Category: Science

How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are close to an answer (0.5%-1.0%)

Converge News Team
How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are close to an answer

Article originally appeared on Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01738-2 Public-health researchers use the infection fatality rate to gauge how to respond to a new disease, but it’s tricky to calculate. One of the most crucial questions about an emerging infectious disease such as the new coronavirus is how deadly it is. After months of collecting data, scientists are getting closer to an answer. Researchers use a metric called infection fatality rate (IFR) to calculate how deadly a new disease is. It is the proportion of infected people who will die as a result,…

World, You’re Toxic!

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World, You're Toxic! | Health | Lifestyle | Science | Converge

There’s a strange dichotomy when it comes to our relationship to toxic materials. Indeed, on the one hand, the news is thick with blame and inquiries when toxic wastes are involved, whether it concerns the illegal pollution of the Black Sea or the increasing dangers of abandoned building sites. People are not only made aware of the potential threats that toxins can pose to their very existence. But on the other hand, we love nothing more than a toxic scare. The toxic theme is a popular escape room game, from…

Lazy Ways To Save The Planet

Jason Fleagle
Lazy Ways To Save The Planet | Converge

You don’t have to renovate the entirety of your house to save the planet. You don’t have to fashion your own clothes from leaves and twigs you have collected to become an eco-warrior. You don’t have to stand outside your local government office to protest their tree-cutting practices to create more apartment buildings. You don’t have to do any of these things (unless you wanted to). If going green in your life seems like too much hard work, know this. There are lazy ways to save the planet. Here are…