Platypuses: the Freaks of Biology
Platypuses (platypi? platypodes?): furry, semi-aquatic egg-laying mammals endemic to eastern Australia. Most will never encounter a platypus in the wild (unless, of course, you live in eastern Australia), and most…
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Trump Fires Election Official Chris Krebs
On November 17th, Trump tweeted that Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) chief Chris Krebs had been fired, effective immediately, citing Krebs’ “highly inaccurate” remarks regarding voter fraud and election…
Details Behind Pfizer’s “90% Effective” COVID Vaccine
If you are following recent news in the fight against COVID-19, you may already have heard of a vaccine announced last Monday by American pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer and German biotechnical…
MAS Returns to Bolivia After Last Year’s Coup
Recently, Luis Arce won a landslide victory in the 2020 Bolivian general election after a coup d’etat removed his party, Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), from power eleven months ago. MAS…
New Policies as Illinois COVID-19 Cases Spike
Illinois COVID-19 cases are on the rise, with 12,438 new cases and 76 deaths reported on November 7th—a new state record for the highest number of new cases confirmed in…
Protests in Thailand
The protests in Thailand that have been ongoing since mid-October mark a significant turning point in the people’s attempt at reformation of the country’s government. The protests, which had dissipated…