Canadians helped liberate the Netherlands 75 years ago this week.

IT'S the day after May Day and perhaps you’re feeling you’ve missed out on a good, sweaty Scottish pagan spring ritual of the type done particularly well at Beltane on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, though not in a year of quarantine. Never fear. There are still ways of channelling the fertility rites of spring, the chief one being, of course, the folk horror classic The Wicker Man. Put on a goat mask, get in touch with your inner Wicker – or even Wicca – and revel in a bit of self-isolation

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Shortly before the second general election of 1974, the late John P Mackintosh attempted to explain the rise of the Scottish National Party to a predominantly left-wing (and English) audience in an essay for the New Statesman.

MILLIONS of face masks to protect Scottish health and care workers against coronavirus could be stuck in limbo at Prestwick airport for a week, it has emerged.

In-person peer counseling to pregnant and new mothers has been shown to improve breastfeeding modestly in three US RCTs. But this level of support for WIC is unlikely to be scaled up nationally in the current fiscal environment.

We randomly assigned WIC clients to a telephone peer counseling program relative to standard WIC support for breastfeeding. Nonexclusive breastfeeding among Spanish-speakers increased at 1, 3, and 6 months, but the program had much less of an effect on English-speaking clients. (Read the full article)

The Wicked Lasers LaserCube is a portable, battery-powered laser projector that can deliver light shows, play games, and even etch wood.

Amid rumors of Apple's upcoming AR glasses, head-mounted displays are looking to be the highest-growth category.

Accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Work will begin this spring and continue into the summer of 2018.

The Bombay toasty is a special sandwich sold on the streets of Bombay which is made with lots of fresh vegetables, mint chutney and butter.

Participants in Delaware's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program can now use special coupons to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at 11 Delaware farmers' markets under a pilot program beginning this week.

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Manchester City’s Kyle Walker has asked the media to end their “harassment” of him and his family for the sake of his mental health after AGAIN being caught flouting UK lockdown rules to collect home-cooked meals.
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India were all out for 191 in 81 overs in their second innings. New Zealand then scored the 9 runs to win in the second over, wrapping up the opening Test in just over three days.

IPL’s official broadcaster Star India is staring at big losses after the BCCI on Friday suspended the start of the tournament’s 13th edition this year from March 29 to April 15 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy’s National Energy Strategy aims to increase wind and solar power’s share of gross final energy consumption by 2030. The country boasts a track record of meeting past renewables targets, but can it be successful once more? Stefania Belisario, associate director, Infrastructure, S&P Global Ratings, assesses the factors either driving or impeding progress.

ABB Ltd. said a power-cable technology that allows offshore wind farms to transmit more than twice the energy of current set-ups will boost orders at the company’s power systems division in coming years.

Italy’s National Energy Strategy aims to increase wind and solar power’s share of gross final energy consumption by 2030. The country boasts a track record of meeting past renewables targets, but can it be successful once more? Stefania Belisario, associate director, Infrastructure, S&P Global Ratings, assesses the factors either driving or impeding progress.

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.

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A combination of three drugs suppressed the coronavirus within seven days when used on patients in Hong Kong, nearly twice as fast as a single medicine did, in a result seen as a leading hope in the fight against the pandemic, a study has found.The findings of the research, led by University of Hong Kong academics and published in The Lancet on Saturday, could signal progress in the search for a standard form of therapy for Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes the Covid-19 disease.It discovered…

On Friday the province conducted 397 COVID-19 tests. Since the outbreak began New Brunswick has conducted a total of 17,426 tests.

Two lineages of ancient monkey migrated from Africa to South America more than 30 million years ago. But we’re not sure which ones got there first

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In vitro approaches for predicting drug-drug interactions (DDIs) caused by alterations in transporter protein regulation are not well established. However, reports of transporter regulation via nuclear receptor (NR) modulation by drugs are increasing. This study examined alterations in transporter protein levels in sandwich-cultured human hepatocytes (SCHH; n = 3 donors) measured by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry–based proteomic analysis after treatment with N-[4-(1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)phenyl]-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)benzenesulfonamide (T0901317), the first described synthetic liver X receptor agonist. T0901317 treatment (10 μM, 48 hours) decreased the levels of organic cation transporter (OCT) 1 (0.22-, 0.43-, and 0.71-fold of control) and organic anion transporter (OAT) 2 (0.38-, 0.38-, and 0.53-fold of control) and increased multidrug resistance protein (MDR) 1 (1.37-, 1.48-, and 1.59-fold of control). The induction of NR downstream gene expression supports the hypothesis that T0901317 off-target effects on farnesoid X receptor and pregnane X receptor activation are responsible for the unexpected changes in OCT1, OAT2, and MDR1. Uptake of the OCT1 substrate metformin in SCHH was decreased by T0901317 treatment. Effects of decreased OCT1 levels on metformin were simulated using a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model. Simulations showed a clear decrease in metformin hepatic exposure resulting in a decreased pharmacodynamic effect. This DDI would not be predicted by the modest changes in simulated metformin plasma concentrations. Altogether, the current study demonstrated that an approach combining SCHH, proteomic analysis, and PBPK modeling is useful for revealing tissue concentration–based DDIs caused by unexpected regulation of hepatic transporters by NR modulators.

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SpaceX and the space tourism firm Space Adventures have announced a plan to fly paying customers into Earth orbit, higher than the International Space Station

We don’t have enough evidence yet to know if recovering from covid-19 induces immunity, or whether any immunity would give long-lasting protection against the coronavirus

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At BroadwayCon, the phrase “I’ve never seen ‘Cats’” draws gasps and painted green witches are as common as colonial gear and trios of Schuyler sisters from the hit musical “Hamilton.” BroadwayCon took over part of the Javits Center in New York this past weekend with fans belting word-perfect renditions of show tunes amid a rotating […]

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An international team of scientists said two massive stars could have merged before exploding to create the "the most light we have ever seen emitted by a supernova".

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Joe Wicks says he will be back for his PE class on Monday after undergoing hand surgery.

If someone tests positive for coronavirus more than once, it does not necessarily mean they have been reinfected, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Death of massive star 4.6 billion light years away could aid search for universe's oldest stars