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The *Comfort* and the *Mercy* won't handle Covid-19 patients because of their close quarters. An ER doctor questions if they should be used at all.

Between 1978 and 2015, parasitic Anisakis worms found in fish increased 283 times - which means sushi is more likely to be infected, as are marine mammals such as dolphins and whales

Marvel is about to enter Phase 4 of its cinematic universe. Here's a recap of all that's happened so far.

(American Association for Cancer Research) The protein peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 (PAD4), which enables some immune cells to trap bacteria, promoted breast cancer metastasis in mice when expressed in cancer cells, acc...

It's a great time to expand your horizons and play more video games. GOG--the platform formerly known as Good Ol' Games--and indie game store Itch.io are both running "stay at home" promotions, giving away dozens of game...

This is the Mars version of applying concealer.

Hardware-wise, the iPad Pro puts the Mac to shame. But the Mac still has the edge in software. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)

Responsible for spacecraft orbiting Earth, the Sun and exploring the Solar System, teams at ESA's ESOC mission control deal with in-flight challenges every day, from faulty hardware, problematic software and hazardous sp...

The Trump administration is reportedly exploring ways to use Americans’ smartphone location data to track the coronavirus outbreak. Sources claim the administration has been in talks with some major tech and telecom co...

(Springer) A new partnership between Springer Nature and the open access database PubChem, hosted by the US National Institute of Health, now enables researchers to quickly identify reliable property information of mater...

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) The Journal of the American Medical Directors Association published in its January issue a consensus statement for treating urinary tract infections at post-acute and long-t...

It will also be able to show taps on the screen. What you need to know Google looks to be working on adding the ability to capture device playback to its screen recorder. The feature isn't available in Android 11 Develop...

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said it's ready to assist the government with millions of doses of a drug that could help treat 300,000 coronavirus patients. Test with anti-malaria Plaquenil showed that the COVID-19...

Engineers who usually spend a significant amount of their time around test instruments are likely spending more of it at home these days. Those of us who’s working life has been interrupted by the Covid-19 virus might ...

Security company is using thermal imaging and AI to identify people with a temperature of 100 degrees.

To all of the medical workers around the globe working nonstop, we can't thank you enough

Switch to standard definition when HD is not needed to prevent breaking the internet. What you need to know European Union Commissioner Thiery Breton is urging people to switch to SD quality when streaming Netflix to sav...

COVID-19 has sent the world home, turning innumerable public places into ghost sites.

Acetylcholine helps muscarinic M1 receptors in the prefrontal cortex to maintain information in working memory. As acetylcholine actions at M1 receptors are reduced in conditions which affect working memory, such as schi...

Someday, underwater robots may so closely mimic creatures like fish that they'll fool not only the real animals themselves but humans as well. That ability could yield information ranging from the health of fish stocks t...

Down Time is a Jezebel series in which we ask our favorite artists and authors what art, books, and activities they're turning to in this moment of isolation and uncertainty. First up is Jenny Odell, artist and author of...

Every network administrator needs to know how to listen to port traffic on a server. Here's one way to do it on Linux.