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Last week, we covered news that AstraZeneca and Oxford University had to pause late-stage trials of their coronavirus vaccine, due to a...

Do you prefer to take notes by hand or by typing them into your laptop or tablet? You might wonder if the question really matters; after...

The search for a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine is on all of our minds. And maybe it’s crossed your mind to take part in a...

Recently, people around the world were stunned by the announcement that 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman had passed away from colon...

There have been massive advances in AI technology in recent years, and yet, as we’ve often seen on this blog, AI can never truly replace...

The race for a coronavirus vaccine faced a setback this week, when late-stage trials for AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s joint...

Imagine you’re an influencer. Showcasing your wonderful life (or at least, the appearance of it) on social media platforms is your bread...

We’re all impatient for a COVID-19 vaccine to be released. But some experts are worried about a major roadblock that will arise when that...

Hydroxychloroquine isn’t a recently discovered drug; used to treat malaria and other conditions, it’s been available in the US since the...

Have you ever been so exhausted, your body just shuts down? You have no strength, need sleep, and even your thoughts and decision-making...

Zika virus has existed since 1947, but it made international headlines during the 2015-2016 outbreak. Despite its notoriety and long...

Chances are, you’ve probably misheard at least one song lyric in your life. If the lyric was in another language, there’s a word for...

With masks becoming required accessories in closed and open spaces around the world, innovations are inevitable. In the past weeks and...

At first, New Yorker contributor Ruth Franklin’s review of a new translation of Beowulf doesn’t seem to be anything particularly out of...

Fellow cat lovers, rejoice! There’s yet another reason cats are purrfect human companions. It turns out that a drug used to treat a...

It’s strange to think of medical news today as “good”. But here’s some really good news: Wild polio (strands of the polio virus that...

Learning a language is a long and challenging process. If someone told you there was a faster way to do it, you’d probably jump at the...

Joni Mitchell once wisely wrote (and sang) “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” Although she...

Most of us don’t immediately associate the Black Lives Matter movement with China or Chinese culture, but it turns out that, just as it...

At some point in your life, you’ve probably heard about or even been in the path of a hurricane or tropical storm. You can probably...