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Current Event aj0690Christian pastor who thought COVID-19 is just ‘mass hysteria’ among the first in Virginia to die from virus
One of the first deaths of a Virginian from coronavirus was a 66-year-old Christian “musical evangelist” who fell ill while on a trip to New Orleans with his wife. As the Friendly Atheist’s Bo Gardiner points out, Landon Spradlin had previously shared opinions that the pandemic was the result of “mass hysteria” from the media.
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2 days ago
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Study on ‘hangxiety’ finds shy people experience an increase in anxiety a day after drinking alcohol
Shy people are more likely to experience anxiety during alcohol hangover, according to a recent Personality and Individual Differences study.
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6 days ago
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Most of India under lockdown as coronavirus appears in small towns
Police enforced lockdowns across large parts of India on Tuesday, with curfews in some places, as health officials warned that the coronavirus was spreading out of big cities where it first appeared into the small towns that dot the landscape.
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8 days ago
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Denmark’s Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression
“We are freezing the economy.”
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9 days ago
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Coronavirus deals blow to NASA's 2024 return-to-moon plan
The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASA's plan to return Americans to the ...
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10 days ago
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2020 MacBook Air Reviews Praise Magic Keyboard and Faster Performance at Lower $999 Starting Price
The media has got its hands on the new MacBook Air and first impressions of the notebook after a day or two of usage are largely positive. Following in the footsteps of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, the new MacBook Air features a redesigned Magic Keyboard with scissor switches that deliver 1mm of key travel for a comfortable and stable key feel. As with the 16-inch MacBook Pro, reviews find the keyboard on the new MacBook Air to be far better than the problematic butterfly keyboard of recent years.
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12 days ago
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Logitech Debuts Trackpad Keyboards for 10.2-Inch iPad and 10.5-Inch iPad Air
Apple today announced that iPadOS 13.4 will feature trackpad support for all iPad Pro models, the iPad Air 2 and later, the fifth-generation iPad and later, and the iPad mini 4 and later. The software update will be released on March 24. Trackpad support paves the way for Apple's new Magic Keyboard for 2018 and later iPad Pro models, coming in May, as well as third-party options.
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3 weeks ago
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Return of the burbot: 'great lost fish' to be reintroduced to UK
Forget dreams of wolves, bears or lynx – the next animal to be restored to the British countryside could be a river bottom-dwelling fish that resembles a giant tadpole. The burbot, much-maligned for its unprepossessing appearance with a fleshy appendage dangling from its chin, was last sighted in British rivers in 1969.
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3 weeks ago
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Europe experiences exceptionally warm winter
The 2019/2020 winter has been the warmest on record for Europe, with average temperatures 1.4C above the previous high of 2015/2016. Winter is defined as the months of December, January, and February. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says the warmth was very evident in the north and east of the continent where a number of local temperature records were being broken.
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3 weeks ago
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A Black Hole Spewed the Ingredients for Life Across the Galaxy, Study Suggests
When the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy explodes, it likely eviscerates any life close to it. But over longer distances, these bursts of radiation may help life emerge.
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1 month ago
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Terrible idea from the beginning. I'm honestly surprised it took this long.
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1 month ago
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Scotland to approve free sanitary products for all women
The Scottish parliament on Tuesday is due to approve plans to make sanitary products freely available to all women - the first nation in the world to do so. The legislation would make products such as tampons and sanitary pads free for all women in Scotland, available at designated public places such as community centers, youth clubs and pharmacies.
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1 month ago
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Speaking “Parentese” With Young Children Can Boost Their Language Development
Language learning can be a matter of much concern for new parents, who often worry about what their baby is saying, how they’re saying it, and when. With previous research suggesting that frequent verbal engagement with babies can boost vocabulary and reading comprehension, this preoccupation is not without merit.
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1 month ago
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Rapper Pop Smoke Dead, Murdered in Home Invasion
Sources familiar with the surveillance video tell TMZ ... the video shows at least 4 masked men with hoodies making their way into the house just 10 minutes after people inside the house deadbolted the front doors shut. We're told they did not turn the house alarm on, which made it easier for the home invaders to get inside.