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Things I've spotted that may be of interest to others:

Gizmodo reports on the discovery of several very large undersea mountains.

A Conversation writer discusses what COVID does to our thinking. It dangerous to the brain.

Another Conversation writer compares Donald Trump to the outlaws of the American past. (Al Capone, for one).

Gizmodo recommends the best computer mice.

An article in The Conversation pays tribute to composer John Williams.

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:

Christianity: A Christianity Today writer argues that telling churches to close, because of COVID, is not persecution..

Ethics: The Daily Mail reports that one of the medications administered to President Trump was developed from an aborted fetus. The company does not consider the product to be from an aborted fetus. ScienceMag, an important scientific journal explains further, and says that aborted fetal cells were not used. Gizmodo discusses the situation. It's complicated.

Health: Gizmodo reports on studies about how long the COVID virus lasts, on device screens. Too long.

Politics: The Washington Post has what appears to be an accurate and unbiased page on where Trump and Biden stand on several issues.

FiveThirtyEight reports that nobody really knows why crime becomes more, or less, common.

FiveThirtyEight also discusses how the reputation of the Supreme Court has dropped in recent years.

Science: Gizmodo reports that a couple of dozen planets, orbiting other stars, seem to be well suited for life.

Gizmodo also reports on a water-loving species of mouse from Africa.

Gizmodo also reports that the US Department of Agriculture killed over a million wild animals last year.

Gizmodo also reports on a poisonous caterpillar, found in Virginia.

And Gizmodo reports on tool use by ants.

Science Alert reports on evidence that the artery structure in our arms is evolving.

The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.

Thanks for looking!

 

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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to

someone else:

Christianity: (and Finance) NPR reports that the government will pay pastor's salaries, treating churches as small businesses hit by orders to close.

Computing: Gizmo reports on security problems and nuisance attacks on Zoom meetings.

Health: FiveThirtyEight, which is really good at crunching data, explains why it's really difficult to model COVID-19.

And FiveThirtyEight discusses the effects of handwashing.

Politics: Gizmodo asks whether the President could cancel the November Presidential election.

Science: The Scientist reports that mice have facial expressions.

The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, it is free to use like this.

Thanks for looking!