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According to a new study published on Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a strain of flu that’s been found in pigs in China could have the ability to leap to humans and cause another pandemic. As such, researchers behind that study say the situation has to be closely monitored. […]
During the last few weeks, Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz have both made questionable remarks about how the U.S. is handling COVID-19 and nationwide stay-at-home orders. Now, Seth MacFarlane has confronted Oprah about the “junk science” that her TV friends have spewed and is compelling her to “correct” their comments. On April 17, MacFarlane tweeted, […]
World Health Organization spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said in a news briefing on Tuesday that the science suggests the coronavirus more than likely came from an animal, dispelling a conspiracy theory that the virus originated in a lab in China. “It’s probable, likely, that the virus is of animal origin,” Chaib said, per USA Today. In a […]
Jacob Glanville, a San Francisco doctor who was featured on the Netflix docuseries Pandemic, believes that he may have found a possible cure for the coronavirus. Glanville’s remedy is now set to be tested by the U.S. military. Specifically, the cure candidate will make its way to the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious […]
Dr. Daniel Reardon, 27, was admitted to a hospital in Australia last week after he accidentally got four magnets stuck in his nose, CNN reports. Reardon, an astrophysicist based in Melbourne, thought he would try to utilize his time in self-isolation by creating a sensor that could tell when your hands were close to your face. The CDC suggests that people can […]
CureVac, a German biotech company that also has a branch in Boston, is working on a vaccine to COVID-19 and hopes to have it ready “perhaps before autumn.” Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, mentioned the company during an update on the coronavirus pandemic and provided the “autumn” projection for a vaccine. She […]
Londoners looking to pick up a hard-earned £3,507 ($4,588) will have an excellent opportunity to do so, and the only catch is that they’ll have to get sick and maybe (but probably not) die. Those desperate enough for that type of cash can volunteer themselves to be human guinea pigs for the Queen Mary BioEnterprises […]
Late next month a large asteroid is set to buzz past Earth but lucky for you (also me, I guess) it’s not set to hit the planet. If trajectories do change between then and now don’t bother with some “But you told us Complex…” thing because nobody’s going to be worried at that point. According […]
Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician known for her essential work on the nation’s first mission to space and the first landing on the moon, has died at age 101. Johnson was portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the Oscar-nominated 2016 film Hidden Figures, also the title of a nonfiction book. “NASA is deeply saddened by the loss […]
Scientists studying the genomes of West Africans reported this week that they had “detected signs” of an extinct human species that they’re calling a “ghost population.” The discovery was detailed in a study published this week in the Science Advances journal, per a Reuters report from Thursday. “We estimate interbreeding occurred approximately 43,000 years ago, with large intervals of […]
