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The Agency And The Urgency: What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Taking Action On The Climate Crisis Plastic Pollution

The Agency And The Urgency: What COVID-19 Teaches Us About Taking Action On The Climate Crisis

There is no Planet B Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash I read a horror story this weekend. But the monster wasn’t some creepy clown or secret white supremacist looking to shape change into the body of a young black man. The monster was us. The horror story in question…
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April 21, 2020
Coronavirus updates LIVE: Donald Trump to suspend immigration to US, Australian death toll stands at 74 as COVID-19 cases exceed 2.5 million worldwide Donald Trump

Coronavirus updates LIVE: Donald Trump to suspend immigration to US, Australian death toll stands at 74 as COVID-19 cases exceed 2.5 million worldwide

SummaryThe death toll in Australia is now 74, after two more deaths in NSW were confirmed on Wednesday morningAround the world, the number of cases has passed 2.5 million with more than 177,000 deathsThe senior doctor on board the Ruby Princess cruise ship has told an inquiry she was surprised…
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April 21, 2020
U.S. Monitors Reports of Kim Jong Un’s Illness Amid Doubts From South Korea, China Korean Peace Talks

U.S. Monitors Reports of Kim Jong Un’s Illness Amid Doubts From South Korea, China

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean and Chinese officials on Tuesday cast doubt on reports North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was ill after media outlets said he had undergone a cardiovascular procedure and was in "grave danger," while U.S. officials closely monitored the situation. Daily NK, a…
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April 21, 2020
Phenotyping Reveals Targets of a Pseudo‐Natural‐Product Autophagy Inhibitor Alexander von Humboldt

Phenotyping Reveals Targets of a Pseudo‐Natural‐Product Autophagy Inhibitor

Introduction Natural products (NPs)1 occupy a definable area of chemical space,2 and are notable for their diverse frameworks and shapes, stereochemical complexity, heteroatom content, high fraction of sp3‐hybridized atoms, and diverse bioactivities. Significant focus has been placed on the design and preparation of biologically relevant small molecules endowed with NP‐like…
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April 21, 2020
The loneliness of the long-distance Holocaust survivor Auschwitz-Birkenau

The loneliness of the long-distance Holocaust survivor

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus lockdown.From his third-floor Jerusalem home, he blew kisses to his daughter, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who stood in the…
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April 21, 2020