WATCH: High-speed Robot Inspired by Cockroach, Lizards Walks on Water
The latest invention at the Ben-Gurion University bio-inspired robotics lab is a tiny machine that can race across the water surface, swim, and crawl over rough terrain too
The latest invention at the Ben-Gurion University bio-inspired robotics lab is a tiny machine that can race across the water surface, swim, and crawl over rough terrain too
Chimeric early arthropod lived half a billion years ago and combines features of all sorts of later arthropods, including huge frontal claws
German firm is considering various options regarding vaccine partnership
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U.K. PM Johnson locks down England for 1 month
At US$20, Breathonix says its test would be 70% cheaper than PCR tests, although infected patients would likely still need the more sensitive PCR tests to confirm the diagnosis
Violent protests in Naples and Rome, while limited in scale, underlined the tense political climate in Italy
The government is also making preparations to create other temporary hospitals as Polish hospitals are filling up and threatening to turn into a major crisis
Whether or not pterosaurs had feathers has enormous implications for our understanding of dinosaur evolution
The United States, India, and Brazil remain the worst affected countries in the world
Thawing permafrost onland raises tsunami risk, of all things. And: why hominin evolution has a sobering insight for us. All this and more in this week’s Haaretz climate change briefs
Anger, though, is rising over the economic, social and health costs of the biggest curtailment of freedoms since wartime
Europe reels from surging coronavirus infections
The last time Italy recorded more than 3,000 cases was April 24, with 3,022 infections reported just a few weeks before the government allowed restaurants, bars and shops to reopen. On that same day, some 420 people died
The Czech Republic was lauded in the Spring for its containment of the virus
The state of emergency, due to expire in mid-October, gives greater powers to central government, making it easier for officials to bypass the bureaucracy that smothers much decision-making in Italy
COVID positive? Do not recite ‘Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers’
Trump had put his faith in a toaster-sized machine that could spit out test results in a matter of minutes
Mike Ryan, the WHO's top emergency expert, says that outbreaks were surging in parts of southeast Asia and that cases and deaths were on the rise in parts of Europe and the eastern Mediterranean region
France, one of the hardest hit in Europe, has reported 32,230 virus-related deaths since the beginning of the pandemic
But on the upside: Snails and sea slugs may be more resilient than we thought, brought to you by the Haaretz climate change briefs
Experts cite youthful population and strict lockdowns, while others question if the TB vaccine offers some protection against COVID-19?
South Korea is also conducting a separate study with some 16 medical organisations on potential complications of the disease through a detailed analysis involving CT scans
Seasonal flu viruses cause between 4 and 50 million infections each year across the European region - depending on whether the region experiences a severe or relatively mild flu season
How you can do your part to save the oceans, and how humanity put volcanoes to shame
The study, conducted by researchers from Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Germany, showed that climate data can help predict when the virus will erupt