This year’s biggest science news, so far, had nothing to do with the novel coronavirus and the ongoing epidemic. The stories about COVID-19 have gained more perspective on live science than any other science news we’ve shared.
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But despite the severity of the epidemic, COVID-19 became a very interesting science outside the realm of research. From enormous sea creatures to asteroids, yes, COVID-19, here is a roundup of this year’s most popular stories on live science.
10. Underwater animal for a long time
Living science loves strange creatures, and so do our readers. Many were excited about the discovery of the 150-foot-long (45-meter) marine creature, known as the Siphonophore – a translucent, stringed animal, like the coral, made up of tiny critters. Underwater researchers with the research ship Falcor discovered a long animal in a submarine valley off the coast of Australia. The team said the siphonophore was “probably the largest animal found.”
read more: Ever found ‘the largest animal ever’ in the deep sea valley off the coast of Australia
9. Follows “Starman” towards Mars
In October, SpaceX’s “Starman” Panna, riding in the driver’s seat of the cherry-red Tesla Roadster, made his closest approach to Mars. Closely related, though, was the rapidly decaying sports car and dummy at a distance of 5 million miles (8 million kilometers) from the Red Planet, 19 times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. Since launching in February 2018, Starman and his roadster have been orbiting the sun for almost two years.
read more: ‘Starman’ zipped back to Mars in its rapidly decaying Tesla Roadster
8. Pink Supermoon
The full moon of April this year suffered a real self: Pink Supermoon! April In April, the moon was closer to the earth than at any other time of the year, making it the largest full moon of the year. But the pink Supermoon wasn’t really pink. The April moon is named for the Pink Wild Flower Phlox subulata, Which blooms in eastern North America in early spring time. Although April’s Supermoon wasn’t colorful, it was still impressive.
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7. Photos of the most fun animals
We look forward to the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards every year, and this year did not disappoint. The winning image was a full-time photo of the sea turtle, which appears to be flipping the bird. Terry Turtle was surprised to see the reaction to my photo of the bird flipping over, “said photographer Mark Fitzpatrick. Message. ”
read more: Is this a picture of the most fun animal?
6. The largest ozone hole at the North Pole
In April, we were interested (and perhaps a little worried) that scientists discovered that there may be the largest hole in the ozone layer ever recorded at the North Pole. The hole covers an area about three times the size of Greenland and is likely to exclude people living in northern latitudes with high levels of ultraviolet radiation. Fortunately, the hole eventually closed on its own.
read more: The ozone hole above the North Pole is three times the size of Greenland
‘. ‘Omuamua may still be an alien techno .G
‘Omuamua is a mysterious, interclass object that was accelerated by our solar system two years ago. Some people suspect that the cigar-shaped object object is some kind of alien technique, especially since it was accelerating as something was moving fast. But scientists were quick to point out that the probability of alien-origin was slim, and the probability of a physical or astronomical explanation was high. However, in August Gust, astrophysicists published a study debugging at least one non-alien theory – it is working to advance the hydrogen project. This means that there is still hope that they are aliens!
read more: Visitors to the stars’ Omuamua may still be an alien techno .G, hints at a new study
4. A new human organ
Humans are very strange. This year, scientists found a new human organ: a group of salivary glands sitting in the upper part of the neck. Before discovering these hidden glands, scientists did not think that there were any organs in this area behind the nose – only microscopic, diffuse, salivary glands. But this mass, called the tubular salivary glands, averages 1.5 inches (9.9 centimeters) in length, and lubricates and moisturizes the upper throat at the back of the nose and mouth.
read more: Scientists discover a new organ in the throat
3. The deadliest virus on earth
This article on the deadly virus was not new, but it got a lot of attention this year. Humans have been fighting the virus since the beginning of our existence, and fortunately, we have won a bit with vaccines and effective antiviral drugs. But, as evidenced by this list, there are still many viruses that can take us down.
read more: 12 deadliest viruses on earth
2. The worst epidemics and pandemics in history
Even the most devastating epidemics and pandemics in history fascinated readers with a story that led to an outbreak of a prehistoric disease in 3000 BC and the onset of the ongoing Zika virus epidemic, which began in 2015. Changing the course of history and eliminating entire cultures.
read more: 20 worst epidemics and pandemics in history
1. Coronavirus and Covid-19 epidemic
As mentioned earlier, the coronavirus epidemic was the biggest science news of the year. The top three most read coronavirus stories of 2020 were:
Features of Covid-19
People with Covid-19 may have asymptomatic, mild, or severe disease, and may experience many symptoms. Live Science Health journalists have updated this article at least three times this year, as doctors and scientists find out more about how the novel coronavirus spreads in humans.
read more: What are the features of Covid-19?
Coronavirus was not made in the lab
The origin of the novel coronavirus, called SARS-Cavi-2, was initially unclear, which consistently led to the belief that the virus was created by scientists and escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. But an analysis of the SARS-Covey-2 genome reveals that the virus is occurring naturally, and is very unlikely to be human-engineered. Despite constant investigations into the possibility, there is no evidence that the Saras-Kovi-2 virus is man-made.
read more: The coronavirus was not engineered in the lab. Here’s what we know.
Coronavirus is different from the flu
When the novel coronavirus emerged, some assumed that because the symptoms of the coronavirus seem to overlap with the symptoms of the seasonal flu virus, the two viruses present the same risk. However, scientists and doctors soon realized that this was not the case – the coronavirus spread more easily and had a higher mortality rate than the flu. This was our single most read story of the year.
read more: How does the new coronavirus compare to the flu?
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