French Defence

"This is most commonly followed by 2.d4 d5, with Black intending ...c5 at a later stage, attacking White's centre and gaining space on the queenside. White has extra space in the centre and on the kingside and often plays for a breakthrough with f4–f5."

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COVID-19: Staying Home and Driving Less

"Our friends over at the Oregon Department of Transportation have been busy. They are crunching numbers and writing reports on how COVID-19 is impacting traffic patterns, driving behavior, associated tax revenues, and the like."

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COVID-19: Working Parents and Educators

"“Everyone’s a Keynesian in a foxhole” is a popular economics phrase describing how public policy is important, especially in recessions. Riffing off of that I think we need to add “every parent’s an educator in a quarantine” to the list as well."

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The Coronavirus Could Reshape Global Order

"With hundreds of millions of people now isolating themselves around the world, the novel coronavirus pandemic has become a truly global event."

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Human virome

"The human virome is the total collection of viruses in and on the human body.[3][4][5] Viruses in the human body may infect both human cells and other microbes such as bacteria (as with bacteriophages).[6] Some viruses cause disease, while others may be asymptomatic."

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Coronavirus will linger after the pandemic ends. But it won’t be as bad.

"SARS-CoV-2, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, is officially a global pandemic. Multiple chains of transmission are underway in dozens of countries."

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The ‘Hidden Talent’ That Determines Success

"In our era of globalisation, your job performance may depend on your “CQ”. So what is it? Imagine meeting someone for the first time who comes from a distant country but is fluent in your language."

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Coronavirus, the Economy, and Oregon

"Our office continues to get asked about the potential impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the economy. Long story short is that it is still too early to tell how much economic fallout will occur given the ongoing public health developments as the virus spreads."

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In world's first, atomic force microscope sees chemical bonds in individual molecules (w/ video)

"A nanographene molecule exhibiting carbon-carbon bonds of different length and bond order imaged by noncontact atomic force microscopy using a carbon monoxide functionalized tip. This molecule was synthesized at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Toulouse. Credit: IBM (Phys."

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Food for Thought: Shifting Drivers of Growth?

"Like the nation overall, Oregon is transitioning down to more sustainable rates of growth. Job gains are roughly in-line with what underlying demographics suggest the state needs to hold the unemployment rate steady."

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Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

"This morning the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. For the full document, slides and forecast data please see our main website. Below is the forecast’s Executive Summary."

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What Drives Cost of Living Differences? (Graph of the Week)

"We know the cost of living varies considerably across the country. It can even vary significantly just across town. But what really drives these differences? In a word, housing."

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Opening Novelty: The Granada Gambit

"A few months ago I took a pleasant holiday to the south of Spain. On my adventures I spent a couple of nights in the very picturesque city of Granada."

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Friday Beer Thoughts and One Last 2020s Prediction: Closures

"One last prediction for the 2020s: Oregon will see more brewery closures. In fact we are likely to see a dozen or more closures every year in the decade ahead. This is mostly due to the fact that Oregon has seen considerable growth in the number of breweries in the past 10-15 years."

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Here’s Exactly What Happens Inside Your Body When You Crack Your Back

"Either way, having loose ligaments and tendons may play a role, too, since people who have tight ligaments and tendons typically aren't able to shift in ways that allow them to actually "crack" their back, Dr. Anand says."

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Economic Trends of the 2010s (Graphs of the Decade)

"Economically, the 2010s were a disappointment. Now, the U.S. economy went the full 10 years without a recession, a first in history. However we began the decade at the bottom of the worst recession in a long time. As such much of the decade was about regaining the lost ground."

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Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines?

"This is a rocket engine. Really, all it is is a heat and pressure machine whose end goal is to convert that heat and pressure into workable thrust. The more that gets converted the better. This conversion is usually done by a large bell nozzle."

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How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer

"•Posted by5 minutes ago markosaric.com/google..."

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First-Ever HD Footage of a Cell Moving Through the Body

"Ew go to the washroom when you do that. /s"

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Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the internet

"Tim Berners-Lee, a British engineer credited with having invented the World Wide Web in 1989, has released an ambitious plan detailing steps for better online governance, addressing problems like misinformation, data surveillance and censorship."

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