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The number of coronavirus cases outside China could see a tenfold increase every 19 days in the absence of "strong intervention" by government officials worldwide, a study has found.Chinese researchers believe that "34 unobserved founder patients" with "mild symptoms" triggered the spread of COVID-19 outside mainland China."The situation is dangerous"…

Companies such as Google, Facebook, and Salesforce have restricted or canceled business travel for their employees in response to the coronavirus.Airlines and hotels are becoming increasingly flexible with change and cancellation fees during the outbreak, according to Mike Volpe, CEO of corporate travel management company Lola.com. Here's what you need to…

The spread of Covid-19, or the coronavirus, has reached every continent except Antarctica, with a death toll surpassing 3,000, and the World Health Organization announced that countries should prepare for a global pandemic. The Onion takes a look at the worst disease pandemics in world history.Plague Of Justinian (541-542):The deadly…

If you have an image in your head of Antarctica as a blindingly white winter wonderland, this photo of blood-red snow covering the ground will likely challenge that. As LiveScience reports, the images were posted to Facebook by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and were shot outside…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the number of COVID-19 cases overall, as well as in Europe, and clarify that outside of Asia, not China, Europe has been hardest hit by the new coronavirus.On Wednesday, Brazil’s health minister confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in South America,…

Companies and businesses around the world are sending workers home and bolstering health protocols to limit the spread of coronavirus, The New York Times reported Wednesday.  In Europe, companies like Chevron sent more than 1,300 employees home, while Sky barred high-risk employees and Lufthansa requested workers take unpaid leave.The global economic…

28 February 2020 : Friday Feb 2020 : Friday See More Photos of:  Antarctica, Camera Gear, Sony A7R, Travel Flying to Antarctica Rocket man Wow these guys in Dubai are nuts… they’ll do anything. Check out this new jetpack thing. I was really surprised about halfway through the video! Daily Photo…

In Antarctica, Architecture is Heating Up Arctic Poppy Orangery in Antarctica. Image © Alexy Kozyr In 1773, James Cook circumnavigated Antarctica, representing humankind’s first known encounter with the continent. Ever since, Antarctica has been a vast, formidable, yet curious 14 million kilometer landscape, which explorers, scientists and governments have sought…

A stunning image showing a group of seals swimming in sync beneath an Antarctic iceberg has captured a major photography award.The ethereal photograph, taken by French photographer Greg Lecouer underneath an iceberg, shows four crabeater seals drifting in the frigid waters.Lecouer's picture, titled "Frozen Mobile Home," was selected by judges…

A worker sprays disinfectant at a Daegu railway station as part of preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus on February 26, 2020. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images As the coronavirus continues to spread, with outbreaks appearing in South Korea, Italy, Iran, and elsewhere, travelers and travel providers are…