The Trump administration, eager to claim victory over the coronavirus, has been considering reducing the declared national emergency earlier this year to control the pandemic, according to health industry officials who have spoken to the administration. The prospect has raised alarm among public health leaders, doctors, hospital officials and others …
Read More »Coronavirus: wildlife scientists examine big ‘human pause’
Image copyright Paola Semenzato Screenshot Bio-recording devices are trackers installed on animals, like this Alpine ibex, that record their movements. The researchers have launched an initiative to track wildlife before, during and after the coronavirus blockade. The goal of the UK-led team is to study what they have called “anthropause” …
Read More »NASA astronaut captures the striking shadow of the ISS ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse
The large shadow is from the moon during Sunday’s annular solar eclipse. NASA / Chris Cassidy A few lucky places in the world on Sunday witnessed a annular solar eclipse of “ring of fire” that hid most of the sun. Astronauts on the International Space Station were treated with a …
Read More »In Chile, a hospital gives families of COVID-19 patients a rare opportunity to say goodbye
SANTIAGO – Her hand dressed in a blue latex glove, her face masked by a perspex shield, the woman lovingly caressed her father’s gray curls, cradled her head and pressed her mouth as close to her cheek as she could. Doctors in the Chilean capital of Santiago struggled for weeks …
Read More »Researchers study myxobacteria ability to distinguish oneself
Vera Troselj (left) and Christopher Vassallo, both Ph.D. Candidates in the laboratory of Professor Dan Wall at the University of Wyoming at the time of the research are co-authors of an article titled “Rapid Diversification of Wild Social Groups Driven by Toxin Immunity Loci in Mobile Genetic Elements”, which was …
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