By Peter Yeung in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo A health worker at an Ebola treatment centre in BeniBaz Ratner/Reuters/PA Images At last, the Ebola epidemic that has been continuing in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2018 is finally set to be declared over by the World Health Organization (WHO). The announcement, […]
When the poet John Donne was struck down by a sudden infection in 1623 he immediately found himself alone – even his doctors deserted him. The experience, which only lasted a week, was intolerable. He later wrote: “As sickness is the greatest misery, so the greatest misery of sickness is solitude.” It’s hard to believe […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have figured out how to calculate the age of whale sharks – Earth’s largest fish – with some guidance from the radioactive fallout spawned by Cold War-era atomic bomb testing. FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch a whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China September 4, […]
By Donna Lu A simple test can help predict how well babies will growAzeezur Rahman Khan/EyeEm/Getty Images We can now use urine or blood samples to predict how well an infant is likely to grow over its next six months. Margaret Kosek at the University of Virginia and her colleagues have developed a predictive model […]
The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have been linked to a “wet” market in Wuhan, in the Hubei province of eastern China. Wet markets are common in Asia, Africa and elsewhere, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, poultry, fresh meat and live animals, including wildlife. Reports initially indicated that the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 may […]
Microsoft announced its latest Windows 10 preview build today and while that is a pretty routine affair these days, the company also used today’s announcement to also launch the beta version of a new news consumption experience that anybody on a Windows 10 device can try out today. The Microsoft News Bar aggregates news from […]
Motherly CEO Jill Koziol admits that it was a tough pitch when she and her co-founder Liz Tenety first tried to get investors on-board in 2015. “We wanted to create a brand first and foremost,” Koziol told me. “We did not want to go and build a media company or a [direct-to-consumer] company or Facebook […]
You’ve probably read in many places online that cybercriminals are heavily exploiting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to trick users into infecting themselves with malware or steal their personal information. However, in a report published today, Microsoft says that they haven’t seen any noticeable spike in malware activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company […]
The Mapzen open-source mapping platform has a hard history. On the one hand, Mapzen is used by over 70,000 developers and it’s the backbone of such mapping services as OpenStreetMap, Remix, and Carto. But, as a business, Mapzen failed in 2018. Mapzen’s code and service lived on as a Linux Foundation Project. Now, it’s moved […]
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A train attendantwaves to passengers before departing from Wuhan, China today.Xinhua/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5.30 pm on 8 April Lockdown lifted in Wuhan The lockdown in Wuhan, China, which has been in place since 23 January was lifted today, four months […]