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Can I Get COVID-19 Through My Eyes or Ears?
Can I get COVID-19 through my eyes or ears? The answer is It's possible through the eyes, but not likely through the ears. As with the nose and mouth, doctors say the eyes may be a route of infection if someone with the virus coughs or sneezes nearby.
Scientists Determine 'Thinness Gene'
We all know those lucky people who can eat whatever they want while remaining thin. The real reason behind this luck may be unknown for those individuals who believe they only have "good genes".
Rome's Colosseum Hosts Few Hundred Tourists After Reopening
Rome's famous Colosseum reopened on Monday after a three-month coronavirus lockdown, but just a few hundred people visited Italy's top tourism site. The massive amphitheater, which witnessed savage fights and the gory deaths of unlucky gladiators and wild animals centuries ago, was eerily silent
Confined Moroccans Find New Ways to Celebrate Eid
Instead of mass prayers and large family gatherings filled with colorful clothes, gifts and traditional foods, millions of Moroccan Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr at home, subdued and isolated amid their country’s newly extended coronavirus lockdown. The mood was somber for the normally joyous ho
Egypt’s Giza Pyramids Host Fan-less Eid Concerts
Egypt’s United Company for Media Services organized a number of fan-less concerts during Eid al-Fitr near the Giza Pyramids to help mitigate the effects of the lockdown imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. Famous Egyptian stars, such as Angham, Tamer Hosni, Hamid el-Shaery, Hisham Abbas, Medh
Scientists Develop New Bioink to Create 3D Printed Bone Tissue
Bioprinting is an emerging additive manufacturing approach that takes biomaterials such as hydrogels and combines them with cells and growth factors, which are then printed to create tissue-like structures that imitate natural tissues.
Lebanese Turn Balconies, Roofs into Private Pools amid Lockdown, Heatwave
Temperatures topped an unprecedented 38 degrees Celsius in Lebanon this May. The unbearable heatwave that came well before the start of the summer has been made even harder to tolerate as it led to more frequent power outages.