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The names for COVID variants are a confusing alphabet soup. Here's why it got so muddled
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoShibuya Tokyo city crowd mask focus RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images Last week, a COVID-19...
Meet the biology professor who named the surging ‘Kraken’ COVID variant. He has more to help make...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoEveryone knows the names of the major COVID variants Alpha, Delta, and Omicron. But last year, viral...
Giannis Antetokounmpo Wanted to Wear Sweats to the NBA Draft
Esquire via AOL· 2 years agoGiannis Antetokounmpo is posted up in a room at the Mercer Hotel. The 250 square foot space is meant...
BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, and XBB: Why New COVID-19 Variants Have Such Confusing Names
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCredit - Getty Images If you can name the currently circulating coronavirus variants without looking...
Scientists are discovering stuff that is so freaking big — and so crazy small — that they had to...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoForget millimeters and megatons. A top meteorologist has created easier-to-use measures for stuff...
100 Baby Names That Mean Star
PureWow via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNaming a child is no small feat and there are many factors to consider—the potential for unfortunate rhymes, mispronunciations and less-than flattering...
The letter X: Marks the spot
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoThe alphabet’s wayward child The letter “X,” the 24th letter of the English alphabet, is something of a rebel. Read more A marker of the mysterious, the...
A Twitter 'rando' named a new coronavirus variant Centaurus and it stuck
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"I have just named BA.2.75 variant after a galaxy," wrote Xabier Ostale, who often uses his Twitter...
X marks the unknown in algebra – but X's origins are a math mystery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe use of the letter x as a mathematical unknown is a relatively modern convention. Algebra has...
Got $5,000? These Are 2 of the Best Growth Stocks to Buy Right Now
Motley Fool· 1 year agoInvestors have long debated the relationship between growth and value. In 2022, value stocks have...
