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Bubonic Plague Kills Two In Mongolia Who Hunted And Ate Marmot : Goats and Soda - NPR Bubonic Plague Kills Two In Mongolia Who Hunted And Ate Marmot : Goats and Soda - NPR Posted: 07 May 2019 12:00 AM PDT The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665. Getty Images The medieval plague known as the Black Death is making headlines this month. In Mongolia, a couple died of bubonic plague on May 1 after reportedly hunting marmots, large rodents that can harbor the bacterium that causes the disease, and eating the animal's raw meat and kidneys – which some Mongolians believe is good for their h...

Arming herself for Wednesday’s Democratic primary debate, contender Kamala Harris unveiled her latest health care position paper. Harris has flip-flopped over whether she supports eliminating all private insurance in favor of a single-payer government-run health system. Her new plan tries to have it both ways. Don’t be fooled. Reacting to people’s fears about having private health insurance they like ripped away, Harris is promising a 10-year transition period. Here’s what you need to know. If you get health insurance at work or buy your own plan, will you be able to keep it? No. Harris says insurance companies will be allowed “to offer a plan” in the government-run system but only if they follow the government’s strict rules to skimp on what’s spent on your care. “If they want to play by our rules, they can be in the system. If not, they have to get out,” she says. Harris’ plan keeps the window dressing of private insurance but, in fact, rapidly transitions to Medicare payment rat...

“Google removes 16 apps infected by Agent Smith malware, if your phone has any of these you should delete too - India Today” plus 1 more Google removes 16 apps infected by Agent Smith malware, if your phone has any of these you should delete too - India Today Posted: 12 Jul 2019 12:00 AM PDT Every now and then, Android keeps getting visited from deadly malware attacks that put user and their data at lots of risks. This time, it's a new malware called Agent Smith and like its name, this malware is sneaky in what it's designed to do - bombard your phone with ads. Agent Smith also has properties to stick to other apps installed on the phone and ensure that the malware infection stays the same. The malware was first detected by Check Point and after working with Google, the infected apps have been removed from Google Play Store. After it was informed of the infection, Google has identified and removed 16 apps from the Play Store that ...

“What Happens When the World’s Population Stops Growing? - The Atlantic” plus 1 more What Happens When the World’s Population Stops Growing? - The Atlantic Posted: 31 Jul 2019 09:45 AM PDT For most of the time that humans have existed, our ranks have grown really, really slowly. There were an estimated 4 million people on Earth in 10,000 B.C. , and after the following 10 millennia, the planetwide population had only reached 190 million. Even in 1800, the total number of humans was still under 1 billion. The climb since then—made possible by advances in medicine, sanitation, and food production—has been astounding. By 1900, there were 1.65 billion people; by 2000, there were more than 6 billion. Just two decades later, the global population sits at 7.7 billion. But soon—or at least, soon in the context of human history—the number of people on Earth will stop growing. Based on the latest figures from the United Na...

“The top iPhone & iPad apps this week | NewsRadio WINA - WINA AM 1070” plus 1 more The top iPhone & iPad apps this week | NewsRadio WINA - WINA AM 1070 Posted: 31 Jul 2019 07:13 AM PDT How many of these are on your device? Top paid iPhone apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 3. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 4. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 5. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd. 6. iSchedule, HotSchedules 7. Facetune, Lightricks Ltd. 8. The Game of Life, Marmalade Game Studio 9. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 10. Pocket Build, MoonBear LTD Top free iPhone apps: 1. aquapark.io, Voodoo 2. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 3. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 4. FaceApp – AI Face Editor, FaceApp Inc 5. TikTok – Real Short Videos, musical.ly Inc. 6. Picker 3D, Rollic Games 7. Snapchat, Snap, Inc. 8. Messenger, Facebook, Inc. 9. Google Maps – Transit & Food, Google LLC 10. Fun Race 3D, Good Job Games...

No, Mario Lopez: Supporting Trans Children Is Not 'Dangerous.' It's What Good Parents Do. - The Daily Beast No, Mario Lopez: Supporting Trans Children Is Not 'Dangerous.' It's What Good Parents Do. - The Daily Beast Posted: 31 Jul 2019 01:01 PM PDT Mario Lopez got hammered on social media Wednesday for controversial remarks he made about transgender children and sexual assault. Angry parents and outraged LGBTQ advocates are calling for him to lose his cushy job at TV's Extra .  As that storm erupted, Lopez apologized in a statement sent to The Advocate . "The comments I made were ignorant and insensitive, and I now have a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were. I have been and always will be an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and I am going to use this opportunity to better educate myself. Moving forward I will be more informed and thoughtful." For those o...

“Don't blame gaming for killers, experts say - Toronto Sun” plus 1 more Don't blame gaming for killers, experts say - Toronto Sun Posted: 31 Jul 2019 12:01 PM PDT A spate of recent high-profile crimes allegedly perpetrated by young men with a passion for video games is prompting industry watchers to raise cautions against reading too much into their hobbies. A growing body of research suggests video gaming is no longer the niche pursuit it's been widely considered for decades, but rather a common pastime involving the majority of Canadians to at least some degree. Law enforcement officials, scholars and industry analysts all agree the stereotypes that have long attended discussion of the "gamer" demographic are reductive and fail to capture the various complexities at play in the growing network of game-oriented communities. Richard Lachman, a Ryerson University associate professor studying digital cultu...

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Every year we’ve become accustomed to seeing a champion crowned in the Stanley Cup Final. In 1919 things were far more complicated. The finals between the Montreal Canadiens and Seattle Metropolitans had no winner. The season just ended. It remains the only season in North American sporting history the playoffs took place, but there was no champion. The early days of the Stanley Cup had no specific final series or playoff system. The Cup was first awarded to the Montreal Canadiens in 1893, changing hands sporadically in its initial years through exhibition games or being awarded to the league winner. Rules changed in 1915, where the winner of the National Hockey Association (which would become the NHL in 1917) would challenge the winner of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) to decide who would take home Lord Stanley’s Cup. Fast forward to the 1918-19 season. The NHL season was a back-and-forth affair between the Canadiens and Ottawa Senators, with an ever-present fear that ...