For weeks, the second largest economy in the world screeched to a halt. Stunned by the rapid spread of coronavirus (now officially termed COVID-19), roughly half of China’s population welcomed the Lunar New Year in a state of lockdown.
Feb 25, 2020
A new wearable sensor that works in conjunction with artificial intelligence technology could help doctors remotely detect critical changes in heart failure…
Feb 25, 2020
While only about 2% of the U.S. population, or 5 million people, identify as having Native heritage, Natives have the lowest per-capita income and the…
Feb 24, 2020
Exposure to alcohol advertising changes teens’ attitudes about alcohol and can cause them to start drinking, finds a new analysis led by NYU School of Global Public Health and NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Feb 24, 2020
This B2 type killer whale was tagged in the Antarctic Peninsula area and tracked for 113 days.
Feb 22, 2020
The trouble with round numbers Do you have a monthly car payment, or a similar loan?
Feb 21, 2020
The Earth has set the sky ablaze with glorious hues of orange. Strombolian explosions spew incandescent blocks, emerging from the Throat of Fire with biblical intent as they race down fragile, bulging flanks.
Feb 21, 2020
Little brown bats hibernating in an abandoned copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Feb 20, 2020
A team of physicists at the University of Sussex has successfully developed the first nonlinear camera capable of capturing high-resolution images of the interior of solid objects using terahertz (THz) radiation.
Feb 19, 2020
Eating a Mediterranean diet for a year boosts the types of gut bacteria linked to 'healthy' ageing, while reducing those associated with harmful inflammation in older people, indicates a five-country study, published online in the journal Gut.
Feb 18, 2020
Children conceived with assisted reproductive techniques have a somewhat higher mortality risk during their first weeks of life than children conceived…
Feb 18, 2020
The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 years has been unearthed at one of the most important sites of mid-20th century archaeology: Shanidar Cave, in the foothills of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Feb 18, 2020
Researchers at Ohio University have published a new study in collaboration with Ugandan scientists, cautioning that humans place endangered mountain gorillas at risk of disease transmission during tourism encounters.
Feb 14, 2020
The crest above the grassy plains dominates the outlook; its raw-boned peaks threatening to pierce the very fabric of the sky, as beneath its jutting crown…
Feb 14, 2020
