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A new type of climate is emerging in the Arctic: with less ice, more rainfall and warmer air, scientists report in the journal Nature Climate Change.more

Instinctive behaviors designed to protect us from disease can lead to avoiding healthy people who just look, talk, or live differently. The conclusions of the American research are reported in the "Proceedings of the Royal Society of London".more

"We want a psychologist in every school", declare students who registered the committee and collected signatures for the draft amendment to the Education Law, Prawo.pl informs.more

Clinical trials for an inhaled COVID-19 vaccine, similar to asthma medications, will soon begin in the UK.more

An international research group led by British Jane Greaves from Cardiff University announced that it has detected a rare molecule of phosphine (phosphine) in the clouds on the planet Venus, which may be evidence of the existence of life there. A Polish scientist from the USA, Dr. Janusz Pętkowski, also participated in the work of the research team.more

Tanorexia may be in the genes, say experts. They found people trying to appear as tanned as TV’s Towie stars shared five key bits of DNA, which may fuel their desire to bronze.more

Scientists may just have identified Thwaites Glacier's Achilles heel. This Antarctic colossus is melting at a rapid rate, dumping billions of tonnes of ice in the ocean every year and pushing up global sea-levels.more

Contrary to early reports, the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen is not associated with severe COVID-19 disease or death, according to a cohort study published yesterday in PLOS One.more

SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus tests are so sensitive that some of them may be false positive. This is due to the fact that fragments of a dead pathogen or a non-reproductive, i.e. inactive infection are detected, note British scientists from the University of Oxford.more

In a tremendous demonstration of global collaboration, an international team led by clinician-scientists at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have pooled data from 121 hospitals in eight countries to find that inexpensive, widely available steroids improve the odds that very sick COVID-19 patients will survive the illness.more

Soon, a controversial scientific study will be launched, the authors of which want to analyze the impact of popular party drugs on the health of people with mental disorders. Scientists want to test whether LSD and ecstasy can be an effective and safe remedy for depression, anxiety and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. more

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) data scientist Prof. Mark Last sees the end of the coronavirus peak in Israel and believes that New York and California may have reached herd immunity.more

Applying social distancing guidelines may not be enough to contain the spread of the coronavirus. This should be accompanied by other security measures, say British experts.more

World space agencies are trying to obliterate the blame related to the unnoticed asteroid that passed Earth at such a distance a week ago that it might as well have collided with it. NASA reports that it is tracking a similar one - it is to fly very close to Earth on November 2. However, it can also fall into its atmosphere.more

Singapore specialists have discovered a mutation in the coronavirus that causes a milder course of COVID-19 disease. The altered pathogen also causes a stronger reaction of the immune system of the attacked person.more

Emotional stress, financial danger, lack of exercise and isolation could trigger an explosion of the obesity epidemic, warn Danish experts. Actions are needed to both protect against the virus and ensure metabolic health, they add.more

Four bones found on the Isle of Wight belong to a new species of dinosaur from the same family as Tyrannosaurus rex, scientists say.more

Sweden's policy of allowing the controlled spread of Covid-19 viral infection among the population has so far failed to deliver the country's previously stated goal of herd immunity.more

The universe might be 12.6 billion years old, not 13.8 billion years old as previously assumed. The new result was obtained as a result of calculations based on a new, more precise technique, according to the authors of the discovery.more

Sewage testing is being conducted across England in a bid to develop wastewater-based Covid-19 surveillance.more

Reopening schools in September without a "comprehensive test, trace and isolate strategy" could lead to a second wave of coronavirus that is twice as big as the first, researchers have said.more

It is unlikely that the Covid-19 vaccine will become widely available by mid-2021, Germany's minister of education and research Anja Karliczek said at a press conference on Wednesday.more

Spain's epidemiologists demand no smoking on beaches and terraces in order to mitigate the risk of transmitting the coronavirus. The Spanish Society of Epidemiology demands that all terraces of bars and restaurants, beaches, outdoor shows and private cars be converted into smoke-free spaces.more

The UK will be living with coronavirus for many years to come and even a vaccine is unlikely to eliminate it for good, experts are warningmore

Clinical trials have confirmed that two Covid-19 vaccines under development, developed by British and Chinese institutions, elicit an immune response and are safe for patients, the medical journal "The Lancet" reported.more