Month: January 2021

Mira Furlan Dead: Babylon 5 and Lost Actress Dies at 65 – TVLine
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Mira Furlan Dead: Babylon 5 and Lost Actress Dies at 65 – TVLine

Mira Furlan, best known for her roles as Minbari Ambassador Delenn on Babylon 5 and Danielle Rousseau on Lost, has died at the age of 65. Furlan died of undisclosed causes on Wednesday. Her death was confirmed the following evening on Twitter. Shortly thereafter, Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski shared a touching tribute. “It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her,” Straczynski wrote. “But as with all things, we will catch up with her in time, and I believe she will have many stories to tell us, and many new roles to share with the universe.” The eulogy continues, reading in part: “Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunning, talented performer, and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, an...
Final US county hit with COVID-19 is Hawaiian island, ex-leper colony – New York Post
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Final US county hit with COVID-19 is Hawaiian island, ex-leper colony – New York Post

The coronavirus has now infiltrated every county in the US, including the smallest one — a remote Hawaiian island with fewer than 100 residents that was home to a leper colony. Kalawao County, which is so remote it gets supplies by barge once a year, recorded its first case of COVID-19 in December, almost a year after the deadly bug emerged in the US in Snohomish County near Seattle, the Wall Street Journal reported. The tiny enclave on the island of Molokai was established in 1865 for patients with leprosy — now known as Hansen’s disease — who would be exiled there for life, according to the newspaper, which reviewed data from Johns Hopkins and individual states for its report. Hawaiian health officials had taken steps to seal off the settlement after wat...
New Research Has Solved A 100-Year-Old Mystery About Cancer – IFLScience
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New Research Has Solved A 100-Year-Old Mystery About Cancer – IFLScience

It was the great German doctor and Nobel laureate Otto Warburg who, back in 1921, discovered that cancer cells don't use sugar as fuel the way we thought they would. Rather than "burning" sugar using oxygen like most cells in our body prefer, cancer cells adopt a tactic known to be used by yeast cells: fermentation. This specialized fermentation process (known as the Warburg effect) is rapid and preferred by cancer cells to produce ATP (used by cells for energy) even in conditions where oxygen is available. However, it is not the most effective way to tap into all of the energy stored within sugar molecules and therefore left scientists intrigued for many years as to why cancer cells do this.  Many proposed i...
Covid: New virus variant on the rise in UK nations – BBC News
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Covid: New virus variant on the rise in UK nations – BBC News

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Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline
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Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline

Actress Mira Furlan, who played Minbari Ambassador Delenn on the sci-fi drama series Babylon 5, passed away Jan. 20. She was 65. Furlan’s death was announced by Furlan’s Twitter account and confirmed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who paid tribute to the accomplished actress. “It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her,” he wrote. “Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, and we are all devastated by the news. Born in the Croatian capital Zagreb in 1955, Furlan was a well known, award-winning theater, film and TV actress in the former Yugoslavia. She starred in numerous plays, TV series and films, including Emir Kust...
Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline
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Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline

Actress Mira Furlan, who played Minbari Ambassador Delenn on the sci-fi drama series Babylon 5, passed away Jan. 20. She was 65. Furlan’s death was announced by Furlan’s Twitter account and confirmed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who paid tribute to the accomplished actress. “It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her,” he wrote. “Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, and we are all devastated by the news. Born in the Croatian capital Zagreb in 1955, Furlan was a well known, award-winning theater, film and TV actress in the former Yugoslavia. She starred in numerous plays, TV series and films, including Emir Kust...
Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline
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Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline

Actress Mira Furlan, who played Minbari Ambassador Delenn on the sci-fi drama series Babylon 5, passed away Jan. 20. She was 65. Furlan’s death was announced by Furlan’s Twitter account and confirmed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who paid tribute to the accomplished actress. “It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her,” he wrote. “Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, and we are all devastated by the news. Born in the Croatian capital Zagreb in 1955, Furlan was a well known, award-winning theater, film and TV actress in the former Yugoslavia. She starred in numerous plays, TV series and films, including Emir Kust...
Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline
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Mira Furlan Dies: ‘Babylon 5’ & ‘Lost’ Actress Was 65 – Deadline

Actress Mira Furlan, who played Minbari Ambassador Delenn on the sci-fi drama series Babylon 5, passed away Jan. 20. She was 65. Furlan’s death was announced by Furlan’s Twitter account and confirmed by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski, who paid tribute to the accomplished actress. “It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her,” he wrote. “Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of Babylon 5, and we are all devastated by the news. Born in the Croatian capital Zagreb in 1955, Furlan was a well known, award-winning theater, film and TV actress in the former Yugoslavia. She starred in numerous plays, TV series and films, including Emir Kust...
COVID-19 Drug Scorecard Is Mixed : Shots – Health News – NPR
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COVID-19 Drug Scorecard Is Mixed : Shots – Health News – NPR

A nurse tends to a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., on Jan. 11. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images A nurse tends to a Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, Calif., on Jan. 11. Ariana Drehsler/AFP via Getty Images ...