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Seabird colony to reopen to public after two-year closure due to avian flu An internationally-important seabird colony which shut to human visitors for two years due to bird flu is reopening this week. Wildlife watchers will be able to get a closer look at the Farne Islands ... 03/25/2024 - 12:39 am | View Link
Intellia opts out of hemophilia B gene editing work with Regeneron Intellia Therapeutics is opting out of a hemophilia B program, leaving the CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing work on factor IX treatments in the hands of partner Regeneron. | Intellia Therapeutics is ... 03/22/2024 - 4:21 am | View Link
The people you'll meet in Cambridge's Danehy Park WATCH: A local filmmaker spent a summer asking strangers for their stories. Reporter Spencer Buell details what they found, and why urban parks are important. 03/21/2024 - 10:55 am | View Link
On Monday April 8, a total solar eclipse will pass across the U. S.. While the last solar eclipse visible from the U. S. occurred only seven years ago, it won’t be until 2045 that a total solar eclipse will pass again from coast to coast across the country.
Given that you might have to wait a couple decades for the next one, it might be worth taking a photo to capture the moment.
Every Black woman has been called a Jezebel. The term, which originates from the Bible, is one of the oldest examples of misogyny in the world. Instead of being heralded for her reign as Queen, the Phoenician princess (after whom the term was named) was slut-shamed and subjected to whorephobia.
The eyes of the world are on the British royal family this Easter. The holiday falls just over a week after Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing “preventative chemotherapy.”
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Kensington Palace initially pinned Easter as the date after which she might be expected to restart public engagements following a planned abdominal surgery in January, but on March 22, Kate disclosed that post-operation tests revealed cancer had been present, leading her to start treatment.
I went to a funeral recently. It was an old friend and former colleague. The big “C,” diagnosed six years ago. He outlived the first diagnosis by five years but eventually it caught up. Splendid service, lovely music, fine sermon, many poignant moments. I met dozens of people I hadn’t seen for years.
“Every so often, a grand thesis captures the world’s imagination,” began an article in the The New Yorker in 2008. “The latest … is that America’s time of global dominance is finished, and that new powers, such as China, India, and Russia, are poised to take over.” There has been no shortage of optimism about China since, like a 2011 Foreign Affairs headlined the “The Inevitable Superpower” and a 2018 piece from The Economist that “The Chinese century is well under way.” What a difference the past few years have made.
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Conventional wisdom that China’s economy would eclipse the U.
Could avian flu on cattle farms impact dairy prices? ABC NewsFirst case of highly pathogenic avian influenza detected in Idaho dairy cattle Idaho NewsBird Flu: Virus Has Spread to Cows In Multiple States HealthlineMysterious cow illness might be more than HPAI brownfieldagnews.comBREAKING: Mystery Illness Impacting Texas, Kansas Dairy Cattle is Confirmed as Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Strain Agweb Powered by Farm Journal