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As much as 16% of the American workforce may be unemployed in April.
... and it's gorgeous.
Buildings can be an ally in our fight against viruses.
Universities are shifting classes online, but it's not as easy as it sounds.
The coronavirus spreads through direct contact between people so it's better forgoing sex entirely if you have concerns a partner might be infected.
The answer is almost certainly 'no'.
Smokers seem less likely to catch the virus, but we don't know why.
The Trump administration is proposing new rules to make meals less healthy.
Seven more cases of felines with coronavirus have been reported at the Bronx Zoo.
Not recommending widespread facemask usage may be one of our biggest failures in managing the pandemic.
No movement of people or industrial activity brought a cleaner sky over most cities.
Scientists always thought animals need oxygen to survive. That's now a myth.
In some countries, as many as 80% of COVID-19 deaths are among men.
A bit of an overreaction to rain, if I'm being honest.
Our home has become our office. Is our office sae?
Prevention is key to curbing the number of deaths due to cardiac arrest.
As the US government fumbled its response, these countries got it right.
So just use cloth masks, researchers advise.
Disparities are particularly acute in low-income countries.
Our capacity to make basic decisions could be affected by emissions, too.
We're still years away from a useable treatment, but we are pursuing it.
If our lockdown exit strategy hinges on immunity tests, we might be in for a world of trouble.
After its closure to the public due to the current outbreak, the Yorkshire Museum in York has launched a marvelous social media challenge. Its curators have challenged museums and visitors to share the creepiest exhibits in the world under the weekly hashtag #curatorbattle. Museums from Germany, France, Canada, and the USA responded and a zombie […]
Testing capacity has to increase to five million tests a day by early June, and 20 million a day by July.
The timing and availability of snowmelt, needed for irrigation, could be altered.
A recent UK survey found that people either dramatically ramped up their alcohol consumption or cut it down during the pandemic.
It's not inevitable for all family members to get sick.
For COVID-19, age and sex appear to be strong predictors of who lives and who dies.
It's still too early to tell.
Contaminants ranged from antibiotics to fire retardants.
State poison control centers have been flooded with calls of self-poisoning related to cleaning products.
"It has been made much worse than it would have been because of climate change," the authors explain.
Cycling and walking space will be expanded as part of a new plan after restrictions are lifted.
WHO head asks for cooperation and global solidarity.
Asthma wasn't even on the top 10 list of COVID-19 comorbidities, which was toped by obesity, diabetes, and heart disease instead.
Hong Kong hasn't seen a new coronavirus case in weeks.
Englishman Luke Woodhouse enjoyed a perfect nine-throw darts game on Saturday — something which his next opponent, Austrian Rowby-John Rodriguez, heard while he was on the toilet. Rodriguez needed to ask his neighbors in Vienna for permission to play in the championship. This is the exciting and bizarre world of stay-at-home darts championship. While you […]
There are few guarantees in vaccine-making. We shouldn't bet on vaccines to save us -- our best chance is to adapt to the virus.
The seeds for the development of speech and language may have been sown many millions years earlier than scientists previously thought.
The vivid, purplish blue watercolor found in many medieval manuscripts has been recreated in a lab.
It's still early days, but researchers report the discovery of a compount that might have anti-cancer properties.
And it did so in less than month.
Both countries had been praised for their initial efforts
Social distance is important but also sneeze and cough etiquette
Increasingly, Americans feel like the media is misleading them, though this is not
The state will do 2,000 tests per day
Quarantine has kept people at home, resulting in 60% fewer car crashes.
I agree with that view.
Korea's ruling party won the elections and announced plans to push ahead with climate goals.
It's the first time these viruses have been detected, but they don't pose any threat to us. Yet.
