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Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases

Dec 22, 2021

Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID casesTravelers wait for a shuttle but to arrive at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 20,...

Q&A: Cathy Wu on developing algorithms to safely integrate robots into our world

Dec 22, 2021

As an undergraduate, Wu won MIT’s toughest robotics competition, and as a graduate student took the University of California at Berkeley’s first-ever course on deep reinforcement learning. Q: How is...

The power of economics to explain and shape the world

Dec 22, 2021

They just see economists on television discussing what’s going to happen to the stock market,” says Duflo, the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics. “We think...

Comets' heads can be green, but never their tails. After 90 years, we finally know why

Dec 21, 2021

Comets' heads can be green, but never their tails. These snowballs – or as we know them, comets – go through a colourful metamorphosis as they cross the sky, with...

Health officials say omicron variant likely to cause record-high coronavirus cases, hospitalizations in U.S.

Dec 20, 2021

It accounts for 50 percent of coronavirus cases in parts of the country, which meant it would almost certainly take over as the dominant variant in the United States, he...

London Covid-19 protests turn violent

Dec 20, 2021

AdvertisementA large group of people opposed to Covid-19 restrictions gathered in Westminster to demonstrate against Boris Johnson's Plan B announcement. Others were pictured gathering in large crowds and armed with...

Increase in domestic violence over the Christmas period

Dec 20, 2021

Photo: ShutterstockIt's a concerning headline we see repeat itself almost every year leading into the Christmas and new year period - 'Domestic violence predicted to surge over the holiday period'....

Surging COVID-19 cases bring a 2020 feel to the end of 2021

Dec 19, 2021

After the U.K. recorded its highest number of confirmed new COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, France announced Thursday that it would tighten entry rules for those coming from Britain....

‘Silent’ COVID twice as prevalent as feared: 4 in 10 patients have no symptoms, study warns

Dec 19, 2021

Overall, the number of asymptomatic infections among tested populations was relatively low — 0.25 percent or one in every 400 people. “These findings suggest that asymptomatic infections might contribute to...

NYU Kimmel Windows Presents “Passport to the Past,” on View Until March 21, 2022

Dec 18, 2021

NYU CampusLoeb Student Union center, now Skirball Center (566 Laguardia place), Courant Institute of Mathematics at Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer Street), Kimball Hall. African Free SchoolAfrican Free School, No....