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(Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in the US topped 4 million on Thursday, with more than 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters count. FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians clean their supplies outside Memorial West Hospital, where patients with coronavirus disease …

The evolution of the deadliest virus in human history, smallpox, is only partially understood. Like the new coronavirus and many other disease-causing viruses, smallpox appears to have originated from animals, probably rodents, and has spread to humans, probably thousands of years ago. In the 20th century alone, it killed hundreds …

It stands to reason that when Christian Pulisic burst onto the international scene, an attacking phenomenon good enough to start games for Bundesliga titan Borussia Dortmund at 17, the types of soccer in the United States native to Pulisic, and even some fanatics preached caution. “Look, no one is more …

Photo: Tada Images (Shutterstock) If you are an Instacart buyer, hackers may be selling your data online. According to a recent Buzzfeed report, 278,531 Instacart accounts are for sale in at least two hacker communities for just $ 2 per pop. Each account includes full names, the last four digits …

This fossil trapped in amber was thought to be a dinosaur, but it is likely to be a lizard.Credit: Lida Xing A high-profile document withdrawing what was thought to be the remains of the smallest known bird-like dinosaur was removed. New evidence suggests that the specimen, trapped in amber in …