangled History To Match

    11 hours ago

    • The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past, deadly drug cartels. The two are not entirely separate.



      Ireland: BreakingNews.ie





  • It follows the election on February 8.

  • Ó Fearghaíl re-election puts SF and FF neck and neck

    an hour ago
  • Seán Ó Fearghaíl as Ceann Comhairle will leave Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin neck and neck with voting TD numbers in the race to lead the next government...

  • DPC: 75 separate data breaches by Tusla

    an hour ago

    • Tusla is the subject of an inquiry by the Data Protection Commission after the contact and location details of a mother and child victim were “accidentally” disclosed to their...



      Science@NASA Headline News





  • This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Demonstration...

  • NASA Selects Four Possible Missions to Study the Secrets of the Solar System

    6 days ago
  • Portal origin URL: NASA Selects Four Possible Missions to Study the Secrets of the Solar SystemPortal origin nid: 458150Published: Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 15:46Featured...

  • New Horizons Team Uncovers a Critical Piece of the Planetary Formation Puzzle

    7 days ago

    • Portal origin URL: New Horizons Team Uncovers a Critical Piece of the Planetary Formation PuzzlePortal origin nid: 458132Published: Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 10:03Featured...



      How to of the Day





  • Whether it’s in a dresser or a suitcase, folded clothes provide a helpful and less cluttered way for you to organize your everyday life. At any given time of year, you may have a variety...

  • How to Teach Active and Passive Voice

    16 hours ago
  • Passive voice is used in writing when you want to emphasize the object of a sentence, while active voice is used when you want to emphasize the subject of a sentence. Knowing the difference...

  • How to Make an Earbud Holder

    a day ago

    • Earbuds can easily get tangled if you leave the wires loose. If you want to keep your cords organized and easy to use, there are many different ways to make a DIY earbud wrap or container...



      Democracy Now!





  • In its first-ever presidential endorsement, the Latinx and Chicanx organization Mijente endorsed Bernie Sanders on Tuesday ahead of the Nevada caucuses. The group tweeted its...

  • Yale Study Says Medicare for All Would Save U.S. $450 Billion, Prevent Nearly 70,000 Deaths a Year

    18 hours ago
  • As the Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare to take to the debate stage tonight, we turn to a central issue of the campaign: Medicare for All. In a new study, Yale scholars have...

  • Bloomberg Gains in Democratic Primaries, But Has History of Hostility to Unions Key to Voter Turnout

    18 hours ago

    • We continue our conversation with Marcie Wells, activist and waitress who is a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada, and Hamilton Nolan, labor reporter with In...



      News : NPR





  • "Profane swearing" has been illegal in the commonwealth since 1792. The repeal now awaits the governor's signature.

  • Nevada Democratic Primary Debate: Live Updates And Analysis

    7 hours ago
  • Six candidates made the cut for the Las Vegas showdown, including former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has never made the debate stage before...

  • Musician Plays Her Violin During Brain Surgery

    7 hours ago

    • Doctors wanted to ensure they didn't compromise parts of the brain necessary for playing the violin, so they asked their musician patient to play for them mid-operation...



    WebMD Health





  • In this new study, researchers concluded that stinging water is caused by toxin-filled mucus that the jellyfish release into the water. The mucus contains gyrating balls of stinging...

  • Common Plastics Chemicals Linked to Autism Traits in Young Boys

    11 hours ago
  • The study didn't identify a heightened risk for autism per se among boys, but rather a "small" increase in the chance for developing certain autism-related traits by age 3 or 4...

  • Healthy 'Mediterranean Diet' Is Good for Your Microbiome

    12 hours ago

    • The new study finds that older adults who eat a Mediterranean diet tend to have more types of gut bacteria linked with healthy aging.
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