D.C. Makes It A Crime To Wear Masks. So Why Was A Group Of White Nationalists Able To?
More than 100 members of the Patriot Front hate group marched through D.C. on Feb. 8, almost all of them wearing white face masks.
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And it was that last sartorial choice that attracted attention on social media, where some people asked why the group — Patriot Front, an organizat…
Coronavirus: Trump contradicts his own health experts on threat posed by deadly virus
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Venezuela is considering privatization in the oil sector
Facing economic collapse and severe sanctions, Venezuela’s socialist government proposes to provide a majority stake and control over its oil industry to large international corporations. The privatization of the sector will mark the end of decades of state control. The government of President Nicolas Maduro has already held talks with Russia’s Rosneft, Spain’s Repsol and Italy’s Eni. The idea is to allow them to take over state-controlled oil assets and restructure some of the debt of the state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA). The proposal, which could prove crucial for the sector in the country, is still at an early stage and will have to deal with significant obstacles. Venezuela’s legislation must be amended to make privatization a reality. There are also controversies in Caracas over how to fund operations because US companies are not allowed to do business with the Maduro regime because of Washington sanctions. They also limit investments by non-US companies in Venezuela.
Macrolide use in pregnancy tied to higher risk of birth defects
The study, published this week in the BMJ, looked at data on more than 100,000 children born in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2016 to mothers who were prescribed macrolides or penicillins at any time during their pregnancy. The results showed that the association between risk of any birth defe…
'Magic mushroom' drug reduces anxiety and depression in cancer patients, study says
A single dose of psilocybin, a compound found in magic mushrooms, could provide long-term relief of anxiety and depression in cancer patients, a new study says.
In a Huge First, Physicists Have Captured Individual Atoms And Watched Them Merge
To understand how atoms unite to turn into molecules, we need to catch them in action. But to do that, physicists must force atoms to pause long enough for their exchanges to be recorded. That's no easy task, and one physicists from the University of Otago have only just recently achieved.
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Apartment Communities Setting Science-Based Targets and Making Deep Cuts in Emissions and Waste
Mark Delisi is the Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at AvalonBay Communities. In this position, he leads all Corporate Responsibility initiatives, including strategic philanthropy, environmental sustainability, responsible supply chain, and public reporting.
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Neuroscience Study Finds Evidence That Meditation Increases The Entropy Of Brainwaves
“We are witnessing a significant psychedelic renaissance, both in society and science. Psychedelics are being reconsidered as relatively safe tools to investigate the relationship between brain, mind and consciousness, in addition to promising clinical options to treat certain psychiatric disord…
China releases largest study on Covid-19 outbreak
You can study only the cases you find, and other scientists have estimated there could be 10 times as many people infected as are ending up in the official statistics. That means the overall death rate is likely to be lower than the one reported in this study.
The study suggests that th…
Heart doctors 'held back stent death data'
A spokesman for Abbott said: "The study's execution, data collection, analysis and interpretation were entirely performed by independent research organisations. The publication of three-year Excel data reflects the original follow-up period and endpoints the study was powered to assess."
North Carolina court blocks voter ID law as discriminatory
In December, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction against the same voter ID law, finding that it was at least partially motivated by an attempt to discriminate against certain voters in violation of their rights to equal protection under the law as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.…
President Trump commutes sentence of former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, who served time in Colorado
"We have commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich. He served eight years in jail. That’s a long time. I watched his wife on television. I don’t know him very well, I met him a couple of times. He was on a show that I had ‘The Apprentice,’ years ago. Seems like a very nice person. He served eight…
IRS sues Facebook for $9B, says company offshored profits to Ireland
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'The idea is that art can help': how Art Basel Miami tackled the climate crisis
But beyond the silliness, sustainability was a dominating theme this year at the 17th edition of the week-long art event, which always draws art lovers to over 300 exhibitions, a dozen art fairs and hundreds of VIP parties. Which is ironic, considering Miami art week is probably the most excessi…
$1 Invested in Resilience Can Save $4–7 in Post-Disaster Costs.
Stephen Jordan is the CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Development, an organization that works with communities and businesses to recover from past disasters and to anticipate and prepare for future threats and opportunities. Stephen is an internationally recognized expert in sustainability,…
The world’s most polluted river | DW Documentary
The Citarum River in Indonesia is the world’s most polluted river. One of the main polluters is the fashion industry: 500 textile factories throw their wastewater directly into the river.The filmmakers teamed up with international scientists to investigate the causes and consequences of this pol…
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Extinction Rebellion protests hit London Fashion Week
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Fast-charging, long-running, bendy energy storage breakthrough
A new bendable supercapacitor made from graphene, which charges quickly and safely stores a record-high level of energy for use over a long period, has been developed and demonstrated by UCL and Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers.
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Time spent watching television does not replace physical activity for Finnish men – unlike for Finnish women
Previous studies have found prolonged television time to be more harmful to health than other domains of sedentariness. A recent longitudinal study with a ten-year follow-up examined how the television viewing time of Finnish adults was associated with their physical activity level during leisur…
The real ‘paleo diet’ may have been full of toxic metals
You’ll be healthier if you ate as your ancestors did. At least that’s the promise of some modern fads such as the “caveman” or paleo diet—characterized by avoiding processed food and grains and only eating things like meat, fish, and seeds. But a new study suggests the food some early humans in …
Iran Says US Must Fix Its Own 'Nontransparent' and Undemocratic Elections Before Lecturing Others
Mousavi appeared to be referring to the Electoral College, the archaic system the U.S. uses to elect its president every four years. Two of the last three presidents—George W. Bush and Donald Trump—have lost the popular vote yet won the presidential election thanks to the Electoral College.
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Ancient Antarctic ice melt increased sea levels by 3+ metres – and it could happen again
Mass melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was a major cause of high sea levels during a period known as the Last Interglacial (129,000-116,000 years ago), an international team of scientists led by UNSW’s Chris Turney has found. The research was published today in Proceedings of the National …
Eating less meat is fine with a majority of Americans
More than nine in ten Americans “are willing” to eat more fruits and vegetables, and more than half are open to giving up some red meat and chowing down on more plant-based meat alternatives, according to a new survey of more than a thousand adults in the US by Yale and the nonprofit Earth Day N…
Land near Ranthambore tiger reserve reforested by Indian couple
It was his love for nature and wildlife that led Aditya Singh to quit his Indian civil services job, leave his well-appointed house in Delhi and settle in a remote corner of Rajasthan, abutting the famous Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, in 1998. Over the last 20 years, Singh has been buying tracts of…
Portland now generates electricity from turbines installed in city water pipes
The city of Portland is changing the game of generating electricity with its newest environmental-friendly revolutionary water pipes! In order to come up with a clean and renewable source of energy, the city of Portland partnered with Lucid Energy. Together, they teamed up to deliver clean elect…
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