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    Celebrating Thanksgiving This Year – The New York Times

    Fran Keller, 52, an entomologist in Davis, Calif., will also get tested. She’s hosting the first Thanksgiving she can remember — she usually goes...

    Covid Infections in Animals Prompt Scientific Concern

    The decision this week by the Danish government to kill millions of mink because of coronavirus concerns, effectively wiping out a major national industry,...

    Old Dogs, New Research and the Secrets of Aging

    Dogs go through stages in their life, just as people do, as is obvious to anyone who has watched their stiff-legged, white-muzzled companion rouse...

    What Makes Sand Soft? – The New York Times

    What is the softest sand in the world? Why is some sand softer than others?— Peter S., Brooklyn, N.Y.We don’t know. No one understands...

    Apple places supplier Pegatron on probation over labor conditions – TechCrunch

    Apple has suspended new business with supplier Pegatron after the Taiwan-based original equipment manufacturer misclassified student workers. Apple also said Pegatron broke...

    Shopping For Health Insurance – The New York Times

    There are also ways to lower the bill, through tax credits. Consumers whose estimated income in 2021 will be between the federal poverty level...

    Students Return For the Holidays

    For others, however, the restrictions and lockdowns have significantly impacted their mental well being. A survey of 144 colleges conducted by the Association for...

    Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15 million seed round – TechCrunch

    Nektar co-founders Abhijeet Vijayvergiya and Aravind Ravi Sulekha Singapore-based Nektar.ai, a productivity platform for sales teams, has raised $2.15 million in seed funding. Founded earlier...

    Tim Berners Lee’s startup Inrupt releases Solid privacy platform for enterprises – TechCrunch

    Inrupt, the startup from World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, announced an enterprise version of the Solid privacy platform today, which allows large organizations...

    A Step Forward in the Promise of Ultrafast ‘Hyperloops’

    MOAPA, Nev. — Hyperloop technology, which promises to transport people and goods at speeds of up to 600 miles an hour, has long seemed...

    ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is the historical chess drama we need right now – TechCrunch

    On paper, “The Queen’s Gambit” might not sound like a compelling drama: Based on a novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix series tells...

    What we’ve learned about working from home 7 months into the pandemic – TechCrunch

    When large parts of the world were shutting down in March, we really didn’t know how we would move massive numbers of employees used...

    Things To Do at Home

    Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change...

    Game Nights At Home – The New York Times

    Monopoly takes forever. Candy Land is dull, Chutes and Ladders preachy, the Game of Life troubling in its implications. So even as parents scramble...

    Weight Training May Help Ease Anxiety

    As expected, the control group, for the most part, retained their original low levels of anxiety. They still felt about as tranquil as eight...

    When Turning 13 Is Not the Typical Rite of Passage

    Who is my son becoming? How is he changing, not as a performer of tasks — dressing, eating, washing, putting away, sorting, and the...