Two hopeful advances in both the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 have been announced, with researchers at Oxford University making rapid headway in their development of a vaccine candidate, and a study conducted by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases showing promising results for a treatment for existingread more
Archaeologists with Israel’s Tel Aviv University have discovered a previously-unnoticed geometric pattern in the layout of the excavated portions of Göbekli Tepe, the 13,000-year-old megalithic complex in modern-day Turkey that has upended modern archaeological assumptions since its unveiling over two decades ago. This geometric pattern not only predates the advent ofread more
In his April 22 International Earth Day speech, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called on the world’s governments to use their post-COVID pandemic economic recovery efforts to rebuild the world economy based not on the old paradigm, but rather on that of one based on a new, clean, green-basedread more
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s projections, 2020 is on track to be the hottest year on record, despite record low solar output, reduced carbon dioxide emissions from reduced human activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and no El Niño event forecast to push the global average temperature toread more