Carl Zimmer

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Zimmer

In April, astronomers said they had detected a possible signature of life on the exoplanet K2-18b. Now, three independent analyses discount the evidence. In April, a team of astronomers announced that they might - just might - have found signs of life on a planet over 120 light-years from Earth. The mere possibility of extraterrestrial life was enough to attract attention worldwide. It also attracted intense scrutiny from other astronomers.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Carl Zimmer

WASHINGTON - In the early 2000s, a coronavirus infecting bats jumped into raccoon dogs and other wild mammals in south-western China. Some of those animals were sold in markets, where the coronavirus jumped again, into humans. The result was the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) pandemic, which spread to 33 countries and claimed 774 lives. A few months into it, scientists discovered the coronavirus in mammals known as palm civets sold in a market at the center of the outbreak.

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Carl Zimmer

A civet cat confiscated from a Guangzhou animal market by Chinese health officials and police during the SARS outbreak in 2004. Photo / AFPAs China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade. In the early 2000s, a coronavirus infecting bats jumped into raccoon dogs and other wild mammals in southwestern China.

3 weeks ago | es.ara.cat | Esther Utrilla |Carl Zimmer

BarcelonaLa Liga ya está muy cerca para el Barça. A falta de tan sólo tres jornadas, los azulgranas volvieron a vencer al Real Madrid este domingo. Y lo hicieron, de nuevo, culminando una épica remontada. De hecho, los blancos empezaron el partido más enchufados que los azulgrana y, antes del minuto 15 de juego, ya ganaban por 0-2. Pero los jóvenes culés aún no habían dicho la suya: en el descanso, el Barça ya había dado la vuelta al marcador (4-2).

3 weeks ago | es.ara.cat | Esther Utrilla |Carl Zimmer

BarcelonaEstados Unidos y China han anunciado este lunes una serie de acuerdos para rebajar las tensiones comerciales entre ambos países, entre las que destaca la suspensión parcial de los aranceles recíprocos más recientes durante 90 días.