When scientists looked under the wraps of two little ones ancient egyptian the mummies thought they had human hearts, they were surprised: not only were there no notable hearts inside, but the remains were not even human. Rather, one of the mummies It is tightly packed with grain and mud, …
Read More »What a typhoid outbreak from World War II can teach us about how to stop the coronavirus
Deportations to the Warsaw ghetto. Leszno street near the intersection with Żelazna street.Photo: unknown / Wikimedia Commons (Fair use) More than 70 years ago, a jailed community in Nazi-occupied Poland banded together to contain a deadly typhus epidemic, largely without the help of effective vaccines or medications. Instead, according to …
Read More »Dropped polls and Covid’s pallor prompt Trump’s withdrawal on his key priorities
“Probably, unfortunately, it will get worse before it gets better,” Trump read grimly from a script during a moderate press conference Tuesday, looking up from the podium to admit that the sadness wasn’t exactly natural: “Something I don’t do.” He likes to say things, but that’s the way it is. …
Read More »The best climate warming scenario is not happening
July 23, 2020 by Steve Hanley In 1979, a National Research Council study prepared by lead author Jule Charney exposed what would likely happen to average global temperatures if the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubled compared to pre-industrial levels. Earth’s climate is incredibly complex, making any accurate …
Read More »Rare views of Comet NEOWISE ‘fully photo-pumped’ by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink satellites
The NEOWISE comet shines with a thin ion tail and a wider dust tail. The comet was discovered in March. … [+] 27, 2020 by astronomers using the NEOWISE space telescope. getty Online images of Comet NEOWISE, a spectacular comet from the outer Solar System, are emerging on a once-per-6,800-year …
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