Nearly 60,000 years ago, as prehistoric humans just started venturing out of Africa, a forest of cypress trees grew on the banks of a river near the Gulf of Mexico. As the trees grew old, they fell and were buried under sediment. When the sea […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all Americans wear homemade face coverings in public to help stem the spread of coronavirus. But Trevon Logan, an economics professor at Ohio State University, will not be following this guidance. “We have a lot […]
A 19-year old woman from Cameroon who had been infected with coronavirus safely gave birth to a healthy baby girl. The mother, who is unnamed, has since been separated from her newborn baby to hopefully prevent her from contracting the disease. The patient was […]
John Prine, the raspy-voiced singer-songwriter whose homespun, witty and insightful country-folk tunes influenced legions of musicians in a career that spanned five decades, died Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. He was 73. His publicist tells CNN, “Yes, we can confirm on […]
When 30-year-old Ben Luderer started to feel sick, he wasn’t that surprised. Just a few days earlier, his wife, Brandy, had tested positive for coronavirus, but there wasn’t much to it. All she had was a really low-grade temperature, one that the doctors didn’t even […]
Oprah Winfrey joined the growing list of celebrities who are donating money to coronavirus relief efforts. The media mogul announced on Thursday that she donated $10 million “to help Americans during this pandemic in cities across the country.” Of her total donation, $1 million will go […]
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