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Tech It Out: A plant's shoot tip can keep viruses away

06:33 The community of viruses is extremely vast, occupying every imaginable biological niche. And animals are not the only victims.There are some 1,000 kinds of plant viruses in natur

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How do scientists track the genetic evolution of coronavirus?

05:26 As scientists around the world are trying to beat COVID-19, some are looking back to identify the patterns in the evolution and spreading of the new coronavirus, the virus that i

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Science Behind Virus: How do viruses spread to humans?

A virus is considered non-living entities. They cannot reproduce by themselves. They need a host. Most are not looking to jump into humans. But why does a small fraction infect us?Most new infecti

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Science behind the virus: How did the storm of fear hit us?

05:14 In the past two months, we have been experiencing two epidemics at the same time: The COVID-19 epidemic and a fear epidemic. The disease is new, but the fear is not. But what mak

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Science behind the virus: Where is the epidemic going?

05:05 People hope the COVID-19 outbreak will come to an end as soon as possible. So what could be in store for the epidemic? We don't have a crystal ball to show us the future, but we

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Science behind the virus: How long will it take to develop a vaccine?

04:11 Since 2003 the world has faced three outbreaks caused by the coronavirus family. But a vaccine was absent during the outbreak of SARS, and MERS, and very likely, this time too. B