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Coronavirus variants: are they really more deadly? Here’s what scientists know so far
Is it true that the British variant is 30% more deadly? Halfpoint/Shutterstock One certainty during a pandemic is that the virus will mutate. SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is no different. But how concerned should we be about the new variants of the virus that are arising in places such asContinue Reading
Thousands more satellites will soon orbit Earth – we need better rules to prevent space crashes
Congestion in the sky. Shutterstock/OSORIOartist In recent years, satellites have become smaller, cheaper, and easier to make with commercial off the shelf parts. Some even weigh as little as one gram. This means more people can afford to send them into orbit. Now, satellite operators have started launching mega-constellations –Continue Reading
Sourav Ganguly To Get Additional Stent Tomorrow | Cricket News
Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, will have a stenting procedure done on Thursday, Woodlands hospital in Kolkata said on Wednesday. The procedure will be done by Dr Aftab Khan in the presence of renowned cardiologist Dr Devi Shetty, with Dr Saptarshi Basu andContinue Reading
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Mahipal Lomror Stars As Rajasthan Beat Bihar To Reach Semi-Finals | Cricket News
Mahipal Lomror smashed 78 runs off just 37 deliveries to help Rajasthan post a strong total.© Twitter Mahipal Lomror was the standout performer as Rajasthan defeated Bihar by 16 runs in the fourth quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Wednesday here at the Motera Stadium. While Bihar hasContinue Reading
Anti-ageing treatments: these two drug types are being investigated
Repurposed drugs and senolytics could bring us five more years of disease-free life. Zoran Pucarevic/ Shutterstock While more people may be living longer than ever before, this increase in life expectancy is accompanied by the development of age-related diseases – such as cancer or type 2 diabetes. This is whyContinue Reading
Feeling lonely during the pandemic? You’re up to ten times more likely to have worse mental health
Shutter.B/Shutterstock While COVID-19 may itself compromise a person’s mental health, the social conditions of the pandemic are also having a negative impact. Economic hardship, heavy COVID-related media exposure, reduced social contact and domestic violence are just some factors that may have affected people. Indeed, studies have shown that mental healthContinue Reading
Five unusual technologies for harvesting water in dry areas
Parthbhatt/shutterstock.com Water scarcity is among the top five global risks affecting people’s wellbeing. In water-scarce areas, the situation is grim. Conventional sources like snowfall, rainfall, river runoff and easily accessible groundwater are being affected by climate change, and supplies are shrinking as demand grows. In these countries, water is aContinue Reading
ISL: Unlucky Kerala Blasters FC Share Points With Jamshedpur FC | Football News
Kerala Blasters were made to rue their missed chances as they played out a goalless draw with Jamshedpur FC, in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the GMC Stadium on Wednesday. Kerala were by far, the superior team overall and created more chances than Jamshedpur but lacked the cutting edgeContinue Reading
Coronavirus: a single ‘escape mutant’ shouldn’t render a vaccine useless
NIAID-RML/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Several coronavirus variants have emerged in recent weeks that have got scientists worried. The variants, which were first identified in the UK (B117), South Africa (B1351) and Brazil (P1 and P2), have several mutations in the spike protein – the little projections on the surface ofContinue Reading
‘49% more likely to die’ – racial inequalities of COVID-19 laid bare in study of East London hospitals
The UK has passed the terrible milestone of 100,000 deaths with COVID-19. These losses have not been evenly spread throughout different communities. A disproportionate number of both severe cases and deaths have been among those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. In England, analyses of data from theContinue Reading