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Putting pantyhose over of a homemade mask boosts effectiveness up to 50 percent, new study says

Now that we’re all (hopefully) getting used to wearing masks in public, it feels like time to add another layer to our pandemic routine doesn’t it?

Research out of Northeastern University indicates that adding a nylon layer outside of a homemade mask can boost its effectiveness. According to NPR, the nylon addition increases the masks ability to filter out small particles by creating a tighter…

NASA asked the public to choose its all-time best photos of Earth. Here are 17 of them.

To honor the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and he 20th anniversary of NASA’s Earth Observatory, the agency asked the public to pick our all-time best image on Earth. After five a five-round tournament and more than 56,000 votes, the readers chose Ocean Sand, Bahamas as their favorite.

We’ve posted 16 of the other top entrants. You can see the complete tournament results at Earth Observatory.

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Mother says cops were ‘harassing’ her because of daughter’s playdates at neighbor’s house

In a video making the rounds on social media, a mother claims she is being harassed by the Calmut Country Sheriff’s department in Wisconsin for allowing her seven-year-old-daughter go to a neighbor’s house for a play date.

In the video shot by a mother who goes by Amy, the officer asks her a direct question about the current stay-at-home order. “Are you aware that we’re at a stay-at-home order…

Irish help raise $1.8 million for COVID-hit Navajo Nation, repaying $170 sent during potato famine

The Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in the southwestern U.S. have been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak. With a third of the population having no running water, proper virus-avoiding hygiene is nearly impossible. Access to groceries is limited, and the community has a high number of elderly and individuals with health conditions that put them at higher risk of complications from the…

Man who has ‘recovered’ from COVID-19 explains how its impact goes far beyond death tolls

When we talk about the coronavirus pandemic, we often talk about numbers. How many cases. How many deaths. How many recoveries.

But the true impact of the virus goes far beyond those statistics. We’ve seen this in harrowing stories from medical workers on the front line and from people who have made it out of hospitalization.

While there’s so much we still don’t know about COVID-19, as more…

11-yr-old letter writer receives hundreds of personal notes from grateful postal workers

While the 245-year old U.S. postal service battles for its survival, a story of the power of a personal letter is showing us why we cannot let it fail. Not only does USPS provide mail services to rural areas that otherwise wouldn’t have anyone to deliver mail or packages, but it serves the public with diligence and heart.

A story shared by a dad of a daughter who loves to write and send…