PLOS, together with Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Cell families of journals issued a joint statement that addresses a recently proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). PLOS has always been a strong proponent of sharing data to improve
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Irish author Mark O'Connell has won the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize for his debut To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death (Granta), a nonfiction account of the transhumanism movement. The annual prize, worth £30,000
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San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2018– VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), a premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing, dives into the legend, lore, and origins of the bestselling strategy card game, Magic: The Gathering, with the acquisition of MAGIC:
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But if you're eyeing getting an MBA to start your own business or a master's degree in creative writing to write a book, consider how you could accomplish these goals without a degree. If you're excited about learning from experts in your field of interest, for instance, finding a mentor could be effective
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Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro will hold two campus forums to address the nationwide controversy triggered by the tweets of creative writing professor Randa Jarrar. The first forum will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the North Gym and is for students, faculty and staff only, a university
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The change aims to give publishers greater flexibility in how ads are sold through Amplify. Currently, Amplify automatically matches up publisher video content with Twitter's inventory of advertising in one of about 15 content categories. Allowing publishers to sell the ads themselves would give them the
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Goodstadt continued, “Jennifer's vision and track record of results, ensures that our agency's long legacy of being a leader in the custom-publishing media landscape will continue for many years to come.” Marder joins Manifest with deep industry experience. Prior to joining Manifest, Marder held various
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Twitter Inc. is exploring the possibility of allowing publishers to take the lead in selling preroll video ads that run at the start of their video clips on the platform, according to a person familiar with the matter. The ad-sales offering is still being developed and details have yet to be completed, the person said.
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