February, 2020

The chemistry to do such a thing has been known for a while, and involves a reaction called hydrogenation—swapping the oxygen atoms in the carbon dioxide with hydrogen atoms, to yield hydrocarbons like methane (the primary ingredient in natural gas). So far it’s been nowhere close to economic... But that could be about to change... The breakthrough: a cheaper, more sustainable way to make nanocatalysts that work as well as platinum but use the far more plentiful metal molybdenum—and can be manufactured 90% cheaper at “low” temperatures closer to 600 degrees.

It took three months to excavate the first tunnel, with work taking place 40 feet underground. Musk hopes to eventually expand the transit system to other parts of Las Vegas, including the Strip and the airport, and even to have a connecting tunnel running all the way to Los Angeles; LA residents may one day be able to hop over to Vegas for an afternoon (or Vegas residents go catch a glimpse of the ocean for a few hours).

A leaked demo features bright red and orange badges for tweets that have been deemed “harmfully misleading."

Osman, who runs a popular Facebook blog called Xerta Shekh, which comments on Somali issues, said that Omar kept her marriage to Elmi quiet, with no one from the Somali community invited to the wedding. He explained: 'When [Hirsi] and Ilhan got married, a lot of people were invited. It was a big Islamic wedding uniting two large clans in the Minneapolis community. 'I would say there were 100-150 people there.' But, he said: 'When she married Elmi, no one even knew about it.'

In an email to developers on Thursday morning, seen by Business Insider, Google said it would no longer use "gendered labels" for its image tags. Instead, it will tag any images of people with "non-gendered" labels such as "person." said it had made the change because it was not possible to infer someone's gender solely from their appearance. It also cited its own ethical rules on AI, stating that gendering photos could exacerbate unfair bias.

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2020

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gives updates on the Education Department's investigation into Harvard University and Yale University's dealings with foreign funding and the education departments budget.

Former national security adviser John Bolton defended his decision not to testify in the impeachment process against President Donald Trump, adding he didn't believe the result would have been any different if he had. "People can argue about what I should have said and what I should have done," Bolton said Wednesday during a lecture at Vanderbilt University. "I would bet you a dollar right here and now, my testimony would have made no difference to the ultimate outcome.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Kenton County Circuit Court states that 12 students were subjected to "public denunciations, calls for public harassment and public demands of school expulsion."

One trial combines HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir, while the other is testing U.S.-based biotech Gilead Sciences' antiviral Remdesivir.

The U.S. defense agency responsible for secure White House communications said Social Security numbers and other personal data in its network may have been compromised, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday that was sent to people possibly affected. The letter, dated Feb. 11, 2020, says that between May and July 2019, personal data may have been compromised “in a data breach” of a system hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, took a firm stance toward the Republican operative, faulting him for the actions that led to the charges. She sentenced him to 40 months in prison. “Mr. Stone lied,” Jackson said in court. She also said Stone injected himself “smack” into a political controversy and was not “persecuted.” Stone chose not to speak when given the opportunity... During Stone’s sentencing hearing, President Trump himself weighed in, questioning the “fairness” of prosecuting his former associate. It follows widespread speculation of a possible pardon for Stone.

“They say Roger Stone lied to Congress.” @CNN OH, I see, but so did Comey (and he also leaked classified information, for which almost everyone, other than Crooked Hillary Clinton, goes to jail for a long time), and so did Andy McCabe, who also lied to the FBI! FAIRNESS?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2020

Former Prosecutor Anon Sent Us This Tip:
"Judge stayed the sentence pending Stone's appeal. This normally is done when the Judge knows that there is a substantial issue on appeal which will likely result in the conviction being reversed. Will undoubtedly happen here due to juror misconduct."

The archive will be opened on March 2. Some Jewish groups and historians have said Pius, who was pope from 1939-1958, stayed silent during the Holocaust and didn’t do enough to save lives. His defenders at the Vatican and beyond say he used quiet diplomacy and encouraged convents and other religious institutes to hide Jews.

"This is the time to open up your pandemic plans and see that things are in order," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a top official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urged hospitals last week... "For instance," she continued, health-care providers need to plan for a "surge at a hospital, the ability to provide personal protective equipment for your workforce, the administrative controls and so forth that you might put place in a health care setting."

With Emmanuel Macron's popularity in freefall and his allies taking hits, the French President has yet again attempted to appease France's growing populist movement - announcing on Tuesday that he would end a program which allowed foreign countries to send imams and other religious teachers in order to crack down on "separatism."