Fit, Healthy 33-year-old Recounts Falling Ill to Coronavirus
Andrea Napoli spent the next nine days breathing with an oxygen mask. During two days in intensive care, three patients in his ward died
Science & Health
How Judaism Handled Epidemics Down the Ages
Scientific observation gradually prevailed over the belief that outbreaks stemmed from God’s wrath, but the dilemma over succoring the sick remains
Coronavirus: The Five Days at an Evangelical Superchurch That Set a Time Bomb in Europe
The prayer meeting kicked off the biggest cluster of COVID-19 in France - one of northern Europe's hardest-hit countries - to date, local government said. Around 2,500 confirmed cases have been linked to it
Climate Change and Coronavirus: Environment Briefs for This Week
Roses were red, black skies were blue, here are the climate change stories Haaretz didn’t report on this week – but are still new
Pangolins, a Food in the East, Could Be the Missing Link in the Coronavirus Epidemic
Wild scaly anteaters carry a virus closely related to SARS-CoV-2 and could be the source of the disease, researchers say, and suggest banning their sale and consumption
Earliest Animal With Head and Tail Discovered in Australia, Says New Paper
Worm-like Ikaria wariootia from 550 million years ago could be the missing link between the mysterious proto-animals of the Ediacaran era and animal life as we know it
Forecast: Worldwide Food Shocks if Dust Bowl Recurs – but Do Watch Out for That Sushi
Will epigenetics save us? What about fish? Climate change stories that should be on your radar, brought to you by Haaretz and the world media
Fossil Fish Fingers Shed New Light on the Evolution of the Human Hand
Paleontological surprise: Almost 400 million years ago, an Elpistostege had both normal fin rays - and bones typical of vertebrate arms and digits in its fins
Coronavirus Crisis: China Sends Aid to Italy as High Death-rate Mystery Confounds Experts
'We are trying to understand why the mortality rate seems so high compared to other countries, and why patients seem more critical than in other countries,' said one epidemiologist
Climate Change Briefs: Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia and Unexpected Consequences
The climate change (and deadly virus) stories we've been following this week
News of Shrews: Hairy-tailed Species Discovered in Indonesian Canopy
Happily for science, some came down from the treetops and were identified as a new species by their unusually hairy tails
How New Zealand Parrots Outperform Politicians: The Climate Change Stories We’re Reading
Our beaches and maple syrup join the list of things in peril, but poo-namis could help us regain a grip: Here are the climate change stories Haaretz didn’t report on this week – but that are worth knowing
To Stay Younger for Longer, Make This Change to Your Diet
Recent research suggests that if we fast for 16 hours out of the day, we can expect a dramatic increase in lifespan. Still, the long-term implications of confining our calorie intake to an eight-hour period are still not clear. Israeli scientists weigh in
Mouthless Creatures Invented Social Network 500m Years Ago
Ediacarans called rangeomorphs were interconnected by filaments that could be meters in length
Pollution Is Causing Wild Fish Deformities
No less than 80 percent of wild splittails caught in the San Joaquin Delta had crooked spines, and farmed fish can have the same problems and more. Israel’s fish farms are closely supervised, ministry reassures
Turning the North Sea Into a Lake: The Climate Change Stories We’re Reading
JP Morgan has an epiphany and scientists try to shock the world into sobriety: Here are the climate change stories Haaretz didn’t report on this week – but that are worth knowing
Return of the Microscopic Parasitic Jellyfish
Myxozoan infesting salmon has degenerated so far it even lost the genes for breathing, Israeli and American scientists discover
Earliest Complex Green Algae Found – and It’s a Billion Years Old
Discovery of fossil algae in northern China sheds light on origin of the vast family of green plants first arose
