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Early research helps to quantify the experiences of coronavirus with longer transporters Photo: RuslanDashinsky / Getty Images There are a growing number of people around the world who have survived Covid-19, only to find persistent symptoms that last for weeks or months, and even new effects such as hair loss …

Arecibo Observatory, the most powerful telescope in the world, based in Puerto Rico, was damaged Monday after a cable snapped and cut a large hole in the telescope’s reflective disk. The University of Central Florida manages the facilities of the National Science Foundation, along with Universidad Ana G. Mendez and …

The Texas frosted elfin (Callophrys irus hadros), a small butterfly subspecies found only in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, has lost most of its prairie habitat and is thought to have declined dramatically over the past century. Image by Matthew D. Moran / The conversation. By Matthew D. Moran, Hendrix …

On Monday morning, as Azar marched on the Taiwanese capital Taipei, several Chinese gunmen briefly crossed the de facto maritime border separating the island from mainland China. Later that week, the Chinese military conducted large-scale drills in waters near Taiwan, and appeared in Beijing’s state media as a “warning” to …

A satellite image taken by one of Planet’s SkySat satellites shows the damaged radio dish at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The image was taken at 10.50 am EDT (1450 GMT) on August 10, 2020, about eight hours after a support cable broke and stuck in the dish. (Image …