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New Zealand goes 100 days with no COVID-19 transmission

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a community meeting with COVID-19 community responders at Wainuiomata’s Memorial Hall on July 30, 2020, in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand, a country of about 4.8 million, has now gone 100 days without a…

Image gallery: Our closest human ancestor

A Close Relative Fossils of the extinct hominid known as Australopithecus sediba were accidentally discovered by the 9-year-old son of a scientist in the remains of a cave in South Africa in 2008, findings detailed by researchers last year. The…

Oil spill off Mauritius is visible from space

A bulk carrier ship, MV Wakashio, that recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius has been spilling oil into the sea, as seen in satellite images captured by Maxar Technologies on Aug. 7, 2020. The Indian Ocean island…

Could COVID-19 increase the risk of memory loss?

Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain. It is now clear that many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of…