Researchers at the University of Geneva have confirmed the existence of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/exoplanet-proxima-centauri-b-confirmed…
Tag: Deadly
Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Staying Closed For Too Long Could Cause ‘Irreparable Damage’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Stay-at-home orders intended to curb the spread of the coronavirus could end up causing “irreparable damage” if imposed for too long, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNBC on Friday. “I don’t want people to think that any of us feel that staying locked down for a prolonged period of time…
High-speed video shows every second of a praying mantis’s lethal strike
Researchers captured slow motion video of praying mantis strikes, revealing what makes these insects such effective predators. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mantis-strikes-deadly-precision-video.html
Global warming is influencing where tropical cyclones rage
While the global average number of tropical cyclones each year hasn’t budged from 86 over the last 4 decades, climate change has been influencing the locations of these deadly storms. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/study-climate-change-tropical-cyclones-hurricanes-location…
T. rex was a deadly ‘power-walker’
The long legs of big tyrannosaurs like T. rex were for marathon walking, not sprinting. Source: https://www.livescience.com/t-rex-power-walker.html
US Unemployment Rate Soars To 14.7%, the Worst Since the Depression Era
The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 14.7 percent in April, the highest level since the Great Depression, as many businesses shut down or severely curtailed operations to try and limit the spread of the deadly coronavirus. From a report: The Labor Department said 20.5 million people abruptly lost their jobs, wiping out a decade of employment gains in a single month….
New ‘planetary quarantine’ report reviews risks of alien contamination of Earth
In Michael Crichton’s 1969 novel The Andromeda Strain, a deadly alien microbe hitches a ride to Earth aboard a downed military satellite and scientists must race to contain it. While fictional, the plot explores a very real and longstanding concern shared by NASA and world governments: that spacefaring humans, or our robotic emissaries, may unwittingly contaminate Earth with extraterrestrial life or…
Why is coronavirus deadly for some, but harmless in others?
To figure out what makes some people more vulnerable to severe cases of covid-19, we need to rethink what we know about infection Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632811-300-why-is-coronavirus-deadly-for-some-but-harmless-in-others/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Why COVID-19 kills some people and spares others. Here’s what scientists are finding.
The novel coronavirus causing COVID-19 seems to hit some people harder than others, with some people experiencing just mild symptoms and others being hospitalized and requiring ventilation. Here’s why. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-covid-19-coronavirus-deadly-for-some-people.html
What four coronaviruses from history can tell us about covid-19
Four coronaviruses cause around a quarter of all common colds, but each was probably deadly when it first made the leap to humans. We can learn a lot from what happened next Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632800-700-what-four-coronaviruses-from-history-can-tell-us-about-covid-19/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…