Do dark personalities prefer dark characters? People who like fictional villains may share some traits, says study
Individuals who score high for psychopathy and Machiavellianism are more likely to report that they enjoy, identify, and empathize with villainous characters, suggests analysis
Jan 27, 2021
Who is Rochelle Walensky? Incoming CDC chief warns of ‘dark weeks’ and 500,000 Covid-19 deaths in US by mid-Feb
Rochelle Walensky's projection comes even as experts have warned that the UK coronavirus variant will likely become the dominant strain in the US by March and worsen the pandemic
Jan 18, 2021
Andrew Cuomo slams US for negligence, says UK's mutant Covid variant is ‘getting on a plane and flying to JFK’
120 countries demand that before people get on a flight in the UK to come to their country they have to test negative for coronavirus, but the US does not require one
Dec 21, 2020
Joe Biden WILL make Americans wear masks for first 100 days in office as he lays out plans to halt Covid-19 surge
The president-elect has asked Dr Anthony Fauci to serve as chief medical adviser and to be part of his coronavirus response team
Dec 4, 2020
Oregon, New Mexico issue lockdown orders as Covid-19 model predicts US deaths may nearly double by March 2021
While Oregon has announced a two-week ‘freeze,’ a 'stay at home' order has been imposed in New Mexico
Nov 14, 2020
Wildlife populations have fallen by alarming 68% average in 46 years due to rampant human activity: WWF report
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Living Planet Report 2020 sounds the alarm for global biodiversity with a comprehensive overview of the state of the natural world through the Living Planet Index (LPI)
Sep 11, 2020
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North Carolina, experts predict floods, tornadoes and storm surges
There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge inundation along portions of the immediate coastline and adjacent waterways of northeastern South Carolina and the North Carolina coast
Aug 4, 2020
Black people three times more likely to be killed than white people during contact with US police, finds study
Rates of police-related fatalities vary in the US and some metros have death rates 9 times than those of other cities
Jun 24, 2020
Coronavirus deaths can be reduced by making recovered patients work on frontline in high-risk settings: Study
'Shield immunity' strategy may help reduce deaths from 71,000 to 58,000 while an enhanced plan can cuts deaths to 20,000, say experts
May 8, 2020
US must conduct 1.5M tests every day if it wants to come out of lockdown, warn experts
20% of those tested for COVID-19 in the US get positive results and WHO has said that to reopen, it should be 3%-12%
Apr 20, 2020
US and China-funded scientists in Wuhan lab studied coronavirus in bats for 5 years, and found lethal strains
There have been allegations that the SARS-COV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, escaped from a lab in Wuhan and many scientists have rubbished these rumors
Apr 12, 2020
Diet pills, laxatives cause eating disorders in people in one to three years, says Harvard study
Eating disorders represent a significant public health problem. As per a 2018 CDC report, in 2013-16, almost one-half of US adults or 49.1% tried to lose weight within the last year.
Nov 22, 2019
Early death among people with mental illness mostly due to poor physical health and can be prevented
The Lancet Psychiatry Commission found that a range of mental illnesses are associated with a lifelong burden of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, which can cause premature deaths
Jul 17, 2019
Millions of Americans to face dangerously hot days in coming decades as climate change may shatter heat index
Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi will experience the largest rise in extreme heat, a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists warns
Jul 17, 2019
Radiation on Marshall Islands up to 1,000 times higher than Chernobyl or Fukushima
From 1946 to 1958, 67 nuclear weapons were tested in the Marshall Islands, a remote constellation of atolls in the Pacific Ocean, which was then a US trust territory.
Jul 16, 2019
Nutrient pollution was killing coral reefs long before climate change, claims study
The analysis shows nitrogen loading from the Florida Keys and greater Everglades ecosystem caused by humans, rather than warming temperature, to be the primary driver of coral reef degradation at Looe Key Sanctuary Preservation Area
Jul 16, 2019
Risk of dementia can be significantly reduced with regular exercise and proper diet no matter what your genes say
The research found that the risk of dementia was 32% lower in people with a high genetic risk if they follow healthy behaviors such as regular physical activity, healthy diet, no smoking, and moderate alcohol consumption
Jul 15, 2019
Scientists develop 'therapeutic food' that can repair gut microbes of malnourished children and boost healthy growth
Gut microbes of kids who were given the food - a mixture of nutrients from chickpea, soy, bananas, and peanuts - underwent a complete transformation, resembling microbial communities found in healthy children of the same age
Jul 12, 2019
Facial plastic surgery might actually make men more attractive, likeable and trustworthy
A new study states that subtle changes in facial appearances are powerful enough to alter judgments of personality.
Jul 12, 2019
Oumuamua is not an alien spaceship! First interstellar object to pass through solar system found to be of natural origin
A comprehensive analysis of ‘Oumuamua shows it is red, has an elongated, cigar-like shape and an odd spin pattern, much like a soda bottle laying on the ground, spinning on its side
Jul 2, 2019