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NEW YORK — Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staff members gathered recently to look back, and look inward. “I am still scared,” Dr. Gwen Hooley told her colleagues at Elmhurst Hospital, which was swamped with patients in late March as the virus rampaged through …

Image copyright A.Romilio/University of Queensland Image caption An artist’s impression of what one of these creatures might have looked like Scientists have been stunned to find that some ancient crocodiles might have moved around on two feet. The evidence comes from beautifully preserved fossil tracks in South Korea. Nearly a hundred of these 18-24cm-long indentations …

Amphan, which was the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal before it weakened, ripped apart homes, tore down trees, washed away bridges and left large predominately rural areas without power or communications. The state of West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday at least 12 people had died in …

It’s slightly humiliating, but not entirely surprising. For the past month, I’ve been at my childhood home in New Zealand on coronavirus lockdown — and it appears I’ll be living with my parents for the foreseeable future. Until recently, I lived in my own apartment in Hong Kong with a spirited cat and a large …

The Rolling Stones came together to pull off a unique virtual performance of You Can’t Always Get What You Want during Global Citizen’s One World: Together At Home concert amid the coronavirus crisis.  But, as the performance aired in both the US and the UK, fans were left in hysterics by band member Charlie Watts …

Persons living with disabilities face a number of challenges as they go about in their daily activities. The blind may require a helper when moving about while those physically challenged are forced to use their limbs in movement. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to limit the movement of people within the country, most people are …

Rarely has such a crucial enterprise for the future of human civilization led to such little commercial success. Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Wind and solar only produce at certain times, so …

“To everyone who has left New York over the last few days, because of the rate of the number of cases, you may have been exposed before you left New York,” Dr. Deborah Birx said at a White House press briefing, adding that “everybody who was in New York should be self-quarantining for the next …

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presented the program Fairytale Pieces in a YouTube livestream Monday, March 9. Pictured are cellist Leighton Fong (left), violist Phyllis Kamrin and soprano Nikki Einfeld. Photo: Bonnie Rae Mills Concertgoers tend to focus, understandably enough, on the music, but it turns out applause is also an essential part of the concert …

OAKLAND PARK, Fla. – Florida ranks number two in the country when it comes to tragedies involving children dying in hot cars. A potential new law and technology is part of a nationwide effort to save lives.  “Every day I turn on the news, someone has left a child in the car,” said Patrice Gethers, whose …