Cats can be infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 and spread it to other cats, but dogs are not really susceptible to the infection, according to researchers in China. The team, at Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China, also concludes that chickens, pigs, and ducks are not likely to catch the virus. Scientists say […]
The UK has recorded 563 more COVID-19-related deaths in one day – the highest number of the outbreak so far. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more … source
Who’s your favorite superhero? Captain Marvel? Superman? Well, in a minute, you might just change your answer to the Wonderchicken. [CLIP: “Yes, the Wonderchicken: Strange visitor from this planet. A 67-million-year-old fossil that’s helping researchers piece together the bird family tree.”] An amateur fossil hunter dug up this specimen 20 years ago in Belgium. But it wasn’t […]
The White House projected there could be 100000 to 240000 deaths in the U.S. from the coronavirus pandemic even if current social distancing guidelines are … source
Loneliness hurts. It is psychologically distressing and so physically unhealthy that being lonely increases the likelihood of an earlier death by 26 percent. But the feeling may serve a purpose. Psychologists theorize it hurts so much because, like hunger and thirst, loneliness acts as a biological alarm bell. The ache of it drives us to […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today Parliament will be recalled to pass new legislation to deliver enhanced COVID-19 emergency aid measures. To read … source
By Ainissa Ramirez For the past several years, I’ve lived as a science evangelist, crisscrossing the country and preaching the gospel of the importance of getting a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. My work began with my TED talk in 2012, when I exchanged the security of a lab bench for an assortment […]
One of the cruelest aspects of the Coronavirus crisis is the impact on funerals and families burying the dead. Social distancing rules mean at most 10 people can … source
Science is supposedly based on evidence, but in reality, for most people, it is based on trust. Scientific evidence is mostly inaccessible. Scientific journals are difficult to obtain and their articles are written in a specialized language that is incomprehensible to all but a few experts in the field. We trust what those experts say […]
A hospital treating coronavirus patients in Naples has so far prevented any of its staff from contracting the disease. Sky News’ Stuart Ramsay found out what it … source