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Covid-19 Fears Shouldn't Trash Your Zero Waste Efforts
L.V. Anderson//33 views/2 comments
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s official: Your reusable mug has been tainted—with suspicion. Starbuc...
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Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to donate coronavirus test kits and masks to the US
Kim Lyons//36 views/1 comments
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma says he is donating 500,000 coronavirus testing kits and one million protective face masks to the United States, Reuters reports. The...
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The Exponential Power of Now
Siobhan Roberts//30 views/1 comments
The explosive spread of coronavirus can be turned to our advantage, two infectious disease experts argue: “But only if we intervene early. That means now.” In e...
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American Astronomy’s Future Goes on Trial in Washington
Dennis Overbye//32 views
Out There As competition with Europe heats up, astronomers pitch their dreams of giant telescopes astride the Earth. WASHINGTON — Recently, in what amounted to ...
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These Ants Have a Revolutionary Escape Strategy
Cara Giaimo//34 views
Trilobites Why reinvent the wheel when you can become it? Ants are bristling with defense weaponry. Different species might sting their enemies, bite them with ...
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Mapping the Social Network of Coronavirus
Benedict Carey//43 views/1 comments
To slow the virus, Alessandro Vespignani and other analysts are racing to model the behavior of its human host. BOSTON — The offices of the Network Science Inst...
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Why Soap Works
Ferris Jabr//33 views
At the molecular level, soap breaks things apart. At the level of society, it helps hold everything together. It probably began with an accident thousands of ye...
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What's Social Distancing? Flattening the Curve? Your Covid-19 Questions, Answered.
Meghan Herbst//34 views
Have a question of your own? Email us here. Aside from being good news for introverts, social distancing is a public health tactic that helps communities slow d...
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Data Sharing and Open Source Software Help Combat Covid-19
Klint Finley//26 views/1 comments
On February 27, a teenager in the Seattle area was diagnosed with Covid-19. Shortly after, researchers at the Seattle Flu Study shared genomic data about his st...
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The US’ Health Depends on How It Cares for Health Care Workers
Maryn McKenna//34 views
Worldwide, the novel coronavirus is officially a pandemic. Within the US, 44 states and Washington, DC, have identified people infected with the virus. The glob...
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Trump Declares National Emergency—but Also 'I Don’t Take Responsibility'
Gilad Edelman//35 views
The president finally declared a national emergency—“two very big words,” he admiringly observed—which will allow the federal government to provide much more su...
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What Is a Quarantine?
Matt Simon//35 views
As the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 continues its relentless spread across the globe—the World Health Organization officially declared it a pandemic Wednesday—g...
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Elon Musk underplays coronavirus threat, tells employees that car crashes are more dangerous
Nick Statt//43 views/1 comments
Elon Musk sent a memo to SpaceX employees on Friday underplaying the dangers of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, which is now considered a...
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Trump flip-flops on question of receiving a novel coronavirus test
Nicole Wetsman//32 views
While at Mar-a-Lago last week, President Trump took a picture. In it, he’s standing next to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s press secretary, who later test...
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Tech companies should keep sick pay benefits after the coronavirus pandemic has passed
Jay Peters//26 views/1 comments
It took a global pandemic for big tech companies to protect their hourly workers, support staff, and independent contractors with an economic safety net. But wh...