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Bangladesh will never forget brutalities committed by Pak in 1971: Sheikh Hasina

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Britain's 29th annual National Equine Forum (NEF) will be delivered in a virtual format in 2021, with special interest webinars leading up to the main event in March.

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Some animals are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection than others, and new research suggests this may be due to distinctive structural features of a protein found on the surface of animal cells. João Rodrigues of Stanford University, California, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.

For some, the sound of a "perfect flow" might be the gentle lapping of a forest brook or perhaps the tinkling of water poured from a pitcher. For physicists, a perfect flow is more specific, referring to a fluid that flows with the smallest amount of friction, or viscosity, allowed by the laws of quantum mechanics. Such perfectly fluid behavior is rare in nature, but it is thought to occur in the cores of neutron stars and in the soupy plasma of the early universe.

The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features the conversion of an abandoned hospital in western Germany into an office. Read more

Differences in the vaginal microbiome may leave some women at a greater risk of contracting HIV because certain microbes metabolise HIV prevention drugs

Researchers found a chemical related to vehicle tires that is responsible for killing more than half the coho salmon in Puget Sound each year.

One of the wildest endings in sports history.

It takes something pretty special for a high school football game to get national attention, but that’s just what happened in Alabama on Wednesday night at the close of the state’s 7A championship.

Auburn High was going for their first championship in school history against Thompson, and it looked like their dream was going to be realized. They were up by nine points, down at the Thompson 20 yard line, and there was only 1:19 left on the clock. Читать дальше...

From short-and-sweet card games to heavy strategy epics, these will spice up your small family gatherings this year.

Heralding the end of a decade-long quest, in a promising new class of extremely thin, two-dimensional semiconductors, scientists have for the first time directly visualized and measured elusive particles, called dark excitons, that cannot be seen by light.

Decarbonizing the electric grid will hurt some communities. Here's one way Biden can start planning.

The beauty of Santa is that he can explain why a child didn’t receive a gift.

The owner said he opened a second location last month at 830 N. 70th St., in the Meadowlane Shopping Center.

ATLANTA—Begging Americans to just use some common sense, exhausted CDC researchers assured the public Thursday that there had been no indication that the Covid-19 vaccine would shrink you down to the size of an ant. “There’s absolutely no truth to the rumor that the coronavirus vaccine will cause patients to rapidly…

“We need to have a little more diversity, there’s no doubt about it, in the red zone.’’

Google trumpeted its quantum computer that outperformed a conventional supercomputer. A Chinese group says it's done the same, with different technology.

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A breakthrough on the “protein folding problem” can help us understand disease and discover new drugs.

Thanksgiving has come and gone, but we have yet another upcoming reason to sit down and eat a smorgasbord of ‘itis-inducing food. That’s right, we have Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah and more this month!

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“President Trump has discussed with advisers whether to grant preemptive pardons to his children, to his son-in-law and his personal lawyer Rudy W. Giuliani, and talked with Mr. Giuliani about pardoning him as recently as last week, according to two people briefed on the matter.” — New York Times, 12/2/20

People with disabilities are seen as deficits, yet research confirms that supported employment is affordable

Athandiwe Saba talked to the Special Investigating Unit’s Andy Mothibi about its caseload, including 1 000 Covid contracts

Allegations of bribery against the bank’s chief executive, Jacques Celliers, thrown up in a separate court case

Stocktake at the end of a momentous year shows that the ruling party holds all the cards but has little room for manoeuvre