Medical research teams in England and China are reporting that COVID-19 vaccines being developed are prompting a protective immune response against the coronavirus in subjects that have been injected with the new formulations. This is good news, as other researchers have found that the antibodies produced from a direct infectionread more
Despite the massive changes brought about around the world in 2020, one factor has managed to maintain its status quo from the pre-pandemic era: global warming is still on the rise. In terms of being the hottest January-through-June period on record, 2020 is second only to 2016’s El Niño-fueled firstread more
A small town in Siberia’s far north has recently gained the dubious distinction of breaking a record-high temperature for the Arctic, hitting 100.4°F (38.0°C), a temperature typically only experienced in heat waves that occur much farther south. Although it’s only a small community of only 1,100 people just north ofread more
A dramatic surge in the number of COVID-19 cases has inundated the majority of states across the U.S., with Arizona, Florida and Texas poised to become the new epicenters of the pandemic. Over the past few weeks numerous other states have reported overwhelming numbers of new cases and record numbersread more