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Early warning system for COVID-19 gets faster through wastewater detection and tracing

Posted: 04 Jun 2021 10:54 AM PDT

A new research paper builds on previous research of COVID-19 testing in municipal sewer systems and subsequent tracing the virus back to the source by more accurately modelling a system's treelike network of one-way pipes and manholes, and by speeding up the detection/tracing process through automatic sensors installed in specific manholes, chosen according to an easier-to-use algorithm.

No evidence that the shift to farming made males and females more physically similar

Posted: 03 Jun 2021 02:11 PM PDT

Scientists have proposed that males and females started to become more similar in size and shape after the origin of farming due to natural selection. However, a new evolutionary and genomic analysis finds no evidence that this occurred.