Science & Health
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Native Americans Voyaged to Polynesia Long Before Europeans Reached the Americas, DNA Study Shows
Indigenous South Americans reached islands in the South Pacifmizzzfic some 300 years before Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas, according to new genetic evidence.
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Even Mild Covid-19 Can Sometimes Cause Hallucinations and Other Brain Problems
Doctors are starting to see the sort of serious brain problems that scientists had previously warned would become more common because of the covid-19 pandemic. A new study published Wednesday details patients who caught the coronavirus and went on to develop neurological complications, including cognitive impairment, trouble moving or walking, and frightening hallucinations and delusions.…
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A Paralysing Childhood Disease Is Set to Surge In The U.S. but Coronavirus Precautions Could Stop It
Outbreaks of an infectious, polio-like disease have popped up every other summer in the U.S. since 2012. This year, the viral illness would have been expected to surge yet again ” but the widespread measures taken to slow the spread of the coronavirus may also prevent large spikes of the paralysing condition it can cause,…
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Why There’s No Simple Answer to Whether the Coronavirus Is Airborne
Hundreds of scientists across the world have just petitioned the World Health Organisation via an open letter with one demand: Acknowledge publicly that the coronavirus behind covid-19 can be airborne, meaning it can spread through the air (and linger there) via tiny aerosols emitted by the breath of infected people, not just large droplets. But…