Новости за 11.04.2020

During the “New Rules” segment of Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Bill Maher waded into some contentious waters when he argued that it should be perfectly OK to refer to coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.”Of course, the Trump administration has been trying since March to popularize the term “Chinese virus,” which critics say is racist and may have inspired racist attacks on Asian-Americans. But in Maher’s view, the term is useful for understanding where the infection originated and not only that... Читать дальше...

During the “New Rules” segment of Friday’s episode of “Real Time,” Bill Maher waded into some contentious waters when he argued that it should be perfectly OK to refer to coronavirus as the “Chinese virus.”

Patients and their kin have been facing difficulty finding blood in the capital due to the nationwide lockdown imposed in a bid to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, leading to delay in surgeries.

Sarah Wheat, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, said these Austin workers were not fired because they vocalized their complaints. She said other employees were laid off in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano and Denton as well.

T-Mobile and Sprint Have Merged. What It Means for Your Cellphone Bill. Barron's

5G coronavirus conspiracy theory driven by coordinated effort Aljazeera.com

One year after Tiger Woods reignited his chase for golf's record 18 major wins with an amazing Masters victory, the coronavirus pandemic has become the latest obstacle to his historic chase. Woods would have been defending his 15th career major title and seeking a record-tying sixth green jacket this week at Augusta National had the deadly virus outbreak not halted sports worldwide. "Somehow it all came together for one magical week," Woods said in February. "Just an amazing week." But this year's 84th Masters was postponed to November 12-15... Читать дальше...

Heidi Ledford, Nature

How does COVID-19 kill? Uncertainty over whether it is the virus itself or the response by a person's immune system that ultimately overwhelms a patient's organs, is making it difficult for doctors to determine the best way to treat patients who are critically ill with the coronavirus.

All players have tested positive for coronavirus. Recent scientific studies have shown that the virus works in following fashion: All positive athletes survive as long as they don't come in contact with other positive athletes they've previously shared a dressing room with. If your opponent can prove that any of your starting 11 players have been in the same starting...​
Coronavirus Cricket Auction Draft (Test) | Crappy vs Mani LIVE

Christopher Hunt is Okahoma born and bred. He grew up going to Oklahoma State basketball games. So it was only fitting he directed the quintessential Eddie Sutton documentary, “Eddie.” Director Christopher Hunt said, “After Eddie had been denied the hall of fame, I just felt like it was a major injustice in the sports world. […]

Michigan State coach Mel Tucker bought dinner Thursday night for the night shift caregivers at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

Morgan was scheduled to turn up for KKR in the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League that should have started on March 29 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

What's your taste?

View Entire Post ›

Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine
The evolution of new genes often goes hand in hand with the emergence of novel traits in species as they evolve. One of the great riddles in evolutionary biology has therefore always been how genetic novelty arises.

B. Koberlein, UT
When we look at the world around us, we see patterns. The Sun rises and sets. The seasons cycle through the year. The constellations drift across the night sky. As we've studied these patterns, we've developed scientific laws and theories that help us understand the cosmos. While our theories are powerful, they are still rooted in some fundamental assumptions.

Even occasional marijuana smoking raises COVID-19 risk, experts say Omaha World-Herald

Ethan Siegel, Forbes
If you could measure the average distance from the Earth to the Sun over the course of an entire year, you'd discover something unsettling. With each passing year that you made that measurement, you'd find the Earth was a little bit farther away from the Sun about 1.5 centimeters (0.6 inches) more distant than the year prior.

Melbourne service station has petrol for under 80c a litre 7NEWS.com.au

Virgin Australia suspends all scheduled routes except Sydney-Melbourne Business Traveller

Jason Beaubien, NPR
The worst outbreaks of COVID-19 so far have been in colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere during winter or early spring. Will warmer weather slow the transmission?Could the Southern Hemisphere see outbreaks intensify as that part of the globe moves into winter?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo
A long-standing debate over just how quantum photosynthesis is may finally be coming to an end.Subatomic particles obey a strange set of mathematical rules as they move around. They can only take on defined values of certain properties (kind of like taking positions on a staircase), but they might take on multiple values at the same time or entangle such that their values become more correlated than regular probability would otherwise allow.

Omaha leaders urge residents to take COVID-19 outbreak seriously Omaha World-Herald Coronavirus Omaha officials provide coronavirus update KMTV Staff 3:40 PM, Apr 10, 2020 KMTV - 3 News Now Douglas

Athens, Tenn.- The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) announced the student-athletes who were named to the All-Academic Team and the Champions of Character Team for softball on Friday. The announcement saw eight student-athletes from the softball program earn an award. 

The donation will provide more than 30,000 free meals, as well as essential items such as sanitary and personal hygiene products to those most vulnerable in the local community.