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Monday January 13rd, 2020 morning edition

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Goop Lab is an infomercial for her pseudoscience business

Authored by theconversation.com

Last week, Netflix dropped the trailer for Gwyneth Paltrow’s new show The Goop Lab.

The producers of this show — that is, Gwyneth Paltrow and her company Goop — benefit directly from not only the show being popular but also from the legitimization of pseudoscience.

This show is, basically, an infomercial for the Goop brand, which is built around science-free products and ideas. »

Scientists paint Australia fires as red alert on climate change

Authored by reuters.com

We totally expected that as the climate warmed, fires in Australia would get worse.

But the scale of this disaster is something I couldn’t have imagined, and it’s the same for a lot of people in Australia.”.

Previous dire warnings about climate change risks to the Great Barrier Reef had not worked, Abram said. »

Pentagon chief says no specific evidence Iran was plotting to attack four U.S. embassies

Authored by reuters.com

While Esper said he agreed with Trump that additional attacks against U.S. embassies were likely, he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Trump’s remarks to Fox News were not based on specific evidence on an attack on four embassies.

“The president didn’t cite a specific piece of evidence.”.

When pressed on whether intelligence officers offered concrete evidence on that point he said: “I didn’t see one with regards to four embassies.”. »

2020 Tokyo Olympics: Athletes Assured Cardboard Beds Won't Collapse During Sex

Authored by news18.com

So it seems, if one were to go by assertions by the organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Athletes who would participate in the Games have been assured that their cardboard beds won't collapse during sex, Mail Online reported.

The manufacturer, Airweave, confirmed that the cardboard beds can take up to 200 kg load, more than enough for two people. »