Global coronavirus cases exceed 1.5 million: Live updates | News
There are now more than 1.5 million confirmed cases of coronavirus cross the world, with the United States and the United Kingdom suffering the highest number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak began. Data collected by Johns Hopkins University shows that of the 1.5 million people with
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Coronavirus: Students angry at empty rooms rent charge
Image caption Student union president Helena Schofield wants housing firms to be flexible over rent for absent students Student leaders in England say full rent should not be charged next term on university rooms left empty by the coronavirus shutdown.But in privately run accommodation in
Coronavirus: Lockdown ‘could boost wild flowers’
Image copyright PlantLife A plant charity is predicting a boost for wild flowers because some councils have stopped mowing verges and parks during the Covid-19 crisis.Plantlife has been urging councils for years to cut grass less often.It also wants them to delay cutting until flowers have had chance to seed.The
Can Coal Survive the Coronavirus?
Add U.S. coal to the list of industries threatened by the novel coronavirus. Part of its problem is conditions that precede the pandemic. U.S. coal plants are an aging bunch. Weak electricity demand has only intensified competition with gas and renewables. The weather has been a drag on American miners,
Why Measles Deaths Are Surging–and Coronavirus Could Make it Worse
A viral outbreak has killed more than 6,500 children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and is still spreading through the country. The foe isn’t the feared coronavirus, which has only just reached the DRC. It’s an old, familiar and underestimated adversary: measles. Cases began to spike here
Margaret Burbidge, Astronomer Who Studied the Inner Workings of Stars, Dies at 100
Margaret Burbidge, an astronomer who made vital contributions to our understanding of what happens inside stars and who worked on instruments for the Hubble Space Telescope, has died at 100. The University of California, San Diego, where Burbidge had worked from 1962 to 1988, announced her death on Twitter Monday (April 6), noting
How People with Autism Forge Friendships
It is lunchtime on a Sunday in January. At a long table inside a delicatessen in midtown Manhattan, a group of young people sit together over sandwiches and salads. Most of them have their phones out. One boy wears headphones around his neck. But there is less conversation than you
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