The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment holds a child while taking a swab sample from his mother to …
Read More »NASA’s new image of Saturn will blow your mind
Yes, this is a real image of Saturn. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a new, exceptionally sharp image of the ringed gas giant in early July, and the space agency released the image of the planet on Thursday. “The sharp view of Hubble solves the structure of the finely etched …
Read More »Scientists find ‘exquisitely potent’ antibodies; a blood test can identify who needs steroids
The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment holds a child while taking a swab sample from his mother to …
Read More »Well preserved mammoth skeleton found in Siberian lake
Russian scientists are working to retrieve a well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth from a lake in northern Siberia. July 24, 2020, 7:30 pm 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article MOSCOW – Russian scientists are working to retrieve the well-preserved skeleton of a woolly mammoth, which …
Read More »What a typhoid outbreak from World War II can teach us about how to stop the coronavirus
Deportations to the Warsaw ghetto. Leszno street near the intersection with Żelazna street.Photo: unknown / Wikimedia Commons (Fair use) More than 70 years ago, a jailed community in Nazi-occupied Poland banded together to contain a deadly typhus epidemic, largely without the help of effective vaccines or medications. Instead, according to …
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