Experimental coronavirus vaccine from Pfizer triggered levels of antibodies up to THREE TIMES greater than those seen in recovered patients, early data shows Researchers randomly gave 45 healthy volunteers either a low dose, a medium dose or a high dose of a coronavirus vaccine, or a placebo Those who received the vaccine were given two shots, except … Read more
Fastest-growing black hole in the universe is 34 BILLION times the mass of our sun and gorges on nearly the equivalent of one entire sun every day, study reveals The black hole – dubbed J2157 – is billions of light years away from planet Earth It dwarfs the one in the Milky Way, which is … Read more
Facebook has today launched a campaign to weed out misinformation about the coronavirus — even though the truth about the disease has constantly changed throughout the course of the pandemic. Leading scientists insisted at the beginning of the outbreak that human-to-human transmission was unlikely, that it looked just like a bad flu and that it … Read more
A mutated version of the coronavirus that has gripped Europe and the West is more infectious because it doesn’t break as often while inside the body, a study has found. Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida say the ‘spike protein’ that the virus uses to attach to cells in the airways has adapted … Read more
A mutated version of the coronavirus that has gripped Europe and the West is more infectious because it doesn’t break as often while inside the body, a study has found. Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida say the ‘spike protein’ that the virus uses to attach to cells in the airways has adapted … Read more
The South Pole is warming from climate change three times faster than the rest of the world despite being the most remote location on the planet, a study shows. Record-breaking high temperatures at the southernmost point on Earth are being fuelled by increases in greenhouse gases and natural weather shifts in the tropics. This ‘double … Read more
The number of Britons drinking alcohol at ‘problematic’ levels has risen dramatically during the coronavirus lockdown, research suggests. Data from nearly 12,000 Britons revealed almost a quarter of adults were drinking more than four days a week in lockdown. In comparison, the rate was just 14.2 per cent pre-pandemic. The number of Brits binge drinking at … Read more
Coronavirus has killed more care home residents in Britain than any other European country and the death rate is 13 times higher than Germany’s, a study has found. Researchers say only Spain has seen a larger proportion of its care home population killed by the virus — but its actual death toll is thousands lower. … Read more
Coronavirus has killed more care home residents in the UK than any other country in Europe and the death rate is 13 times higher than Germany’s, a study has found. Researchers say only Spain has seen a larger proportion of its care home population killed by the virus. One in every 20 people living in … Read more
Part self-help, part spiritual guidance, tarot is fast becoming the problem-solver for uncertain times. International tarot expert Alice Grist explains how we can all unlock its powers Part self-help, part spiritual guidance, tarot is fast becoming the problem-solver for uncertain times Throughout my life the tarot has guided me: from love and career queries to … Read more