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The Louvre Displays Its Entire Art Collection Online To Be Explored For Free – DesignTAXI.com

Browse the artworks of the most-visited museum in the world, room by room.   It’s not just its stunning glass pyramid shape that sets it apart; being home to history-making artworks like the Mona Lisa, Liberty Leading the People, and … Continue reading

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Special Report: How a coronavirus variant tore through an English island and onto the world stage | Reuters

By Andrew MacAskill, Andrew R.C. Marshall ISLE OF SHEPPEY, England (Reuters) – Warm weather brings tourists to the Isle of Sheppey, a flat, marshy island near the mouth of the River Thames. Each summer, they fill Sheppey’s many caravan parks … Continue reading

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The Coronavirus Variants Don’t Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far | Scientific American

By Vaughn Cooper on March 24, 2021 SARS-CoV-2 may be settling into a limited set of mutations No doubt you’ve heard about the novel coronavirus variants that are evolving around the world. There now appear to be more than a … Continue reading

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Covid-19: Brazil’s hospitals close to collapse as cases reach record high

Luke Taylor Hospitals across Brazil are on the brink of collapse as the country faces the worst chapter of its pandemic yet. Out of the country’s 26 states, 24 have 80% or more of their covid-19 intensive care beds occupied … Continue reading

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Jr Creates Incredible Optical Illusion To “Crack Open” Art Museum | My Modern Met

By Margherita Cole on March 23, 2021 View this post on Instagram A post shared by JR (@jr) The façade of the Palazzo Strozzi has transformed into a giant illusion. In a time when many museums are still shuttered due … Continue reading

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Can we get rid of Covid-19 forever?

As of March 2021, Covid-19 has killed more than 2.5 million people. It’s brought on a dramatic economic downfall, a mental health crisis, and has generally just put the world on pause. But we don’t have to look far back … Continue reading

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Dispatch 14: Covid Crystal Ball | Radiolab | WNYC Studios

On today’s episode, doctors witness the worldwide pandemic playing out in a single human body. Last summer, at a hospital in England, a man in his 70s being treated for complications with cancer tested positive for covid-19. He had lymphoma, … Continue reading

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Ultrasound has potential to damage coronaviruses – ScienceBlog.com

The coronavirus’ structure is an all-too-familiar image, with its densely packed surface receptors resembling a thorny crown. These spike-like proteins latch onto healthy cells and trigger the invasion of viral RNA. While the virus’ geometry and infection strategy is generally … Continue reading

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Covid from space: the humans furthest from the pandemic

Astronaut Jessica Meir’s seven-month mission on the International Space Station (expedition 62, from September 2019-April 2020) glides from the euphoria of the first days in zero gravity, to the deep pressure of the first all-female spacewalk in history, and finally … Continue reading

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Sheets of Frosted Glass Obscure Floral Bouquets in a Photographic Series About Ambiguity

Exuding elegance and obscurity, Foggy Flowers is a two-photograph series by Sander Plug and Lernert Engelberts that centers on our collective outlook for the future through a blur of frosted glass. The duo, who work under Studio Lernert & Sander, unearthed … Continue reading

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