Denmark incinerates minks culled over virus fears
Denmark on Thursday kicked off the grisly task of unearthing and incinerating minks that were hastily buried after a mass culling sparked by fears of a...
Category: Health
To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water
Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe inside buildings is not regulated to the same degree as...
Researchers identify a missing piece of the Lyme disease puzzle
Epidemic. Pandemic. These terms have become second nature to us, popping up in everyday conversation, and for good reason—COVID-19 is the latest pandemic to pose a...
A Z-RNA nanoswitch encoded by ‘junk DNA’ turns-off immune responses against self
In a paper published in the May 13th, 2021 issue of PLOS Genetics, a Z-RNA nanoswitch that regulates interferon immune responses is described. The switch, less...
Brain mechanism of curiosity unraveled
Curiosity is the motivational drive for exploring and investigating the unknown and making new discoveries. It is as essential and intrinsic for survival as hunger. Until...
A sibling-guided strategy to capture the 3D shape of the human face
A new strategy for capturing the 3D shape of the human face draws on data from sibling pairs and leads to identification of novel links between...
International study sheds light on elite athletes’ views on clean sport, cheating and anti-doping efforts
How top athletes from across the world define clean sport—and their views on how cheating affects them—has been explored in an international study that could help...
People with HIV are still dying from a treatable, but neglected, disease
Thembi Ngubane was a young woman who became famous through the American National Public Radio show Thembi’s AIDS Diary: A Year in the Life of a...
How a faster WHO response could have slowed COVID-19’s spread
Urgent global action is needed to end the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for future threats, according to a new report by the Independent Panel for Pandemic...
Vaccine passports: Why they are good for society
As more and more people get vaccinated, some governments are relying on “vaccine passports” as a way of reopening society. These passports are essentially certificates that...
