The new coronavirus spreads mainly through respiratory droplets that launch into the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 appears to be fairly easily spread. But the good news is that it’s not among the…
Symptoms of the novel coronavirus can mimic the flu or even a common cold. The novel coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 has spread from the site of the original outbreak in China to affect 75 countries around the world.…
Coral blooms in the abyssal depths of Australia’s southern coast. The South Australian coast is surrounded by a labyrinth of underwater canyons, many of them still unexplored. Last week, an international team of researchers (and their underwater robot companion) completed…
Fifty-three countries outside China have been hit by coronavirus with World Health Organization chief Adhanom Ghebreyesus warning it is something “we have never seen before” Coronavirus has thrust the world firmly into uncharted territory as it spreads quicker outside where…
A screenshot of the APS website shows the announcement that the March meeting has been cancelled. One of the world’s largest and most important annual physics conferences was canceled this weekend due to COVID-19 coronavirus fears, less than a day…
One of the ancient cockroaches is pictured preserved in its amber grave. A pair of 99-million-year-old cockroaches are rewriting the early history of the underworld. The ancient roaches, found preserved in amber in Myanmar, are the oldest-known examples of “troglomorphic”…