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2 days agoCurrent Event tukka
France has passed a law protecting the sounds and smells of the countryside
France has passed a law protecting the "sensory heritage" of its rural areas, in the face of complaints about the noises and smells typical of the countryside. Senators voted to approve the law, which passed through the lower house of parliament last year, on Thursday, according to a statement from Joël Giraud, the Minister for Rural Affairs.
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4 days agoCurrent Event tukka
Personalized Skin Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in New Trial Results
The future of cancer treatment might involve personalized vaccines meant to manage or even prevent relapses—at least if new research published Thursday continues to pan out. In a small clinical trial, high-risk melanoma patients given such a vaccine were able to create a long term, durable immune response to their cancer, scientists said. They also remained alive four years after the initial treatment, with most being actively disease-free.
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9 days agoCurrent Event tukka
Twitter shuts down account of Sci-Hub, the pirated-papers website
Move comes as publishers sue in India to block public access
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10 days agoAnalysis tukka
Phage viruses can make superbugs susceptible to antibiotics again
Viruses firmly hold the world’s attention at the moment, but we shouldn’t ignore the rising health threat that bacteria pose, too. The crafty critters are fast evolving resistance to antibiotics, meaning our best drugs could soon stop working entirely. Now researchers in Australia have found a way…
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11 days agoCurrent Event tukka
Maryland governor said he was repeatedly denied authorization to send National Guard to D.C.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said Thursday that after receiving a request for help from the District of Columbia on Wednesday, he immediately mobilized the state police and National Guard, but was repeatedly denied authorization to deploy.
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11 days agoCurrent Event tukka
Trump auction of oil leases in Arctic refuge attracts barely any bidders
The Trump administration’s last-minute attempt on Wednesday to auction off part of a long-protected Arctic refuge to oil drillers brought almost zero interest from oil companies, forcing the state of Alaska into the awkward position of leasing the lands itself.
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12 days agoCurrent Event tukka
Chuck Norris weighs in on U.S. Capitol riot after photo resembling actor goes viral
Chuck Norris is speaking out on last week's deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after a photo of a man in D.C. resembling the actor began trending online. "It wasn't me and I wasn't there," Norris tweeted Tuesday night. "There is no room for violence of any kind in our society. I am and always will be for Law and Order."
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event tukka
50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth's land and oceans
A coalition of 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife. The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and People, which includes the UK and countries from six continents, made the pledge to protect at least 30% of the planet’s land and oceans before the One Planet summit in Paris on Monday, hosted by the French president, Emmanuel Macron.
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2 weeks agoLevel Up tukka
Level 32
tukka is now level 32 with 2,775,190 XP.
View Unlocks- Tribe Creation The maximum amount of tribes you can create has been raised by 2 to a total of 17.
- Save Credits The maximum amount of save credits you can store has been raised by 2 to a total of 51.
- Tribe Membership The maximum amount of tribes you can join has been raised by 5 to a total of 155.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event tukka
James Webb will be the 'launch to watch in 2021'
If the standout rocket launch of 2020 was the flight that took US astronauts back into orbit from American soil, then the major rocket event of 2021 must surely be the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The successor to the mighty Hubble observatory is due to go into orbit on 31 October. Its mission will be to detect the very first stars to shine in the cosmos.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event tukka
Why Even the Most Reasonable People You Know Are Bending Covid Safety Rules
It was a warm September evening, perfect for a socially distanced outdoor gathering. When she arrived at her friends’ house in rural Pennsylvania, Karen — who asked that we only use her first name to protect her friends’ privacy — dutifully donned her mask and walked straight to the back patio. The hosts, close friends of hers, had planned their get-together carefully. They set up chairs more than six feet apart on their patio, they asked everyone to bring their own drinks, and they plan...
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event tukka
8 great Apple Arcade games for your new 2020 iPhone or iPad
This time last year, Apple Arcade was still a fledgling service, but one with a lot of potential. For $5 a month, you could get unlimited access to a big library of interesting games, the kind that no one really sells in the App Store anymore. It’s still not a place to find the latest blockbusters, but Arcade has steadily evolved into one of the best deals in gaming.
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1 month agoCurrent Event tukka
Man walks circumference of earth without leaving home city
A retired business consultant has walked the equivalent of the circumference of the Earth without leaving his home city. Vinod Bajaj, 70, walked 40,075 kilometres over the past four years in Limerick, in the west of Ireland. He has encouraged others to keep active in the midst of the pandemic.
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1 month agoCurrent Event tukka
Laptops, Desktop PC Sales See 'Renaissance' Due to Pandemic
The world stocked up on laptop and desktop computers in 2020 at a level not seen since the iPhone debuted in 2007, and manufacturers still are months away from fulfilling outstanding orders, hardware industry executives and analysts said.
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1 month agoCurrent Event tukka
Tom Selleck Leaves a $2,020 Tip and Handwritten Note for Restaurant Servers as Part of the 2020 Tip Challenge
Generosity clearly runs in the Blue Bloods family. On Wednesday night, Donnie Wahlberg shared that his costar Tom Selleck recently left a $2,020 tip on a $204.68 bill for the servers at Elio's restaurant in New York City. "I found out that my TV Dad Tom Selleck has generously accepted the #2020TipChallenge at Elios Upper East Side! Love ya dad," Wahlberg posted on Twitter, along with photos of Selleck's dinner receipt and sweet handwritten note for the staff.
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1 month agoCurrent Event tukka
Coalition Sues Trump Administration Over 'Outrageous Assault' on Tongass National Forest Protections
"Trump's reckless plan to clearcut old-growth trees in the Tongass will irreversibly damage our climate, kill wildlife, and devastate Southeast Alaska communities."
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1 month agoCurrent Event tukka
Suspicions grow that nanoparticles in Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trigger rare allergic reactions
Severe allergy-like reactions in at least eight people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech over the past 2 weeks may be due to a compound in the packaging of the messenger RNA (mRNA) that forms the vaccine’s main ingredient, scientists say. A similar mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna, which was authorized for emergency use in the United States on Friday, also contains the compound, polyethylene glycol (PEG).