The WHO chief praised the Chinese authorities’ actions. It has nevertheless been decided to declare an international emergency: PHEIC for short, the English abbreviation for International Emergency in Public Health. “We don’t know what damage this virus could cause in a country with a weaker health system,” he explained at a press conference. Tedros said to have confidence in China’s …

The new coronavirus has surfaced in Germany, reports the Bavarian Ministry of Health Monday evening. The patient would have been placed in isolation and would be fine. 4,515 people worldwide have now been infected and 106 people have died. The man comes from the Starnberg region in the German state. It was only confirmed on Monday evening that he was …

In 2018, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received a WhatsApp message from a remarkable sender: a 4.4 MB video from none other than Mohammed Bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince. The result? The iPhone of the richest man on earth rapidly leaked an enormous amount of information. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the crown prince supposedly sent this. Bezos …

A meteorite that struck fifty years ago first like a big fireball and then in countless lumps in southeast Australia, appears to contain the oldest material ever found on earth. According to experts, this is star dust that is probably between five and seven billion years old. That is older than the earth, the sun and our solar system. The …

The Keukenhof in Lisse, South Holland, needs to plant more bulbs to anticipate the erratic temperature peaks and lows in the winter. The number of planted bulbs has risen by around 30 percent in recent years. More different types of flower bulbs are being planted to guarantee visitors colorful fields between mid-March and mid-May. That tells Keukenhof director Bart Siemerink. …

Scientists from the American Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have determined that volcanoes are active on Venus. As far as we know, it is the first other planet in our solar system where such active natural phenomena still occur, write the researchers Friday night in the journal Science Advances. The discovery was made by analyzing thermal images of volcanoes on …

The American biotechnologist Biogen and his Japanese partner Eisai are making rapid progress with their experimental means for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The new test results for aducanumab drug were labeled as a “milestone” by the research panel at a pharmaceutical conference in the United States. A high dose of aducanumab, taken for a long period of time, could …

Starting next year, Swiss Facebook users can transfer photos and videos from Facebook to Google Photos. Facebook will announce that on Monday. The service is currently available in Ireland. By giving users the option to export their Facebook photos to Google Photos, Facebook wants to ensure more openness of online platforms. The service is part of the Data Transfer Project. …

People in their twenties and thirties in the Netherlands think more conservatively about issues such as abortion and euthanasia than generations that preceded them. This is the conclusion of researchers at Tilburg University. The research will soon be published in the scientific journal Mens en Maatschappij. In obtaining the results, use was made of data from a European study that …

The cabinet wants to give telecom companies ample room to hang up antennas for 5G, the newest generation of mobile communication, in public places. But municipalities fear cluttering of the streets and problems with the management of street furniture on which the new antennas must be hung. They also foresee a flood of complaints from citizens about alleged health risks. …