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Reading with Ellie Ellie's Video Blogs Podcast: January 2020 (1:36:31)

Ellie's World Blogs
From Lincoln High School in Brooklyn
Respiratory Chart
Humor
Ellie's Quarantine Selfie
Ellie The Poster Child for Preparedness
Ellie's Archived Coronavirus Blogs

Tornado rips through Arkansas city, injuring 6 people

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North Korea test fires missiles amid worries about outbreak

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Condom shortage looms as coronavirus shuts down production

NYCÕs free condom distribution efforts going flaccid

First known cat infected with coronavirus reported in Belgium

How coronavirus mutated and eight strains raced around the world after initial outbreak in China as global cases top 660,000 and deaths hit 30,847

CDC issues domestic travel advisory as coronavirus deaths double to over 2,000 people

Coronavirus: Trump backs away from New York quarantine

Coronavirus: Cruise ship off Panama coast transfers passengers

BBC: Updated guide to coronavirus

Lockdown, what lockdown? Sweden's unusual response to coronavirus

Coronavirus: Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border

NRA sues California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials over gun store closures

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Tucker Carlson: Biden won't be the Democratic nominee, Andrew Cuomo 'most likely'

Democrats need to recruit Obama to bench Biden, find another candidate: Goodwin

Biden leads Trump in new polls despite coronavirus approval bounce

Joe Biden is the worst imaginable challenger to Trump right now

Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders joined state lawmakers in New York and California in calls to freeze and forgive rent payments, as millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet under coronavirus lockdown

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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are back in the United States after coronavirus quarantine Nicole Chavez, associate writer CNN Digital

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Tom Coburn, unyielding ÔDr. NoÕ of the House and Senate, dies at 72

John Callahan of TV show 'All My Children' dead at 66

In the end, there can only be one.

Christopher Lambert Quotes

Significant Severe Weather Outbreak, Including Tornadoes, Is Expected for Parts of the Midwest Saturday

70 million people in the US are under a severe weather threat that includes tornadoes and hail

FDA authorizes 15-minute coronavirus test
... could accelerate testing in the US, allowing for rapid results in doctors' offices. But shortages of critical equipment used to collect patient specimens, like masks and swabs, could blunt its impact.

United States Postal Service workers, who are still delivering and sorting mail at distribution centers around the country even as millions of Americans telecommute, are worried that they may not have the protection -- or even the funding - they will need to keep delivering mail for months longer.

New Hampshire-based hockey equipment maker Bauer shifts to medical shields

The coronavirus outbreak has mobilized young people in China, sounding a call to action for a generation that had shown little resistance to the ruling Communist PartyÕs agenda.
Students have flooded social media to organize donations for Chinese doctors battling the coronavirus epidemic. Workers have marched in the streets to demand compensation for weeks of unemployment during citywide lockdowns. Young citizen journalists have taken to YouTube to call for free speech.

Coronavirus Stimulus Payments: When Will They Be Sent and Who Is Eligible?

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A Weird X-Ray Signal Is Coming From Nearby Galaxies and Nobody Knows Why

10.9 million names now aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Indonesian volcano spews massive ash cloud

How well are we social distancing? Smartphone location data can rank the states

Google offers $800 mn to pandemic-impacted businesses, health agencies

Can quantum cyberattacks be prevented? An EU initiative says yes, shows how

Social media has the power to both inform and deceive and do both at speeds we have never experienced.

The Forgotten American Explorer Charles Wilkes Who Discovered Huge Parts of Antarctica

5.0-magnitude earthquake shakes West Texas and El Paso area

Giant glacier in Antarctica is melting, and it could raise sea levels by 5 feet, scientists say

In Earth's largest extinction, land die-offs began long before ocean turnover

Dig for artifacts confirms New Guinea's Neolithic period

Piece of lost continent discovered beneath Canada

Coral tells own tale about El Nino's past

As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles

Dust could have spread evenly over Earth after Chicxulub asteroid strike

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Neanderthals were pioneers in marine resource exploitation: study

New feathered dinosaur was one of the last surviving raptors

Discovering the diet of the fossil Theropithecus oswaldi found in Cueva Victoria in Spain

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Worldwide scientific collaboration unveils genetic architecture of gray matter

Study establishes how cognitive intelligence is a whole brain phenomenon

Artificial intelligence for very young brains

Brain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire body

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10.9 Million Names Now Aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

Space Force launches its first mission with virus precautions

Not enough Americans understand the need for Space Force, a top commander says

Old gas blob from Uranus found in vintage Voyager 2 data

Scientists calculate age of massive neutron star crash that helped form our solar system

Scientists use the Milky Way to hunt for dark matter

The Fate of a Dark Matter Theory Hinges on These Unidentified X-Rays

Earth's own evolution used as guide to hunt exoplanets

Solar system acquired current configuration not long after its formation

Coronavirus pandemic's global impact seen from space in chilling satellite images

Seeing coronavirus impacts from space: Before-and-after satellite photos

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'Women's work': How coronavirus may forever change the way we care within families

Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal

Could the social distancing of COVID-19 revolutionize online learning and higher education?

Study: Adults over 70 are the fabric of their communities

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have Left Canada and Are Now Settled in L.A.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leave Canada and set up home in LA amid the coronavirus crisis and flew by private jet to California before Trump closed the border

Duchess Meghan marks her return to Hollywood as narrator on Disney+ nature film 'Elephant'

How Angelina Jolie and Her Kids Are Navigating Home Schooling During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Michelle Obama describes her family's daily routine during their coronavirus self-quarantine

Never stop dancing!

Jennifer Grey Quites

Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes east of the Kuril Islands

Scientists get first look at cause of 'slow motion' earthquakes

5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Damages Zagreb Cathedral, Museums
The tremors, which arrived in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, was the worst the Croatian capital has seen in 140 years

Climate change: Earth's deepest ice canyon vulnerable to melting

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Underwater avalanches are trapping microplastics in the deep ocean

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Shutting Down Hawaii: A Historical Perspective on Epidemics in the Islands

Tsunami watch for Hawaii lifted after north Pacific quake

Archaeologists Unearth Remnants of Kitchen Behind Oldest House Still Standing in Maui

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Community-Researcher Collaboration Reveals Ancient Maya Capital in Backyard
A recent excavation located the first physical evidence of the capital of the Maya kingdom of Sak Tz'i', founded in 750 B.C.

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Prince Charles tests positive for novel coronavirus

White House, Senate reach historic $2 trillion stimulus deal amid growing coronavirus fears

US on track to become next coronavirus epicenter, but there's time to reverse course, health official says

The scariest thing Anthony Fauci said about Trump

Coronavirus delays Russian vote on Putin staying in power

President Trump is as popular as he's ever been right now

Renowned chef Floyd Cardoz dies after coronavirus diagnosis

Coronavirus updates: BBC

Gaza: Virus fears in crowded strip

Almost half New York City's coronavirus patients are under 45

Domestic Abuse Victims Need More Help As Coronavirus Spreads, Senators Say

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Study supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just 'tip of the iceberg'

Mercury's Messy Surface May Have Once Had Crucial Ingredients for Life

Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings

Japanese PM and IOC chief agree to postpone 2020 Olympics

Obama logs on amid the coronavirus pandemic - The former president comes off the sidelines to share health information, say thanks and offer inspiration - but avoids criticism of Trump

How to set up a home office that won't hurt your back, wrists or neck

Could the summer bring an end to COVID-19?

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Distant 'quasar tsunamis' are ripping their own galaxies apart

We might be living in a gigantic, intergalactic bubble

I am well aware of the fact that the human race has known about

the existence of a universal energy related to life for many ages.

The basic task of natural science consists of making this energy usable.

Wilhelm Reich Quotes 1

Wilhelm Reich Quotes 2

NASA Warns 6 Asteroids To Approach Earth This Week

A large asteroid ignored social distancing norms over the weekend An asteroid as wide as a football field passed through the neighborhood

Supermassive black holes shortly after the Big Bang: How to seed them

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New Analysis Refutes Nazareth Inscription's Ties to Jesus' Death

The equinox reveals one of the secrets of Egypt's iconic Sphinx

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East Antarctica's Denman Glacier has retreated almost 3 miles over last 22 years

How Australia's Wilderness Is Recovering From Wildfires

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Christmas Island discovery redraws map of life

Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils

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How COVID-19 Is Affecting the United States' National Parks

Remote islands swamped by people trying to escape virus

Tips for handling work and kids during COVID-19 isolation

Giant 'potentially hazardous' asteroid will fly safely by Earth in April

Tourists face trial, deportation for defecating in Machu Picchu sacred temple

Machu Picchu to install cameras, use drones to observe tourists in wake of defecation incident

NYC crime down 17% amid coronavirus crisis, reversing upward trend

Spring breakers from University of Tampa test positive for coronavirus

Young people didn't social distance because the government kept telling them not to worry

UK government imposes 3-week national lockdown, enforced by police, to contain coronavirus

Grocery delivery service Instacart to add 300,000 'shoppers'

How do you explain coronavirus to your puppy/pets who don't understand why so much is changing. For some it means having you around all the time but for others it's confusing.