Is kindness contagious?
Imagine that you're approaching your favorite coffee shop, when your eyes are suddenly drawn toward an interaction between two strangers happening just outside its doors. One man sits, leaning against the glass window, knees drawn to his chest, a pla.....»»
Why Scientists Are Very Worried About the Variant From Brazil
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: New coronavirus variants seem to be cropping up everywhere. There's one from the U.K., which is more contagious and already circulating in the United States. There's one from South Africa, which is forcin.....»»
What Are the New COVID-19 Variants, and How Can We Track Them?
We need genetic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2's continual mutations to keep vaccines effective As new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus surge across the planet, public health officials are scrambling to increase genetic.....»»
How Fast Can Scientists Find the New Coronavirus Strains?
The discovery of more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the US sparks a push for a long-overdue national genomic surveillance network......»»
More Genetic Sequencing Needed To Keep Pace With Coronavirus Mutations
Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2's continual adaptations helps scientists formulate effective vaccines As new, more contagious variants of the coronavirus surge across the planet, public health officials are scrambling to increase gen.....»»
Orangutans yawn contagiously when they see others yawn
For the first time, contagious yawning has now also been found in a species that roams its territory mostly in solitude and is less frequently engaged in social interactions: the orangutan. Publication in Nature Scientific Reports by an international.....»»
Polarization increases with economic decline, becoming cripplingly contagious
The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these "anti-elite" movements intensifies, many are scrambling to understand whether economic decline and intensifying inter-group conflict are playing a rol.....»»