(Natural News) Over the years, products with lead have steadily been removed from store shelves as more people become aware about the dangers of lead poisoning. However, K-12 students in California may be ingesting the heavy metal through an unavoidable source – their water. In an email to the Environmental Working Group, the California State […]

(Natural News) Most living creatures on Earth need oxygen to live – as such, the element is considered one of the building blocks of life. With this in mind, it might come as a surprise to find out that oxygen wasn’t present in the atmosphere of the early Earth. Now, a recent study has discovered how […]

(Natural News) After more than three decades of research, scientists — in what has been called a landmark discovery — have finally synthesized a powerful anti-cancer compound. The compound, named E7130, is a type of halichondrin, and was synthesized by a team of researchers from Harvard University in collaboration with researchers at Japanese pharmaceutical company […]

(Natural News) A new study in The Lancet entitled, “Real estimates of mortality following COVID-19 infection” (source), finds that the global death rate from the coronavirus is settling in at around 5.7%, which is 57 times higher than the seasonal flu. The study warns that, “mortality rate of COVID-19 could be as high as 20% […]

(Natural News) We are now releasing the downloadable Pandemic Projection Model (“Adams Model”) spreadsheet, Revision 2, with new features: You can alter the starting assumption values to test different scenarios of where the coronavirus pandemic goes in any given nation or population region. Fields that can be altered include R0 value, mortality rate, and # […]

(Natural News) Leaked documents from a lecturer at the American Hospital Association (AHA) conference in February reveal that US hospitals are preparing for: – 96 million coronavirus infections – 4.8 million hospitalizations – 480,000 deaths in the USA This is now reported by both the UK Daily Mail as well as Business Insider. As the […]

(Natural News) Cyanide is a poison that can kill humans and animals alike. However, scientists are looking at the chemicals present in some asteroids as a way to better understand how life first emerged on our planet. According to a study by scientists at Boise State University and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the […]

(Natural News) When the subject of carbon nanotubes is brought up, most people probably won’t think of something that can be cooked up in a kitchen. However, a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have done just that – creating carbon nanotubes with the help of common household materials. Led by Richard Li, a graduate […]

(Natural News) Today I finished tweaking the first draft of a pandemic projection model that simulates the spread of the coronavirus in the United States. The assumptions of the model are explained here, and you will find they are extremely conservative (using R0 value of just 1.82, for example). The model’s predictions are nothing short […]

(Natural News) In June of 2019, miners employed by Enchanted Designs Limited were busy at work in Alberta, Canada looking for ammolite, a rainbow-colored gemstone used in luxury jewelry, when they instead found something arguably much more valuable. They found the fossilized remains of an ancient sea monster that lived about 70 million years ago during the […]