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The pandemic is testing the limits of face recognition

At first glance, JB, an artist based in Los Angeles, perhaps doesn’t look much like the picture on their driver’s license. For one thing, the ID photo is from a few years ago. Hair that was once long and dark is now buzzed and bleached. And there’s the fact that JB is transgender and hasContinue reading “The pandemic is testing the limits of face recognition”

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it https://t.co/TPjAnxowZv

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it https://t.co/TPjAnxowZv — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Sep 27, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 September 27, 2021 at 04:29PM via IFTTT

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it

Pulling methane out of the atmosphere has the potential to help slow global warming in the next few decades—but researchers are still trying to figure out if it’s really feasible. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, and human activities like natural-gas extraction and agriculture have more than doubled its concentration since the preindustrial era. RemovingContinue reading “Pulling methane out of the atmosphere could slow global warming—if we can figure out how to do it”

The pandemic problems that boosters won’t solve

The US booster program is about to get underway, after the CDC backed additional shots for a large swathe of the American public. The agency now recommends that people aged 65 years and older, adults in long-term care and those over 50 with underlying medical conditions should get a third Pfizer/BioNTech shot. (Those whose firstContinue reading “The pandemic problems that boosters won’t solve”

The US is about to kickstart its controversial covid booster campaign https://t.co/9kLBbfzNCi

The US is about to kickstart its controversial covid booster campaign https://t.co/9kLBbfzNCi — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Sep 24, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 September 24, 2021 at 06:34AM via IFTTT

The US is about to kickstart its controversial covid booster campaign

The news: The White House is set to kick off its booster shot campaign today, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director Dr Rochelle Walensky overruled her own agency’s advisors in favor of recommending third doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for frontline workers. Who gets it: There are three groups of Americans nowContinue reading “The US is about to kickstart its controversial covid booster campaign”

Strengthening Nonprofits: The Value of Complementing Multiyear GOS Grants with Capacity Building Supports

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Strengthening Nonprofits: The Value of Complementing Multiyear GOS Grants with Capacity Building Supports https://t.co/i2QlGNChIf

Strengthening Nonprofits: The Value of Complementing Multiyear GOS Grants with Capacity Building Supports https://t.co/i2QlGNChIf — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Sep 23, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 September 23, 2021 at 09:03AM via IFTTT