Viral images and posts distributed by social media users make a series of extreme claims linking Wayfair, an e-shopping retailer with an alleged human trafficking operation. These claims are false and fueled by conspiracy theories. Reuters Fact Check. REUTERS / Axel Schmidt The theory went viral after it emerged in …
Read More »Study finds dominant strain of coronavirus appears to be mutated, more virulent version
According to a new study published in the journal, the genetic variation of the new coronavirus that dominates the world today infects human cells more easily than the original one that emerged in China. Cell Thursday. Laboratory-based research suggests that this current mutation is more communicable between people in the …
Read More »Scientists declare unprecedented ‘anthropause’ due to pandemic
The current pandemic not only affects humans, it also affects wildlife. As the world closes in to prevent further spread of the devastating coronavirus, suddenly there are far fewer cars on the road, planes in the sky, and ships in the water. And nature surely has noticed. Recently, cougars have …
Read More »Pain patterns: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human | Life and Style
[ad_1] WWhen the closure began, the bodies on television confused me. Why were they not distanced socially? Didn’t they know not to be that close? The mandate to be separated was unknown and irregular, and for me, isolating yourself alone, following this government directive was peculiar. It made watching dramas …
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