If a paper published last week in the open-access journal of the American Medical Association is to be believed, social media really can drive you crazy. Mental illness is nothing to […]
Dragging you down
The best welfare
If you were lucky enough to have a high-paying job and some status within your community when the pandemic began, thank your lucky stars. Your elevated socioeconomic status might have done […]
Here to stay
Add whitetail deer to the growing list of animals other than humans that can become infected with the COVID-19-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus. The deer, according to a team of scientists from around the […]
Rage fuel
Researchers from Yale University went exploring in the Twitter sewer and guess what they found? Voracious Twitterati fed by their fans. Think of the relationship between restaurant waste and the sewer rats […]
Furry friends
Armed with hundreds of trail cameras, scientists from across North America have come up with the data to form a list of the wildlife most and least comfortable around people. Most of […]
Fleeing COVID
Can you run, walk, pedal, swim, snowshoe, ski or otherwise run away from the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 virus? A new study doesn’t promise that you can, but it does indicate you can cut […]
Lose the gut
Add COVID-19 to the dangers associated with the “beer belly,” an anatomical feature long associated with increased risks for death. Doctors in the Netherlands have concluded that a waist size over 40 […]
Anti-COVID diet?
The Omega-3 benefits of eating salmon have long been known, but a new study out of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California suggests a special protective value for these pandemic times. […]
Vital overreach
After years of Alaska politicians complaining about “federal overreach” in the 49th state, one legislator is now arguing that it is vital in Cook Inlet, the waterway that cuts into the heart […]
Masked and unmasked
News analysis A Danish study of masking branded as “controversial” long before it saw the light of day finally emerged in print on Wednesday only to add to the confusion over […]
