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In splendid isolation: the research voyages that prepared us for the pandemic Antarctica

In splendid isolation: the research voyages that prepared us for the pandemic

Geologist Derya Gürer in the remote Anatolian Plateau in Turkey.Credit: Derya Gürer As many parts of the world continue with or reimpose coronavirus lockdowns, scientists — like everyone else — are feeling the effects of cabin fever. But long stretches of fieldwork in remote areas and months of working at…
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May 14, 2020
In splendid isolation: the research voyages that prepared us for the pandemic Antarctica

In splendid isolation: the research voyages that prepared us for the pandemic

Geologist Derya Gürer in the remote Anatolian Plateau in Turkey.Credit: Derya Gürer As many parts of the world continue with or reimpose coronavirus lockdowns, scientists — like everyone else — are feeling the effects of cabin fever. But long stretches of fieldwork in remote areas and months of working at…
bubmag
May 14, 2020
Adapting to the next normal in retail: The customer experience imperative Machine Learning

Adapting to the next normal in retail: The customer experience imperative

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the retail industry, forcing the closure of physical stores and causing uncertainty for the future of the in-store experience. These abrupt shifts have left many retailers scrambling to effectively serve customers through other channels. Digital-first and omnichannel retailers have pivoted more easily, but retailers that…
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May 14, 2020
Saint Paul-Minneapolis priests adapt to bring sacraments to COVID-19 patients CCTV

Saint Paul-Minneapolis priests adapt to bring sacraments to COVID-19 patients

Denver Newsroom, May 13, 2020 / 05:42 pm MT (CNA).- The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis has assembled a team of 12 priests ready to administer last rites— confession, communion, and anointing of the sick— to COVID-19 patients. All the priest-volunteers on the “Anointing Corps,” which launched early this…
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May 14, 2020
Saving lives or saving the economy? Reopening doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing proposition Old-Age Poverty

Saving lives or saving the economy? Reopening doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing proposition

“We can’t keep doing this 100-percent stay-at-home, extreme physical distancing indefinitely, but we also can’t go back to business as usual at this point. There has to be some middle ground,” said Julia Marcus, an epidemiologist and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. “Now is the time to figure out…
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May 14, 2020
Why can’t we hate anything anymore? Scotland has repealed an arcane blasphemy law, only to replace it with a modern-day heresy act Scottish National Party

Why can’t we hate anything anymore? Scotland has repealed an arcane blasphemy law, only to replace it with a modern-day heresy act

By Guy Birchall, British journalist covering current affairs, politics and free speech issues. Recently published in The Sun and Spiked Online. Follow him on Twitter @guybirchall The ruling Nationalists are proposing a new Hate Speech Law that criminalises everything from articles to jokes if they are deemed “abusive.” Hate may be…
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May 14, 2020