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Antibody tests versus PCR tests: PCR tests are nose or throat swabs that amplify up short fragments of viral RNA. They only detect infection in the day or two before symptoms show, and for a few days to a few weeks later. The PCR tests cannot show past infections. Antibodies take around a week or two to rise so don’t show active infections, but will show up past ones, though — in the case of Coro
"...This is the most dangerous time in the history of man. The seriousness of this plot cannot be underestimated. It is not due to any threat of conventional war or nuclear decimation, it is based on the fact that this is a psychological war waged by psychopaths against all mankind, and it is being advanced by a small group of monsters that have taken control of the minds of the masses through lon
Here are the Top 10 health tips that are actually based on good science. Eat well, Food and diet, Reduce salt and sugar, drink plenty of fluids, Introduction: For most people, healthy living means that a person is in balance or works well together, physically and mentally. In certain situations, physical and mental health are closely linked such that the improvement of one (good or bad) impacts t
Ridd loses: Federal Court rules that science is whatever the JCU Vice Chancellor says it is. JCU wins the appeal on all 17 points that Justice Vasta scathingly awarded to Peter Ridd. If, hypothetically, fraud was happening at JCU and a staff member reported it, the Australian Federal Court decision has just declared that its fine for JCU to sack that whistleblower for being uncolliegiate. As I sa
A charred body was found in the wreckage of a Minneapolis pawnshop this week — nearly two months after the building was burned down in the protests that followed George Floyd's police-custody death. Investigators were acting on a tip when they found the man's body in the rubble of Max It Pawn on East Lake Street in south Minneapolis, police spokesman John Elder told the Star Tribune. "The body app
The 'Russia Report' gives us an insight into the dearth of genuine expertise available to British officials on Russia. It also introduces a new style of investigation: Seeking evidence to support predetermined judgements On Tuesday, the British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee issued a 50-page report detailing its views on the danger Russia poses to British security. "The security

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It's tough out there for restaurants and other small businesses. Yelp's Economic Average report out Wednesday shows exactly how tough: 60 percent of the 26,160 temporarily closed restaurants on the business review site as of July are now permanently shut. Temporary closures are dropping, and permanent shutdowns are increasing. Yelp's previous report in April found that more than 175,000 total bus
If you've finished Dark and you're looking for another European sci-fi thriller to binge, it looks like Netflix has you covered. On Wednesday, the streaming platform dropped the trailer for Biohackers , an upcoming series about a medical student who gets embroiled in the murky world of synthetic biology and genetic enhancements. At the moment we don't know too much about the show, but the trailer
The Florida senator recently offered up his own thoughts on the presence of anomalous objects in US airspace. Rubio, who is acting chairman of the Sen...
Scientists have developed a lightweight material that is said to be impervious to all forms of cutting. Developed by researchers at England's Durham U...
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Researchers say development could lead to a coronavirus treatment that can be mass produced Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Researchers have identified a potent cocktail of antibodies that may help doctors treat Covid-19 infections and protect people at risk from falling ill with the disease. The antibodies were collected from patients hospitalised with severe Covid-
Britain’s 40,000 choirs have all been silenced, brass and woodwind players too. We meet the scientists racing to find out exactly how dangerous blowing instruments and singing are Declan Costello, an ear, nose and throat surgeon with an interest in voice disorders and a side career as a tenor, is looking back on the year. “Six months ago, if you’d said, ‘You’re not going to be doing any clinical
The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.
Demonstrators gather near the White House to protest President Donald Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim countries on January 29, 2017, in Washington, DC. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images The Senate isn’t likely to consider the bill, but it signals a key Democratic priority ahead of the presidential election. Even amid the pandemic , House Democrats are keeping a focus on President Donald Trump’s immig
Scientists are gearing up to dive into a deep, dark “blue hole,” a rare type of sinkhole on the bottom of the ocean, off the coast of Florida next month. The research expedition into “Green Banana,” the name of the hole, will reveal new insights about these otherworldly chasms in the seafloor, such as the nature of their inhabitants and their potential relationship to groundwater aquifers. It fol
Andy Borowitz jokes that Donald Trump cannot deploy federal forces to American cities that he is unable to locate on a map.

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Nature, Published online: 22 July 2020; doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2509-0 Chiquihuite Cave (Zacatecas, Mexico) provides evidence of human presence in the Americas between about 33,000–31,000 and 14,000–12,000 years ago, and expands the cultural variability known from sites of this date.
Nature, Published online: 22 July 2020; doi:10.1038/d41586-020-02137-3 The long-debated timing of the peopling of the Americas comes into focus, thanks to some archaeological findings. What are the implications of a revised timeline for our understanding of these earliest inhabitants?
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and—until now—astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the sun. The observations can help astronomers understand how planets fo
View this post on Instagram ⚠️ Everyone wants to return to "normal," but some of our favorite activities carry more risk than others. ⚠️ These levels assume participants are social distancing and wearing a mask when possible, so you should! That way we'll all have a better chance of working our way up this list. 📊: @sarachodoshviz A post shared by Popular Science (@popsci) on Jul 17, 2020 at 12:
A team of researchers with Oregon State University has confirmed the first active leak of sea-bed methane in Antarctica. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes their trip to Cinder Cones located at McMurdo Sound situated in the Ross Sea, and why they believe it signals very serious repercussions for global warming.
Almost 2000 stone tools have been found in a Mexican cave and some seem to be 33,000 years old – suggesting people reached America before the peak of the last glacial period

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Tehran and Moscow have agreed to devise and conclude a long-term strategic cooperation agreement. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Zarif said the agreement was made during his Tuesday visit to Moscow, where he met with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, and talked […]
America, sort your shit out, this is beyond pathetic.
We realized that deaths across the U.S. had been doubling every three days and that our estimate of the infection rate was consistent with three-day doubling since the first observed case was reported in Washington state on Jan. 15.
Guardian: Night upon night the chant goes up in front of Portland’s federal courthouse: “Whose streets?” Who scared Trumpstain’s warriors? The answer depends on the hour of the day. After Donald Trump sent federal agents to take control of a city he said had been abandoned by its mayor to anarchists and mob rule, the protesters still […]
Summary 1 – From Deep Web to Pedophile Deep State 2 – Italian Left-Wing Policy & Pedophiles’ Net 3 – Even 23 Police Innternational Inquiries thanks to Meter 4 – Child Entrusted to Mother Who Abuse Him 5 – Complaints Ignored by French Police 6 – Horrors in Chat Among Children Discovered by Police 7 […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «It is with joy that I communicate that yesterday, 20 July 2020, the Maronite cathedral of Sant’Elia in Aleppo (Syria), badly damaged during the war, after long repairs had been officially reopened and reconsecrated». In a summary email Alessandro Monteduro, director of ACS […]

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A recent study ranked the drunkest states in America. Ellen figured her audience would be a great place to put the results to the test, so she asked people where they’re from and how they think their home state ranked on the list. #Ellen #TheEllenShow #EllenDeGeneres From: TheEllenShow
It may look like dolphins have no defense against sharks, but they have a series of defenses they can use to avoid sharks. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to t
Prior to a string of shark attacks in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 48 dolphins washed up ashore infected with the morbillivirus. Could this virus have caused the sharks to attack swimmers in 2012? ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists
Dedicated to my hero, John Lewis. , in collaboration with Black Archives. Visit blackarchives.co to experience the preservation and celebration of black life through archival photography and film. Website: blackarchives.co/ IG: instagram.com/blackarchives.co/ Words by Tupac Shakur, James Baldwin & Martin Luther King Jr. Starring Rufus Burns Director / DP / Editor / Sound Design: Morgan Cooper Mus
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Ellen loves giving prizes to her audience, and Robert Downey Jr. also wanted to get in on the fun while guest hosting! Find out the things he found backstage to give to some lucky fans in the crowd! #RobertDowneyJr #TheEllenShow #Ellen From: TheEllenShow

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Beijing condemns move and signals retaliation with possible closure of the American consulate in Chengdu.
The dead believed to have succumbed to coronavirus recovered from streets and homes in Bolivia's biggest cities.
When unidentifiable federal agents began snatching protesters off the streets in Portland, people got nervous. When Donald Trump said earlier this week that he wanted to roll out the same strategy to Chicago, Philadelphia, New York and other cities, we got more nervous still. The elected officials in most of those cities urged the feds to stay away—and Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner
Venus’ surface is no stranger to volcanoes. Radar images show more than 1,000 volcanic structures on the planet. But for the most part, they appear to be ancient and inactive. Now a new study says that Venus is still volcanically active, and has identified 37 volcanic structures that were recently active. If true, there’s more … Continue reading "" The post It Looks Like There are Still Active Vo
At this point in the exoplanet hunt, actual images of our quarry are uncommon, but few more so than today’s image, made with the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. This is being billed as the first image ever taken of a young Sun-like star accompanied by multiple planets, in this case two gas giants. And I do mean young: At 17 million years old, this star has spawned planets re
As news rolls in each day of a fresh round of job losses, fatalism seems to have set in. Forecasts suggest that as many as 1.3m jobs could be lost as the government's furlough scheme ends; and unemployment could hit a terrible new high of 4 million people by the end of the year. However, all

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