Lucas123 writes: Like Apple and Intel, Amazon is piloting an in-house program for employees that in addition to healthcare insurance affords workers access to telemedicine and at-home visits from a contracted provider. While growing in popularity, in-house healthcare programs, which even include corporate clinics, are seen by some as an example of the growth in fragmented care or mimicking corporate care…
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New names for 5 Jupiter moons
The naming suggestions in a contest – which ran from last February to April – ranged from the scholarly to the silly, these scientists said. We think you’ll like the winners. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-names-5-jupiter-moons-contest-winners…
Xiaomi Threatens Legal Action Against Users Who Call Its Mimoji App a Copycat of Apple’s Memoji
From a report: Apple’s Memoji may have become the more popular 3D avatar feature for smartphones, but Xiaomi wants people to know that its similarly-named version — Mimoji — came first, despite increasingly confusing overlap between the apps’ names and features. Moreover, it’s apparently threatening legal action against writers who call it a copycat without providing proof. In September 2017, Apple…
Albino Panda Spotted in the Wild for the First Time
Pandas are known for their furry black-and-white markings, so wildlife experts were stunned to see an all-white panda with red eyes tramping through a bamboo forest in China last month. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65582-albino-panda-found.html
First known albino panda caught on camera
Researchers at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in China have photographed a totally white giant panda. The blurry image is the first photograph eve… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/328027/first-known-albino-panda-caught-on-camera…
Pandas eat as much protein as carnivores despite their bamboo diet
The panda gut digests protein in bamboo so well that the animal’s nutritional profile for calories resembles a wolf’s. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pandas-eat-much-protein-carnivores-despite-their-bamboo-diet4…
Pandas’ share of protein calories from bamboo rivals wolves’ from meat
The panda gut digests protein in bamboo so well that the animal’s nutritional profile for calories resembles a wolf’s. Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/panda-share-protein-calories-bamboo-rivals-wolves-meat4…