WEIRD FACTS
Life in the time of corona More from this series – Covid-19 symptoms, when they occur, vary widely and undertesting means many people have probably been unwittingly infected. Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage – By Danielle Renwick 2020 Apr …
By Rich Haridy – Google says its release of location data is designed to assist local health authorities better understand how effective social distancing measures are in a given community. JohanH/Depositphotos. – In an unprecedented move, Google has publicly released a series of COVID-19 …
By Anthony Wood – Kuwait is known for setting – and breaking – high temperature records. weissdergeier/Depositphotos. – People living in the hottest places on Earth could be up to three times as likely to die from a heart-related cause, according to a …
By Loz Blain – Climate change and population growth will put huge pressure on English water supplies over the coming decades, says a new National Audit Office report. kwasny222/Depositphotos. – The UK Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has issued a warning: large …
More than 3,000 years ago, a group of people set out from the Solomon Island chain in the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean and steered their outrigger canoes toward the horizon, with no land as far as their eyes could see. These …
By Michelle Roberts, Health editor, BBC News online – Image copyright Getty Images – A loss of smell or taste may be a sign that you have coronavirus, according to UK researchers. A team at King’s College London looked at responses from more …
By Michelle Roberts, Health editor, BBC News online – Image copyright Getty Images – A simple blood test can check for more than 50 types of cancer, often before any signs or symptoms, scientists say. It could help diagnose tumors sooner, when they …
Is that online order real or counterfeit? Getty Images. – By Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University – Rapid acceleration of coronavirus-related infections and fatalities in countries like Italy, Spain and the United States has led to widespread bans …
By Ben Coxworth – The Companion Bike’s passenger seat can be removed, with the two sides of the frame then being pushed in toward each other. Companion Bike. If you’ve ever been to Vietnam, then you’ll have seen the rickshaw taxi-trikes in which …
By Loz Blain – Continental is about to start making your car’s dash start jumping out at you. Continental. – The instrument panel is about to start jumping out of car dashboards. Tier-one OEM supplier Continental has built a glasses-free, “auto-stereoscopic” 3D car …
