Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019 Imaginechina Limited/Alamy An analysis of genetic samples taken from the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, China, has identified a list of wild animals sold there that were the most likely source of the virus that sparked the covid-19 pandemic. While bats are thought to have … Read more
It’s 10pm on the last night of London Fashion Week and Irina Shayk is closing the Mowalola spring/summer 2025 show in a bodysuit made from hair extensions. Vamps, writhes and poses for photographers as she did at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 – when she was dressed in a braided leather bandeau and a low … Read more
SEATTLE – After throwing just six pitches in the sixth inning Thursday, Jake Cousins he left the mountain with a trainer by his side. Yankees reliever has been dealing with right pec tightness for a couple of days, Aaron Boone said after a 3-2 loss to the Mariners. However, he and Cousins described the injury … Read more
ppoor students as they head off to college, ready to survive until Christmas on instant noodles and breakfast cereal. The first doctor to raise the health alarm over ultra-processed foods believes it’s time to put a tax on those noodles – and he’s even got ice cream in his sights. Professor Carlos Augusto Monteiro says … Read more
Good morning, Chicago. It’s that time of year again. During the autumn and spring equinoxes, the sun rises directly in the east and sets directly in the west. The buildings on the east-west streets embrace the sun as, thanks to 19th century urban planners, the city grid corresponds to points on a compass. It is … Read more
The United States is experiencing more than four times as many cases of whooping cough compared to last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue. “With the increased hesitancy to vaccination that is ongoing since the Covid-19 pandemic, we are seeing outbreaks in children who are not vaccinated,” said Dr. … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Scientists in South Africa say they have identified an outbreak anger in seals which is believed to be the first time the virus has spread in marine mammals. At least 24 Cape seals that were found dead or euthanized in various places on the South African coast had rabies, said … Read more
First born Movies Neil Harbisson, who sees in black and white, says his antenna allows him to “feel” color For the past 20 years, the author “cyborg artist” Neil Harbisson has provoked debate with his “eyeborg” – a surgically attached antenna. Harbisson, who grew up in Barcelona, is colorful, having been born with the rare … Read more
CNN — Human-caused climate change has already made heat waves around the world more frequent and intense. Scientists studying the role of global warming on the climate say that every heat wave today bears the fingerprints of the climate crisis. Climate change, driven primarily by humans burning fossil fuels, is making global extreme weather worse … Read more