Monday, February 03, 2020

3 February - iGoogle Portal - Tab 6 - MSM


  • Texas finished 15th in a study by the website Rich States, Poor States that examined the 50 states’ economic outlooks based on 15 weighted policy measures. The economic outlook...

  • Pew quiz: ‘How much do you know about state debt?’ Findings might surprise you

    3 hours ago
  • A new quiz produced by Pew Charitable Trusts, “How Much Do You Know About State Debt?” presents information about state debt in the answers to five challenging multiple choice...

  • BREAKING: Rush Limbaugh Announces Advanced Lung Cancer Diagnosis

    6 hours ago

    • A conservative talk show icon announced today why he has had so many recent absences from his famed golden mic. Rush Limbaugh announced he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer...

      Lifehacker



  • It should go without saying — but is well worth saying anyway! — that the choice of lube is an entirely personal choice. From a cleaning perspective, however, water-based lubes...

  • 4 hours ago
  • Jezebel 'He Was Implying I Was a Liar': What Happened After I Was Sexually Assaulted at the VA  |The Root What’s Better Than One Billionaire Remaining Seated During the Super...

  • Use Samsung's 'Good Lock' App to Customize Android 10, Finally

    5 hours ago

    • Android 10 is finally available on several of the latest Samsung smartphones via the One UI 2.0 update, but as many Samsung owners discovered, the latest version of Android did not...

    Pesticide Action Network



  • A new study finds that people with the highest exposure to pyrethroids were three times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...

  • New study: Exposure to common pesticide increases risk of death

    13 days ago
  • New research from University of Iowa has some sobering findings on the impacts of exposure to pyrethroids. The study found that people with the highest exposure to the widely used...

  • Pesticide drift protections under attack

    18 days ago

    • Farmworkers are already some of the least protected workers in the country. And EPA is proposing to weaken an existing rule protecting farmworkers and their communities from pesticide...


      World news | The Guardian



  • Authorities call for improvements following ‘difficulties exposed in response to the epidemic’, as US reports second person-to-person transmission – latest updatesChina’s...

  • Harvey Weinstein's rape trial abruptly halted amid witness's panic attack

    4 hours ago
  • Judge suspended proceedings until Tuesday morning after a key witness was unable to bring her crying under controlHarvey Weinstein’s rape trial in New York had to be brought to...

  • Iowa caucuses kick off as voters decide who they want to lead Democrats against Trump – live

    17 minutes ago

    • Bernie Sanders goes into caucuses with slight polling edgeTrump wins uncompetitive Republican caucuses Iowa caucuses: live results as they come inHelp us cover the critical issues...

      Techdirt.



  • Since the day of Google's launch of Stadia, its video game streaming platform that was supposed to be the end of home consoles, the platform arrived to reactions that ranged from "meh"...

  • Smaller Cable Companies Are Giving Up On Cable TV Altogether

    5 hours ago
  • As giants like Amazon, Apple, AT&T, and Comcast rush to dominate the TV market, smaller cable providers are suddenly finding themselves unable to compete. Pay TV margins have...

  • Facebook Pays $550 Million Settlement In Illinois Facial Recognition Lawsuit, Which Could Pose Problems For Clearview

    6 hours ago

    • Late last week, legally and ethically-dubious facial recognition tech developer Clearview was sued for violating an Illinois law making certain collection and storage of biometric...

      BBC News - Home



  • The top leadership says emergency management must improve as the outbreak claims 360 lives.

  • HIV vaccine hopes dashed by trial results

    10 hours ago
  • Experts share "deep disappointment" an experimental jab does not offer protection against HIV.

  • Malawi election: Court orders new vote after May 2019 result annulled

    7 hours ago

    • There have been protests in the country after May's election, which the incumbent president won.



      memeorandum




  • Washington Post: How the Senate can still hold Trump accountable  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP is on his way to acquittal in his Senate trial, but in one important respect the outcome is...

  • AP VoteCast: Health care, climate are top issues in Iowa (Associated Press)

    35 minutes ago
  • Associated Press: AP VoteCast: Health care, climate are top issues in Iowa  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Democrats came to the state's caucuses Monday with key issues dominating...

  • How to watch the Iowa caucuses (Axios)

    an hour ago

    • Axios: How to watch the Iowa caucuses  —  Everyone can be a winner in tonight's Iowa caucuses, where the main event starts at 8 pm ET and the conclusive results might not trickle...


      The Register




  • Full-year profit up 14% to $34.3bn, YouTube bringing in $15bn ad sales – and shares down Google's parent Alphabet on Monday reported $162bn in revenue for its 2019 fiscal year, up...

  • Your mobile network broke the law by selling location data and may be fined millions... or maybe not, shrugs FCC

    an hour ago
  • US watchdog struggles to do its job over illegal sale of folks' whereabouts It’s been nearly two years since it was first revealed that US cellular networks were selling real-time...

  • What a terrible result from this year's Super Bowl. Can you believe it? Awful. Yes, we're talking about the tech ads

    2 hours ago

    • Verizon's hypocrisy, Amazon's negging, odd targeting from Google Comment It all looked so good. A stunning third quarter in Sunday’s Super Bowl left the San Francisco 49ers looking...


      BBC News - Technology




  • A report by Ofcom also found that 3-8 year olds are watching YouTube for eight hours a week on average.

  • YouTube shines but Google ads continue to slow

    3 hours ago
  • Google-owner Alphabet shares details of YouTube's ad business for the first time.

  • BlackBerry breaks up with phone-maker TCL

    10 hours ago

    • Chinese phone-maker TCL will no longer produce BlackBerry-branded smartphones.


      Further




  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • The Emperor's Clothes

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  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer

  • Just Desserts: Resistance By Wind, Cake, Shepherd, Tunnel and Hymn To The 81%

    4 days ago

    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer


    ForceChange




  • Shipowners are endangering the atmosphere and climate by turning to natural gas to power their vessels. Sign this petition to demand that ships be powered by clean, renewable energy...
  • ( That would be return of the junk. These jokers have no concept of full time energy supply. Ships are intrinsically among the most efficient  methods of transport.)

  • Delete Gruesome Video of Travel Presenter Eating Exotic Bat

    12 hours ago
  • A Chinese travel presenter viciously tore apart a whole bat and ate it on camera. Now, the video has resurfaced along with news that the coronavirus may have originated in the bat population...

  • Allow for All Necessary Witnesses in Impeachment Trial

    12 hours ago

    • The impeachment trial of President Trump could go on without additional key witnesses, meaning that justice may be obstructed. Senator Cory Gardner expressed publicly that he does...


      Science: Current Issue




  • Cancer immunotherapies that target the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1):programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint pathway have ushered in the modern oncology era. Drugs...

  • Envision a future, make it so

    5 days ago

  • News at a glance

    5 days ago



    •   Unexplained Mysteries




  • A new NASA video shows a simulation of what would happen if all the world's oceans were to drain away. In recent years we've heard a lot about the pot...

  • Mystery as skeletons found with hands tied

    14 hours ago
  • Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of over 40 skeletons in shallow graves at a building site in England. The grisly find was made in December...

  • Voyager 2 is back online after power glitch

    19 hours ago

    • The long-lived spacecraft went into fault protection mode last week after unexpectedly drawing too much power. Currently situated a whopping 11.5 bill...


      Network Front | The Guardian




  • Authorities call for improvements following ‘difficulties exposed in response to the epidemic’, as US reports second person-to-person transmission – latest updatesChina’s...

  • No terrorism offenders to be released without review, says minister

    8 hours ago
  • Emergency legislation will retrospectively toughen terms of sentences being served by 220 terrorist offendersThe government has responded to the knife attack in Streatham by...

  • Iowa caucuses kick off as voters decide who they want to lead Democrats against Trump – live

    17 minutes ago

    • Bernie Sanders goes into caucuses with slight polling edgeTrump wins uncompetitive Republican caucuses Iowa caucuses: live results as they come inHelp us cover the critical issues...


      SPACE.com




  • Executive producer Alex Kurtzman spoke to Space.com at the "Star Trek: Picard" world premiere in Hollywood.

  • Lego releases International Space Station, offers bonus space patch

    8 hours ago
  • Like the orbiting laboratory on which it was modeled, Lego's new International Space Station has a mission patch.

  • Save Up to 56% on an 'All About Space' Subscription Now

    8 hours ago

    • If you love Space.com, then do we have a special treat for you. Our sister publication All About Space is offering a free look at their print magazine and you can see read it online here...


      Trend.Az - All news




  • Two commercial buses traveling along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway had a head-on collision due to speeding and reckless driving

  • Brazil to declare emergency, quarantine people returning from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

    39 minutes ago
  • Alarmed by the growing risks of a new coronavirus, Brazil has decided to repatriate Brazilians from Wuhan, China, and will declare a national health emergency...

  • Justice Department meeting state AG offices Tuesday to discuss Google

    an hour ago

    • The Justice Department and nearly all state attorneys general have opened investigations into allegations that Alphabet’s Google has broken antitrust law...


      Science This Week in Science TOC RSS Feed





  • Pulsar timing detects frame dragging

    5 days ago

  • African schizophrenia genetic variants

    5 days ago





      All Things Considered : NPR





  • Minutes away from the start of the Iowa caucuses, NPR's political team is the Midwestern state with the candidates — and also in the studio awaiting results...

  • Muslims Near Detroit, Mich. On Faith And Politics, Part 2

    5 hours ago
  • NPR's Audie Cornish speaks to a group of Muslim people in Dearborn, Mich. about Muslim women now serving in the U.S. Congress and about divisions within the Islamic community...

  • Why The World Cares More About The New Coronavirus Than The Flu

    5 hours ago

    • Every year, viruses like influenza kill hundreds of thousands worldwide — yet countries don't respond with lockdowns or airport screenings. Here's why they're doing so over the...



      Ireland: BreakingNews.ie





  • Hundreds of schools nationwide are to remain shut today as almost 20,000 educators strike over what they describe as an ongoing failure to eliminate pay discrimination within the...

  • Health’s €285k bill to secure former HQ

    2 hours ago
  • The Department of Health spent more than €285,000 guarding its empty former headquarters at Hawkins House after moving to new offices.

  • Competitors challenge funding for Cork event centre

    4 hours ago

    • The new €50m State funding package for the beleaguered Cork event centre project is facing a High Court legal challenge.



      Science@NASA Headline News





  • This blog post originated in the 2018 Science Mission Directorate Science and Technology Report. PROJECT Nanoscale vacuum channel transistor (NVCT) KEY POINTS To help protect...

  • NASA’s MAVEN Explores Mars to Understand Radio Interference at Earth

    10 hours ago
  • Portal origin URL: NASA’s MAVEN Explores Mars to Understand Radio Interference at EarthPortal origin nid: 454126Published: Monday, February 3, 2020 - 11:00Featured...

  • Spots, Waves and Wind: A Solar Science Timeline | Full Text

    11 hours ago

    • Portal origin URL: Spots, Waves and Wind: A Solar Science Timeline | Full TextPortal origin nid: 457846Published: Monday, February 3, 2020 - 10:00Featured (stick to top of...



      How to of the Day





  • Market predictions often aren't accurate, and it's seldom wise to attempt to time your investments to match the whims of market movement. However, if all signs point to a recession...

  • How to Style Chelsea Boots (for Women)

    10 hours ago
  • Chelsea boots are known for their versatility and can easily complement dressy and casual looks. Pair your boots with skinny jeans, a graphic T-shirt, and a leather jacket for an edgy...

  • How to Save Gas when You're Driving

    18 hours ago

    • Saving gas is good for both the environment and your wallet. While keeping your car in good condition and using a fuel-efficient vehicle are good methods to accomplish this goal. You...



      Democracy Now!





  • As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread, the United States has declared a public health emergency and is barring foreign nationals who have recently traveled to China from...

  • ACLU: Trump Is Expanding His Racist Travel Ban, This Time Targeting Africans

    12 hours ago
  • The Trump administration has expanded its contested travel ban to six additional countries — most of which are African nations. Under the new restrictions, nationals of Nigeria...

  • "A Grand Tragedy": Democrats Slam Republican Stonewalling in Senate Impeachment Trial

    13 hours ago

    • The Republican-controlled Senate appears poised to acquit President Trump in just the third impeachment trial in U.S. history, with a final vote on the two articles of impeachment...



      News : NPR





  • Results from the Iowa caucuses are coming in, marking the official start of the 2020 election primary and caucus season. Tune in to NPR's live audio coverage and analysis throughout...

  • 'I Don't Believe This Is Happening': 911 Call Reveals Chaos After Delta Fuel Dump

    2 hours ago
  • NPR has obtained audio of a 911 call made in the immediate aftermath of an incident, where Delta Air Lines Flight 89 dropped 15,000 gallons of jet fuel over the Los Angeles area...

  • Researchers Link Autism To A System That Insulates Brain Wiring

    4 hours ago

    • Brains affected by autism appear to share a problem with cells that make myelin, the insulating coating surrounding nerve fibers that controls the speed at which the fibers convey...



    WebMD Health





  • The risk was lowest among those who breast-fed exclusively, meaning the baby received breast milk only -- no liquids or solid foods. Early menopause is the end of menstruation before...

  • Untreated Sleep Apnea Puts Your Heart at High Risk

    5 hours ago
  • The AASM points to several major warning signs and risk factors for sleep apnea: snoring, choking or gasping, fatigue, obesity and high blood pressure...

  • Meat Still Isn't Healthy, Study Confirms

    5 hours ago

    • These latest findings might seem to contradict an earlier study -- published in the fall in the Annals of Internal Medicine -- that had meat fans cheering. That study reported researchers...
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