About 200 miles southeast of Sierra Leone’s capital, agricultural researcher Daniel Sarmu made the discovery of a lifetime in the steep and humid Kambui Hills.
Skipping the second shot could prolong pandemic, study finds
Though more than 131 million Americans have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date, public confusion and uncertainty about the importance of second doses and continued public health precautions threaten to delay a U.S. return to normalcy, according to Cornell-led research published April 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Treating dental pain with opioids linked to higher risk of overdose in patients and families
When they go to the dentist to get a tooth pulled or another procedure, patients might not think that the prescription they receive to ease their pain could put them or their family at risk of an opioid overdose.
Team builds better tool for assessing infant brain health
Researchers have created a new, open-access tool that allows doctors and scientists to evaluate infant brain health by assessing the concentration of various chemical markers, called metabolites, in the brain. The tool compiled data from 140 infants to determine normal ranges for these metabolites.
Some young Americans are hesitant about getting a Covid-19 shot. Here’s why that’s an issue for all Americans
Experts have made it clear: to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, America needs to get vaccinated.
Boris Johnson Under Investigation Over Flat Renovation
Britain’s Electoral Commission said it was opening an investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson used political donations to refurbish his apartment.
Has TV Rotted Our Minds? On Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death (A Pretty Much Pop Culture Podcast/Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast Crossover)
https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/partiallyexaminedlife/PMP-Crossover-PEL_ep_268_4-6-21.mp3 Marshall McLuhan famously said “The medium is the message,” by which he meant that when we receive information, its effect on us is determined as much by the form of that information as by the actual content. Neil Postman, in his 1985 book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show …
B&O’s latest full-size luxury speakers feature motorized curtains
Bang & Olufsen’s Beolab 28 are a set of wall-mountable, wireless tower smart speakers with built-in subwoofers that start at a whopping $14,750 per pair.
NASA reveals ambitious plan for Mars helicopter’s fourth flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has already performed three flights in the Martian atmosphere, but its fourth one on Thursday will be its most ambitious yet.
China successfully launches first module of planned space station
For more than two decades, the International Space Station has orbited 227 nautical miles above Earth with more than 200 astronauts from 19 different countries enjoying stints aboard.