It is the largest and strangest of all the formations on Earth: huge, mysterious blobs of ga ense stone hidden deep in the lower parts of our planet’s mantle. These include two large populations called the Large Low-Shear-Vagilance Provinces (LLSVPs) – one buried under Africa and the other under the …
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The former head of the Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that the New York homegrown COVID-19 variant could infect people who already have the virus – or have even been vaccinated. Dr. Scott Gottlieb said it’s not clear if the Covid-19 variant, known as B1.526, is going viral in …
Read More »Astronomers have found the first evidence of tectonic activity on an exoplanet.
You may not be at all familiar with the planet LHS 3844B, but now it has its own special difference: it is the first planet outside our solar system where astronomers believe they may have evidence of tectonic activity. That evidence is a set of advanced simulations based on observations …
Read More »Researchers have found an emerging COVID-19 strain in New York
New York City is experiencing a new coronavirus strain sharing some of South Africa’s characteristics with different species, researchers said Wednesday. As of mid-February, a new variant named B..5.526 was present in 12 percent of coronavirus samples collected in and around the Big Apple Pal, said researchers at Columbia University …
Read More »The world’s most common pain relief drug is linked to risk-taking behavior
U.S. One of the most commonly used medications in the world – and the most commonly taken ic Nalgesic worldwide – can do much more than alleviate your headaches, recent evidence suggests. Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and widely sold under the brand names Tylenol and Panadol, measures changes in …
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