Biology
Canadian scientist 'revives' the extinct virus that once killed 500 million people
Last week, Science magazine reported that a group of Canadian scientists synthesized a strain of artificial smallpox virus.
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Biology
Bananas are in danger of extinction because of a fungal pandemic
A toxic fungal epidemic is threatening Southeast Asian banana fields and spreading around the world, prompting scientists to warn about bananas.
Biology
This seemingly harmless bacterium killed one third of the world's population
Some recent research has found the cause of the bacteria causing pandemics
Biology
Strange virus in the Middle East is about to cause a new SARS pandemic?
Health experts warn that a mysterious coronavirus, appearing in the Middle East last year, may have begun to spread from person to person, threatening to create a SARS p…
Biology
Israeli army blocked
The sky was dark because of the arrival of grasshoppers from Egypt and the Israeli army was trying to block them to protect the fields in the south.
Biology
Decode dead E.coli strains
The researchers deciphered the mysterious strain of E. coli that caused a pandemic in 2011 in Germany, killing 54 people and
Biology
Asian mosquitoes expand throughout Europe
Asian tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus) are mosquito species originating from tropical and subtropical regions in Southeast Asia. They can transmit viruses that cause…
Biology
New virus variants can delete mankind
Dutch scientists have just created a variant of the avian influenza virus with a strong virulence, which could cause millions to die at the same time.
Biology
The 1918 virus is bird flu
After successfully replicating the pandemic flu virus in 1918, American scientists came to a shocking conclusion: the 1918 virus also belongs to the bird flu family, whi…
Animal world
Asian lions are about to become extinct because of a pandemic from wild dogs
In the past 1 month, at least 23 lions have died in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and the Gujarat State Park in western India.
Animal world
China deployed chicken army to deal with locust pandemic
Authorities in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China delivered more than 2,200 chickens to local cattle farmers.
Animal world
You plan to release genetically modified mice to deal with the rat pandemic
The numbers announced by authorities last week show that councils in London receive 100 complaints about rats and mice every day.
Animal world
Animals carry at least 320,000 dangerous virus species
US and Bangladeshi scientists say mammals now carry up to 320,000 different species of viruses and many viruses can spread to humans, becoming pandemics.
Animal world
Why do grasshoppers fly in groups?
The Bible once described them as a pandemic of insects following the wind and cleaning everything in the Egyptian land. Now, scientists have found the right time when a…