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Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread Scientists flag airborne coronavirus spread 03:39 Over the past several months, there has been controversy over the way SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, travels from an infected person to others. While official guidance has often been unclear, some aerosol scientists and public health experts have maintained that the spread…

Months into the coronavirus pandemic, researchers are still investigating the actual event where the crossover of the novel coronavirus from animals to humans occurred. A team of scientists may have discovered the answer to the question many have been asking for months, according to a study published in Nature Microbiology.The group of scientists from the United States, China, and…

Researchers have discovered the location of male sexual desire in specific regions of brain tissue where an important enzyme called aromatase is present. Although scientists have investigated aromatase, they do not yet understand the full functions of this enzyme in the adult brain.In a recent study in mice, a team of researchers at Northwestern Medicine…

Scientists admit they are baffled by a rise in aggressive orca activity, with the whales ramming boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts, according to reports by the Guardian.The number of reported incidents involving orcas has risen over the summer months, with researchers noting that interactions between the whales and boats are not unusual, but the level…

Impatient for a coronavirus vaccine, dozens of scientists around the world are giving themselves — and sometimes, friends and family — their own unproven versions.Preston Estep, chief scientist and co-founder of RaDVaC, administering an eighth iteration of his vaccine on August 19.  Credit...Kayana Szymczak for The New York TimesSept. 1, 2020Updated 9:15 a.m. ETIn April, more…