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Apparently a high percentage of chefs at Chinese restaurants suffer shoulder plane from wok tossing. They must rapidly move the heavy pan to launch the food into the air so it cooks but doesn't burn, even though the temperatures may hit 1200°C. Recently, Georgia Tech mechanical engineers studied the kinematics…

Today, Thursday (5/14), I'm honored to be moderating a free online conversation with two brilliant women whose work is a light in the darkness during these uncertain times. My friend Ann Druyan is the executive producer, writer, and director of Cosmos, the iconic TV show she co-created with her late…

Reuters, 2019 • Justice Dept. asked justices to temporarily halt lower-court order, saying executive branch would suffer irreparable harm if the evidence is disclosed. “The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to block Congress from seeing grand jury secrets gathered in the Russia investigation by Mueller, saying the…

Reuters, 2019 Impeached U.S. President Donald Trump spoke today with Russian crimelord Vladimir Putin today, ostensibly to mark the 75th anniversary of V-E Day, but one wonders what other information may have been exchanged, don't one. Trump and Putin are reported to have also talked about what Trump refers to…

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Brazil's nearly one million indigenous peoples face "the risk of genocide" if the novel coronavirus pandemic reaches their communities, a global coalition of actors, thinkers, celebrities, and artists warned in a May 1 letter."Five centuries ago, these ethnic groups were decimated by diseases brought by European colonizers," the signatories said.…

Brazil's right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, as the country's known coronavirus cases rose to more than 100,000 underlining the former army captain's increasing isolation over his response to the pandemic. Bolsonaro has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum…

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro railed against the country's lockdown Sunday in a speech to thousands of anti-confinement demonstrators as the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections passed 100,000, with more than 7,000 deaths.Bolsonaro blamed state governors for continuing the lockdown in a speech outside his presidential palace in…

On The Listening Post this week: Brazil's President Bolsonaro and COVID-19 misinformation. Plus, how well has the WHO performed as a key information source during the pandemic? Brazil's Bolsonaro: Turning COVID-19 denial into media spectacle A president at odds with his advisers and scientists over COVID-19, who has said the…

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greeting Alexandre Ramagem during his inauguration ceremony as the new general director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) in Brasilia, Brazil A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday blocked President Jair Bolsonaro's pick to run the federal police, after an opposition party argued that the appointment…