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S.T.D. Rates Are Falling, Data Show. That May Not Be Good News.
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Public health officials believe many cases are going undetected as clinics close during the pandemic and testing supplies are diverted to coronavirus screening.
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NYT Science Supplies for STD test kits are being diverted to tests for Covid-19. Doctors fear that chlamydia and gonorrhea are spreading, undetected. 81d
Sharks Wash Up on Beaches, Stabbed by Swordfish
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The discovery of impaled sharks on Mediterranean shores backs up old fishermen’s tales of the marine predators dueling with swordfish.
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NYT Science At least seven sharks have washed up on Mediterranean coasts, each impaled with the same murder weapon, and almost always in the head 82d
A Malaria Mystery, Partly Solved: What Happens When the Rains End?
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A study in Mali suggests that malaria parasites hide out during the dry season by altering the properties of red blood cells.
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NYT Science Malaria parasites may survive the dry season by sticking themselves to blood vessel walls and quietly hibernating until it rains again. 82d
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies
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Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
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NYT Science Studies reporting waning antibodies to the coronavirus have prompted many fears, but experts say it’s normal for antibody levels to drop, and doesn't indicate a loss of immunity 82d
Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, not Virus
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New research found ‘autoantibodies’ similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.
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NYT Science Some survivors of Covid-19 carry worrying signs that their immune system has turned on the body, reminiscent of autoimmune diseases like lupus. 82d
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NYT Science Some survivors of Covid-19 carry worrying signs that their immune system has turned on the body, reminiscent of autoimmune diseases like lupus. 82d
There’s Water and Ice on the Moon, and in More Places Than NASA Thought
Kenneth Chang - Nytimes.com 83d 2 tweets
Future astronauts seeking water on the moon may not need to go into the most treacherous craters in its polar regions to find it.
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NYT Science Using an infrared telescope mounted inside a NASA 747 jumbo jet, scientists unambiguously demonstrated that water is indeed there on the moon 83d
Why False Positives Matter, Too
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False negatives are not the only troublesome outcome of a faulty coronavirus test.
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NYT Science As testing efforts ramp up nationwide, people taking Covid-19 tests should be well versed not only in the benefits of tests but in their limitations as well, health experts say 85d
UnitedHealth Ships Flu Kits to Medicare Recipients
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Under MedAdvantage plans, the major insurer is sending packages including Tamiflu and coronavirus tests to those considered especially vulnerable to Covid and the flu.
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NYT Science The country's largest insurance company is sending some of its MedAdvantage members flu kits: "We thought imagine if you start getting sick and already had a mini pharmacy at home,” said Deneen Vojta, an executive vice president at UnitedHealth. 86d
No Grumpy Old Men in the World of Chimps
James Gorman - Nytimes.com 87d 9 tweets
Older male chimps follow a pattern that researchers also see in humans, preferring to have positive relationships with a few good friends.
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NYT Science Chimpanzees, like humans, favor a few good friends as they age 86d
These Winged Dinosaurs Hurtled Through the Trees like Haywire Hang Gliders
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To call it flying would be generous.
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NYT Science It went extinct after just a few million years, presumably doomed by its sheer lack of competency in the air. 86d
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NYT Science It went extinct after just a few million years, presumably doomed by its sheer lack of competency in the air. 83d
Wikipedia and W.H.O. Join to Combat Covid Misinformation
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The health agency will license much of its material to the online encyclopedia, allowing the information to be reposted widely into almost 200 languages.
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NYT Science Wikipedia and the W.H.O. are joining forces to combat misinformation about Covid-19. 86d
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NYT Science Wikipedia and the W.H.O. are joining forces to combat misinformation about Covid-19. 84d
The Price for Not Wearing Masks: Perhaps 130,000 Lives
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The pandemic death toll could be lowered by next spring if more Americans wear masks, a new analysis finds.
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NYT Science Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 of deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, through next spring. 86d
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NYT Science Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 of deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, through next spring. 85d
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NYT Science A new model offers a rough estimate of of 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 by March 2021, even with social distancing mandates reinstated in most states. 85d
Two Companies Restart Virus Trials in U.S. After Safety Pauses
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AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have restarted their late-stage trials after finding that serious illnesses in a few volunteers appeared not to be related to the vaccines.
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NYT Science AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have restarted their late-stage trials after finding that serious illnesses in a few volunteers appeared not to be related to the vaccines. 86d
Footprints Mark a Toddler’s Perilous Prehistoric Journey
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Mammoths and giant ground sloths roamed the same terrain that a young adult swiftly moved through while toting a young child.
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NYT Science The prehistoric person was moving at a good clip across the landscape, toting a toddler. During the time they started and ended their journey, a mammoth and a giant ground sloth crossed their path. 86d
The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?
Carl Zimmer - Nytimes.com 86d 28 tweets
The office was dedicated to the long-term safety of vaccines. Experts say plans to track coronavirus vaccines are fragmented and “behind the eight ball.”
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NYT Science The Trump administration quietly closed a vaccine safety office last year, hampering efforts to track the long-term safety of a coronavirus vaccine. 86d
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NYT Science The Trump administration quietly closed a vaccine safety office last year, hampering efforts to track the long-term safety of a coronavirus vaccine. 85d
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NYT Science The Trump administration quietly closed a vaccine safety office last year, hampering efforts to track the long-term safety of a coronavirus vaccine. 84d
Schoolchildren Seem Unlikely to Fuel Coronavirus Surges, Scientists Say
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Researchers once feared that school reopenings might spread the virus through communities. But so far there is little evidence that it’s happening.
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NYT Science So far, schools do not seem to be stoking community transmission of the coronavirus, according to data emerging from random testing in the United States and Britain 87d
J. Michael Lane, a General in the Rout of Smallpox, Dies at 84
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At the C.D.C., he waged a 13-year campaign to vanquish a deadly infectious disease that had ravaged the world for centuries. Victory came in 1977.
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NYT Science At the C.D.C., Dr. J. Michael Lane waged a 13-year campaign to vanquish smallpox, which had ravaged the world for centuries. Victory came in 1977. He has died at 84. 88d
Meet the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. It’s Almost Uncrushable.
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Just about any other living thing would be liquefied at the forces this insect can withstand.
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NYT Science The forces that a diabolical ironclad beetle can withstand "would jellify a human" 89d
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NYT Science Evolution has given the insect an exterior that can hold its own against a force 39,000 times its body weight — the equivalent of a 150-pound person resisting the crush of about 25 blue whales. 85d
NASA’s OSIRIS-REX Mission to Bennu Asteroid: When to Watch
Kenneth Chang - Nytimes.com 90d 3 tweets
The spacecraft will attempt to suck up rocks and dirt from the asteroid, which could unlock secrets of the solar system and could aid humanity’s ability to divert one that might slam into Earth.
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NYT Science 200 million miles from Earth, NASA pulled off an impressive feat of rocket science and engineering 89d
A Viral Theory Cited by Health Officials Draws Fire From Scientists
Sheryl Gay Stolberg - Nytimes.com 90d 30 tweets
A manifesto urging reliance on “herd immunity” without lockdowns was warmly received by administration officials. But the strategy cannot stem the pandemic, many experts say.
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NYT Science Letting the coronavirus freely infect younger people would endanger Americans with underlying conditions and result in perhaps a half-million deaths, scientists warn. 90d
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NYT Science A manifesto calling for the coronavirus to spread naturally among younger people while protecting the vulnerable is unscientific, dangerous and unethical, many scientists said. 89d
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NYT Science A manifesto calling for the coronavirus to spread naturally among younger people while protecting the vulnerable is unscientific, dangerous and unethical, many scientists said. 85d