In 2014, the world avoided a horrific global outbreak of Ebola, thanks to thousands of selfless health workers -- plus, frankly, thanks to some very good luck. In hindsight, we know what we should have done better. So, now's the time, Bill Gates suggests…

The U.K. is currently reporting more new cases than the U.S.

Unicode contains a range of symbols which don't get much use. For example, there are separate symbols for TradeMark - ™, Service Mark - ℠, and Prenoscriptions - ℞. Nestling among the "Letterlike Symbols" are two curious entries. Both of these are single characters:…

PISA: Performant Indexes and Search for Academia. Contribute to pisa-engine/pisa development by creating an account on GitHub.

Spend Stack was selected by Apple to be included as a retail demo on iPhones & iPads across the globe. Here's what the process was like.

We found that a lack of critical skills about the online environment matched up with lower levels of education and employment.

People who get Covid-19 are much less likely to die than those infected with Ebola, SARS and MERS. 

Which is better: a generalist or a specialist? Conventional wisdom says the earlier you specialise, the greater your chances of success. But people who take their time and broaden their horizons make smarter career choices. In fact, they tend to be better…

JPMorgan asked many of its roughly 37,000 employees in the New York metro area this week to work from home in staggered shifts to stem the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Bank tellers, who account for about half its New York workforce, weren’t included.

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New technique efficiently converts human stem cells into insulin-producing cells

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Unbelievably enough, it all comes back to Pythagoras.

Researchers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds…

As you surely know, Italy is suffering a dramatic spreading of the coronavirus. In just 3 weeks from the beginning of the outbreak, the virus has reached more than 10.000 infected people. From our data, about 10% of patients require ICU (Intensive Care Unit)…

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