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Daily briefing: Two dozen geneticists found out from a tweet that they might have coronavirus Greenland

Daily briefing: Two dozen geneticists found out from a tweet that they might have coronavirus

NATURE BRIEFING 20 March 2020 Scientists exposed to COVID-19 are a striking example of US authorities failing to test people and notify their contacts, a cornerstone of outbreak response. Plus: understanding how many covert coronavirus cases might be unwittingly infecting others and the Turing Awards goes to Toy Story graphics…
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March 20, 2020
U.S. and Mexican officials working on closing border to ‘non-essential’ travel Mexico Border Wall

U.S. and Mexican officials working on closing border to ‘non-essential’ travel

David Oliver USA TODAYPublished 1:46 AM EDT Mar 21, 2020The U.S.-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel to further help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, President Donald Trump announced Friday."As we did with Canada, we're also working with Mexico to implement new rules at our ports of…
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March 20, 2020
Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old Black Hole

Blazar Found Blazing When the Universe was Only a Billion Years Old

Since the 1950s, astronomers have known of galaxies that have particularly bright centers – aka. Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) or quasars. This luminosity is the result of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at their centers consuming matter and releasing electromagnetic energy. Further studies revealed that there are some quasars that appear…
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March 20, 2020
View: Step back, strategise, build, Covid-19 may be the black swan of 2020s. Black Swan

View: Step back, strategise, build, Covid-19 may be the black swan of 2020s.

By Amitabh Kant & Arnab KumarCovid-19 may well be the black swan of 2020s. Such events have severe consequences and are inherently painful. And, yet, they can also provide a rare opportunity to evaluate the status quo, and challenge the assumptions and practices of ‘business-as-usual’. First, there’s an imminent need…
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March 19, 2020
How the coronavirus pandemic threatens US national security Qassim Soleimani

How the coronavirus pandemic threatens US national security

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The ever-escalating global spread of the coronavirus is taking lives, shattering economies, decimating health-care systems and ratcheting up panic at unprecedented levels. But with such attention fixated on the ever-complex, ever-unknown public health impasse touching every…
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March 19, 2020