To celebrate birthdays, my 2- and 4-year-old party animals got vaccinated. Measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough for the older one (thankfully combined into just two shots), and hepatitis A for the younger. Funnily …
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More tough news for GoPro as it pre-announced its first-quarter earnings earlier today. While the company announced that revenue for the first part of 2017 will hit toward the high end … Despite a disappointing earnings report at the end of 2016 …
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Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth EraPreviously Published as A Field Guide to LiesWe’re surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudo-facts. These lies are g…
How to Watch the (Fake) News NowFake News. Alternative Facts. The War on the Media.Increasingly, the subject of the news we watch, read, and listen to is the medi…
A common question I hear again and again is, “How do I know if a news story is fake?” There is no easy answer 1. It helps to be well informed, and it requires a conscious suspension of credulity combined with a gut instinct honed over years of experience.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won’t prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. In the end, researchers say, the only way to save the …
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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The size and width of a peacock’s proud plumage attracts the gaze of males likely sizing up rivals and of females potentially looking for mates, a survey released on Wednesday showed.
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As a celebration of International Women’s Day, on March 8th, IUPAC annouced the awardees of the IUPAC 2017 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering. This lists honors twelve leading scientists from around the globe. The award was …
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March 15 (UPI) –No bed bug trap is foolproof. Some bed bugs can elude the confines of contraptions set by experienced pest management professionals. That’s because, according to new research, some bed bugs have superior climbing abilities. Recent …
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Welcome // The DOE Science News Source is a Newswise initiative to promote research news from the Office of Science of the DOE to the public and news media. Modeling the “Flicker” of Gluons in Subatomic Smashups … Rare Nickel Atom Has “Doubly Magic …
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Run by a former detective, the company behind it goes round schools and workplaces running workshops where people work out what happened at a mocked up crime scene. It’s basically a gory, vaguely educational murder mystery party. And for the kids …
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