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New Research Shows Masks and Ventilation Stop COVID Spread Better Than Social Distancing

Global UpfrontApr 11, 2021April 11, 20210

By UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA APRIL 10, 2021 For the study, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher, then modeled

224 killed, 186 military aircraft lost. Pilots worry about being ‘the next accident’

Global UpfrontApr 11, 2021April 11, 20210

By By Tara Copp, McClatchy BC BUREAU U.S. military aviation accidents have killed 224 pilots or aircrew, destroyed 186 aircraft and cost more than $11.6

How online scammers fooled one of Africa’s biggest fintech startups

Global UpfrontApr 11, 2021April 11, 20210

By By Chikezie Omeje, Quartz Africa, April 2021 James Uche remembers how he frantically fought against a deadline to submit an English proficiency certificate to

Conspiracy Theories Influence Our Behavior – Even if We Do Not Believe in Them!

Global UpfrontApr 11, 2021April 11, 20210

By UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK Not least because of the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories are more topical than ever. They are reported and discussed in almost all media and

Netflix tips: How to watch content for free, disable auto playing video previews, and more

Global UpfrontApr 10, 2021April 10, 20210

Netflix Tips and Tricks: The app lets you watch some of its content for free and even lets you stop the auto-playing of video previews

Powerful algorithms used by Netflix, Amazon and Facebook could “crack the language of cancer and alzheimer’s”

Global UpfrontApr 10, 2021April 10, 20210

By ST JOHN’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE APRIL 9, 2021 Fluorescence microscopy image of protein condensates forming inside living cells. Credit: Weitz lab, Harvard University Artificial Intelligence

Insecurity, strikes persist as Buhari’s ‘short rest’ continues

Global UpfrontApr 10, 2021April 10, 20210

Nigerians across the country have expressed dissatisfaction with the state of affairs in the nation. From ongoing strike actions by public sector labour unions to

How Lagos, Nigeria, Became An International Music Hotspot

Global UpfrontApr 8, 2021April 8, 20210

Wale Oloworekende, Wednesday April 7, 2021 Wizkid In August 2019, a 23-year-old musician named Stanley Omah Didia moved to Lagos from Port Harcourt after signing

How insecurity affects the lives of everyone in the Niger Delta

Global UpfrontApr 8, 2021April 8, 20210

By Tarila Marclint Ebiede, The Conversation, April 7, 2021 Nigeria has an urgent insecurity problem. News from the country often emphasises insecurity related to Islamic

Humans Were Apex Predators for Two Million Years – Our Stone Age Ancestors Mostly Ate Meat

Global UpfrontApr 7, 2021April 7, 20210

By TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY APRIL 6, 2021 Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to reconstruct the nutrition of stone age humans. In a paper published in the