ShareChina is enforcing strict new measures, including anal swab testing, as COVID-19 cases surge ahead of Lunar New Year, a time of high travel for the country. Groups deemed necessary for "close monitoring", including international arrivals, are being subjected to four tests — a nasal swab, a throat swab, a blood test and an anal swab."Applying extra anal swabs can improve the detection rate of infection and reduce missed diagnosis," Li Tongzeng, associate director of respiratory and infectious diseases at Beijing's You'an Hospital, told state broadcaster Central Chinese Television...…ShareChina is enforcing strict new measures, including anal swab testing, as COVID-19 cases surge ahead of Lunar New Year, a time of high travel for the country. Groups deemed necessary for "close monitoring", including international arrivals, are being subjected to four tests — a nasal swab, a throat swab, a blood test and an anal swab."Applying extra anal swabs can improve the detection rate of infection and reduce missed diagnosis," Li Tongzeng, associate director of respiratory and infectious diseases at Beijing's You'an Hospital, told state broadcaster Central Chinese Television...WW…

Why Thai students use rubber ducks, dinosaurs and three-finger salutes as protest symbolsShareAn accidental mascot has emerged from the latest Thai protests — the humble rubber duck.Thai social media was awash with images of large inflatable yellow ducks after they were brought along to last week. Initially, they were meant as a bit of a joke — a pool toy would be the only way to access the blocked-off Parliament, which sits on a riverbank in Bangkok.But when the water cannons came out, spewing fluid laced with blue dye, protesters quickly repurposed the ducks as shields."It's just cute,...…Why Thai students use rubber ducks, dinosaurs and three-finger salutes as protest symbolsShareAn accidental mascot has emerged from the latest Thai protests — the humble rubber duck.Thai social media was awash with images of large inflatable yellow ducks after they were brought along to last week. Initially, they were meant as a bit of a joke — a pool toy would be the only way to access the blocked-off Parliament, which sits on a riverbank in Bangkok.But when the water cannons came out, spewing fluid laced with blue dye, protesters quickly repurposed the ducks as shields."It's just cute,...WW…

South American lizards are breaking an evolutionary 'golden rule'ShareDamien Esquerre has been fascinated by lizards since he was a child.Now the Chilean-born researcher has made a groundbreaking — but controversial — discovery about the scaly critters, one that challenges a fundamental rule of evolution. He found egg-laying lizards propelled to the cold Andean mountaintops in South America had evolved to give birth to live young.But in a remarkable backflip, a handful of the species appears to have returned to an egg-laying state when moved back down the mountain to warmer areas. "Eggs do...…South American lizards are breaking an evolutionary 'golden rule'ShareDamien Esquerre has been fascinated by lizards since he was a child.Now the Chilean-born researcher has made a groundbreaking — but controversial — discovery about the scaly critters, one that challenges a fundamental rule of evolution. He found egg-laying lizards propelled to the cold Andean mountaintops in South America had evolved to give birth to live young.But in a remarkable backflip, a handful of the species appears to have returned to an egg-laying state when moved back down the mountain to warmer areas. "Eggs do...WW…