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Immune system vs. virus: Why omicron had experts worried from the start

Enlarge / Illustration of antibodies responding to an infection of SARS-CoV-2. (credit: Getty Images/Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library) Right from omicron’s first description, researchers were concerned about the variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Looking over the list of mutations it carried, scientists could identify a number that would likely make the variant more infectious. Other mutations […]

A brief history of Bitcoin bubbles

It’s been a breakout year for Bitcoin. In 2020 a wave of interest from mainstream investors and institutions helped push the price of the virtual currency from $7,200 in January to above $29,000 on December 31 (and then on past $32,700 by early January). But the innovative digital asset, maintained by a decentralized swarm of […]

The news Down Under

Facebook and Google are taking completely opposite approaches to a proposed law that would require them to pay for news in Australia. Read More