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CLOSEIt sounds like a crappy job, but it just might help save lives.If you have the coronavirus, it is passing right through you, researchers confirm, and, with every flush, it's going into the sewer. As a result, Detroit public officials now hope by collecting sewage samples, they can track and predict outbreaks.Officials announced Monday they are refocusing a two-year-old…

The East Bay Municipal Utility District wastewater treatment plant in Oakland, Calif. Stanford University researchers are testing sewage in hopes of tracking the emergence and spread of COVID-19 outbreaks. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The East Bay Municipal Utility District wastewater treatment plant in Oakland, Calif. Stanford University researchers are…

Mahlori had made the gardens his home on 13 July last year. This after the previous male, Thulani, disappeared at the beginning of June, leaving Makatsa alone with a newborn chick. The chick eventually died at the beginning of August last year. Thulani had been living in the gardens since 1998, while Makatsa has been there…

Concertgoers Pandemic-Safe Suit Revealed!!! (We REALLY Need a Vaccine) 5/4/2020 7:52 AM PT Going to concerts in the near future might require rocking a neon spacesuit straight out of Daft Punk's closet, if an L.A. designer's vision comes true. It's called the Micrashell, a prototype for a personal protective suit that would allow people to…

Researchers will need to carefully untangle cause and effect when it comes to learning what lockdown and a moratorium on alcohol sales have meant for the country – and our collective future, writes Koot Kotze. An overwhelmed health system — a familiar nemesis.For South African healthcare workers, payday weekends — or public holidays — mean…