Fitbit wearers are being asked to join a study to see if smartwatches can detect the coronavirus. King’s College London believe changes in heart rate, activity and sleeping patterns might be able to raise red flags in possible coronavirus cases. Using a free app called Mass Science they will track thousands of peoples’ vital signs … Read more
Coronavirus is able to travel more than 26 feet (eight metres) in cold environments with moving air, according to a study that recreated an outbreak in a food factory. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research focused on an outbreak of Covid-19 at a slaughterhouse in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, that infected 1,500 workers. They found … Read more
The Mediterranean Sea was 3.6°F (2°C) degrees hotter during the Roman Empire than other average temperatures at the time, a new study claims. The Empire coincided with a 500-year period, from AD 1 to AD 500, that was the warmest period of the last 2,000 years in the almost completely land-locked sea. Climate conditions later … Read more
Lockdowns have not had a big impact on coronavirus death rates around the world, scientists have claimed. Dozens of countries have been forced to tell people to stay home and close shops in a bid to stop the Covid-19 pandemic since it broke out in January. But now a study has claimed the drastic measures … Read more
The cost of lockdown on Britain’s economy ‘has not been worth the lives saved’, study claims Lockdown ‘has not been worth the lives saved in economic terms’, study says NHS formula says damage is £70billion greater than value of years of life saved A study urges the Government to ditch blanket lockdown policies By Lucy … Read more
The cost of lockdown on Britain’s economy ‘has not been worth the lives saved’, study claims Lockdown ‘has not been worth the lives saved in economic terms’, study says NHS formula says damage is £70billion greater than value of years of life saved A study urges the Government to ditch blanket lockdown policies By Lucy … Read more
A new DNA study published Thursday sheds fresh light on the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade, from the legacy of rape that can be seen in today’s genetics to how disease likely decimated some groups forced to work in deadly conditions. For example, DNA from one African region may be under-represented in the US … Read more
Lockdowns have not had a big impact on coronavirus death rates around the world, scientists have claimed. Dozens of countries have been forced to tell people to stay home and close shops in a bid to stop the Covid-19 pandemic since it broke out in January. But now a study has claimed the drastic measures … Read more
City-dwellers are urged to switch off their garden lamps at night as light pollution interrupts the sleeping patterns of magpies and pigeons Lost sleep can impact a bird’s ability to forage, defend itself and find a mate Experts from Australia measured brain activity in sleeping magpies and pigeons They found light disrupted the animals’ sleep — with pigeons … Read more
Nearly a quarter of Delhi’s population has been infected with coronavirus, according to antibody tests which suggest that millions of cases have gone undetected. India’s capital territory has officially recorded 126,000 cases, making it one of the world’s worst-hit capitals – with a higher infection rate than London or Rome, although lower than Moscow or Brasilia. … Read more