The fossilized vomit.Photo: Courtesy Caleb Gordon Fossil skeletons tell us a lot about extinct species; without them we would not be able to merge the old life. However, equally important are the fossils that may not immediately capture our imagination, awe us or even be recognizable to non-paleontologists. The traces an animal has made in … Read more
Wondering how to stream American Dad online? You have come to the right place; the outward-looking patriotic cartoon has 16 seasons, which means it’s the perfect comedy to binge-watch if you’re stuck at home for any reason and although it never hits the peaks of shows like Family Guy and South Park, after the adventures … Read more
On a cool day in late September, half a dozen Chinese engineers entered a conference room in the heart of the United Nations district in Geneva with a radical idea. They had an hour to convince delegates from more than 40 countries of their vision: an alternative form of the Internet, to replace the technological … Read more
According to Google Trends, the hottest topic this week is “orthohantavirus” because parasitic websites claim it is the next pandemic on the horizon. Take it from me: it isn’t. This baseless claim circulating online highlights the need to get health information from reliable sources – and that you shouldn’t believe everything you read on social … Read more
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly poll. Survey (s) of the week Earlier this week, President Trump said he was considering taking steps Rollback restrictions that companies and state governments have set up to curb the corona virus. Trump referred to the economic impact of measures such as social distancing Easter Sunday as the date on … Read more
China’s official figures for new cases of coronavirus suggest that transmission has virtually stopped in many regions, but local experts have warned that official figures omit important categories of cases. Hubei, the province of origin of the epidemic, did not report more than one new case per day for more than a week, which allowed … Read more
A few days after the three-week national lockdown came into effect, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a 1.7 trillion rupee food security and income transfer program for the urban and rural poor. Package includes free food for 800 million people for three months, insurance coverage for essential service providers, front-loading PM Kisan payments and … Read more
It was Friday, March 13, when the doctors at New York’s largest health care provider decided to take over the search for a coronavirus drug. Many of their Covid-19 patients did not improve – and some worsened. Two of the hospital scientists each called their contacts in the US biotechnology companies Gilead Sciences and Regeneron … Read more
Let’s face it: you are never too old to play games. While we still like to hold real controllers in our hands and dominate our opponents with physical movements, we also like a good computer game. They are perfect for taking small mental breaks at work or between classes and can be perfect to help … Read more
A person who carries plastic bags. | AP photo NEW YORK – Advocates of plastic bags see an opportunity in the pandemic that is turning almost every American into a germaphobe that eats hand sanitizers. POLITICO received a copy of a letter that the Plastics Industry Association sent the U.S. Department of Health last week … Read more