Hantaviruses are not new. They have circulated for decades in rodent populations, particularly in rats and mice. Humans can become infected if they are bitten or scratched by a rodent or by inhaling aerosolised particles. These are tiny bits of rodent urine, faeces or saliva floating through the air that are contaminated by the virus….
Bonolo Sebolai, head of fraud at TymeBank. The Remote Access Trojan (RAT) attack is one of the fastest growing and most dangerous scams targeting South African consumers, warns Bonolo Sebolai, head of fraud at TymeBank. A RAT is malicious software that allows a fraudster to remotely control a person’s phone or computer. According to TymeBank,…
Victoria GillScience correspondent, BBC News Washington Post via Getty Images Naked mole rats live for up to 40 years, compared to about three years for a mouse They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life. A new study of the…
