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Ancient people tried to stop rising seas with spears or fiery boulders

Ancient people tried to stop rising seas with spears or fiery boulders

13 February 2020

When natural global warming raised seas by 120 metres starting around 18,000 years ago, people tried to protect themselves by building walls or rolling fiery boulders into the sea
Drugs

We'll soon know if covid-19 can be treated with HIV and Ebola drugs

13 February 2020

The results of clinical trials testing HIV and Ebola drugs in Chinese patients with covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, should be known in the next few weeks

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