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The Flu Pandemic Of 1918: Modern Parallels From A Century-Old Pandemic

March 23, 2020

The influenza pandemic of 1918 (also known as the Spanish flu, even though it didn’t originate in Spain) is among the most severe pandemics in recent history, only second to…

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How Does The Coronavirus Affect Different Age Groups?

March 23, 2020

Young people are more likely to be carriers of COVID-19 than they think, this is what is revealed by the analysis of Andreas Backhaus, a researcher and economist. His findings…

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The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Humans Inc.

March 23, 2020

Depending on the state of the planet and society, the world will reach one of four possible, highly contrasting outcomes by the year 2050. This is the central idea of …

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The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Extinction Express

March 20, 2020

Arup’s recently published white paper, 2050 Scenarios: four plausible futures, discussed how certain choices of humanity at present can lead to one of the four scenarios they have identified. So…

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COVID-19 Treatment Might Already Exist In Old Drugs – We’re Using Pieces Of The Coronavirus Itself To Find Them

March 20, 2020

Why don’t we have drugs to treat COVID-19 and how long will it take to develop them? SARS-CoV-2 – the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 – is completely new…

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Coronavirus: A Pandemic In The Age Of Inequality

March 19, 2020

Osmel Martinez Azcue felt unwell. Having recently returned home to Florida from China and experiencing flu-like symptoms, he went to his local hospital to get tested for coronavirus. While the…

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The 4 Plausible Futures Of The World: Post Anthropocene

March 18, 2020

The world is in a state of rapid change. Depending on our collective priorities and choices, there are plausible scenarios for the world’s fate in the year 2050. This is…

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The State Of Gender Equality Across The EU

March 17, 2020

While heading towards the right direction, advances in gender equality in the European Union (EU) are moving at a snail’s pace, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) reports. …

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Quarantines Have Tried To Keep Out Disease For Thousands Of Years

March 16, 2020

The recent global spread of a deadly coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, has led world leaders to invoke an ancient tradition to control the spread of illness: quarantine. The practice…

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How Cities Can Prepare For The Next Pandemic

March 13, 2020

According to Johns Hopkins CSSE, the COVID-19 outbreak has recorded more than 20 million confirmed cases and 760,000 fatalities. The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic,…

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