In the city of Wuhan, where most cases have occurred, the race to build a new 1,000-bed hospital in just six days began on Thursday night. Diggers and bulldozers beginning work on the site of a holiday complex once intended for local workers, according to Chinese media. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 20m people
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‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging
James Reilly, a former petroleum geologist and astronaut who is the director of the US Geological Survey, in a series of emails in 2018 asked scientists to “gin up” emissions figures for him. He also said the numbers would make a “decent sound bite”, and acknowledged that wildfire emissions estimates could vary based on what kind of trees were burning but picked the ones that he said would make “a good story”. … [Read more...] about ‘Blatant manipulation’: Trump administration exploited wildfire science to promote logging
DNA from skeletons of four prehistoric boys unearthed in Cameroon points to the existence of a long-lost ‘ghost’ branch of the human family tree
'The consensus is that the Bantu language group originated in west-central Africa, before spreading across the southern half of the continent after about 4,000 years ago,' said Dr Mary Prendergast, a professor of anthropology and chair of humanities at Saint Louis University's campus in Madrid. … [Read more...] about DNA from skeletons of four prehistoric boys unearthed in Cameroon points to the existence of a long-lost ‘ghost’ branch of the human family tree
Amateur metal detectorist unearths an 18-carat gold ring from 1834 on a beach in Sussex and uses Facebook to unravel the tale of its owner who had it made to remember his beloved wife
When the machine wafts over metal the electrons in the metal - due to its metallic bonding and sea of electrons surrounding a fixed positively charged mass - are affected by the magnetic field. … [Read more...] about Amateur metal detectorist unearths an 18-carat gold ring from 1834 on a beach in Sussex and uses Facebook to unravel the tale of its owner who had it made to remember his beloved wife
Primate research is crucial if we are to find cures for diseases like Parkinson’s
Michele A Basso, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Neurobiology, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, Brain Research Institute, University of Callifornia Los Angeles, USA … [Read more...] about Primate research is crucial if we are to find cures for diseases like Parkinson’s
