By Amanda Mannen Published: March 18th, 2024
Catching Covid makes people less intelligent, with severe infections reducing IQ the most, a study by scientists at Imperial College London suggests.
On 28 March it is the 60th anniversary of the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus, the most common viral infection in humans. The virus was first discovered in association with a rare type of cancer located in Africa, but is now understood to be implicated in 1% of cancers, as well as the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, among others. Ian Sample meets Lawrence Young, professor of molecular oncology at Warwick Medical School, to hear the story of this virus, and how understanding it might help...
It's a tale as old as time. An outlet or public figure courts a far-right audience, which then cannibalizes them the moment they do anything not right enough. The Babylon Bee, a right-wing emulator of "The Onion," is read by Elon Musk, Donald Trump and many other reactionary types, but an article making fun of white supremacists received significant backlash from them. — Read the rest
A line of thunderstorms is developing along a southeastward moving cool front across Northwest Texas, the BIg Country, into the Concho Valley. Some of these storms in Northwest Texas have been producing hail up to the size of golf balls over the last couple of hours. Storms farther to the south may also show signs of intensification, with the risk of large hail and localized damaging wind gusts. Brief tornadoes are not out of the question this evening. The line of thunderstorms will move east...
Winter storm warning in effect into Tuesday, with up to a foot of snow possible for Brainerd. Brainerd school canceled for Monday.
The family of the missing 22-year-old, Riley Strain, gives a live press conference from Nashville, TN. Today (March 19) Chris and Michelle Whiteid, the parents of missing Mizzou student Riley Strain, held a press conference alongside representatives from both Metro Nashville Police and the United Cajun Navy, who have been working together to locate the […]
The missing student’s body was recovered from the Cumberland River on Friday
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Nashville police confirmed on Friday that the student’s body had been recovered from the Cumberland River
Riley Strain’s family is calling on the United Cajun Navy to assist in the search to find the missing Missouri student in Nashville