The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global upheaval, with lives lost, vanished jobs, social instability and other detrimental effects—and some people might find a bit of enjoyment in all the disruption.
Mar 10, 2021
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Online COVID-19 vaccine scams are becoming more widespread, security experts warn.
Feb 9, 2021
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Long RNA molecules carrying DNA codes that aren't translated into proteins have long been a mystery of the human genome. Now, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have found a way to systematically investigate their functions ...
Nov 4, 2020
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Never before has the subject of mathematical modelling been so prominently in the news. The interest in the techniques used to predict the development of the coronavirus pandemic was given a new focus recently, when prominent ...
Jun 5, 2020
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) is safe for use in the United States under the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization, which helps support public health during the ...
May 13, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has spawned reports of unregulated health products and fake cures being sold on the dark web. These include black market PPE, illicit medications such as the widely touted "miracle" drug chloroquine, ...
May 5, 2020
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As people binge watch TV shows and movies during this period of physical distancing, they may find themselves eerily drawn to fictional villains, from Voldemort and Vader to Maleficent and Moriarty. Rather than being seduced ...
Apr 23, 2020
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What causes neurons to die in Parkinson's disease? Parkinson's disease is a long-term (chronic) neurological condition that affects around 12,000 people in Ireland and between 7 and 10 million people worldwide.
Feb 13, 2020
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Former US Private First Class Stephen Green was found guilty of raping and killing a 14-year-old girl and murdering her family in Mahmudiyah, Iraq in 2006. Four years later, US Corporal Jeremy Morlock was convicted of ambushing, ...
Feb 4, 2020
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For many people, the winter months bring a form of depression called seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Jan 16, 2020
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