2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2023
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A Transatlantic Trend: Banks in UK and US Are Closing Customer Accounts With Little to No Warning Or Explanation
“The escalation team just reached out to me. They told me that the account was being shut down, and they wouldn’t give me a reason. I asked them if they would ever give me a reason. They said no.”
Read more...Germany Unveils Strategy to “De-Risk” from China
Plan is short on details as Berlin says it wants to coordinate its policy with the EU, which wants to coordinate its policy with Washington.
Read more...Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads
New assisted reproductive technologies are creating ethical dilemmas.
Read more...June 2023 Was the World’s Warmest June on Record
The month featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.
Read more...This Week in Long Covid: Nature Fires Salvo of Four Major Papers
Papers on Long Covid and immunology, quality of life, genetics, and natural history (and the media reaction thereto).
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Read more...When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Central Banker
Artificial intelligence is expected to be widely used by central banks as it brings considerable cost saving and efficiency benefits
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Energy Destinies – Part 5 Energy Transition – Mystery Destination
An energy transition refers to a major structural shift in energy systems. There have been several such historical transitions – bio-fuels, such as wood, to water and wind energies and then to fossil fuels. In its current usage, it is used to describe the attempt to replace fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption with renewable energy sources.
Read more...Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare
“To me, that’s how insurance works: One insurance ends, the other begins.” LOL no.
Read more...The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
Can online learning be saved? Lessons from the pandemic school closures.
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