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They hunted and destroyed a nest of ‘murder hornets.’ This B.C. couple says the buzz — and the threat — is real Bees

They hunted and destroyed a nest of ‘murder hornets.’ This B.C. couple says the buzz — and the threat — is real

By Alex McKeenVancouver BureauMon., May 4, 2020timer5 min. readVICTORIA—When John and Moufida Holubeshen heard that a nightmarish insect known for its poisonous sting and voracious appetite had arrived in their neck of the woods, they did what almost no one would have done.They went looking for it.The Nanaimo, B.C. residents…
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May 5, 2020
New York City Is Latest To Close Some Streets To Cars, Making More Space For People New York City

New York City Is Latest To Close Some Streets To Cars, Making More Space For People

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May 5, 2020
Transparent, flexible MAPbI3 perovskite microwire array passivated with ultra-hydrophobic supramolecular assembly for stable and high-performance photodetectors Gundam

Transparent, flexible MAPbI3 perovskite microwire array passivated with ultra-hydrophobic supramolecular assembly for stable and high-performance photodetectors

Transparent, flexible MAPbI3 perovskite microwire array passivated with ultra-hydrophobic supramolecular assembly for stable and high-performance photodetectors Abstract The emergence of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites (OHPs) has revolutionised the potential performance of optoelectronic devices, most perovskites are opaque and hence incompatible with transparent optoelectronics, and sensitive to environmental degradation. Here, a single-step…
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May 5, 2020
Cheer and loathing as Pulitzer Prize goes to New York Times’s controversial 1619 Project 1619 Slavery

Cheer and loathing as Pulitzer Prize goes to New York Times’s controversial 1619 Project

Doubling down on wokeness, the Pulitzer Center gave a prestigious prize to a controversial project reframing US history as racist, while its head proclaimed the special role of journalists as guardians of truth and democracy. The Pulitzer Prize for commentary was given on Monday to Nikole Hannah-Jones of the New…
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May 5, 2020