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Read More »The ‘COVID parties’ are a pandemic urban legend that will not disappear
Amid reasonable fears about the coronavirus pandemic, there is also a much more dubious threat: “COVID parties.” How Cabling Explains in a good exploration of the subject, COVID parties (or “corona parties”) are events in which people are allegedly exposed to the coronavirus on purpose. Medical professionals and government officials …
Read More »Prince Philip withdraws from retirement for military surrender
LONDON – Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain who officially retired from public life in 2017, briefly returned to his life of royal duty on Wednesday for a military ceremony at Windsor Castle, where he delivered a role that he has played for nearly …
Read More »Sweden says Covid’s immunity may last 6 months after infection
(Bloomberg) – Sweden’s highest health authority says people who have had the new coronavirus are likely to be immune for at least six months after infection, whether they have developed antibodies or not. © Bloomberg Pedestrians walk near the port in Stockholm, Sweden, on Friday May 22, 2020. Sweden, which …
Read More »Scientists design the small first-of-a-kind video camera backpack to film the ‘Ant-Man’ perspective from the insect’s back
Attach the camera system to a Pinacate beetle. Credit: Mark Stone / University of Washington. In the movie Ant Man, the title character can reduce its size and travel by flying on the back of an insect. Now researchers at the University of Washington have developed a small, steerable wireless …
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