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Meet Onesimus, The Enslaved Man Who Saved Boston From Smallpox

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Black and white illustration depicting a map of the city of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the year ... [+] 1722, with points of interest and areas suffering smallpox and fires notated, captioned 'The Town of Boston in New England by Capt John Bonner 1722,' from the volume 'Old Boston Taverns ...

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A Spectacular View Of Mars And A Jupiter-Mercury Fist-Bump: What You Can See In The Night Sky This Week

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Venus embraces the Pleiades, and 444 light-years apart they meet every eight years. Beijing, China, ... [+] April 3, 2020. Barcroft Media via Getty Images Each Monday I pick out the northern hemisphere’s celestial highlights (mid-northern latitudes) for the week ahead, but be sure to check my ...

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Surgeon Joined His Zoom Court Trial During An Operation, Here Is The Video

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sacramento Superior Court Commissioner Gary Link, who is normally based at the Carol Miller Justice ... [+] Center (pictured here) noticed that the defendant in his Zoom virtual court room seemed to be in the operating room while a patient was undergoing surgery. (Photo: Getty) getty You may j...

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This Colombian Searches For The Secrets Of Stars With Exoplanets

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Colombian researcher Lauren Flor-Torres in front of an image of the M42 (The Orion Nebula) taken ... [+] with Celestron EdgeHD 8" SCT Telescope (property of Astronomy’s department at University of Guanajuato) by Faiber Rosas in February 2020. Daniela Flor/Faiber Rosas Colombian researcher Laur...

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The Ambivalence Of Black History Month – Perspective From An African American Scientist

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin As I sit her on this cloudy Sunday morning in Georgia, I realized that it was the last day of Black History Month. This annual celebration can be traced to the son of former slaves, Carter G. Woodson. According to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) websit...

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Did A Comet Fragment Kill The Dinosaurs? Not Likely, Say Researchers

February 28, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Asteroid impact. Illustration of a large asteroid colliding with Earth on the Yucatan Peninsula in ... [+] Mexico. This impact is believed to have led to the death of the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago. The impact formed the Chicxulub crater, which is around 200 kilometres wide. The impac...

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Should I Use A Brace Or Double-Masking To Block Coronavirus?

February 27, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Anthony Fauci, double masking. Getty Images Wearing a face mask to slow the spread of Covid-19 has become common practice. But some people still wear masks incorrectly or use one that doesn't properly fit their face, which lets aerosols that carry Coronavirus particles leak out. One solution t...

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In Pictures: This Weekend’s Spectacular Full ‘Snow Moon’ Thrills Sky-Watchers Around The World

February 27, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The full moon is seen above a fish-shaped lantern during the Lantern Festival on February 26, 2021 ... [+] in Sanya, Hainan Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Did you see the full “Snow Moon” rise? The third and final full Moon of winter—and one of the ...

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Spring’s Wild Temperature Swings Are The Perfect Recipe For Dense Fog

February 27, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin People drive trucks through heavy fog on Interstate 80 in Monroe County, New Jersey, on Friday, ... [+] January 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ASSOCIATED PRESS We’re three weeks from the equinox and winter is fighting to hold on against spring’s steady march. The abrupt warmups and rapid co...

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FDA Authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 Vaccine For Use In The U.S.

February 27, 2021

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline On Saturday, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, meaning that it will soon be publicly available in the U.S A healthcare worker fills a syringe from a vial with a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against ... [+] ...