Josh Bloom, ACSH
After two miserable winters of COVID it is now safe to run around maskless if you're vaccinated (thank you Pfixer/BioNtech, Moderna, and J&J!) and do all the stuff you've had on hold for so long. If one of those things is a trip to the beach here are three factoids that you may find interesting, even helpful.
Denis Noble, iai
A debate organised by the IAI at HowTheLightGetsIn festival five years ago used the title "The Emperor's New Genes" as a play on the old story about the tailors who made new clothes of the finest silk for the Emperor in which to display his prowess. Eventually, the silk they used was so fine that it was indeed a transparent "see-through" gown. It took a small boy in the crowd to shout out "the Emperor has no clothes!"
Earlier, Mikhail Murashko urged citizens not to wait for the third wave of the pandemic and take a Covid vaccine
Crisil Ltd., incorporated in the year 1987, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 14537.37 Crore) operating in Financial Services sector.
Amazon will stop automatically rejecting U.S. job applicants who use marijuana, proudly declaring itself a friend of Mary Jane. The company is hoping this apparent shift to cool, laidback boss will help combat public perception of Amazon as a pretty terrible employer.
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Two weeks in a row starting with regrettable news; Past Commodore (1971) Dick Utne passed away on Saturday May29th at his home in LaJolla, CA. Thank you Dr. Utne for your service to the Club over the years. Our deepest condolences go out to Barb and Bill Nicholas and the entire Utne family. The kick...
Elijah Wood will reportedly play the lead villain in The Toxic Avenger reboot, sharing the screen with Peter Dinklage, Taylour Paige & Jacob Tremblay.
New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet said the act "profoundly undermines press freedom."
Virginia Tech
An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later, say Virginia Tech and University of Pennsylvania scientists writing in the June edition of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
University of California-Berkeley
Jack Tseng loves bone-crunching animals — hyenas are his favorite — so when paleontologist Joseph Peterson discovered fossilized dinosaur bones that had teeth marks from a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, Tseng decided to try to replicate the bite marks and measure how hard those kids could actually chomp down.
Aalto University
Humans can observe what and where something happens around them with their hearing, as long as sound frequencies lie between 20 Hz and 20 000 Hz. Researchers at Aalto University have now developed a new audio technique that enables people to also hear ultrasonic sources that generate sound at frequencies above 20,000 Hz with simultaneous perception of their direction.
“The safety net for us is the businesses which are not that coupled with the economic revival. As bottom-up stock pickers, we want to stay put in businesses which have survived economic and market cycles and showcased resilience and at the same time have bright outlooks in terms of earning performances and are able to maintain them, ” says CEO, Sharad Pachisiya.
With the addition of 568 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra's Thane district has reached 518,831
Last year's vigil was banned for the first time because of the coronavirus, but thousands defied police and rallied anyway.
A video clip of a Black father and his daughter denouncing critical race theory, which eventually went viral on social media, is inspired by real-life experience according to the dad that created it.
Early-rising eclipse chasers might also get to see the sun show off its rarely seen horns, and "shark fin" too.
"While the market continues to view the Q4 earnings disappointment as a blip, we think this is an indication the earnings cycle has come to a peak for offshore IT services providers," UBS India said in a note on Wednesday.
Bukayo Saka’s first international goal was enough to secure a 1-0 victory against fellow Euro finalists Austria in Middlesbrough.
Nisbet opened his international account on his second appearance.
HONG KONG, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong's private sector registered stronger business conditions for the fourth successive month in May as its purchasing managers' index (PMI) reached the best leve
It went down to the wire on Wednesday, but Israel has a new government after 2 years and 4 elections. The new governing coalition effectively ends Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in office.
The latest Leicester City news from in and around the King Power Stadium.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Joe Biden has congratulated Isaac Herzog on his election as the new president of Israel.
Celebrity chef and TV personality, Rosie Mansfield, has revealed her secret recipe for carrot cake pancakes.