Month: December 2020

Maps of regional lung expansion in (left) a mouse with cystic fibrosis-like disease and (right) a healthy littermate. (Courtesy: Monash University) This year has been a year like no other. In 2020, many physicists turned their research efforts towards tackling the pandemic. Within medical physics, researchers worked to develop improved diagnostics and potential treatments for
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File photo showing stimulus checks printed at the Philadelphia Financial Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jeff Fusco | Getty Images Efforts to boost the direct payments in the year-end coronavirus relief bill to $2,000 stalled Wednesday as Senate Republican leaders and Democrats appeared divided over whether to send more relief. The Democratic-held House has approved a
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Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires has covered a Genesis classic to close out 2020. Check out Shires’ rendition of “That’s All,” from the group’s 1983 self-titled LP, below (via Rolling Stone). Shires referred to the track as a “true COVID anthem” in a press release. Her cover is accompanied by an animated visual that depicts a number
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SAG-AFTRA has announced that the majority of their productions in California will be on hiatus until early next year. The news comes after the Los Angeles Health Department asked the entertainment industry to pause productions. SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David White updated the labor union website with more COVID-19 filming protocols
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Mom’s Ex-Fiancé Makes a Bad Boyfriend Kevin Barry Share article There’s till time to support exciting, relevant, and inclusive literature in 2020! If you enjoyed reading Electric Literature this year, please make a year-end contribution today. “That Old Country Music” by Kevin Barry Hannah Cryan waited in the Transit van up in the Curlews. Setanta
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