Month: March 2020
In a Surprise Move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Considering Dipping Into Its $3.6 Billion Endowment to Cover Costs
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is extending staff pay until May 2—a cost that could be covered by the museum’s endowment. Forecasting a budget shortfall of as much as $100 million, the Met is looking into taking the unprecedented...
Antibody tests: to get a grip on coronavirus, we need to know who’s already had it
With much of society now effectively in lockdown, how will we know when it’s safe to resume something like normality? It will largely depend on being able to say who is safe from contracting the coronavirus, officially named SARS-CoV-2, which...
23 Approved Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Japan — Number Rises Despite Pandemic
Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, Japan continues to approve more cryptocurrency exchanges to legally operate in the country. The latest one was approved on Monday, bringing the total number of legal crypto exchanges in Japan to 23. Also read: 2x...
Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world is a crisis of our own making. That’s the message from infectious disease and environmental health experts, and from those in planetary health – an emerging field connecting human health, civilisation and the...
Anatomy of a heatwave: how Antarctica recorded a 20.75°C day last month
While the world rightfully focuses on the COVID-19 pandemic, the planet is still warming. This summer’s Antarctic weather, as elsewhere in the world, was unprecedented in the observed record. Our research, published today in Global Change Biology, describes the recent...
Editors’ Picks: 11 Things Not to Miss in the Virtual Art World This Week
Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. We are currently highlighting events and exhibitions available digitally. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise...
IMF Declares Global Recession, 80 Countries Request Help, Trillions of Dollars Needed
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared that we have entered a global recession — one that is as bad as or worse than the previous global financial crisis. 80 countries have already requested emergency assistance from the IMF. Meanwhile,...
The government’s coronavirus mobile app is a solid effort, but it could do even better
ShutterstockThe Australian government has launched an app offering up-to-date advice and information on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coronavirus Australia app, available on the Apple App Store and Google Play, was released alongside a new WhatsApp messaging feature. As this pandemic...
Street Artists Around the World Are Spreading an Urgent Message: Stay Home. See Their Works (From Your Couch) Here
As countries around the world enter lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, street artists everywhere are responding, bringing a dose of humor—and urgent messaging—to a weary public. In Miami, Jules Muck painted a cautionary mural of Anna Nicole...
COVID-19 – We’re Fighting a War, But There’s Hope
Stay safe out there! In this episode we learn about covid-19 (otherwise known as the coronavirus), along with some emerging treatments including the controversial chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine drugs. --- About ColdFusion --- ColdFusion is an Australian based online media company...
The Economy of Cuba
Cuba. This picturesque nation between the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean is home to possibly the most bizarre economy in the world. #cuba #economics #cubanomics ⭐️ Want to see more vids just like this? Support Economics Explained on Patreon!...
Microsoft Patents New Cryptocurrency System Using Body Activity Data
Microsoft has patented a cryptocurrency mining system that leverages human activities, including brain waves and body heat, when performing online tasks such as using search engines, chatbots, and reading ads. “A user can solve the computationally difficult problem unconsciously,” the...
Major South Korean Bank Prepares to Launch Crypto Services as Government Green-Lights Regulation
Following the approval of a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies by the South Korean government, one of the largest banks in the country is preparing to launch a range of crypto services. KB Kookmin Bank has applied for trademark registration, reportedly...
In a Dramatic About-Face, the Kunstmuseum Basel Will Compensate the Heirs of a Jewish Collector for Disputed Works in Its Collection
The Kunstmuseum Basel has had a change of heart. The Swiss museum had long defended its decision to purchase some 200 works on paper owned by Jewish collector Curt Glaser at a Berlin auction in 1933. Now, 12 years after...
New York City Is Empty, But Street Artists Are Still Working. Here’s How They’re Adapting Their Methods for Our Time
Like cities across the world, New York City has largely shut down, with the government ordering residents to practice social distance and cease all non-essential business. But over the past few weeks, a handful of intrepid street artists still went out...
Coronavirus Relief: Cryptocurrency Aid Programs Launched to Combat Covid-19 Outbreak
Cryptocurrencies are being used to help fight the global coronavirus pandemic. Crypto companies are doing their part to provide coronavirus aid to countries, hospitals, and people suffering from covid-19. A coronavirus relief campaign, a Red Cross bitcoin fundraiser, and an...
Tracking your location and targeted texts: how sharing your data could help in New Zealand’s level 4 lockdown
New Zealand and much of the world is now under an unprecedented lockdown. Public health experts say this is the best way to suppress the spread of the virus. But how long will such a lockdown be socially sustainable? As...
MyGov’s ill-timed meltdown could have been avoided with ‘elastic computing’
DAN PELED/AAPThese past few weeks have shown the brittleness of Australia’s online systems. It’s not surprising the federal government’s traditionally slow-moving IT systems are buckling under the pressure. On Sunday, the federal government announced it would double unemployment benefits as...
Privacy vs pandemic: government tracking of mobile phones could be a potent weapon against COVID-19
Borders, beaches, pubs and churches are closed, large events are cancelled, and travellers are subject to 14 days’ isolation – all at significant cost to taxpayers and the economy. But could telecommunications technology offer a more targeted approach to controlling...
I studied what happens to reef fish after coral bleaching. What I saw still makes me nauseous
Victor Huertas, Author providedThe Great Barrier Reef is suffering its third mass bleaching event in five years. It follows the record-breaking mass bleaching event in 2016 that killed a third of Great Barrier Reef corals, immediately followed by another in...