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Winnipeg school transitioning high school students to remote learning - CTV News Winnipeg

2020-10-19 18:37:00 UTC

Winnipeg school transitioning high school students to remote learning - CTV News Winnipeg

Winnipeg school transitioning high school students to remote learningCTV News Winnipeg
Back to school: Many large districts are opening doors againThe Washington Post
School board candidates weigh in on schools opening, online Read more at Ctvnews.ca

Google's head of benefits says thinking like an entrepreneur is the best way to create an effective HR program. Here's how his team did that when they decided to help employees pay down their student debt.
2020-10-19 11:40:00 UTC
Summary List Placement In 2021, Google will start helping its US employees pay down their student loan debt. Per a blog post published in September, the company will match up to $25,000 in loan payments per employee each year. And it plans to roll out the be Read more at Business Insider

Alexa, Siri... Elsa? Children drive boom in smart speakers
2020-10-18 10:00:47 UTC
Coronavirus has accelerated the use of voice assistants, but there are concerns about unregulated online playgroundsVoice assistants such as Alexa and Siri will become common in childrens bedrooms, according to a new report from Internet Matters, the onlin Read more at Theguardian.comtechnology

Remdesivir questioned by WHO trial; women take virus more seriously than men - Reuters UK
2020-10-16 20:16:00 UTC
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more at Reuters

Remdesivir questioned by WHO trial; women take virus more seriously than men - Reuters
2020-10-16 20:14:00 UTC
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more at Reuters

Remdesivir questioned by WHO trial; women take virus more seriously than men - Reuters India
2020-10-17 02:43:00 UTC
The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. Read more at Reuters

White House Rejects California Request For Nearly $350 Million In Wildfire Aid
2020-10-16 18:04:15 UTC
A FEMA statement said the agency concluded that the "severity and magnitude" of the fires did not "exceed the combined capabilities" of state and local governments. Read more at NPR

Government watchdog will probe Trump officials interference at CDC, FDA
2020-10-19 18:31:19 UTC
Democrats had requested the GAO probe earlier this month, citing reports of political appointees seeking to steer the science agencies' policies and communications. Read more at Politico

Top rankers opt for circuit branches
2020-10-16 19:53:03 UTC
62.8% of seats allotted were for Computer Science and Engineering, ECE & EEE
Read more at The Hindu

What Can a COVID-19 Vaccine Actually Do? - Contagionlive.com
2020-10-17 13:47:01 UTC
1. What Can a COVID-19 Vaccine Actually Do?Contagionlive.com
2. Coronavirus vaccine: Pfizer CEO discusses COVID-19 vaccine by end of November possiblyYahoo Finance
3. Kentucky Department for Public Health announces COVID-19 vaccine dist Read more at Contagionlive.com
  
  Phew! 2 big hunks of space junk zoom safely past each other in near-miss - Space.com
  2020-10-16 03:27:00 UTC
  1. Phew! 2 big hunks of space junk zoom safely past each other in near-missSpace.com
  2. Pieces of orbiting space junk 'avoid collision'BBC News
  3. LeoLabs indicates no collision of Soviet satellite and Chinese rocket stageNASASpacefli Read more at Space.com
    
    Fauci: Trump equates wearing a mask with weakness
    2020-10-19 11:56:59 UTC
    But the infectious disease expert also said the president believes in science, or else he would not have been treated at Walter Reed.
    Read more at Politico
    
    Dogs vs. Masked Faces: What Are They Thinking and Feeling?
    2020-10-17 13:07:38 UTC
    Citizen science can help us understand the various ways dogs react to "faceless humans." Pilot data show large individual differences and no one-size-fits-all explanations. Read more at Psychology Today
    
    Earth observation instruments pass review
    2020-10-19 12:47:48 UTC
    As part of the atmospheric environment monitoring satellite (DQ-1) programs, the Environmental Trace Gas Monitoring Instrument (EMI-II) and Particulate Observing Scanning Polarization (POSP) passed the delivery acceptance review on science island of Hefei, An Read more at Phys.Org
    
    Next pandemic? Amazon deforestation may spark new diseases - Reuters
    2020-10-19 11:56:00 UTC
    As farms expand into the Amazon rainforest, felled trees and expanding pastures may open the way for new Brazilian exports beyond beef and soybeans, researchers say: pandemic diseases. Read more at Reuters
    
    American Public Grows Increasingly Wary of Coronavirus Vaccines
    2020-10-20 09:53:46 UTC
    California and New York plan to review any federally approved coronavirus vaccine, part of a growing skepticism as the Trump administration has pushed for speedy drug development. Read more at New York Times
    
    Trump Still Downplays COVID As He Steps Up Pitch For Second Term
    2020-10-17 15:51:51 UTC
    The president is demonstrating new determination to minimize the threat of the virus that has killed more than 218,000 Americans.
    Read more at HuffPost
    
    NASA's Osiris-Rex about to land on asteroid Bennu: Here's what will happen - CNET
    2020-10-17 18:42:00 UTC
    In a first for the space agency, the van-size spacecraft will try to swipe space souvenirs to bring home to Earth. But it might not be easy. Read more at CNET
    
    Latinos and Blacks Still Hit Hardest by Virus, C.D.C. Says
    2020-10-17 14:58:45 UTC
    An outbreak in Switzerland is linked to two yodeling concerts. Hawaii is easing restrictions. Follow updates here.
    Read more at New York Times