Uganda reimposes Covid restrictions as cases surge in second wave
More restrictions will be reinforced in Uganda to curb the spread of a second wave of Covid-19 amid a sharp rise in cases, President Yoweri Museveni...
Daily Archive: June 7, 2021
Buttigieg delivers Biden’s infrastructure message from bridge with cracked steel beam
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis.
The mysterious origin of the northern lights has been proven
The aurora borealis, or northern lights, could easily be described as Earth’s greatest light show. A phenomenon that’s exclusive to the higher latitudes has had scientists...
Coach K’s Retirement From Duke and the End of the College ‘Supercoach’
Mike Krzyzewski of Duke announced his retirement shortly after his Tobacco Road nemesis, Roy Williams, announced his, as the N.C.A.A prepares to grant athletes greater agency.
Mandating vaccination could reduce voluntary compliance
Citizen opposition to COVID-19 vaccination has emerged across the globe, prompting pushes for mandatory vaccination policies. But a new study based on evidence from Germany and...
Don’t Kill Remote Learning. Black and Brown Families Need It.
Eliminating remote learning exacerbates existing educational and health care inequities.
A breakthrough in the physics of blood clotting
Heart attacks and strokes—the leading causes of death in human beings—are fundamentally blood clots of the heart and brain. Better understanding how the blood-clotting process works...
Chip mimicking bovine endometrium used in study of factors that can jeopardize pregnancy
To investigate factors that can jeopardize pregnancy success in cattle, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil used a kind of chip to...
Two common eating habits that can really pile on pounds
The portion of food that you put on your plate and how fast you eat it could determine how much you’re eating—or potentially overeating.
Monoclonal antibody prevents HIV infection in monkeys, study finds
An experimental, lab-made antibody can completely prevent nonhuman primates from being infected with the monkey form of HIV, new research published in Nature Communications shows.
