Enlarge / Health care workers treat a COVID-19 patient at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, on Monday, Jan. 31, 2022. Photographer: Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images. (credit: Getty| Bloomberg ) People over 60 who survive COVID-19 have higher risks of dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive decline—particularly if they had severe COVID-19—according to a study […]
Enlarge / This is the stern of the good ship Endurance, which sank off the coast of Antarctica in 1915 after being crushed by pack ice. The Endurance22 expedition has located the shipwreck in pristine condition after nearly 107 years. (credit: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/NatGeo) In 1915, intrepid British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and his […]
Enlarge / A nurse waits as another staff places sand bags near the window for protection in Kramatorsk City Hospital in eastern Ukraine. (credit: Getty | SOPA Images) The World Health Organization has verified 18 Russian attacks on health care resources in Ukraine, including attacks on health care facilities, health workers, and ambulances, WHO Director-General […]
Enlarge / The transplant team with the replacement heart. (credit: The transplant team with the replacement heart. ) On Wednesday, the University of Maryland Medical Center announced that David Bennett, the first human to receive a pig heart transplant , died on Tuesday, March 8. His death comes roughly two months after the transplant; the […]
Surprise! It turns out John Austin Green and Sharna Burgess weren’t exactly trying to have a baby when the Dancing With The Stars pro got knocked up ! The expecting momma opened up with fans in a candid Instagram Q& A on Monday. When one person asked if the pregnancy was a surprise, Sharna revealed: […]
Enlarge / NASA administrator Bill Nelson will probably be pretty happy with NASA’s final budget, even if it’s late. (credit: NASA) Let’s face it, the US budgeting process is largely broken. The current budget year, fiscal year 2022, began back on October 1. This year is now nearly half gone, and the US Congress has yet […]
Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Rosen Shingle Creek on February 24, 2022, in Orlando, Florida. (credit: Getty| Joe Raedle) Sometimes fighting a common enemy can unite a country, inspiring solidarity, bravery, and sacrifice. Ordinary citizens become heroes; leaders become icons. But sometimes—like in the […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Infection by SARS-CoV-2 causes a dizzying array of symptoms beyond the respiratory distress that is its most notable feature. These range from intestinal distress to blood clots to the loss of smell, and symptoms vary wildly from person to person. Figuring out exactly what the virus does inside the human body […]
Enlarge / A new theory holds that Stonehenge served as an ancient solar calendar. (credit: Timothy Darvill/Bournemouth University) Scholars have long speculated that the famed prehistoric monument Stonehenge might have served as some kind of calendar that helped local people predict eclipses, summer and winter solstices, the equinox, and other relevant celestial events. Now, a […]
Enlarge / An artistic reconstruction of the newly described 328-million-year-old vampyropod, Syllipsimopodi bideni . (credit: K. Whalen/Christopher Whalen) Paleontologists believe they have discovered a new genus and species of extinct cephalopod with ten functional arms, similar to a vampire squid . The 328-million-year-old fossil is the earliest known example of a vampyropod (ancient soft-bodied cephalopods) […]