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Coronavirus social distancing: Screen time connects kids with friends. A Link to Your Mental Health - Link, The Universe, and Everything - Medium. Healthcare, particularly mental healthcare, remains out of reach for millions of uninsured Americans; and even those with healthcare access are only a job loss, rate hike, or Supreme Court decision away from losing it.

A Link to Your Mental Health - Link, The Universe, and Everything - Medium

Even people with good insurance, or who live in a country with universal healthcare, are often reluctant to seek help for mental health issues. Privacy concerns and the enduring stigma associated with mental health treatment continue to act as deterrents and barriers. Can't Keep Calm! The Office Is Back With Season 10 After 8 Years - DKODING. Oil prices crash to fresh 18-year low as demand suffers unprecedented drop - CNN.

US crude plunged nearly 7% and finished at an 18-year low of $20.09 a barrel Monday as the coronavirus pandemic continues to deal a devastating blow to energy demand.

I chose this article because oil prices affects all individuals with personal means of transportation. With our ongoing pandemic people are less dependent on their cars because of current quarantine measures, therefore demand for fossil fuels drops. – biancafata

At session lows, oil touched $19.27 a barrel -- the weakest intraday price since February 2002.

Oil prices crash to fresh 18-year low as demand suffers unprecedented drop - CNN

Brent crude, the world's benchmark, tumbled as much as 13% and fell to as low as $21.65 a barrel, its lowest point in 18 years. Beyond Meat, Inc., (NASDAQ: BYND) Continue reading On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Company, Beyond Meat, Inc., BYND stock construct a change of -7 percent (↓ / Loss) in a total of its share price and having its trading value $66.12, which belongs to Consumer Goods sector and Processed & Packaged Goods industry.

Beyond Meat, Inc., (NASDAQ: BYND)

The company’s Market capitalization was $3.84B with the total Outstanding Shares of 58.02M. P/S, P/E, P/B & P/C values of (NASDAQ: BYND): Bill Gates warned us of a COVID-19-like pandemic — watch his TED Talk from 2015. Bill Gates saw the COVID-19 outbreak coming — and he knew we weren’t prepared for it.

Bill Gates warned us of a COVID-19-like pandemic — watch his TED Talk from 2015

The Microsoft co-founder on multiple occasions over the past decade talked about the potential for something like the novel coronavirus that has infected nearly 200,000 worldwide and killed almost 8,000 people. COVID-19 pandemic helping bring nature back to beaches in Peru. TORONTO -- Usually, the sandy shores along Peru’s Pacific coast can be found crowded with tourists and locals enjoying an afternoon at the beach this time of year.

COVID-19 pandemic helping bring nature back to beaches in Peru

But the coronavirus pandemic has presented the world with an unprecedented break in routine. An absence of human activity in beach areas in Peru’s capital city, Lima, have allowed for thousands of Belcher’s gulls, pelicans and other wild birds to congregate. How To Help People Find Real Hope In The Face Of A Pandemic. Like many leaders, my clients are scrambling to adapt to this new “virtual reality” of uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

How To Help People Find Real Hope In The Face Of A Pandemic

And now the social distancing isolation will continue through the end of April. In the face of not knowing how best to communicate with their people – what to say, how to say it, when to say it – they are grasping at straws. Our lives after the coronavirus pandemic. Google is building COVID-19 screening website as Trump declares national emergency. Google is creating a website for people to screen their health and help them find testing sites at Target, Walgreens, CVS, and Walmart locations.

Google is building COVID-19 screening website as Trump declares national emergency

The move is part of a public-private partnership to dispense COVID-19 testing to “millions of Americans” in the weeks ahead, according to Vice President Mike Pence. The news was announced as President Trump declared a national emergency today in a White House press conference. Coronavirus cases have now been found in 46 states, and on Wednesday COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. The federal government will point people to the Google website to fill out a screening questionnaire, state their symptoms and risk factors, and if necessary will be told the location of a drive-through testing option. Automated machines will then be used to return results in 24 to 36 hours. Italy's nationwide coronavirus lockdown is set to rock the luxury retail indu...

Recycle and reuse buildings to curb climate change, report insists. Buildings need to be “recycled and reused” rather than demolished to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, a new report suggests.

Recycle and reuse buildings to curb climate change, report insists

Historic England said the built environment – including the construction industry – accounts for around 42 per cent of the UK’s carbon footprint. The non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, said in its ‘Heritage Counts’ report that knocking down buildings causes the loss of the embodied carbon dioxide (CO2) resulting from their construction, use and demolition. The report, an annual audit of England’s heritage, suggests that buildings should instead be upgraded and reused to save energy. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Definition.

What Is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Artificial Intelligence really shows how quickly and drastically our world is evolving, and how humans' roles in society are changing; will we become more technical? This also makes me wonder how AI will manifest itself in fashion. – biancafata

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Definition

The term may also be applied to any machine that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving. The ideal characteristic of artificial intelligence is its ability to rationalize and take actions that have the best chance of achieving a specific goal. Understanding Artificial Intelligence When most people hear the term artificial intelligence, the first thing they usually think of is robots. Artificial intelligence is based on the principle that human intelligence can be defined in a way that a machine can easily mimic it and execute tasks, from the most simple to those that are even more complex.

As technology advances, previous benchmarks that defined artificial intelligence become outdated. New Viruses - Melting Glaciers - Permafrost. SEBASTIAN KAULITZKIGetty Images.

New Viruses - Melting Glaciers - Permafrost

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle are moving to Canada: Here’s what we know. It’s official: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be making a home in Canada. On Monday, Queen Elizabeth confirmed that the couple will be splitting their time between the U.K. and Canada as they’ve decided to step away from duties as official senior members of the Royal Family.

Markle and Prince Harry said they want to be financially independent, and “carve out a progressive new role” within the monarchy. Story continues below advertisement.