From Jenna Orkin

In Hunt for Covid-19 Origin, Patient Zero Points to Second Wuhan Market

Fossil Fuels Are Wildly More Expensive Than Previously Thought, Study Says

Yellen backs new allocation of IMF’s currency to aid in recovery

The use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic parts in nuclear weapons systems may reduce the reliability of the US nuclear arsenal over time as the electronics age in ways that are hard to predict, according to a newly disclosed report from the JASON science advisory panel.

Record Drought Strains the Southwest

Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century Hardcover – March 9, 2021

Brazil plunges into crisis as a second wave and deadly new variant overwhelm hospitals

Business is booming for the $24 billion plasma industry — but it may be putting vulnerable donors at risk

Americans supply two-thirds of the world's plasma, supporting an industry that relies on vulnerable donors in need of cash.

1. Russia tried to slow down Twitter and accidentally broke the internet in the country. Here's what happened.

   The US is averaging fewer than 50,000 new COVID-19 cases per day for the first time since October, down from a peak of 250,000

   New Pfizer vaccine plant has history of mold issues, recalls