GEORGE TOWN: The supply of basic necessities in Penang is sufficient although there were cases of panic buying at some of the state’s supermarkets until yesterday. Penang Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs office director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar said investigations conducted by enforcement officers found that four supermarkets on the island were the target of…
Westworld is soon to return with season three. Four episodes in to the impossibly glamorous, highly urbanised future, I can’t wait to find out what’s going on, writes Emily Wilson Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532740-600-westworld-season-3-review-five-star-tv-where-nothing-is-what-it-seems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
As cases outside China have risen thirteenfold in the past two weeks, the World Health Organization says covid-19 outbreak can now be characterised as pandemic Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237190-the-who-is-now-calling-the-coronavirus-outbreak-a-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
As the number of covid-19 cases escalates, six potential vaccines are in development, and a range of drugs that could block the virus are being tested in China Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532734-000-the-race-to-test-coronavirus-antiviral-drugs-and-vaccines-is-under-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
Psychologists say that closing schools and restricting movement too early could lead to “crisis fatigue”, meaning people begin ignoring rules designed to stop the coronavirus spreading Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237123-why-isnt-the-uk-taking-more-drastic-action-to-tackle-the-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
A self-powered device that generates electricity from the wind can also absorb and break down harmful nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide from the air Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236556-wind-powered-turbines-could-clean-pollutants-from-our-air/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron signature in its atmosphere, suggesting the metal is raining down on the planet’s night side Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237101-liquid-iron-rain-spotted-on-super-heated-exoplanet-wasp-76b/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
A new species of dinosaur has been named from a skull measuring only 1.4 centimetres across. The dinosaur was smaller than any living bird today Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532734-500-tiny-birdlike-dinosaur-species-identified-from-skull-trapped-in-amber/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
It might seem confusing that estimates of number of fatalities caused by the new coronavirus range widely, but that’s because there is no one fixed death rate Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24532733-700-why-is-it-so-hard-to-calculate-how-many-people-will-die-from-covid-19/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0
UK chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £30 billion package of measures to offset the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak, along with more funds for green measures Read More https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237128-budget-2020-uk-pledges-cash-to-tackle-coronavirus-and-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Views: 0