A MYSTERIOUS interracial visitor who flew to Earth three years ago may have been an alien spaceship, scientists say. That’s because the predominant explanation of the origin of the cigar-shaped object Oumuamua is fatally flawed, according to a shocking new study. 2 The ‘comet’ Oumuamua was the first interstellar object …
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Greenland’s major ice block saw a record net loss of 532 billion tonnes last year, raising red flags over accelerating sea level rise, according to findings released Thursday. That equates to an additional 3 million tons of water flowing into global oceans every day, like six Olympic-sized swimming pools every …
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When the pandemic hit this spring, many teachers turned it around Minecraft during their crazy shrinkage for tools that could teach tools remotely. Earlier this year, Microsoft added a “training” section to the Minecraft market, and since March, 63 million pieces of content have been downloaded. While Minecraft: Edition of …
Read More »‘Sweet Spot’ for antibody testing is 3 to 4 weeks postexposure
Editor’s Note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) is advised against testing patients for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the first 1 to 2 weeks after exposure to the virus. The “sweet spot” for such tests is 3 to …
Read More »Coronavirus Updates: 17 reported stops before going to college party without masks
A new coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 794,000 people worldwide. More than 22.7 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers …
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