https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/upshot/airlines-flight-times-padding.html
Airlines Are Padding Flight Times. It’s Not Your Imagination. – The New York Times
December 14, 2024Opinion | A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History – The New York Times
December 14, 2024https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/opinion/bird-flu-pandemic.html
A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History
Nov. 29, 2024
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Almost five years after Covid blew into our lives, the main thing standing between us and the next global pandemic is luck. And with the advent of flu season, that luck may well be running out.
The H5N1 avian flu, having mutated its way across species, is raging out of control among the nation’s cattle, infecting roughly a third of the dairy herds in California alone.
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Zeynep Tufekci
Google Introduces A.I. Agent That Aces 15-Day Weather Forecasts – The New York Times
December 14, 2024A ‘Second Tree of Life’ Could Wreak Havoc, Scientists Warn – The New York Times
December 14, 2024Research on so-called mirror cells, which defy fundamental properties of living organisms, should be prohibited as too dangerous, biologists said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/science/mirror-life-microbes-research.html
The Hidden Air Pollution in Our Homes
December 10, 2024This pre-pandemic article highlights the indoor air quality issues that can arise from one’s kitchen.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-hidden-air-pollution-in-our-homes
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