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Biden sets 10-year deadlines for the replacement of lead pipes in the U.S
US Vice President Joe Biden has announced that the country’s cities will be required to replace lead pipes in drinking water by the end of the next decade. The new rule will require water systems to ensure that lead concentrations don’t exceed an action level of 10 parts per billion, down from 15 parts per billion under the current standard.
Read MoreAs it goes towards Florida, it reaches Category 3 strength
Florida on Tuesday issued a mandatory evacuation order for its west coast as Hurricane Michael approaches the state. “We are very concerned about the possibility of a major and potentially life-threatening storm surge and very damaging winds,” the state’s Governor Ron DeSantis said. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said that Michael is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast on Tuesday.
Read MoreAs it barrels towards Florida, Hurricane Milton poses an extremely serious threat
Tropical Cyclone Milton is expected to make landfall off western coast of Florida late Wednesday or Thursday. According to the US National Hurricane Center, Milton has seen a sharp increase in winds over the last 24 hours. The coast of the Yucatan Peninsula is under a hurricane warning, while hurricane watches, storm surge watches and tropical storm watches are in effect for parts of the Florida Peninsula.
Read MoreIt is more political online than it is on the ground
Amid Harvey’s aftermath, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that governments are preventing private citizens from offering help to people in need. This comes after reports claimed that FEMA abandoned the village of Rockton, North Carolina so that the Biden administration could mine lithium there. The US has provided more than $137 million in relief assistance to six states, including 7,000 federal personnel.
Read MoreThe dockworkers have suspended the strike
Three former US police officers were acquitted on Tuesday of charges that they used excessive force against Tyre Nichols, a black man, during a 2016 traffic stop in Memphis. Nichols was shot nine times by the officers after he ran from them during the traffic stop. An internal investigation had found that Officers used excessive force against Nichols.
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Citizen science can be used to increase the amount of big-data projects
Researchers have published the most complete wiring diagram of the fruit fly’s brain, which includes more than 145,000 nerve cells and over 50 million connections. “It could be used for larger connectome projects that the BRAIN Initiative is funding,” John Ngai, director of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative at US National Institutes of Health, said.
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The largest brain map ever shows fruit flies’s brain activity in detail
A team of international researchers has shared data on the structure of brain neurons in a FlyWire fly species, which had almost twice as many neurons as the fly used in the hemibrain-mapping project. They said the fly had almost twice the neurons in a brain structure called the mushroom body compared with the fly used in the hemibrain-mapping project.
Read MoreThe flooding wascatastrophic because of a weakened Helene
North Carolina recorded a record 48-hour rainfall of 29.58 inches on Friday, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). It said that Busick received 29.58 inches of rainfall and Mount Mitchell received 24.20 inches of rainfall in just over an hour. The Georgia Climate Office said that the area has seen more rain than any other place in recorded history.
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There is a new drug that promises to have fewer side effects
Bristol-Myers Squibb has approved its drug Cobenfy for the treatment of schizophrenia. It aims to reduce the negative symptoms like apathy and lack of motivation. It will be available from October at $1,850 a month, according to the company. Cobenfy is a monoclonal antibody that binds to muscarinic receptors, a group of receptors found in the gut and the brain.
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Is science able to cure plastic addiction?
A UK laboratory’s Carbon Neutral Laboratory has suggested scientists to reduce their use of toxic solvents, which have been part of standard protocols for decades. It said scientists should use only 20 litres of solvent or 20 tips instead of 20 litres. Research laboratories account for at least 60% of the energy and water use at a typical university.
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