bubmag

Antibiotics

Semi-metal compound could treat foal pneumonia without promoting drug resistant bacteria

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia may have discovered a way to treat deadly foal pneumonia without promoting multi-drug resistant bacteria. In a clinical trial, they found that gallium maltolate (GaM), a semi-metal compound with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, could be a viable…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Cuba Boxing

Movies on TV this week: March 15: ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ on Freeform; Raiders of the Lost Ark and more

Four Star Films,Box Office Hits,Indies and Imports,Movies A - ZFOUR STAR FILMS Top rated movies and made-for-TV films airing the week of the week of March 15 - 21, 2020The Battleship Potemkin (1925) TCM Mon. 8:45 a.m.Bonnie and Clyde (1967) TCM Fri. 3:45 a.m.Dances With Wolves (1990) Encore Tues. 10:13…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

VR

Half-Life: Alyx PC requirements and VR headset specs: How to get your PC VR ready

If you’re looking forward to Half-Life: Alyx as much as we are here at RPS (it’s one of our most exciting games of 2020, don’t you know), then you’ll want to make sure your PC is prepped and ready to play it come its big release day on March 23rd.…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Vietnam

Daily Crunch: FDA approves speedier coronavirus test

A just-approved test could speed up the rate of coronavirus testing, the stock market had a historically bad day yesterday and Russian trolls shift to outsourcing. Here’s your Daily Crunch for March 13, 2020. PS: Hope you’re all staying safe! 1. FDA approves new coronavirus test that could speed rate…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Mecca

COVID-19-hit Iran asks IMF for aid amid US sanctions

For the first time in six decades, Iran has requested a loan from the IMF to fight the coronavirus outbreak. US sanctions have isolated the country from the global financial system. They could also stop IMF assistance. Iranian officials confirmed they had asked the International Monetary Fund for a $5…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Colin Kaepernick

Jay-Z Fires Back at Critics of NFL Deal: “Why Would I Sell Out? I’m Already Rich”

Photo Credit: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images “Got more money than Goodell, a whole NFL bench” On Friday morning, Jay Electronica released his long-awaited debut album, A Written Testimony. Eight out of the album’s ten tracks feature Electronica’s Roc Nation boss Jay-Z. One of the album’s most popular tracks thus far is Flux…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Machine Learning

This is how the CDC is trying to forecast coronavirus’ spread

Every year the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention holds a competition to see who can accurately forecast the flu. Research teams around the country vie with different methods, and the best performers win funding and a partnership with the agency to improve the nation’s preparation for the next…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

1619 Slavery

Andrew Sullivan: Reality Arrives to the Trump Era

“How should they have given a thought to anything like plague, which rules out any future, cancels journeys, silences the exchange of views.” Photo: Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Plagues routinely start with denial. In his great novel, The Plague, Albert Camus describes a scene at the very beginning, after…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Palantir

Tech Tent: Controlling coronavirus with apps

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption This pandemic is the first to be played out via smartphones It's the first pandemic of the smartphone era - and that means governments have access to new ways of tracking the spread of Covid-19. On this week's Tech Tent, we find out about…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

U-2 Dragon Lady

Why are U-2 jet pilots wearing Garmin satellite navigation smartwatches?

U-2, not U as well — They're useful flight- and pilot-monitoring tools, says the Air Force. Eric Tegler - Mar 13, 2020 5:15 pm UTC The current model U-2S aircraft features an all-glass digital cockpit, improved sensors, and propulsion systems. But its pilots still wear backup GPS/GLONASS-enabled watches, just in…

bubmagMarch 13, 2020

Semi-metal compound could treat foal pneumonia without promoting drug resistant bacteria

Movies on TV this week: March 15: ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ on Freeform; Raiders of the Lost Ark and more

Half-Life: Alyx PC requirements and VR headset specs: How to get your PC VR ready

Daily Crunch: FDA approves speedier coronavirus test

COVID-19-hit Iran asks IMF for aid amid US sanctions

Jay-Z Fires Back at Critics of NFL Deal: “Why Would I Sell Out? I’m Already Rich”

This is how the CDC is trying to forecast coronavirus’ spread

Andrew Sullivan: Reality Arrives to the Trump Era

Tech Tent: Controlling coronavirus with apps

Why are U-2 jet pilots wearing Garmin satellite navigation smartwatches?

General Information

Ask me anything