The intergovernmental cooperation between the United States and China was an essential part of the battle against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. However, a significant cooperation to battle COVID-19 has not happened yet. The state of US and China bilateral connections and the failure to collaborate have possibly worsened the pandemic.Despite resemblances...
Astronaut reaching for a light. Credit: Andy Buchanan / AlamyClare Wilson, a medical reporter, says that she has been a fan of apocalyptic sci-fi since her teenage years. She was hooked by the 1950s classic The Day of the Triffids by UK author John Wyndham. Instead of discouraging her, the COVID-19 pandemic fed her...
A pair of scientists at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has published a viewpoint piece in the journal Science describing the efforts conducted this decade to learn if Mars once hosted life. In their post, Ryuki Hyodo and also Tomohiro Usui describe the three main initiatives that are involved in trying to find...
An international group of scientists led by a renowned Harvard astronomer revealed a new initiative Monday to seek proof of technology built by extraterrestrial civilizations.Named the Galileo Job, it envisions producing a worldwide network of medium-sized telescopes, video cameras, and computers to examine unknown flying objects. So far, it was funded with $1.75 million...
Artist impression of the Galileo probe descending into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Credit: NASA/Ken HodgesPlanet Earth is perfectly hospitable for organic life, which means that similar planets orbiting distant stars could also be booming with life. However, proving this is a challenge. One of the best ways to find extraterrestrial life will undoubtedly be to examine...
Some believe that the issuance of central bank digital currencies will change the international monetary status quo by eroding the US dollar's supremacy of cross-border payments and considerably reducing transaction costs. However, this is unlikely to happen.Berkeley - August 13-15 stamps the 50th anniversary of "the weekend that transformed the world," when Richard Nixon,...
The era of widespread long-distance learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic needs online testing methods that efficiently avert cheating, specifically in the form of cooperation amongst pupils. With worry about cheating rising across the United States, a solution that preserves students' privacy is particularly beneficial.In research published on March 1st in npj Science of...
Credit: ElsevierRecent research by a team based at the University of Bologna, released in the Journal of Archaeological Science, has shed light on the Minoan system of fractions, among the exceptional enigmas linked to the age-old writing of numbers.Around 3,500 years ago, the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete created a system made...
Archaeologists have long had dating trouble. The radiocarbon evaluation is commonly utilized to reconstruct previous human demographic changes counts on an approach easily manipulated by radiocarbon calibration curves and measurement uncertainty. And there's never been a statistical fix that functions until now."Nobody has systematically checked out the problem or demonstrated how you can statistically...
Studies to develop drugs, vaccines, devices, and repurposed drugs are urgently needed to win the battle against COVID-19. Randomized clinical trials are used to supply evidence of safety and efficacy and better understand this new and evolving virus. Since July 15, over 6,180 COVID-19 clinical trials have been registered through ClinicalTrials.gov, the United States...
