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The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has claimed the lives of nearly 100 children. At least 97 children, 65 of whom were younger than 5 years old, have died from Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the...
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London Zoo on Monday denied it was responsible for the death of an endangered Sumatran tiger mauled by a potential mate brought in as part of a breeding programme. Staff were left "entirely distraught" by the death of the tigress, called Melati, the...
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A.I. Robot Learning to Draw Portraits
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned more than a dozen companies against selling unapproved products which claim to treat Alzheimer's disease and other serious ailments, the agency said on Monday. Many of these drugs, marketed as d...
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The much-heralded trip to colonize the Red Planet was never serious enough to succeed.
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This is a& re-post from TripleCrisis by economist Frank Ackerman First in a series of posts on climate policy.& & The damages expected from climate change seem to get worse with each new study. Reports from the& IPCC& and the& U.S. Global Change Res...
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A chronological listing of news articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week, i.e., Sun, Feb 3 through Sat, Feb 10, 2019 Editor's Pick Seven take-aways from the Green New Deal launch Sweeping in scope, an agenda to tran...
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Artículo traducido por Alejandro Borgo, Director del CFI/Argentina. Creencia: qué significa creer y por qué nuestras convicciones son tan persuasivas. (Belief: What It Means to Believe and Why Our Convictions Ar...
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BENGHAZI, Libya/LONDON (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil Corp on Friday urged all parties to avoid escalation at the El Sharara oilfield, the country's largest, and said it would not restore normal operations until security had been restored. "Worker...
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A selection of new climate related research articles is shown below. Climate change impacts& Mankind Historical Analysis of U.S. Tornado Fatalities (1808-2017): Population, Science and Technology& (open access) Climate Change and Psychology: Effects...
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Romania has officially recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate interim president, joining a coordinated action of European Union nations and the United States, President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday. About 20 EU nations i...
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Unsettled weather is expected to overspread Hawaii this weekend, leading to a noticeable cooldown, windier conditions, widespread showers and high-elevation snow.
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Now the world’s wealthiest man needs to convince investors that locking horns with a powerful American media organization won’t end up hurting Amazon.com Inc. itself. Bezos, Amazon’s single largest shareholder, stunned the industry Thursday night wh...
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A type of cancer linked to breast implants has been diagnosed in more women, according to a statement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). On Wednesday, the FDA said the number of cases of women diagnosed with anaplastic large cell lymphoma...
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Hirotoshi Murakami, an analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., lowered his rating to neutral on Friday, ending the overweight call he’d had in place since November 2014. The 12-month share forecast was cut to 26,400 yen, which is 9....