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COVID-19 TO BECOME THIRD-LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN UNITED STATES In a new study, Shonel Sen, a demographic researcher at the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, has found that COVID-19 will become the third-leading cause of death in the United States by the end of...

$6 billion question: Which states are likely to legalize recreational marijuana in 2021?

NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise A satellite scheduled to launch from California later this month will measure sea level rise and provide other crucial data to scientists who study how global warming is affecting the Earth's oceans.

Hinting at sunrise from N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA & hummingbird feeder (CA-111)

I'm SnowBirding in Palm Springs, CA from Washington State. I bring a Voyage-Aire folding guitar, which breaks down nicely for air travel. It's quite dry in the desert, so instead of breaking down my guitar and stowing it with a humidifier when not playing, I keep it in a plastic bag with a damp...

Cannabis study suggests THC impairs working memory through increased mind wandering and diminished performance monitoring New research published in Neuropsychopharmacology found evidence that cannabis weakens working memory by increasing off-task thinking and by disrupting one’s ability to...

Double lung transplants at are allowing seriously ill patients to survive COVID-19's 'bomb blast' The double lung transplant surgery for critical COVID-19 patients, which was first performed in the U.S. at Northwestern in June, has now been done seven times at the Chicago hospital by Dr. Ankit...

Ponzi scheme suspect flees into frigid California lake using underwater ‘sea scooter’ A Shasta County man, wanted for his role in an alleged $35 million Ponzi scheme, briefly evaded FBI agents trying to arrest him Monday morning by swimming into the cold water of California’s largest reservoir...