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The Contagion Detective Bubble

The Contagion Detective

The COVID-19 pandemic was some epidemiologist’s nightmare when Adam Kucharski was writing Rules of Contagion. Released this week, the book, which includes brief mentions of the encroaching COVID-19 storm, draws on ideas from “outbreak science” to illuminate how and why viruses spread. Information from biology, Kucharski expertly demonstrates, has helped…
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July 9, 2020
Ivy League colleges calls off all fall sports, including football, due to coronavirus Hooliganism

Ivy League colleges calls off all fall sports, including football, due to coronavirus

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic prompted Ivy League schools to cancel their upcoming fall sports seasons Wednesday, suggesting that other major intercollegiate bodies could follow suit.Student-athletes who normally play football, field hockey, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball will not take the field or court…
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July 9, 2020
Facebook removes disinformation networks tied to Roger Stone and Jair Bolsonaro Bolsonaro

Facebook removes disinformation networks tied to Roger Stone and Jair Bolsonaro

Facebook has taken down domestic influence operations connected to two controversial right-wing figures: Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Donald Trump and convicted felon, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the company said Wednesday.The two operations were entirely distinct, but both used fake accounts to push hyper-partisan, conservative political news…
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July 9, 2020
‘Astounded’: Community council calls for ban on waste centres at Fyshwick as recycling facility moves ahead Recycling

‘Astounded’: Community council calls for ban on waste centres at Fyshwick as recycling facility moves ahead

news, act-politics, capital recycling solutions, Inner South Canberra Community Council, Marea Fatseas, ACT Planning and Land AuthorityResidents in Canberra's inner south have called for a ban on future waste centres in Fyshwick, after the ACT government announced controversial plans for a new recycling centre could progress to the next stage.…
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July 8, 2020
BTS’s V is the only artist to ever hit #1 in 105 countries with his song “Sweet Night” Black Swan

BTS’s V is the only artist to ever hit #1 in 105 countries with his song “Sweet Night”

Posted by Lainey on "/Date(1594228997237)/" Earlier this week in the site intro, I wrote about BTS’s latest record. Their song “Black Swan” hit #1 on iTunes in its 103rd country, the most of any song in history, breaking Adele’s five year record with “Hello”. Since then, “Black Swan” added another…
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July 8, 2020