Coronavirus May Have Spread in U.S. for Weeks, Gene Sequencing Suggests

Two cases detected weeks apart in Washington State had genetic links, suggesting that many more people in the area may be infected.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/health/coronavirus-washington-spread.html?source=Snapzu

A Very Hot Year

This year began with huge bushfires in southeastern Australia that drove one community after another into temporary exile, killed an estimated billion animals, and turned Canberra’s air into the dirtiest on the planet. The temperatures across the continent broke records—one day, the average high was above 107 degrees, and the humidity so low that forests simply exploded into flames.
Read more: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/03/12/climate-change-very-hot-year/?source=Snapzu

Public Enemy Fires Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat

Public Enemy announced they are permanently “moving forward” without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hop’s most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years. The abrupt dismissal comes just two days after the rapper sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bernie Sanders over Chuck D’s concert at the campaign’s Los Angeles rally Sunday. “Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav,” the hip-hop legends said in a brief statement Sunday. “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well.”
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/public-enemy-flavor-flav-bernie-sanders-960272/?source=Snapzu

America’s crisis of trust and the one candidate who gets it

Rebuilding social and political trust requires procedural reforms that don’t excite voters.
Read more: https://www.vox.com/2020/2/27/21150341/elizabeth-warren-procedural-reform-social-trust?source=Snapzu

If Coronavirus Takes Hold In U.S., It Will Be More Than A Retail Apocalypse—It’ll Be Armageddon

This week a new phrase – social distancing measures – entered our lexicon. Introduced by Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the Center for the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC, she described “social distancing measures” as part of standard protocol to limit “community spread” of disease in the case of a pandemic, which the coronavirus (officially COVID-19) has not yet reached but threatens to do so.
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamdanziger/2020/03/01/if-coronavirus-takes-hold-in-america-it-will-be-more-than-a-retail-apocalypse-but-an-armageddon/#7dd907471bf2?source=Snapzu

When Sony Accidentally Launched Camcorders That Could See Through People's Clothes

It was in 1998 when the Japanese electronics giant Sony was careless enough to release 700,000 camcorders that had the adroitness to see through people’s clothes. As soon as Sony realized what havoc it had caused, the camcorders were immediately recalled.
Read more: https://fossbytes.com/sony-accidentally-launched-camcorders-see-peoples-clothes/?source=Snapzu

Chris Matthews Retires From MSNBC

The 'Hardball' host made the shock announcement on Monday night, after more than 20 years at the network.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chris-matthews-retire-msnbc-1282226?source=Snapzu