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Life in coronavirus lockdown: families on the brink | Anywhere but Westminster

As the Covid-19 crisis continues, confinement and worry are taking a huge toll on children, young people and their parents. From across the country, families reveal the experience of everyday life in coronavirus confinement, and the issues it highlights – … Continue reading

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Shelter in Place with Shane Smith & Edward Snowden (Full Episode)

Shane chats with former NSA spy and whistleblower Edward Snowden on the rise of authoritarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why do blood types matter? – Natalie S. Hodge

It’s often said that despite humanity’s many conflicts, we all bleed the same blood. It’s a nice thought, but not quite accurate. In fact, our blood comes in a few different varieties. Natalie S. Hodge defines the four major blood … Continue reading

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How Satellite Images Reveal the Global Impact of the Coronavirus

Video description: The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has lead to a severe disruption of public life, with people around the globe practicing social distancing measures in order to fight the spread of the virus. In this video we want to focus … Continue reading

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How Diet Can Change The Way Sugar Tastes – ScienceBlog.com

The taste of sweetness is highly subjective. Photo: Pixabay The food animals eat can change how they perceive future food. This response uses the same machinery that the brain uses to learn, new research has found.Researchers at the University of … Continue reading

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Textured Paper Sculptures by Zai Divecha Emphasize Shadow and Light

San Francisco-based artist Zai Divecha fashions countless pleats, creases, and flaps for her monochromatic paper sculptures. From geometric tessellations to flat sheets with dozens of rounded cuts and points, Divecha’s pieces accentuate the relationships between light and shadow and natural and manufactured … Continue reading

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Sorry Hulk: Gamma radiation found ineffective in sterilizing N95 masks – ScienceBlog.com

April 11, 2020 by Leda Zimmerman   The research described in this article has been published on a preprint server but has not yet been peer-reviewed by scientific or medical experts. In mid-March, members of the Department of Nuclear Science … Continue reading

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Living Through Coronavirus Around the World

We are all living through an exceptional time. In late-2019, the world was rocked by COVID-19—a global pandemic that has changed the way we all live our lives. Millions of us around the world are staying indoors, practicing social distancing … Continue reading

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Time alone (chosen or not) can be a chance to hit the reset button – Aeon

Thuy-vy Nguyen is an assistant professor in psychology at Durham University in the UK.   Solitude has become a topic of fascination in modern Western societies because we believe it is a lost art – often craved, yet so seldom … Continue reading

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The geopolitical battle for the COVID-19 narrative | The Listening Post (Full)

On The Listening Post this week: From China to the US, the COVID-19 battle is as much medical as it is media. Plus, lessons from the coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu. The geopolitical battle for the COVID-19 narrative As … Continue reading

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