News for nerds
Globally deaths from terrorism fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2019—a 15 percent decrease from the prior year, continuing a positive trend. The 2020 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) reports this week that deaths from terrorism peaked in 2014 and Read more
Panthers head coach Matt Rhule said earlier this week that he didn’t expect Christian McCaffrey to play against the Vikings this weekend and that remains the case as the week comes to a close. McCaffrey has gotten in some practice Read more
A blood test to watch breast cancer’s ‘molecular clock’ could help track the growth of multiple tumours around the body and monitor how they are responding to treatment, new research suggests. The test could help identify the most actively growing Read more
Like the Joni Mitchell song puts it, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” For example, classroom education was often deemed boring by students and obsolete by tech visionaries. Then, Covid-19 made it difficult or impossible to meet Read more
Galactus descends upon Fortnite on 1st December, Epic has announced. The Marvel supervillain arrives in the battle royale as part of the one-time only Nexus War finale event on Tuesday, 1st December at 4pm ET – that’s 9pm UK time. Read more
A moving company announced this month a new commitment to provide free moves to victims of domestic violence and those currently living in abusive situations. Since the recent launch of the program, College HUNKS Hauling Junk & Moving has already Read more
As of Thursday, Dolphins coach Brian Flores wasn’t concerned about quarterback Tua Tagovailoa‘s thumb injury. As of Friday, Flores seems to be. Flores told reporters on Friday that he needs to watch the film from practice before making a decision Read more
New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last week carried on working for up to two hours while awaiting the results of a rapid COVID test, wasn’t the first Australian to “soldier on” in the face of health concerns and Read more
Britain’s return to the gold standard in 1925 has become a byword for a self-inflicted economic fiasco. The idea was to seek stability by fixing a price for an ounce of gold on demand – trade and confidence in sterling Read more
If you own a Switch, then chances are you’re all too familiar with the machine’s storage-based woes. The measly 32GB that comes built-in to the base console tends to fill up in a flash. In fact, as soon as you’ve Read more