viruses
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Studies Show Far-UVC Light Can Kill Coronaviruses Without Harming Humans
Ultraviolet light can kill microscopic creatures like bacteria and viruses by destroying the molecular bonds in their genetic material. But UV light also damages human DNA, causing eye and skin damage and increasing our risk of cancer. It turns out, though, that there’s a loophole: a specific wavelength of UV light that’s safe for people…
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The Primal Joy of Watching Captain Janeway Fight Giant Viruses
Friends, I wish I had something more profound to say. But I’ve been having a really good time rewatching Kathryn Janeway get her Ellen Ripley on in a viral pandemic.
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U.S. Hits 2 Million Coronavirus Cases As Trump Ignores Pandemic to Threaten ‘Ugly Anarchists’
The U.S. has officially identified over 2 million coronavirus cases, the highest number in the world, according to the latest figures from the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker. The country has at least 112,924 deaths, also the highest in the world, and things are expected to get even worse in the coming months as health…
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How Do Viruses Mutate And Jump Species?
Viruses are little more than parasitic fragments of RNA or DNA. Despite this, they are astonishingly abundant in number and genetic diversity. We don’t know how many virus species there are, but there could be trillions.