Monthly Archives: July 2020

How does being fatter increase the serious risk of COVID-19?

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence worldwide suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of becoming more seriously ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. Scientists are still learning about what specific mechanisms might explain this link, but they say …

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Small asteroid passed extremely close earlier today | Space

Earlier today (July 28, 2020), the near-Earth asteroid 2020 OY4 had an extremely close, but safe, encounter with our planet, reaching a minimum distance from Earth of approximately 26,000 miles (42,000 km), less than 11 % of the average distance from the moon. We managed to capture his image as …

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