Neanderthals and modern humans mingled early and oftenwww.science.org Ancient DNA study gives a Neanderthal-eye view of prehistory, offers clues to how our cousins vanished
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Pride Day: How to spend the year’s most colorful day in NYCwww.nydailynews.com Whether you want to honor the legacy of the Stonewall Riots by taking to the streets, to the sidewalks or to the dance floor, there’s no better place to be than NYC.
Relative efficacy of masks and respirators as source control for viral aerosol shedding from people infected with SARS-CoV-2: a controlled human exhaled breath aerosol experimental studywww.thelancet.com These results suggest that N95 respirators could be the standard of care in nursing
homes and healthcare settings when respiratory viral infections are prevalent in the
community and healthcare-associ...
People Who Are Fat and Healthy May Hold Keys to Understanding Obesitywww.scientificamerican.com “Heavy and healthy” can be a rare or common condition. But either way it may signal that some excess weight is just fine
Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study showsphys.org Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman ...
Bird flu infects third US dairy worker; Michigan set to expand testingwww.reuters.com A third U.S. dairy worker tested positive for bird flu after exposure to infected cows, and was the first to suffer respiratory problems, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Support not stigma: redefining perinatal mental health carewww.thelancet.com Historically, maternal mental health during the perinatal period, which spans from
conception to 1 year after birth, is a neglected issue. Up to 85% of women experience
so-called baby blues, character...
There's a new COVID-19 variant called FLiRT: Here's what you need to know about itwww.usatoday.com There's a new COVID variant nicknamed "FLiRT." Here's what you need to know about the variant, including the symptoms.
Loss of federal protection in Idaho spurs pregnant patients to plan...www.newsfromthestates.com Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided in January to consider a case about whether a federal law regarding emergency medical treatment supersedes an abortion ban in Idaho, air transports out of state fo...
Ritual murders in the neolithic, why 2023 was so hot, and virus and bacteria battle in the gutwww.science.org On this week’s show: A different source of global warming, signs of a continentwide tradition of human sacrifice, and a virus that attacks the cholera bacteria
How Big a Threat Is Bird Flu?www.scientificamerican.com Cows and at least one person in the U.S. have been sickened by avian influenza. We asked experts about the risk to humans.
Measles Is Back, and That’s Scarywww.scientificamerican.com The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people.
How Families with LGBTQ Kids Protect Their Children from Dangerous New Threatswww.scientificamerican.com Hostility toward LGBTQ kids, enshrined in hundreds of new bills, has put families with such children under unprecedented threat, raising risks of suicide and physical attacks
‘Lab-leak’ proponents at Rutgers accused of defaming and intimidating COVID-19 origin researcherswww.science.org Letter by 12 COVID-19 scientists says social media attacks violate university policy and could incite physical harm
JWST confirmed measurements of the Hubble constant, and that’s a problem. Here’s why.youtu.be JWST has confirmed the Hubble Space Telescope's measurement of the Hubble constant. That means that there's a discrepancy within this fundmantal part of our ...