<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="En lo que fue un nuevo día con récord de casos, cuando los infectados con Covid-19 en el país llegaron a 220.682, una aglomeración de personas sobre la vereda de un bar en Recoleta captó la atención de los vecinos que transitaban por la zona y, rápidamente, las […]
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Source: TREVOR SAMSON / Getty UPDATED: 11:23 a.m. ET, Aug. 4, 2020 — How long was Nelson Mandela in prison? The former political prisoner who went on to become South Africa’s first Black president was imprisoned for 27 years after the anti-apartheid activist was arrested on Aug. 4 in 1962. Mandela was given a life […]
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The events of 2020 are reshaping the way we live, work, teach, and learn. And while we have all been affected differently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women has been particularly significant. A recent report by the Rapid Research Information Forum found the pandemic has left women facing disproportionate increases in caring responsibilities […]
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There is something shifty about plate tectonics “Across the lansdcape, steam vents hiss gaseous breath from deep inside the planet, creating an environment that feels like it hangs in the balance between our world and another.”― Stefanie Payne, A Year in the National Parks: The Greatest American Road Trip The team designed models of geological […]
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Climate change and COVID-19 are the two most significant crises faced by the modern world – and widespread behavior change is essential to cope with both. This means that official messaging by the government and other authorities is critical. To succeed, leaders need to communicate the severe threat effectively and elicit high levels of public […]
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The highest court in all of Jamaica ruled on Friday in favor of a school that demanded a student cut her dreadlocks over “hygiene” reasons in order to attend classes. The student’s parents vowed not to cut their daughter’s hair and were stunned by the ruling that upholds the kind of systemic racism the world […]
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This is where the story gets hot In December 2019, astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) in California spotted a supernova they dubbed SN2019yvq. Analysis of the data revealed this was a type Ia [one A] supernova, a fairly-common type of explosion for white dwarf stars. Taking place roughly 140 million light years from Earth, […]
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The Crew Dragon spacecraft, produced by private company SpaceX, is scheduled to return from the International Space Station (ISS) and splash down in the Atlantic ocean on August 2. Contingent on a favorable weather forecast and a successful final week at the ISS, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will begin the undocking procedure […]
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It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first economists to make the link was Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel Prize in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics. Increasingly over the past two decades, the internet has been a major factor affecting the right […]
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Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the whole universe, and it pushes galaxies away from each other. This is making our cosmos expand at an accelerated rate. But what is it? One of the simplest explanations is […]
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During a visit to a bookstore a few weeks ago, we couldn’t help but stare at a display unit featuring no fewer than ten books telling you how to rid plastics from your daily life. We’re bombarded by information on the topic of marine litter and plastic pollution, but how much do we really know […]
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A Russian cyberespionage group that hacked into election networks before the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now attempting to steal coronavirus vaccine information from researchers in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. The governments of those three countries issued a warning on July 16 saying that the group known as APT29 or “Cozy Bear” is targeting […]
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On March 23, 2020, jury trials in England and Wales were suspended in response to COVID-19. This was done to protect public safety as social distancing measures were difficult to implement in courtrooms. Since then, several proposals, such as remote trials, have been put forward to address how jury trials might continue, and how to […]
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London (AFP) – British golfer Eddie Pepperell said on Tuesday he is concerned for the future of the European Tour given the “frankly terrifying” state of the global economy due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Tour starts its newly formed British swing on Wednesday at the British Masters after returning to action with two events […]
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What do you do when you can’t go to the doctor’s office? As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people around the world to stay at home and avoid crowded and possibly contaminated areas, this has become a big concern. The pandemic has spurred a new wave of innovation, shedding new light on online diagnosis and remote […]
Read MoreLa Paz, 15 jul (EFE).- La pandemia de la COVID-19 también afecta a la Iglesia Católica boliviana, que este miércoles perdió al obispo Eugenio Scarpellini, nacido en Italia y que fue coordinador de las Pontificias Obras Misionales en América. La Iglesia Católica de Bolivia comunicó que Scarpellini, obispo de El Alto, “falleció tras el contagio […]
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The committee’s plan takes a blinkered view of what a holistic U.S. response to the crisis could look like. “In poor and fragile nations, these climate-driven shocks can also drive political instability and refugee movements. U.S. foreign policy and aid can help to address the global humanitarian threats of climate change before they become national […]
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