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9 votes
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The flu killed forty million in 1918. Every flu season since is descended from it
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Why didn't anyone copy the Roman army? - The imitation legions
3 votes -
Biggest factory shutdown since World War II hits US and Europe
11 votes -
LibraryThing is now free to all
13 votes -
2020 Independent Games Festival winners announced - A Short Hike wins Grand Prize
5 votes -
US FDA turns to Twitter to help track testing supply shortages
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
8 votes -
As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
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Introducing Dreamer: Scalable reinforcement learning using world models
5 votes -
Coronavirus COVID-19 cases spiked across Asia after a mass gathering in Malaysia. This is how it caught the countries by surprise
7 votes -
An ancient Elpistostege fish fossil found in Miguasha, Canada has revealed new insights into how the human hand evolved from fish fins
5 votes -
NYSE to temporarily close floor, move to electronic trading after positive coronavirus tests
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What are some good books about pandemics, epidemiology, and/or infectious diseases?
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too...
Understandably, my interest has piqued on this topic cluster (as I'm sure it has for many others), and I should have more time than usual to read in the coming weeks. I also am spending far too long jumping around aimlessly to assorted news articles and would like to tame that nervous energy into a more focused approach on longer writings.
While I'm interested in non-fiction primarily, I'm also open to fiction suggestions. Also, anything that lands in the ballpark of what we're dealing right now with the novel coronavirus fits (though it certainly doesn't have to be specific to coronavirus, nor COVID-19).
7 votes -
Musical Echoes: Fight the virus selection #2 (by Black Hole sound system) (2020)
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"I'm not an epidemiologist, but..." - When Twitter engagement decides who's in charge of distributing public health information
3 votes -
Facebook is giving $1,000 to all of its 45,000 employees
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Planetary science decadal survey to include astrobiology and planetary defense
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As the coronavirus slowdown hits newspapers, the Monterey County Weekly lays off seven employees
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Florida: Drive-thru COVID-19 testing gets off to rocky start
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Need to stock your pantry? These LA restaurants are temporarily flipping to corner stores.
4 votes -
How to see germs spread
2 votes -
Lankum - The Rocky Road to Dublin (2020)
8 votes -
Oil’s plunge is an existential threat to a far cleaner biofuel
9 votes -
The reckless, infinite scope of web browsers
17 votes -
Pastry chef, Claire Saffitz, attempts to make gourmet Girl Scout Cookies | Gourmet Makes
11 votes -
Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner achieves his boyhood dream to win the 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska
4 votes -
Steam Game Festival: Spring Edition - Almost fifty demos for new and upcoming indie games, available to play until March 23
8 votes -
itch.io: Self-isolation on a budget
10 votes -
Stock trading halted for the fourth time this month, after the S&P fell 7% in midday trading amid coronavirus concerns
5 votes -
Denmark is helping those who can't work due to coronavirus – why isn't the UK?
4 votes -
EU warns of pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign on coronavirus
14 votes -
Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam is cancelled
8 votes -
Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine
36 votes -
Social distancing: This is not a snow day
13 votes -
Stay at home and play some games
16 votes -
How soap kills the coronavirus
9 votes -
Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China
8 votes -
Life during the outbreak
How's everyone doing? I'm feeling quite a bit of stress and mental burnout, so I wanted to post an "off my chest" style thread. Figured I'd keep it for the comments; maybe others could use the...
How's everyone doing?
I'm feeling quite a bit of stress and mental burnout, so I wanted to post an "off my chest" style thread. Figured I'd keep it for the comments; maybe others could use the space, too.
(Posted in ~talk as I don't think it's productive to post this to ~health.coronavirus)
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Ohio Department of Health will order polls closed Tuesday as health emergency
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How testing for Covid-19 works
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Book review: Hoover
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The nation is shutting down. For Walmart, it’s time to step up
5 votes -
Republicans adopt Andrew Yang’s cause. He isn’t celebrating
12 votes -
Google wary of sharing user location data in pandemic fight
9 votes -
Dollar funding is freezing up, and the Fed knows it
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Tesla told to shut down California factory to help fight the coronavirus
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US virus plan anticipates 18-month pandemic and widespread shortages: The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government
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Testing shortages force extreme shift in strategy by Sacremento health officials
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Governor mandates all resorts, restaurants, and bars in Nevada must close for thirty days to prevent the spread of coronavirus
5 votes