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Health
Who Faces The Greatest Risk Of Severe Illness From Coronavirus?
The data from China offers insights into the way different age groups are affected after being infected.
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Science
How Computer Modeling Of COVID-19's Spread Could Help Fight The Virus
As the world watches the outbreak of a novel coronovirus, epidemiologists are watching simulations of that outbreak in their computers, to try to predict what might happen next.
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National
As Testing Quickly Ramps Up, Expect More U.S. Coronavirus Cases
More labs will soon have the ability to test sick people for the novel coronavirus, and experts say they'll finally have more of a sense of how it's spreading through communities in the U.S.
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Health
How Much Should The Public Be Told About Risky Virus Research?
The U. S. government this week is pondering how much the public needs to be told about funding decisions for lab research that could make risky viruses even worse.
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Science
Fetching With Wolves: What It Means That A Wolf Puppy Will Retrieve A Ball
Some wolf puppies will unexpectedly play "fetch," researchers say, showing that an urge to retrieve a ball might be an ancient wolf trait, and not a result of dog domestication.
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Science
Polly Share A Cracker? Parrots Can Practice Acts Of Kindness, Study Finds
Researchers found that African grey parrots voluntarily helped a partner get a food reward by giving the other bird a valuable metal token that could be exchanged for a walnut.
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Asia
India Announces Plans For Its First Human Space Mission
It hopes to become the fourth nation, after the United States, China and Russia, to send people into space. The mission is targeted for 2022.
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National
Trapped Cars Faced New Holiday Travel Menace: #tumblegeddon
Tumbleweeds are common in the desert plateau of eastern Washington state. But a 12-foot high stack of them trapped cars for hours.
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Science
Encore: How Kids React To Beards And How It Changes With Age
A new study shows that young children have a negative reaction to beards, but that changes as they get older.
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Health
Why Certain Poor Shepherds In Nativity Scenes Have Huge, Misshapen Throats
In some historical Nativity scenes, the shepherds have grossly enlarged thyroid glands — also known today as goiter. It's an apparent symbol of their poverty and iodine-deficient diet.