There's a deadly virus spreading throughout China right now, but Self magazine has a calming message for Americans: "For perspective," the publication tweeted Thursday, "the flu is a bigger threat in
Harvey Weinstein's lead defense attorney, Donna Rotunno, calls herself the "ultimate feminist." She's built her career defending men accused of rape. She's defending Weinstein against five felony coun
It was the accessory of the moment for many of the people driving into the massive San Gabriel Square mega-mall. Customers fidgeted with the filters of the masks covering their mouths as they streamed
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Global health Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say Rapidly rising caseloads alarm researchers, who fear the virus may make its way across the globe. But scientists cannot
New Report on 138 Coronavirus Cases Reveals Disturbing Details A highly contagious patient, virus transmission inside a hospital and unexpected turns for the worse have emerged as part of the epidemic
Capital outflows from China have begun to accelerate and the first concrete trade data from Asia have exposed a drastic disruption of supply chains, raising the risk of a broader global financial shoc
What would happen if the Earth’s temperature went up a couple of degrees, or if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions doubled? All signs point to terrible effects, from widespread heatwaves to negative impac
The new strain of coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in China, has made another person-to-person jump, this time in California. A husband and wife pair are now confirmed to have the vir
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Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez is calling on Iowa Democratic officials to immediately recanvass Monday's caucus vote after days of uncertainty and growing concerns about "inconsistencie
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In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome "13th Gen," about Generation X -- the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention, they w
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Roughly 50 million people are under quarantine in China. Thousands of travelers are being screened at airports every day. Armies of disease detectives are knocking on doors around the world in hopes o
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Summary Background Since Dec 31, 2019, the Chinese city of Wuhan has reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Cases have been exported to other Chin
fluid dynamics The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves February 5, 2020 Rogue waves — enigmatic giants of the sea — were thought to be caused by two different mechanisms. But a new idea that borrows f
8 min read · Feb 4, 2020 -- (The following post started out as a single-voice piece, but Rick Turoczy collaborated with me on the final copy. Much of what is discussed below, are things he and I — and
My most fervent risk communication complaint at the moment is the tendency of many top officials in the U.S., Canada, and Europe to overemphasize the fact that the risk of the novel Wuhan coronavirus
NASA predicts solar minimum will be at its lowest by 2020 Earth could be braced for a ‘mini ICE-AGE' as one expert warned a solar minimum could last until the 2050s. Sunspot activity on the surface of
New Zealand now has active no coronavirus cases in the community after the final six people linked to the Auckland cluster recovered, the country's Health Ministry confirmed in an email Wednesday. The
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DARPA recently spent millions on research involving bats and coronaviruses, as well as gene editing “bioweapons” prior to the recent coronavirus outbreak. Now, “strategic allies” of the agency have be
Amateur radio enthusiasts have proved themselves useful during the recent bushfires after traditional telecommunication channels broke down. Key points: Amateur radio operators in Australia must be li
A member of the Thai Airways crew disinfects the cabin of an aircraft of the national carrier during a procedure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airpor
Abstract The discovery of SARS-like coronavirus in bats suggests that bats could be the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV. However, previous studies indicated the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) pr
For decades, whole regions, nations even, have tried to model themselves on a particular ideal of innovation, the lifeblood of the modern economy. From Apple to Facebook, Silicon Valley’s freewheeling
In this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a medical worker attends to a patient in the intensive care unit at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan in centr
Communities around China have ordered their residents to stop keeping pets - or risk getting them culled - amid fears that animals could also catch the new coronavirus that has killed 213 in less than
One of the most dangerous philosophical contentions even amongst liberty movement activists is the conundrum of government force and prevention during times of imminent pandemic. All of us at one time or another have had this debate. If a legitimate viral threat existed and threatened to infect and…
Summary An outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that began in Wuhan, China, has spread rapidly, with cases now confirmed in multiple countries. We report the first case of 2019-nCoV infection con
From the early North American trappers and frontier folk down through the outdoor magazine and fiction writers of postwar era, the hatchet was the quintessential personal survival blade of the pre-Ram
The best masks for emergencies are respirators because they prevent bad stuff from getting into your respiratory system. Bandanas, dust masks, and surgical masks are not respirators and are not someth
There are a lot of dangerously-false survival myths that just won’t go away — even professional news organizations will repeat easily-researched falsehoods. We hate to think how many people have relie
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Even if you never use it, the peace of mind that comes with knowing you can handle almost anything is well worth the cost. New? Start with the beginner’s guide to emergency preparedness for more about
This guide is for self-reliant people who want to prepare for injuries that are more serious than daily scrapes and/or for situations where professional medical care might not be available — such as n
Details for each book are further down the page. Most links open an Amazon listing, who requires us to say that on every line (sorry). If you only buy a few: SAS Survival Handbook (Amazon) The Surviva
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