Science & Health
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Astronomers Calculate Universe’s Age With Atacama Desert Telescope
High up in Chile’s Atacama Desert, miles away from the dull glow of light pollution, the secluded Atacama Cosmology Telescope is in prime position to search the sky for answers. The question most recently on its mind? The age of the universe, a cosmic quandary that can be answered in different ways, depending on how…
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Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds
For people with mild covid-19, the nose may know better than any other part of the body. New research released Wednesday suggests that nearly 90 per cent of people with mild illness experience losing their sense of smell, a higher proportion than those with more serious illness. Though usually temporary, this loss of smell can…
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FDA Shoots Down Plan to Extend Vaccine Supply With Alternate Dosing
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration appears to have rejected any alternative strategy for the distribution of covid-19 vaccines — for now, at least. In a statement released Tuesday, FDA chief Stephen Hahn called the possibility of any dosing or scheduling changes “premature” and not supported by the current evidence. At the same time, he…
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Iron Age Settlement With Large Roundhouses and Roman Trinkets Found in the UK
Over the course of 2020, a patchwork of circles were dug out from below the topsoil of Tye Green, Cressing in England. The circles — each a ring of polygonal depressions — were the footprints of large structures, all that remained of a settlement that began in the late Iron Age and lasted through the…