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2020 C.E. April 27
Lebanon becomes first Arab country to legalize cannabis farming for medical use
Cannabis has long been illegally farmed in the fertile Bekaa Valley and government now hopes to turn it into a legal billion-dollar trade
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2020 C.E. April 24
New fishing net technology biodegrades quickly under ultraviolet light
Scientists at Cornell University have engineered a new fishing net material that offers comparable strength to today’s solutions but can break down much more quickly when exposed to UV light.
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2020 C.E. April 24
White-tailed eagles have been spotted in England for the first time in 240 years
The incredible creatures, also known as Sea Eagles, went extinct in England in the early 20th century due to illegal killing. But thanks to a pioneering project by Forestry England and the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation, there is new hope for the majestic birds.
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2020 C.E. April 23
Seoul subsidizes 700 electric taxis
South Korea’s capital, Seoul, is purchasing 700 electric taxis. This subsidy is worth 18.2 million won (around $15,000) per EV, far more than the 12.7 million ($10,300) subsidy for buying an EV for personal use.
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2020 C.E. April 23
Oxford University begins human trials of COVID-19 vaccine
The first patients have been enrolled in human trials for a coronavirus vaccine at the historic University of Oxford after the U.K.’s Health Secretary said the country would be “throwing everything” behind the project.
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2020 C.E. April 22
Antibodies could offer gamechanging new treatment for OCD
Mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treated in a new way using drugs that target the immune system instead of the central nervous system, suggests exciting new research.
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2020 C.E. April 22
Ambitious ‘cloud brightening’ experiment launched to restore Great Barrier Reef
Results from the trial were "really, really encouraging", the project's lead scientist Daniel Harrison from Southern Cross University said.
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2020 C.E. April 21
New treatment allows blind mice to recover vision, will now be tested for humans
The new treatment is rapidly approaching human trials and hopes to have an FDA-approved treatment out the other end of the pipeline in 2-3 years.
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2020 C.E. April 21
Wind blows by coal to become Iowa’s largest source of electricity
A new report from the American Wind Energy Association, Iowa is now generating more than 10,000 megawatts of wind energy, accounting for more than 40% of the state's electricity.
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2020 C.E. April 20
UC Berkeley offers its popular ‘Science of Happiness’ online course for free
Spoiler: True happiness comes not from setting ourselves above and apart from others, but from joining and serving our communities.
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2020 C.E. June 8
Minneapolis City Council commits to dismantling Minneapolis Police Department
"We committed to dismantling policing as we know it in the city of Minneapolis and to rebuild with our community a new model of public safety that actually keeps our community safe," Council President Lisa Bender said.
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2020 C.E. June 8
NFL condemns racism, admits ‘we were wrong’ not to listen to NFL player protests
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell admitted the league was “wrong” for failing to listen to players who protested social injustice. Goodell said he wants players to continue to speak out through protesting, supported the Black Lives Matter movement, and offered his participation.
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2020 C.E. June 8
Vietnam ships 30 million masks to North America
Thirty million medical face masks have been transported from Vietnam to North America, where oronavirus continues to rampage. Industry insiders say the U.S. needs three billion face masks and is eyeing Vietnam as a supplier.
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2020 C.E. June 5
Several U.S. cities remove Confederate monuments following George Floyd protests
The ongoing George Floyd protests have prompted officials in several cities - including Birmingham, Alexandria, Fort Myers, and others - to remove Confederate monuments from public land.
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2020 C.E. June 5
Ella Jones elected first black mayor of Ferguson, Missouri
Six years ago, before the nation was gripped by the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, it was Ferguson that served as the nation's epicenter for protests against law enforcement.
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2020 C.E. June 5
‘Time’ magazine cover spotlights black people who died because of systemic racism
Time magazine's June 15 cover continues this conversation about police violence, featuring a black mother, with her eyes closed, holding the blank outline of a child. It's particularly apt given that Floyd called for his deceased mother while pinned down.
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2020 C.E. June 4
New Jersey becomes first state to incorporate climate change in K-12 curriculum
New Jersey will become the first in the United States to incorporate climate change into the curriculum of kindergartners through high school seniors. The new standards take effect in September 2021 and 2022 and offer a broad outline on why the planet is warming and what can be done to mitigate it.
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2020 C.E. June 3
Gay weddings boost U.S. economy by $3.8 billion since landmark ruling
Some $3.2 billion has been spent on weddings, while thousands of traveling wedding guests spent $544 million. The events generated an additional $244 million in state and local taxes, the research found.
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2020 C.E. June 3
South Korea sends 10K masks to Navajo Nation to honor their service during Korean War
When the South Korean government realized that the Navajo Nation had been suffered infection rates of COVID-19 rivaling that of New York City, it shipped them 10,000 masks and other PPE to honor their service seven decades years ago to the East-Asian nation.
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2020 C.E. June 2
Gay widower wins historic victory for Social Security benefits in federal court
The U.S. District Court for Arizona said that it was unconstitutional for the Social Security Administration (SSA) to deny benefits to LGBT+ spouses wed for less than nine months as same-sex unions were illegal in some U.S. states until 2015.