There is no doubt that human activity contributes to climate change. It is a long-term challenge that we should seek to understand better and prepare to address through adaption and innovation should the worst come decades from now.
2020
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Austin Bay: The enemy is fragility: Pompeo’s new strategy
Planet Earth, for worse and occasionally better, is a world of neighborhood existence – many neighborhoods at peace, many (most?) neighborhoods uneasy and facing tenuous circumstances, too many neighborhoods experiencing outright anarchy and war. Blame the level of perception, of easy aggregation, for missing this truth. I’ll illustrate with an anecdote. Six years ago, an […]
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Face Time: Farmington equestrian knocking goals off her list
Allyssia Timberlake of Farmington runs a lesson, training and boarding facility.
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In a word: Hey there, ROY G. BIV
Surely you can recite the alphabet in order. How about naming the colors in the spectrum or the names of the Great Lakes? I could almost hear you singing that little alphabet jingle just before you thought about ROY G. BIV and his HOMES. A few years ago, I attended a training during which we […]
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Mary Sanchez: Biden’s HHS pick offers promising path forward for all Americans
Because bible-pounding has become a favored tactic of politicians, it was only a matter of time before one of the cabinet choices of the incoming Biden administration would set off screeds of fire and brimstone. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has become the target. Becerra has been nominated to be the Secretary of Health and […]
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Phyllis Caron: Government, help people find work
The government keeps saying it’s running into financial problems. Lots of people are out of work, so unemployment is running out of money. There’s only one way to start solving this financial problem we’re facing, and that’s bringing back jobs. That way, people can stop taking unemployment money, and the unemployment fund can start building […]
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Daily DIY sniff checks could catch many cases of COVID-19
Smell loss – called anosmia – is a common symptom of COVID-19. For the past nine months, the two of us – a sensory scientist and an infectious disease epidemiologist– have applied our respective expertise to develop smell-based screening and testing programs as part of a response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In early October, one […]
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Seven tips for staying safe as COVID-19 cases rise and colder weather heightens the risk
https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1315593013184221184?s=20 As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but there are some simple steps you can take to help protect yourself and everyone around you. It’s easy to get tired of wearing masks and practicing social distancing. There has even been some talk from the White […]
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Vaccine hoaxes are rampant on social media. Here’s how to spot them.
Social media companies are cracking down on misleading claims about the new vaccines against the coronavirus.