Meet the 101-year-old who was born on a ship during the Spanish flu and just beat coronavirus

Meet the 101-year-old who was born on a ship during the Spanish flu and just beat coronavirus

Angelina Friedman survived cancer, miscarriages, internal bleeding, sepsis and now not one, but two pandemics. More than 100 years after living through the Spanish flu, the 101-year-old woman just beat coronavirus.

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$1 testing kits: Senegal’s approach to coronavirus

$1 testing kits: Senegal's approach to coronavirus

Without much of a health budget, Senegal is being championed for controlling the novel coronavirus. From early-detection mobile kits to 3D-printed ventilators, the West African nation is demonstrating a possible model in curbing COVID-19, relying on their experience of managing the Ebola outbreak. In this episode, The Take is joined by Nicolas Haque, Al Jazeera journalist in Dakar, Senegal; Anta James, a regional representative for Catholic Relief Services; Dan Honig, assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University; and Shannon Underwood, an immigration lawyer in Dakar, Senegal.

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Majority of authors ‘hear’ their characters speak, finds study

Majority of authors 'hear' their characters speak, finds study

Some writers have always claimed they can hear their characters speaking, with Enid Blyton suggesting she could “watch and hear everything” and Alice Walker describing how her characters would “come for a visit … and talk”. But a new study has shown this uncanny experience is very widespread, with almost two-thirds of authors reporting that they hear their characters’ voices while they work.

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The computer algorithm that was among the first to detect the coronavirus outbreak

The computer algorithm that was among the first to detect the coronavirus outbreak

On New Year's Eve, a small company in Canada was among the first to raise the alarm about an infectious disease outbreak. Its computer algorithm calculated where the virus might spread next. The technology could change the way we fight another contagion.

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