Chinese Ultramarathon: A Survivor Describes the Deadly Race
After 21 runners died when high winds and freezing rain struck an ultramarathon race, one competitor said he had survived only because a shepherd carried his...
Daily Archive: May 24, 2021
The Incredible Engineering of Antonio Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia, the World’s Oldest Construction Project
When (or if) it is finally finished in 2026, a full 100 years after its architect Antoni Gaudí’s death, the Basilica de la Sagrada Familia will be...
HP Memorial Day Sale 2021: Save up to 47% on laptops, monitors TODAY
The HP Memorial Day sale has arrived early this year and that means you can save up to 47% on laptops and monitors right now.
Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’
The Olympic gold medalist’s new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it. Biles says that’s unfair.
Why critically ill COVID-19 patients in Africa are taking a bigger hit
In March 2020, those of us living on the African continent were terrified about what would happen. We had watched Wuhan and then Italy get overrun...
Pyrethroid plus bed nets reduce malaria infection in areas of high resistance
Researchers from LSTM confirm that in areas with high pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes, fewer people were infected with malaria parasites when piperonyl butoxide (PBO) + pyrethroid-treated...
Researchers discover link between local oxygen depletion in the brain and Alzheimer’s disease
The study, published in the journal Nature Aging and led by the laboratories of Dr. Alberto Pascual (CSIC), from the Neuronal Maintenance Mechanisms Group, and Prof....
Metabolic hormone ‘leptin’ linked to vaccine response
Reduced levels of a metabolic hormone known as leptin is linked to poor vaccine antibody responses in the general population, a University of Queensland study has...
This Is the Wrong Way to Distribute Badly Needed Vaccines
Countries should be getting vaccines based on their needs, not their population.
Online gamers take on COVID-19 analysis
Scientists have been receiving help with vital coronavirus research from an unlikely team of data analysts—players of the popular online computer game EVE Online.
