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    Nov 10

    When we finally get a coronavirus vaccine, who should get the first shot? Do we give it to the likeliest super-spreaders or do we give it to society’s most vulnerable? Network theorists may have an answer. And it prioritizes frat bros over grandmas 1/

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    4 hours ago

    Gov. Cuomo boasts, in almost every Covid statement, that his administration is "following the science." But then he never tells us WHY we're doing anything. It's not just him. The lack of transparency in pandemic policies has to stop.

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    4 hours ago

    A Turkish information scientist solves an old puzzle. Huawei sees the potential. 5G domination ensues. on how a personal triumph entered a global competition.

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  4. 29 minutes ago

    In March, Moderna began an unprecedented sprint towards producing a Covid-19 vaccine. Today, the company announced early results showed it is 94.5% effective. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the beginning of Moderna's trials

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    Nov 14

    Thinking back to this (another) sadly prescient piece from many months ago: She reminded us of how, early in the pandemic, everyone was **hoping** the virus would be seasonal. We had things exactly backwards, and it cost us.

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  6. 1 hour ago

    If China's advancements in 5G help it gain control of the future, it will be partially thanks to the work of a Turkish academic whose obscure breakthrough helped put Huawei over the top. By conquering noise, it might conquer telecommunications.

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  7. 3 hours ago

    The pandemic is reversing years of hard-won educational progress for underrepresented students. “I have literally hung up the phone and had to cry, because the problems are so deep.” via

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  8. 3 hours ago

    There's no way around it—the best way to keep your family safe this holiday season is to stay home.

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  9. 4 hours ago

    This is one pop-up you shouldn't ignore

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  10. 5 hours ago

    It's time to unmake the modern myth of productivity

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  11. 7 hours ago

    If you’re already a master of at-home exercise, you don’t need this machine to keep you sweating. But if you’re looking for a gym-free way to supplement outdoor activities, you might be hovering over the buy button at this very moment.

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  12. 8 hours ago

    More proof that moms are the best

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  13. 10 hours ago

    Water bears can survive boiling water, some of the lowest temperatures in the universe, the vacuum of space, and blasts of radiation that would kill a human. But they may have finally met their match: climate change.

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  14. 11 hours ago

    Don't end up fighting over a piece of driftwood. (Even if there's enough space.)

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  15. 12 hours ago

    Think where you live is cold? With average highs of –40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, the Siberian city of Yakutsk, Russia, is one of the world's coldest continually inhabited places 📸 Alexey Vasilyev

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  16. 12 hours ago

    A Paris shoeshine man, a New York record seller, a Beirut mechanic, a Montreal haberdasher, an Istanbul gramophone repairman. Vladimir Antaki has photographed 250 shopkeepers over the past 7 years in his travels around the world. Here are some standouts:

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  17. 12 hours ago

    Read this before you say yes to your next BIOS update.

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  18. 13 hours ago

    Opinion from : The tech industry has been transformed into a poster child for income inequality, toxic masculinity, and white privilege. Their companies and their community should be targets for reform

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  19. 13 hours ago

    Studies show that face masks not only protect others, but they also protect the mask wearer, too. So, mask up people. Here's a list of our favorites:

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  20. 13 hours ago

    Ross Ulbricht thought he was invincible. Even as warning signs flashed all around him, he told a potential employee they would never get caught. He didn't know how wrong he was

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  21. 15 hours ago

    These tiny, emotive characters—from 😜 to 🎉 to 💩—represent the first language born of the digital world, designed to add emotional nuance to otherwise flat text.

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