Meet the USS Lexington: America s Original Supercarrier nationalinterest.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalinterest.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dominico Zapata/Stuff
Bryan Cox, 96, went from Hamilton Tech to Hiroshima as he fought his way through the Pacific in World War II. There’s the Certificate of Appreciation “for service given to New Zealand”, signed by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and then-Defence Minister Ron Mark. There are also pictures of the Corsair fighter, a plane he credits, along with that flash of lightning, for saving his life. It’s a story that starts in 1940, when Cox was in his final year at the Tech, and involves his English teacher, “a chap called Gummy Martin”. “It was the year of the Battle of Britain. [Martin] had the whole wall of the English classroom papered with
A wide range of interesting revelations emerged from this research project, which sought to untangle the complex genetic, evolutionary, and cultural relationships between these groups. The most notable finding was that some highland residents of Papua New Guinea were carrying strands of Denisovan DNA in their genomes that their ancestors had picked up approximately 25,000 years ago. This was long after their ancestors had migrated to Near Oceania from the East Asian mainland.
This discovery was eye-opening and could have profound implications. Adding weight to its authenticity is another study, published in 2019 , that found essentially the same thing.
A Tamuniaï village house on stilts off the coast of New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. (
Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea
Coronavirus Strikes Papua New Guinea
There was a time when it seemed Papua New Guinea had managed to dodge a bullet. Instances of SARS-CoV-2 were minimal, along with its disease, COVID-19. Through 2020, the country of eight million people recorded a mere 900 cases. The World Health Organization praised the PNG government in a September 2020 news release in “taking the threat of the pandemic seriously with an all-of-government approach in strengthening the country’s health system and engaging communities to keep them safe from the virus.”
Officials acknowledged that a spike in cases could impair the medical system, despite the fact that three-quarters of the population are under the age of 35. While the elderly population is small, the large number of youthful members poses the problem of asymptomatic transmission. “We know that about 15% of COVID-19 cases will need some form of hospital care,” stated Dr Gary Nou, an importan
Brett Sutton flashes tattoos as Victorians flock to jab hubs Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has rolled up his sleeve for his COVID-19 vaccination, revealing some serious body art in the process.
Health by Sarah Booth, Mitch Clarke and Miles Proust 21st Apr 2021 4:57 PM
Premium Content
Subscriber only Victoria s Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton has flashed his tattoos while receiving the AstraZeneca jab. Professor Sutton was one of the first patients to arrive at one of Victoria s mass COVID-19 vaccination centres - the Royal Exhibition Building - for their AstraZeneca vaccine as authorities move to speed up the delayed rollout.