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Two years ago, an influential paper suggested that we were too late to save the world.This paper helped rewrite the direction of British universities, played a major role in reshaping the missions of climate organizations and religious…

Dr. Kuppalli and others have expressed some discomfort about being first to get the vaccine while so many others in the US and beyond are lining up for their own safety shot. "I don't think guilt is the right word," she said. The tier…

When Eduardo Sampaio first saw an octopus coiled up and hit a fish, he said, “I laughed”. That was a problem because he was diving in the Red Sea and almost choking on his dive regulator.While an octopus was previously seen curling one of…

The study found that 1,064 of the 1,568 seafarers on board, or about 68 percent, had tested positive for the virus.However, the airline returned to port during the outbreak and the crew was quarantined. Therefore, it was unclear whether…

The initial introduction of the polio vaccine did not go smoothly. Within one month, six cases of polio were linked to a vaccine manufactured by Cutter Laboratories in Berkeley, California. It soon emerged that Cutter hadn't completely…

It's unclear which trendsetter hung up mistletoe first. Some blame the ancient Greeks who kissed under the plants during the harvest festivals. Others put it on first century druids who luckily might have decorated their homes with…

Have you heard this story before? Girl has a difficult start in life, discovers chess. She becomes an American champion. She is learning Russian. And now she has to find a way to come to Russia to play chess because she can't afford…

The study found that 1,064 of the 1,568 seafarers on board, or about 68 percent, had tested positive for the virus.However, the airline returned to port during the outbreak and the crew was quarantined. Therefore, it was unclear whether…

The team then predicted what the new variant would do over the next six months and built models that took different constraints into account. Without a broader roll-out of vaccines, they warned, "Cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions and…

When Dr. Juan Aviles went to school in Puerto Rico, the teachers taught him that the original inhabitants of the island, the Taino, disappeared shortly after the colonization by Spain. Violence, disease and forced labor have wiped them…