[Forbes] It’s the oldest and the greatest cosmic question of all: is there anybody out there? For years all we’ve had is the Drake Equation to help us understand the question, but no indication of an answer. Now a group of scientists at the University of Nottingham think they’ve come up with […]
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[Forbes] Passengers are gaining remarkable deals as travel restrictions ease and flights resume in many parts of the world. Fare discounts and only partially filled planes are common, but some airlines are offering bigger incentives. Among airlines’ offerings are promotions covering unlimited domestic flights for $93 through next March, 50% […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] The tourism industry loves the idea and so does President Trump, but will Congress get on board? If approved, the “Explore America” Tax Credit would dangle up to $4,000 in front of Americans for vacation expenses spent in the U.S. at hotels, theme parks, restaurants and other […]
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[South Florida Sun-Sentinel] With summer camps opening around the state, health officials just shared a report detailing new coronavirus infections among children. These statistics show 37,211 children have been swabbed, and 9.2% of them, or 3,407, tested positive. There have been 73,552 confirmed COVID-19 cases among all ages in Florida, ranging from […]
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[CNN] “I’ve looked at that plan and it’s really quite creative what they are really trying to do. I think they might very well be quite successful with it. It is to create a situation where it is as safe as possibly can be for the players by creating this bubble,” […]
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[ABC NEWS, AP] BEIJING — The largest wholesale food market in Beijing was shuttered behind police guard and the surrounding neighborhood locked down Saturday after more than 50 people tested positive for the coronavirus in the Chinese capital. The outbreak — coming more than 50 days after the last local case in the city […]
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[The Motley Fool] That doesn’t mean the economy is going to come roaring back. Unbelievably, stocks have recouped just about all of their losses from the coronavirus crash. The NASDAQ reached an all-time high, topping 10,000 earlier this week, and until Thursday’s plunge, the S&P 500 was in positive territory for the year, down […]
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[Phys.org] University of Maryland geophysicists analyzed thousands of recordings of seismic waves, sound waves traveling through the Earth, to identify echoes from the boundary between Earth’s molten core and the solid mantle layer above it. The echoes revealed more widespread, heterogenous structures—areas of unusually dense, hot rock—at the core-mantle boundary […]
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[National Defense Industrial Association] Army researchers have identified a leading vaccine candidate for combating the novel coronavirus and is moving it to the next level of research, the service announced June 11. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 100,000 Americans and spread across the globe. The Defense Department […]
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[FOX NEWS, GETTY IMAGES] Ray Ciccarelli, a NASCAR Truck Series driver, announced on social media Wednesday that he plans to quit the sport shortly after the release of new guidelines that include a ban on Confederate flags at races. Ciccarelli, 50, took to Facebook to announce that it has been a “fun ride and dream come […]
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