Image copyright pyrite Getty Images Singapore’s Changi Airport has warned that a “catastrophic period” will ensue as the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic do not show signs of dwindling. The Asian Transport Center is regularly voted as the best airport in the world for the 60m to 70m passenger range. …
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Covid: 16,000 coronavirus cases missed daily after IT error
Image copyright pyrite P.A. Media About 16,000 cases of coronavirus have not been entered into the national computer system used for official diagrams due to technical defects, Public Health England said. Some unreported cases then joined the 12,872 new cases on Saturday and 22,961 on Sunday. PHE said those who …
Read More »Proud Boys’ Twitter hashtag taken by LGBTQ Love’s photo
Twitter users have re-asserted the proud Boys’ hashtag with photos and tweets depicting LGBTQ’s love in an attempt to draw the attention of the controversial group. It is not clear whose idea it was, but it is believed that the campaign was thanks to pressure from actor George Tekai, who …
Read More »Covid-19 links vitamin D deficiency with severity ‘significant’
According to a new paper from Irish and UK scientists, people have “nothing to lose”, and much more, by taking vitamin D supplements as protection during the Covid-19 epidemic. Evidence linking vitamin D deficiency to covid-19 disease severity is “circumstantial but significant,” according to a co-written paper by Kenny, professor …
Read More »NASA next to 3D printing construction systems for seats located on the moon and Mars
The process of building landing pads, dwellings and roads on the moon will probably look different than a normal construction site on Earth. Excavation robots, for one, should be lightweight but capable of digging in low gravity. Large-scale construction systems can be hygienic and equipped to work without the help …
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