Month: July 2020

National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien attends a briefing on Enhanced Narcotics Operations at the US Southern Command in Doral, Florida, on July 10, 2020. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s national security advisor Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus. Bloomberg first reported O’Brien’s diagnosis, citing people familiar with the
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Back in 1999, Rilo Kiley self-released their self-titled debut record. Originally issued on CD and sold exclusively at their live shows, Rilo Kiley predated the band’s signing to Barsuk Records. Now, that album is being reissued for the first time in over 20 years, coming to vinyl and digital storefronts/streaming services on October 2 via
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For educators with underlying medical conditions or high-risk family members, the thought of returning to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic can be terrifying. Some teachers, like West Wendover High School history teacher Kathy Durham, are even making end-of-life plans. Below, in her own words, Durham, who is 56, tells ELLE.com why she’s drawing up a
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I Remember the Drowning Years Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Landscape with Self-Actualization after Bruegel’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Let’s start with the horse: sometimes,especially
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | AFP via Getty Images White House coronavirus advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday that
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The first quantum phase battery. (Courtesy: Andrea Iorio) Researchers in Spain and Italy have constructed the first-ever quantum phase battery – a device that maintains a phase difference between two points in a superconducting circuit. The battery, which consists of an indium arsenide (InAs) nanowire in contact with aluminium (Al) superconducting leads, could be used
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WASHINGTON — A U.K. parliamentary committee said it will review the steps that led to the government’s bid for struggling megaconstellation startup OneWeb, arguing that the $500-million investment decision was rushed and jeopardizes British taxpayer dollars.  Darren Jones, chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee in Parliament, said Wednesday that the decision to
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Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith SAP said Sunday that it would sell some shares of its Qualtrics survey-software unit on a U.S. public market. The announcement comes less than two years after SAP announced a plan to buy Qualtrics for $8 billion, days before Qualtrics was set to go public as an independent company. The move
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