The findings raise the distant possibility they could become a reservoir for the pathogen in nature and transmit it to humans.
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Part 5: How the pandemic keeps changing where I find inspiration
Critical components of the immune system's early defense, called interferons, are missing in bad coronavirus cases.
Underwater seismometers find a rare temblor where its rumblings traveled in one direction and then back. Scientists hope to use the observations to find similar quakes.
Canine studies aim to develop a quicker, more accurate test for the novel coronavirus.
Employees at the farms also tested positive, but it is unclear whether they transmitted the infection to the animals, or vice versa.
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Detailed research on the continent’s arthropods shows the jury is still out on rapid and widespread die-offs.
The insects apparently fed using sharp jaws that moved up and down, unlike their modern counterparts, whose jaws move horizontally, researchers say.
Researchers out of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign show household electric cookers can be used to decontaminate N95 respirators for reuse.
With 12,000 dog shows canceled, competitors still practice, but also chase squirrels.
People are altering their routines and dog-walking routes, avoiding other people with their pups.
Researchers at Duke University created a visual aid to demonstrate the efficacy of varying masks.
Canine science aims to increase the success rate for service dogs by analyzing minds, genetics and behavior.
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Born 100 years ago, the oceanographer was a pioneer in uncovering hidden features of the ocean bottom — mountains, valleys and trenches.
The eight-episode series also looks at water and sewage treatment and the history of such diseases as cholera.
Infectious-disease expert Anthony Fauci told reporters that he is “cautiously optimistic” that there will be a safe and effective vaccine.
The remains discovered in northern Siberia are at least 10,000 years old, scientists say.
NASA officials held a news conference on Aug. 2 after SpaceX's Demo-2 Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
A tiny aphid-like insect known as hemlock woolly adelgid has been devastating the trees since the 1970s.
