The Daily Populous

On Wednesday, the US recorded 3,157 coronavirus deaths, marking a new single-day high, according to Johns Hopkins University.

More people died from COVID-19 in the US on Wednesday than the number of people killed in the 9/11 terror attacks: 2,977.

There have been more than 273,000 reported COVID-19 deaths in the US and it's closing in on 14 million confirmed cases. »

CNN's chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta described the US president’s speech, which was posted on social media, as a “propaganda video,” and declined to broadcast any snippets.

CNN news anchor Erin Burnett also declined to show Mr Trump’s speech because to do so would “amplify things that are factually untrue, and the president knows to be factually untrue,” she said.

Mr Trump, who has denied the election result, alleged votes were “stolen”, and failed to overturn results through the courts, had labelled the speech as “maybe the most important speech I’ve ever made”. »

But more than a thousand years after the western Roman Empire crumbled to dust, its concrete structures are still standing.

Now, scientists have finally figured out why: a special ingredient that makes the cement grow stronger—not weaker—over time.

Because both minerals take centuries to strengthen concrete, modern scientists are still working on recreating a modern version of Roman cement. »

The sun, in all probability, is not a burning, but an incandescent, body.

Its light is rather that of a glowing molten metal than that of a burning furnace.

But it is impossible that the sun should constantly be giving out heat, without either losing heat or being supplied with new fuel. »