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A Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot meat, sparking a quarantine that trapped tourists for days, officials said Monday.

According to AFP, the couple died May 1 in a remote area of the country’s Bayan-Ölgii province, which borders China and Russia.

A six-day quarantine of 118 people who had come in contact with the couple, including locals and a number of foreign tourists, had been lifted as of Tuesday, Ariuntuya Ochirpurev, a World Health Organization official, told the BBC.

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Scientists have developed a new plastic material that can be recycled repeatedly.

Microsoft is adding a real Linux kernel to Windows 10, and has a new Windows Terminal command-line app for developers.

These scores are a good deal lower than phones using the latest Snapdragon 855 processor, such as the Galaxy S10, as well as the Snapdragon 845 chipset in the Pixel 3 series. However, it surprisingly beat out the Google Pixel 2 and 2 XL, which scored 146,876 and 110,949 on AnTuTu, respectively.

There may be a few graphically-intensive games that could give the Pixel 3a and 3a XL pause, but so far, my experience has been pleasantly smooth.

Chrome 74 was released only a few days ago, which means v75 has moved up to the Beta Channel. This release doesn’t have any drastic changes, but it does continue to improve the dark theme, and there are some fancy new APIs that web apps can use.

Dark theme changes

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An ancient neutron star collision occurred very, very close to our solar system — and we’re all the better for it.

Study authors say the results don’t mean consumers should stop using sunscreen, but noted that more research needs to be done.

Android Q introduces a bunch of new features, while putting protections in place to provide even more transparency and control over your data.

Harvesters scale tall cliffs to collect this rare honey from Himalayan giant honeybees.