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Syracuse, NY – Start with your thighs as you check your body for signs for ticks. That’s the most likely place to find signs, according to a survey by Upstate Medical University’s tick-borne disease laboratory. Of the 748 black-legged ticks sent this spring and summer that were attached to humans, …

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin says a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of its daughters has already been inoculated. Speaking at a government meeting on Tuesday on state television, Putin stressed that the vaccine has proven effective during tests and offers …

Ice boards can extend hundreds of meters underwater Twenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctic ice sheets. These ice platforms are the driving protrusions of glaciers flowing out of the land, encircling the entire continent. The European Space Agency’s dataset confirms the …

It might be time for 2020 to give up. First there were the killer hornets and then there were the nuclear mice. Now scientists have discovered the terrible ‘helmet’. Fortunately, the helmet ant has been extinct for more than 99 million years, so we do not have to worry about …

Power brokers for the ‘power five’ conferences are discussing this week whether the 2020 football season for college should be canceled due to the health and safety challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. So what about the NFL, which plans to start its season in a month? A majority of …