#US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition

#US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition

“US higher education ‘fights’ COVID with superstition” Boy, is US higher education full of idiots: Columbia University, affiliated Barnard College and Pace University, among other schools, have all started requiring masking indoors again. Columbia-Barnard only scrapped the mandate on March 14, so students got less than a month to breathe free, and now will be…

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#Inside the final days of the dinosaurs before fatal asteroid

#Inside the final days of the dinosaurs before fatal asteroid

“Inside the final days of the dinosaurs before fatal asteroid” Dinosaurs roamed the Earth for millions of years – until one day, 66 million years ago, an asteroid the size of Mount ­Everest struck the planet, bringing their almost instant annihilation. Now a landmark new BBC documentary, Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough, uses…

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#How the telescope became our window into the universe

#How the telescope became our window into the universe

“How the telescope became our window into the universe” From the first stone tools to sea-faring ships to the internet, technology has been at the heart of human exploration and discovery. But to starting exploring space, the final frontier, humans first had to master a deceptively simple piece of technology: the telescope. “Telescopes have opened…

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#Most distant galaxy ever seen photographed in space

#Most distant galaxy ever seen photographed in space

“Most distant galaxy ever seen photographed in space” Stunned scientists believe they’ve spotted the most distant object in space ever, located a whooping 13.5 billion light years away. They suspect it’s actually a galaxy, though it’s so far away experts aren’t 100 percent sure yet. But it’s so incredible that astronomers have called it “a…

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#AI is explaining itself to humans. And it’s paying off

#AI is explaining itself to humans. And it’s paying off

“AI is explaining itself to humans. And it’s paying off” OAKLAND, Calif., April 6 – Microsoft Corp’s LinkedIn boosted subscription revenue by 8% after arming its sales team with artificial intelligence software that not only predicts clients at risk of canceling but also explains how it arrived at its conclusion. The system, introduced last July…

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#Scientists discover rumbling noise on Mars

#Scientists discover rumbling noise on Mars

“Scientists discover rumbling noise on Mars” The search for signs of life on Mars is heating up. In research published last week, scientists claim to have found new evidence of underground volcanic activity on the planet. They say this movement of hot magma is triggering marsquakes, which are similar to earthquakes, in a specific region…

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