New Moon In Leo: Shake Ups & Realizations
We are having a New Moon in Leo on August 18th/19th, depending on where you are located in the world.
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“We Have A Lot of Evidence That It’s A Fake Story All Over The World” – German Doctors on COVID-19
More than 500 German doctors & scientists have signed on as representatives of an organization called the "Corona Extra-Parliamentary Inquiry Committee" to investigate what's happening on our planet with regards to COVID-19
Research captures how human sperm swim in 3D
Using a high-speed camera capable of recording over 8,000 frames in one second, and a microscope stage with a piezoelectric device to move the sample up and down at an incredibly high rate, they were able to scan the sperm swimming freely in 3D. "Human sperm roll as they
'AeroNabs' promise powerful, inhalable protection against COVID-19
Led by UCSF graduate student Michael Schoof, a team of researchers engineered a completely synthetic, production-ready molecule that straitjackets the crucial SARS-CoV-2 machinery that allows the virus to infect our cells. As reported in a new paper, now available on the preprint server bioRxiv, experiments using live virus show that
Inexpensive, accessible device provides visual proof that masks block droplets: Study demonstrates a simple way to test facial covering materials for effectiveness
But he needed to know whether the virus-blocking claims mask suppliers made were true, to assure he wasn't providing ineffective masks that spread viruses along with false security.
Nearly One Billion Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Be Released In Florida & Texas
British-based biotechnology company, Oxitec, received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release approximately one billion genetically modified male mosquitoes in Florida and Texas despite opposition from many.
Feeling Annoyed with Everything and Everyone? 5 Unexpected Causes
When you feel annoyed, everything around you seems to make your day worse.Noises, smells, food, people – anything at all makes you keep feeling annoyed and irritable.
Comprehensive Sex Ed for All Can Improve People’s Health
Last July, I spoke with Sky H., a 20-year–old who identifies as non-binary and grew up in a very conservative rural town in the Black Belt region of Alabama.
Death Penalty Danger in the Philippines
The plummeting human rights situation in the Philippines got even worse this week as the government began considering bills to reinstate the death penalty.
COVID-19 lockdown caused 50 percent global reduction in human-linked Earth vibrations
This quiet period, likely caused by the total global effect of social distancing measures, closure of services and industry, and drops in tourism and travel, is the longest and most pronounced quiet period of seismic noise in recorded history.
The new research, led by the Royal Observatory of Belgium and
The hair-raising reason for goosebumps: The same cell types that cause goosebumps are responsible for controlling hair growth
In a new study, Harvard University scientists have discovered the reason: the cell types that cause goosebumps are also important for regulating the stem cells that regenerate the hair follicle and hair. Underneath the skin, the muscle that contracts to create goosebumps is necessary to bridge the sympathetic nerve's connection
World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power
The modelling research uses data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 to project future global, regional, and national population.
Researchers convert female mosquitoes to nonbiting males with implications for mosquito control
Male mosquitoes do not bite and are unable to transmit pathogens to humans.Female mosquitoes, on the other hand, are able to bite.
New blood test shows great promise in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
For many years, the diagnosis of Alzheimer's has been based on the characterization of amyloid plaques and tau tangles in the brain, typically after a person dies.
Vikings had smallpox and may have helped spread the world's deadliest virus
Smallpox spread from person to person via infectious droplets, killed around a third of sufferers and left another third permanently scarred or blind.