Taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine did not prevent people from coming down with COVID-19 after being exposed to the disease, according to a new study. The study, published Wednesday (June 3) in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the…
Primatologist Jane Goodall said that humanity must “drastically change our diets” and our treatment of wild and farmed animals if we want to avoid future pandemics after COVID-19 subsides. “Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals…
Around the country, hundreds of thousands of people are flooding the streets to protest police brutality and racism after the death of George Floyd, who died after now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held him down with a knee on…
Social distancing, face masks and eye protection all appear to reduce the spread of COVID-19, in both health care settings and the general community, according to a new review commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO). The review found that…
An aerial view of the Tel Arad fortress that stands in what was once the Kingdom of Judah. More than 2,700 years ago, worshipers at a “holy of holies” shrine in Israel may have gotten high on weed. Researchers discovered…
Dr Hu Weifeng, who worked at Wuhan Hospital, made headlines around the world after the treatment he was given when he contracted Covid-19 made his skin go darker A Chinese doctor whose skin changed colour from coronavirus treatment has died…
Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, has said that the ‘virus clinically no longer exists in Italy’ and is weaker than it once was Policemen patrol as people relax and have a drink along a…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at an involuntary bodily function that can sometimes be a little explosive: sneezing. What makes you sneeze, what happens when you sneeze, and can you hurt yourself by…
Time evolution of issues motivating political violence in the United States. Circa 1870, the North fought the South in the Civil War. Half a century later, around 1920, worker unrest, racial tensions and anti-Communist sentiment caused another nationwide upsurge of…
An employee at the Vauxhall car factory in the United Kingdom working in his office during preparedness tests and redesign ahead of re-opening following the COVID-19 outbreak. Say goodbye to the office water cooler — U.S. offices that reopen this…
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. The boy was only spotted after his tiny leg was seen poking out of the soil by some housebuilders who heard his faint cries A newborn baby buried alive in mud was miraculously rescued by villagers and…
In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments…