general practitioners, who will contribute to the screening of the Covid-19, have not been provided in swabs or protective equipment to do the tests, said on Mo
Après des actes de vandalisme contre des vitrines de commerces de bouches par des militants antispécistes, des artisans des Hauts de France étaient prêts «à aller au contact» avec les vegan. La mairie de Calais a préféré éviter en annulant leur festival qui devait se tenir prochainement,...
Ce rassemblement a eu lieu dans le calme ce samedi après-midi dans l039;Essonne, d039;où il était originaire. Le jeune homme est décédé la semaine dernière après une course-poursuite mortelle avec un policier dans Paris.
La visite du pape François dans une Irlande toujours sous le choc des scandales de pédophilie intervient au moment où de nouvelles révélations frappent l039;Église, notamment aux États-Unis. Le souverain pontife a évoqué sa «honte» face à «l039;échec» de l039;Église.
Jocelyn via FlickrStudy shows how failing to include both male and female animals in science is birdbrained“Pigeons, or rock doves as people call them to be fancy, are fascinating creatures,” said Rebecca Calisi, a professor of neurobiology, physiology,...
Jian HuangPlants in the Hengduan MountainsMountains aren't just beautiful: these locales also tend to host some of the richest diversity of species on the planet. We’ve known this for a long time—ever since Alexander von Humboldt, the Prussian geographer...
CDCHi, I’m a brain parasiteThis creature wants to live in your brain. Rat lungworm infections are rare in the U.S. but they still occur, and have become more common in places like Hawaii, which has had nine reported infections in the last three months....
NOAAAn iceberg seen on an Arctic mission in 2012.There is a swarm of about 481 icebergs parked in the shipping lanes of the North Atlantic right now, creating a hazardous area so treacherous that ships are having to detour 400 nautical miles out of their...
Benson et al., 2017A machine built to stab fabric could help forensic scientists solve cases involving stab wounds.When a person gets stabbed, rips in the victim's clothing may contain clues to help catch the attacker.Forensic scientists are trying to understand...
Levin, BlackistonA tadpole with an eyeball grafted to its tailTransplanting a whole eyeball is tough. So tough, in fact, that it's never been done. For an eye to work properly inside the sockets of a new host, it needs to be connected to the central nervous...
Brian KlutchColoring Inside The LinesThe watercolor illusionWhen you glance at the four rippled rectangles in front of you, do the spaces inside look light blue? They’re not. They’re white. Try blocking out the wavy sides of each shape with the edges...
The VoorhesIN 2014, THE GOVERNMENT of Flint, Michigan, switched the city’s water source to the Flint River, and you’ve probably heard what happened next: Officials failed to add important corrosion inhibitors to prevent water from leaching metal out of...
Brian KlutchOut of shapeHint: Water and air have different densities.Place a straw in a glass of water, and behold: It looks broken. What’s tricking your brain?Similar to this illusion, the light that reflects off the straw allows your visual system to...
Brian KlutchThrough The Looking GlassUnderstanding how light travels is the key.Why do the black and white bars on this piece of patterned paper seemingly switch direction? The answer lies in the shape of the glass—and what’s inside.First, a few basics...
Pexels user TookapicThis all looks like one continuous crust, but geologists know that there's a lot of hidden structure to the Earth.I get it—we’re all still bitter about Pluto. We wanted it to stay a planet, so we’ll cling to our righteous anger...
NASASun PowerWith four million solar panels covering 10 square miles of land, China’s Longyangxia Dam Solar Park is the largest in the world. As solar energy becomes cheaper, solar plants are getting bigger. In 2015, California was home to the two largest...
With nearly limitless beverage options, you might not realize how much variety exists in the seemingly bland realm of tap water. This colorless refreshment can vary widely from city to city, house to house, or even sink to sink. Scroll over the image below...
A BIG BANG IN A LITTLE ROOM: The Quest to Create New UniversesZeeya Mearli's new book A Big Bang in a Little Room: The Quest to Create New Universes explores how humans might be able to create other universes in labs, and whether or not we should.The following...
Flickr user Rob SinclairIf you've bought a bottle of water in the past few years, you've probably spotted a “BPA-free” label or twenty. A chemical that leaks out of polycarbonate plastics, bisphenol A is determined “safe at the current levels occurring...
NOAA CCMA Biogeography TeamReefsThe Shell Ocean Discovery XPrize will help researcher map the ocean floor.We’ve mapped the surface of the Earth in excruciating detail, with images of individual streets and rivers and canyons photographed and catalogued....
Sam WardCRISPR acts like a scissors for DNA.This week saw a resolution to the grueling legal battle between the University of California at Berkeley and the Broad Institute over the discovery of the novel, cheap, and easy-to-use gene-editing technique known...
Erik F. Brandsborg, FlickrA mosquito's bite does more than itch. It can be deadly if the malaria parasite is hitching a ride.Fever, chills, vomiting, headache, mental confusion, and occasionally death: That's the prognosis for more than 200 million people...