Geologists agree that the Farallon and Kula tectonic plates covered a large area of the earth’s surface over the Pacific off the coast of North America about 60 million years ago. However, there is some debate about whether or not there will be a third...
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Villager’s death brought domestic violence awareness – News – Times Record
The 2011 disappearance of a well-known Hot Springs Village resident led to details of domestic violence during her killer’s 2013 murder trial. Dawna Natzke, a beloved wife, mother and HSV Police Department dispatcher, disappeared after leaving a Dec. 21, 2011 Christmas party at the home...
New York Times: Tax records show Trump maintains Chinese bank account
An analysis of Trump’s tax records by the Times shows that the President holds a previously unreported bank account in China that was not included on his public financial disclosures because it is held under a corporate name. Trump also maintains bank accounts in Britain...
Covid-19 News: Live Updates – The New York Times
Here’s what you need to know: A researcher in a laboratory at Imperial College London.Credit…Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press Researchers at Imperial College London are planning to deliberately infect healthy volunteers with the coronavirus early next year as part of the world’s first effort to study how...
Plague: illness spread FOUR TIMES faster during London’s 1665 epidemic than during the 1348 outbreak
The Great Plague of 1665–6 saw disease spread some four times faster in London than it did at the peak of the Black Death in 1348, a study has concluded. Experts from Canada analysed thousands of pages of historical records and personal documents to determine...
Crimson dawn for South | Otago Daily Times Online News
The South Island is now the red island, after Labour hurtled to a remarkable party vote clean sweep south of Cook Strait as part of its record-breaking election victory on Saturday. While National held on to six electorates in the South — including Invercargill, Southland...
‘Crazy’ beekeepers determined to make it in tough times
Commercial beekeeping is a challenge in in the best of times, with bee deaths a frequent problem, often attributed to stressors such as parasites and agricultural chemicals By MARTHA IRVINE and CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press October 19, 2020, 6:19 AM • 3 min read Share...
What makes you ‘rich’ in Australia in 2020? People share the signs you’re wealthy in modern times
People have shared the signs that you’re ‘rich’ in Australia in 2020, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison said last week that an Australian making $180,000 a year is not considered ‘rich’. Hundreds of men and women posted on Facebook, where they shared the most common signs...
Big W launches $15 linen shorts that rivals expensive brands Country Road costing six times price
Big W launches a pair of $15 linen shorts that look identical to ones SIX TIMES the price – so can you tell which one is which? Big W unveils $15 linen shorts that rivals brands costing six times the price The apparel looks almost...
Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: study
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The pathogen that causes the flu survives on human skin for about 1.8 hours...