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August 12, 2020
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slashdot
- The First Gene-Edited Squid in History Is a Biological Breakthrough
- Google Makes Building Android Apps on Chrome OS Easier
- Scientists Turn Normal Red Bricks into Electricity-Storing Supercapacitors
- Dropbox Launches Password Manager, Computer Backup, and Secure 'Vaults' Out of Beta
- Uber CEO Says Its Service Will Probably Shut Down Temporarily in California if It's Forced To Classify Drivers as Employees
sportsnet
- Canucks ready for Blues after getting education in post-season hockey
- Canadiens will need Tatar, Gallagher to carry offence in Flyers series
- Blues unfazed by lackluster round-robin performance as Cup defence begins
- NHL Live Tracker: Islanders vs. Capitals, Game 1
- 31 Thoughts: How will Dubas handle Maple Leafs’ off-season?
canoe
- CMHC urges lenders to avoid risky borrowers
- David Blaine to fly through the air holding balloons in YouTube livestream
- Tyra Banks sparks engagement rumours with new ring
- TikTok star Sarah Cooper lands Netflix comedy special
- Andrew Scheer marks final day in Commons as Conservative party leader
cnet
- CMHC urges lenders to avoid risky borrowers
- Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss breaks silence on Ellen DeGeneres allegations
- David Blaine to fly through the air holding balloons in YouTube livestream
- Rob Delaney undergoes vasectomy two years after death of son
- Tyra Banks sparks engagement rumours with new ring
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cbc
- Blanchet will push for election if Trudeau, Morneau, Telford won't resign
- Biden, Harris set for 1st joint appearance as Democratic running mates
- 'I'm sick, I need a doctor,' man charged in murder of Red Deer physician tells court
- The eye-popping number that bears watching in what has been a sleepy Conservative leadership race: Chris Hall
- CMHC urges lenders to stop offering so many high-risk mortgages
space
- Broken cable damages giant radio telescope in Puerto Rico
- Laser beams reflected between Earth and moon boost science
- Moonquakes and marsquakes: How we peer inside other worlds
- NASA sounding rocket finds helium structures in sun's atmosphere
- ESA's 'first' satellite: COS-B
science daily
- Why black rhinos may get sick in captivity
- Selective conversion of reactive lithium compounds made possible
- Efficient valves for electron spins
- Internal differences: A new method for seeing into cells
- A quick, cost-effective method to track the spread of COVID-19 through untreated wastewater
new scientist
- Stone Age people were cremating their dead about 9000 years ago
- Blue whirl that consumes all fuel it encounters is three flames in one
- Male Brazilian frog stays loyal to two females during breeding season
- Everything you need to know about Russia's coronavirus vaccine claims
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Word of the Day
yaw

verb (YAW)

1 a of a ship : to deviate erratically from a course (as when struck by a heavy sea); especially : to move from side to side

b of an airplane, spacecraft, or projectile : to turn by angular motion about the vertical axis

2 : to change from one to another repeatedly : alternate


"Change your thoughts and you channge your world." - Norman Vincent Peale
science blog
- Should we sequence newborns’ DNA? The answer is complicated, study finds
- Obesity emerges as risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness
- Lipoic acid supplements help some obese but otherwise healthy people lose weight
- Kamala Harris likely will boost enthusiasm for Joe Biden among Black voters
Born on this day
- Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)
- John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
- Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo and Juliet)
- Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (National Association of Women)
- Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Around World in 80 Days, Pepe), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1993)
- Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come), (d. 2007)
- Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
- Latasha Byears, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)

Weather fact of the day
On this date in 1955, hurricanes Connie and Diane continued to deluge the northeastern United States. The total damages exceeded $800 million and the resulting flooding killed 187 people.

Today in History
- Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David the Builder wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi
- French troops conquer Ambleteuse, in the Pas-de-Calais, and kill all the English prisoners.
- Joseph Lister performs 1st antiseptic surgery
- Battle of Warsaw between Poland and Russia begins
- Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
- Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE (Tamil Tigers) sniper at his home.
- Konrad Ekhof [Hans Konrad Dieterich Eckhof], German actor and director, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1778)
- Norris McWhirter, English author (founded Guinness Book of World Records), born in Winchmore Hill, England (d. 2004)
- Karl Mickel, German writer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 2000)
- Pat Metheny, American jazz and fusion guitarist (As Wichita Falls, So Falls Whichita), born in Lee's Summit, Missouri

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