Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going out between Mardi Gras and St. Patrick’s Day. The analysis of location data from billions of Google users’ phones is the largest public data set available to help…

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Zoom has emerged as an indispensable video conferencing tool for remote work and study as millions of people  are forced to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a growing number of so-called Zoom-bombing incidents is prompting warnings from the FBI and from the victims themselves. People participating in meetings and lessons via video conference platforms like Zoom can find their…

Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery over the age of a landmark skull found in 1921 in Zambia — the first fossil of an extinct human species discovered in Africa — in research with big implications for deciphering the origin of our own species. The study published on Wednesday involved the so-called Broken Hill skull, also called…

This year’s United Nations global climate summit is being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain said Wednesday. The U.K. government said the meeting, due to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, in November, will now be held next year at a date still to be determined. The government said in a statement that…

Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus. Almost 60 per cent of patients who were subsequently confirmed as positive…