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Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs

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In research recently outlined in Nature, scientists across seven different sites throughout Central and South America replicated the extreme rainfall events predicted by climate change science. Using the insect larvae that live in the water trapped by bromeliad plants as a model ecosystem, they found that food webs became top-heavy with predators when there were large day-to-day variations in rainfall.

Using electricity to break down pollutants left over after wastewater treatment

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Pesticides, pharmaceutical products, and endocrine disruptors are some of the emerging contaminants often found in treated domestic wastewater, even after secondary treatment. Professor Patrick Drogui of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and his team have tested the effectiveness of a tertiary treatment process using electricity in partnership with the European Membrane Institute in Montpellier (IEM) and Université Paris-Est.

Chatbots can ease medical providers' burden, offer guidance to those with COVID-19 symptoms

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COVID-19 has placed tremendous pressure on health care systems, not only for critical care but also from an anxious public looking for answers. Research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business found that chatbots -- software applications that conduct online chats via text or text-to-speech -- working for reputable organizations can ease the burden on medical providers and offer trusted guidance to those with symptoms.

Black individuals at higher risk for contracting COVID-19, according to new research

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Results of an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that Black individuals were twice as likely as White individuals to test positive for COVID-19. The average age of all participants in the study was 46. However, those infected were on average 52 years old, compared to those who tested negative, who were 45 years old on average.



Australia moves to suspend its extradition agreement with Hong Kong over the city's harsh new national security law

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  • Australia has taken steps to suspend its extradition with Hong Kong and has proposed new visa protections for Hong Kong residents in response to the city's sweeping new national security law.
  • The Australian government has also updated its travel advisory for Hong Kong in response to the new legislation, saying that those visiting Hong Kong "may be at increased risk of detention on vaguely defined national security grounds." 
  • Several other countries, including the US and the UK... Читать дальше...

Local EMT helps family out of burning home

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NEW SCOTLAND, N.Y. (NEWS 10)— Three people were forced out of their home, after fire broke out late last night. Luckily, they were able to escape with the help of a man who happened to be in the area at the time. Jake Houck, EMT on standby, just so happened to be driving on New […]

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Giants first baseman Brandon Belt sidelined by sore heel

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SAN FRANCISCO — Giants first baseman Brandon Belt has been using a walking boot as he nurses a sore right heel that will keep him out at least a week. Manager Gabe Kapler said Belt would be re-evaluated in 5-to-7 days but wasn’t ready to put in doubt Belt’s availability for the season opener July

Gov. Cuomo sent 6,300 COVID-19 patients to nursing homes during pandemic

New York Post 

New York dispatched more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients into vulnerable nursing homes during the height of the pandemic, officials said this week. The transfers were made under a now-scrapped, highly criticized policy that barred nursing homes from refusing to take in COVID-19 patients — a directive from the Cuomo administration intending to free up...

Australian government advises citizens not to travel to Hong Kong due to national security law - CNBC

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  1. Australian government advises citizens not to travel to Hong Kong due to national security law  CNBC
  2. Overnight, a Hong Kong Hotel Is Transformed Into China’s State Security HQ  The Wall Street Journal
  3. China's Great Firewall descends on Hong Kong internet users  The Guardian
  4. China Demands Total Obedience From Hong Kong—and Everyone Else | Opinion  Newsweek
  5. Silicon Valley Wakes Up to Its Hong Kong Conundrum  Bloomberg
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