In a matter of months, coronavirus swept the the US, touching every corner of the nation – but where the virus is most actively spreading has shifted dramatically over time, a new animation from Harvard and Brown Universities shows. After the East Coast surge of March and April, the areas of concern shifted to the … Read more
Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more
Baffling riddle that ‘97% of Harvard grads cannot solve’ leaves TikTok STUMPED – so can YOU figure out the answer to the puzzle? Jack Fanshawe, 22, from New York, took to TikTok on Thursday to recite what has become known as the ‘I turn polar bears white’ riddle online He claimed that ‘97% of Harvard graduates … Read more
A parrot called Griffin has humiliated students at the Harvard University, as well as local children, by beating them in a memory test. Harvard researchers compared human memory skills with that of the grey African parrot (Psittacus erithacus) – an animal separated from humans by over 300 million years of evolution. They compared how 21 … Read more
Harvard doctor says the US needs a mandatory mask order across ALL states to combat rise of coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed Dr Ashish Jha, from Harvard, says the US needs to implement a nationwide mask order to combat the coronavirus Studies have found that states with mask mandates slowed the growth rate … Read more
Monkeys given six prototype coronavirus vaccines were protected from infection in Harvard study that offers hope a jab to protect humans could be on the horizon In one study, nine monkeys that were infected with coronavirus did not contract the disease after they recovered In another study, 25 monkeys were given six prototype vaccines while … Read more
Yale University in the U.S. is one of the most august educational institutions in the world, with 62 Nobel Prize winners to its name in fields as varied as literature, chemistry and economics. But its most popular online course as the planet comes to terms with the coronavirus pandemic is one called ‘The Science of … Read more
A Harvard law professor believes that homeschooling can be ‘dangerous’ because it gives parents authoritarian control over their children. More than 50 million children in the United States are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic that forced the shut down of schools, restaurants and bars, and other businesses deemed non-essential. While states are developing … Read more
Does the Bernie Bro actually exist? Harvard scientist analyzes 6.8 million tweets and finds Sanders supporters are NOT more hostile to rivals than people who support other candidates A researcher from Harvard investigated 280,000 randomly selected Twitter followers from the top nine Democratic primary candidates He analyzed more than 6.8 million posts, which dated as … Read more