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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...
BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7, and XBB: Why New COVID-19 Variants Have Such Confusing Names
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Getty Images If you can name the currently circulating coronavirus variants without looking...
30 Unique Girl Names that Start With Z
PureWow via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIf you’re trying to settle on a cute and unique baby name for a little girl, we suggest you consider those beginning with the letter “Z.” Not only will...
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...
Bejabbers! Learn Something New About the Luck of the Irish Thanks to These 100+ Irish Surnames
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWe've got insight into 105 of common Irish last names, and their meanings. The luck of the Irish....
You Might Say 'Amen' Without Much Thought, but Here's What the Word Actually Means
Parade via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWe come across the word "amen" throughout the Old and New Testaments. Using Hebrew letters, אמן, or...
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...
Hanukkah takes on added meaning amid war, growing antisemitism
Courier News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHanukkah is taking on additional meaning in 2023 for Jews across the world. Suffering is magnified...
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...
