Giardia (Image credit: CDC/ Dr. Stan Erlandsen; Dr. Dennis Feely) Being tiny doesn’t stop viruses, bacteria, certain insects and other microscopic critters from causing all sorts of misery. But under the microscope, we can see them for what they truly are. This image, made using a scanning electron microscope, shows the free-swimming protozoan Giardia, which […]
This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie: researchers have designed microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate your body, even if you can’t breathe anymore. It’s one of the best medical breakthroughs in recent years, and one that could save millions of lives every year. The invention, developed […]
MIKE TYSON earned a mint as a boxer, film star and most recently a public speaker, but it’s his latest transformation as a drug dealer that could set him up for life. The former heavyweight champ, famous for delivering a knockout punch, has been selling cannabis products since 2016 through his Tyson Holistic label that […]
An injection of magma under Norris Geyser Basin may be why the region is five inches higher today than it was 20 years ago. In northwestern Wyoming, in the center of Yellowstone National Park, a bubbling caldera is the scar of a 640,000-year-old, gargantuan volcanic eruption. The 3,472-square-mile park encompassing the caldera is filled with geologic wonderlands of […]
A search for the ‘missing link’ in the chain of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 has uncovered two close cousins of the new coronavirus in shipments of pangolins being smuggled into China. It’s important to note that the discovery by researchers from across Hong Kong and China falls well short of identifying these precious mammals as the source […]
Larz, 21, from Beverly Hills, revealed on Twitter that he had caught coronavirus He uploaded video of himself licking a toilet bowl last week as part of craze Follows trend set by TikTok user Ava Louise, 22, who licked toilet seat on flight It comes as the number infected by COVID-19 rose to more than 55,000 […]
Emergency Room Footage on CBS Matches Footage from Italian Hospital! This is footage from SKY News on March 22 from Italy. And here is footage from CBS News during their New York City report on March 25. CBS News painted a dire picture from New York City this week in their coronavirus coverage. On Wednesday morning CBS aired this footage from a New […]
In Venice, the often murky canals recently began to get clearer, with fish visible in the water below. Italy’s efforts to limit the coronavirus meant an absence of boat traffic on the city’s famous waterways. And the changes happened quickly. Countries that have been under stringent lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus have experienced an […]
Former English Defence League leader, Tommy Robinson whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, 37, from Bedford has been arrested on ‘suspicion of common assault’ after allegedly ‘smacking’ a male holidaymaker square in the face in an altercation at a Center Parcs swimming pool. Robinson is well known for his far-right and anti-Islam views and activism in politics for many years – […]
Sometimes terrible things happen without any human malfeasance, and the novel Wuhan coronavirus may in fact be one of those things. It is entirely plausible the virus emerged from “wet markets” in the Hubei Province of China rather than as a fumbled (or worse, intentionally released) bioweapon cooked up by the Xi Jinping government. We may never know, of […]
A bizarre fashion has appeared in China and many people and activists who support animal rights are appalled. It’s about soulless traders who keep living fish, turtles, small lizards, and other animals, captive inside some key chains. Those key-chains are made of plastic and contain only a little water and oxygen for the little animal […]
A search engine that uses its advertising revenue to fund the planting of millions of trees has seen a 1,000% surge in users during the Amazon rainforest fires. Ecosia said they had ‘mixed feelings’ about their growing popularity as ordinary people look at how they can help the stricken areas of Brazil. Scientists have recorded […]
Not a Call of Duty fan, then? Politicians rarely have anything good to say about video games, and former US vice president Joe Biden is particularly unimpressed by the industry, calling developers he met at the White House “creeps” and “arrogant” who make games that teach people how to kill. Biden, who is currently campaigning to […]
At an emergency meeting in Beijing held last Friday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke about the need to contain the coronavirus and set up a system to prevent similar epidemics in the future. A national system to control biosecurity risks must be put in place “to protect the people’s health,” Xi said, because lab safety is a […]
There’s first class and there’s business class. But on this flight, everyone flew coronavirus class. These exclusive photos show the surreal, polyethylene-wrapped aerial hell suffered by 329 American passengers of the Diamond Princess cruise ship as they were flown back to the US this week — after two weeks quarantined in their cabins off the […]