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2020 C.E. April 28
Coursera makes online catalog free for unemployed workers
Federal, state, and local government agencies in the United States and abroad that serve the unemployed can apply provide free access to Coursera’s courses—an offer that typically costs $399 per year—through September 30.
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2020 C.E. April 28
New York and Kentucky expand mail-in voting access
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear both signed executive orders mandating applications for absentee ballots be sent to all of their states’ voters — upon returning the applications to state officials, voters will receive ballots.
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2020 C.E. April 27
Sweden shutters last coal-fired generating plant two years early
A milder than expected winter led to lower demand for electricity and so the decision was made to close the entire facility now instead of waiting until 2022.
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2020 C.E. April 27
Lebanon becomes first Arab country to legalize cannabis farming for medical use
Cannabis has long been illegally farmed in the fertile Bekaa Valley and government now hopes to turn it into a legal billion-dollar trade
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2020 C.E. April 24
New fishing net technology biodegrades quickly under ultraviolet light
Scientists at Cornell University have engineered a new fishing net material that offers comparable strength to today’s solutions but can break down much more quickly when exposed to UV light.
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2020 C.E. April 24
White-tailed eagles have been spotted in England for the first time in 240 years
The incredible creatures, also known as Sea Eagles, went extinct in England in the early 20th century due to illegal killing. But thanks to a pioneering project by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, there is new hope for the majestic birds.
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2020 C.E. April 23
Seoul subsidizes 700 electric taxis
South Korea’s capital, Seoul, is purchasing 700 electric taxis. This subsidy is worth 18.2 million won (around $15,000) per EV, far more than the 12.7 million ($10,300) subsidy for buying an EV for personal use.
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2020 C.E. April 23
Oxford University begins human trials of COVID-19 vaccine
The first patients have been enrolled in human trials for a coronavirus vaccine at the historic University of Oxford after the U.K.’s Health Secretary said the country would be “throwing everything” behind the project.
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2020 C.E. April 22
Antibodies could offer gamechanging new treatment for OCD
Mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treated in a new way using drugs that target the immune system instead of the central nervous system, suggests exciting new research.
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2020 C.E. April 22
Ambitious ‘cloud brightening’ experiment launched to restore Great Barrier Reef
Results from the trial were "really, really encouraging", the project's lead scientist Daniel Harrison from Southern Cross University said.
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2020 C.E. June 9
Scientists find a switch to flip and turn off breast cancer growth and metastasis
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine have also discovered a way to inhibit an aggressive form of breast cancer from occurring. The animal study results have been so compelling that the team is now working on FDA approval to begin clinical trials.
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2020 C.E. June 9
Germany forces all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
Germany said it will oblige all petrol stations to offer electric car charging as part of a sweeping 130 billion euro ($146.26 billion) economic recovery plan, boosting electric vehicle demand which has been hampered by consumer concerns over refuelling.
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2020 C.E. June 9
E.U. to dedicate €10 billion on “Farm to Fork” strategy
The Farm to Fork Strategy proposes dedicating €10 billion toward the research and innovation on “food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, and the environment as well as the use of digital technologies and nature-based solutions for agri-food.”
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2020 C.E. June 8
Minneapolis City Council commits to dismantling Minneapolis Police Department
"We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe," Council President Lisa Bender said.
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2020 C.E. June 8
NFL condemns racism, admits ‘we were wrong’ not to listen to NFL player protests
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the league was “wrong” for failing to listen to players who protested social injustice. Goodell said he wants players to continue to speak out through protesting, supported the Black Lives Matter movement, and offered his participation.
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2020 C.E. June 8
Vietnam ships 30 million masks to North America
Thirty million medical face masks have been transported from Vietnam to North America, where oronavirus continues to rampage. Industry insiders say the U.S. needs three billion face masks and is eyeing Vietnam as a supplier.
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2020 C.E. June 5
Several U.S. cities remove Confederate monuments following George Floyd protests
The ongoing George Floyd protests have prompted officials in several cities - including Birmingham, Alexandria, Fort Myers, and others - to remove Confederate monuments from public land.
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2020 C.E. June 5
Ella Jones elected first black mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
Six years ago, before the nation was gripped by the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, it was Ferguson that served as the nation's epicenter for protests against law enforcement.
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2020 C.E. June 5
‘Time’ magazine cover spotlights black people who died because of systemic racism
Time magazine's June 15 cover continues this conversation about police violence, featuring a black mother, with her eyes closed, holding the blank outline of a child. It's particularly apt given that Floyd called for his deceased mother while pinned down.
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2020 C.E. June 4
New Jersey becomes first state to incorporate climate change in K-12 curriculum
New Jersey will become the first in the United States to incorporate climate change into the curriculum of kindergartners through high school seniors. The new standards take effect in September 2021 and 2022 and offer a broad outline on why the planet is warming and what can be done to mitigate it.