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Happy Birthday, Ros.

Rosalind Franklin 1920–1958 An essay on Rosalind Franklin marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.

CDC has confirmed the first human infection with 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the United States has been detected in the State of Washington in a person who had recently traveled to Wuhan, China. A lab test developed at CDC was used to confirm this patient’s illness was caused by the recently discovered 2019 novel coronavirus first identified in Wuhan City, China. Precautions are being taken to prevent any further exposures.

While person-to-person spread with this new coronavirus in Asia raises CDC’s level of concern, the agency continues to believe the risk of #2019-nCoV to the American public at large remains low at this time. Learn more about what CDC is doing to respond: https://bit.ly/3apDji6

Via The New Yorker

The One-Traffic-Light Town with Some of the Fastest Internet in the U.S. The economic potential of connecting rural America to broadband has become a popular talking point on the campaign trail. In one Kentucky community, it’s already a way of life.

Via Reuters

Ethiopia launches first satellite into space

Via our friends at The Hill

Congress reaches deal to fund gun violence research for first time in decades "Democrats have broken the ban on funding for the first time in decades," the source said.

Via Reuters

FDA bowed to industry for decades as alarms were sounded over talc Since the 1970s, the FDA downplayed health concerns about talc in powders and cosmetics, deferring again and again to manufacturers, documents show.

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Via Reuters.

Tipping the scales? Briton develops fish waste 'plastic'

Modern Scientific brought this to you during the floods, as they happened and immediately in the aftermath.

The Great Flood of 2019: A Complete Picture of a Slow-Motion Disaster A New York Times analysis shows how far this spring’s unprecedented floods spread.

The Last Robot-Proof Job in America? A fish-delivery startup relies on the expertise of an old-timer named Bobby Tuna.