Playing with depth of field (blurring details that are closer than and farther from the focal point). #Blender3D #Steampunk

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Seton Hill Virtual Commencement Fall 2020

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We Had the Vaccine the Whole Time

You may be surprised to learn that of the trio of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines, the most promising, Moderna’s mRNA-1273, which reported a 94.5 percent efficacy rate on November 16, had been designed by January 13. This was just two days after the genetic sequence had been made public in an act of scientific and humanitarian generosity…