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Weird Plague 'Cures' (The Black Death)
The Bubonic plague, more commonly known as the Black Death due to the black ‘buboes’ that would swell in the armpits and groins of victims, decimated the population of Europe during the Middle Ages, ...
The Mancunion4d
The Black Death: Plague protocol in medieval times to the modern age
The Black Death is a disease I am sure most of us have heard of, with its bursting pustules, rats, and overwhelming death ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
Daily Nexus9d
Campbell Hall Plague spreads
Hot take: college is like preschool. College students must painfully relearn how to make friends and share their things. And, ...
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Oregon is rocked by first human case of BUBONIC PLAGUE in nearly a decade after being infected by their pet cat: Officials rush to contain virus
When an infected rodent becomes sick and dies, its fleas can carry the infection to other animals or humans through bites. It ...
The Courier-Journal24d
Bird flu has been reported worldwide. Is it a threat to humans? What the CDC recommends.
Most human cases of bird flu in the U.S. have been mild so far, and most had known exposure to sick or infected animals. Avian influenza A viruses are very different from human seasonal influenza ...
Ars Technica24d
Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything” shortly after 2027
On Tuesday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI models may surpass human capabilities "in almost everything" within two to three years, according to a Wall Street Journal interview at the ...
SciTech Daily24d
Unlocking the Blueprint of Human Life With a Revolutionary DNA Map
Scientists at deCODE genetics have unveiled a groundbreaking map of human DNA mixing during reproduction, offering insights into genetic diversity, health, and fertility. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...
Newsweek25d
Human evolution
Newsweek magazine delivered to your door Newsweek Voices: Diverse audio opinions Enjoy ad-free browsing on Newsweek.com Comment on articles Newsweek app updates on-the-go ...
Nature25d
Why AI will never be able to acquire human-level intelligence
Your news feature ‘How close is AI to human-level intelligence?’ (Nature 636, 22–25; 2024) describes three abilities that artificial-intelligence tools called large language models (LLMs ...
BBC25d
Human hands are astonishing tools. Here's why robots are struggling to match them
Our hands perform thousands of complex tasks every day – can artificial intelligence help robots match these extraordinary human appendages? The human hand is one of the most staggeringly ...
Interesting Engineering26d
Watch: World’s first human-like walking humanoid robot takes a stroll in China
The SE01 humanoid robot, which previously made headlines for achieving one of the most human-like gaits, has again captured global attention. Chinese robotics firm EngineAI has posted a new video ...