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Oct262020 by adminNo Comments

Protests in Italy over new virus crackdown turn violent

World

Italians have turned out by the hundreds in several cities and towns to vent anger, sometimes violently, over the latest pandemic restrictions that force restaurants and cafes to close early and shutter cinemas, gyms and other leisure venuesBy ANDREA ROSA and FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated PressOctober 26, 2020, 9:46 PM• 3 min readMILAN -- Protesters turned out by the hundreds in Turin, Milan and other Italian cities and towns Monday to vent their anger, sometimes violently, at the latest pandemic restrictions that force restaurants and cafes to close early and shutter cinemas, gyms and other leisure venues.In the northern city of Turin, some demonstrators broke off from a peaceful protest, smashing store windows on an elegant shopping street, setting smoke bombs and hurling bottles at police...

Sep62020 by adminNo Comments

Colleges combating coronavirus turn to stinky savior: sewage

Technology

SALT LAKE CITY -- Days after he crossed the country to start college, Ryan Schmutz received a text message from Utah State University: COVID-19 had been detected at his dorm.Within 10 minutes, he dropped the crepes he was making and was whisked away by bus to a testing site.“We didn’t even know they were testing,” said Schmutz, who is 18 and from Omaha, Nebraska. “It all really happened fast.”Schmutz was one of about 300 students quarantined to their rooms last week, but not because of sickness reports or positive tests. Instead, the warning bells came from the sewage.Colleges across the nation — from New Mexico to Tennessee, Michigan to New York — are turning tests of waste into a public health tool. The work comes as institutions hunt for ways to keep campuses open despite vulnerabilitie...

Aug22020 by adminNo Comments

A surge in evictions could turn into financial crisis, economist warns

Finance

The U.S. economy will face great risk if lawmakers do not step up and stave off a looming, far-reaching eviction crisis, an economist with mortgage aggregator LendingTree told CNBC on Friday.With eviction moratoriums lifting across the country, landlords could eventually default on mortgages and the coronavirus pandemic could worsen in the country if tens of millions of renters are put out of their homes in the midst of a tough economy, said Tendayi Kapfidze, chief economist at LendingTree."This really could be catastrophic, and it extends beyond just the rental industry," he said in an interview on "The Exchange." "It could actually affect the single-family housing market and the economy as a whole."Nearly 2-in-5 tenants across the country, particularly low-wage workers, are in dange...

May312020 by adminNo Comments

‘Art with a message’: Artists turn coronavirus struggles into street murals

Entertainment

Street art is having a moment. While galleries are closed, deserted cities across the UK offer an irresistible canvas for creatives.They paint a powerful and political picture, reflecting the hope, joy and sorrow of the COVID-19 crisis. "Ultimately it's art with a message," London artist Atila told Sky News. Image: Atila says it is 'art with a message' "I'm a portrait painter and I like celebrating people through my art, but this is like a special thank you to the NHS heroes."Standing in front of his mural in south London, which features a nurse in a face mask, he said the street is like a "public gallery". ...

May202020 by adminNo Comments

Climate change, algae to turn Antarctica’s coast green

Science

May 19 (UPI) -- Green snow algae is likely to become more abundant across Antarctica's coast as global temperatures continue to rise, according to research by a team of scientists from the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey. To better understand the effects of climate conditions on algae growth patterns, researchers constructed a large-scale map of green snow blooms. Each individual algae is microscopic, but when they grow en mass, they stain the snow green. The blooms can be mapped using aerial surveys and satellite images. By tracking links between local weather conditions and green snow growth patterns, scientists say they can predict how climate change will influence future blooms. "This is a significant advance in our understanding of land-based life on Antarc...