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Best Art Museum/Gallery In Fairfield County In 2024: The Bruce Museum Best Art Museum/Gallery In Fairfield County In 2024: The Bruce Museum
Best Art Museum/Gallery In Fairfield County In 2024: The Bruce Museum We are thrilled to announce that the Bruce Museum has been named Best Art Museum/Gallery in Fairfield County in the 2024 Daily Voice Readers' Choice Awards! According to the Bruce Museum's website, the institution is a distinguished cultural hub that combines art, science, and natural history through a rotating series of exhibitions each year. The museum, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, is committed to fostering curiosity and discovery through its diverse range of exhibits and programs, as stated on its website. The 2024 Daily Voice Readers' Choice contest to name t…

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by Daily Voice
News
New Coronavirus Resembling COVID-19 Discovered In Bats In China New Coronavirus Resembling COVID-19 Discovered In Bats In China
New Coronavirus Resembling Covid-19 Discovered In Bats In China A coronavirus similar to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been discovered in bats in China. Lab studies at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China show it may have the potential to infect humans. The HKU5-CoV-2 virus resembles COVID because it targets the same human receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE2), according to research published in the scientific journal Cell. The virus doesn't enter human cells as easily as COVID, the researchers said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday, Feb. 24 that there is no reason to believe…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Once In Lifetime' Comet Will Be Visible To Naked Eye In Night Sky: Here's When To Watch 'Once In Lifetime' Comet Will Be Visible To Naked Eye In Night Sky: Here's When To Watch
'Once In Lifetime' Comet Will Be Visible To Naked Eye In Night Sky: Here's When To Watch You'll want to keep an eye on the sky in the coming days and weeks. A newly discovered comet is about to make its closest pass by Earth later in the week and is expected to be visible through the end of October. Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, or C/2023 A3, which was first identified last year, is expected to be especially vivid, and its brightness could even compare to Jupiter, according to The New York Times. The comet will be closest to earth -- about 44 million miles, mind you -- on Saturday, Oct. 12, according to NASA. “This one is, I would say, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said astro…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
Two Students From New England Advance To Finals Of Regeneron Competition Two Students From New England Advance To Finals Of Regeneron Competition
Two Students From New England Advance To Finals Of Regeneron Competition A pair of school students in New England were among 40 nationally that were chosen as finalists in the prestigious 2022 Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS). This year, approximately 1,800 students entered the Regeneron STS, where they “submit original research in critically important scientific fields of study.” The organization said that the search is “unique among high school competitions in the U.S. and globally, Regeneron STS focuses on identifying, inspiring, and engaging the nation's most promising young scientists.” Judges narrowed the field to just 300 semifinalists, based on the…

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by Zak Failla
Lifestyle
Fellow From Westport Among MacArthur 'Genius' Awardees Fellow From Westport Among MacArthur 'Genius' Awardees
Fellow From Westport Among MacArthur 'Genius' Awardees A geochemist and paleoclimatologist from Westport is a MacArthur "genius." Andrea Dutton who is furthering current understandings of ocean level dynamics by reconstructing ice sheet changes and global sea levels during earlier periods of global warming on earth is one of this year’s recently-announced class of 2019 MacArthur Fellows — the so-called “genius” awards.  Working in a variety of fields, each MacArthur Fellow will receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 award, encouraging him/her to continue to innovate, take risks, and pursue their creative vision.  The Fellows wer…

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by Donna Christopher
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Missing Scientist Who Graduated From HS In Area Found Dead In Greece Missing Scientist Who Graduated From HS In Area Found Dead In Greece
Missing Scientist Who Graduated From HS In Area Found Dead In Greece A missing scientist who graduated from high school in Northern Westchester has died in Greece. Suzanne Eaton, 59, who graduated from Byram Hills High School in Armonk in 1977, was found dead on Monday, July 8, said her employer, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany. Eaton, who worked for the company as a researcher and as a professor at the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden, was attending a conference when she went missing. Eaton was last seen on the afternoon of July 2 near the port city of Chania on Crete, where she was attending the conference. Gre…

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by Kathy Reakes
Politics
Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines
Family Feud? Kennedys Blast RFK Jr. Over His View On Vaccines Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been taken to task by three members of his famous family for his views on vaccines, which have been debunked by health officials. Although the country is mired in one of the worst measles outbreaks in years, Kennedy, a former Bedford resident, has been known to spread conspiracy theories about vaccines causing autism and other impairments on social media, prompting his family to respond in an essay posted on Politico. The World Health Organization has reported a 300 percent increase in the number of measles cases around the world as compared to this time last year,…

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by Zak Failla
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Scientists Release New Findings With Dire Implications For Climate Change Scientists Release New Findings With Dire Implications For Climate Change
Scientists Release New Findings With Dire Implications For Climate Change A new scientific analysis has discovered that climate change implications are more disastrous than once thought. The analysis, released Thursday, Jan. 10 in the journal Science, revealed that the Earth’s oceans are heating up an average of 40 percent faster than a United Nations panel estimated just five years ago. Researchers also found that ocean temperatures have broken records for several consecutive years. “2018 is going to be the warmest year on record for the Earth’s oceans. As 2017 was the warmest year, and 2016 was the warmest year,” Zeke Hausfather, an author of the study and ener…

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by Valerie Musson