Two Global Efforts Try to Trace the Origin of the Covid Virus
With cases soaring in the United States and elsewhere, the Covid-19 pandemic is nowhere near…
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How a Vibrating Smartwatch Could Be Used to Stop Nightmares
Every night, Patrick Skluzacek woke with his heart pounding and his T-shirt drenched with sweat….
Beautiful Yet Unnerving Photos of the Arctic Getting Greener
Normally, the shrubs and grasses of the tundra trap snow in the winter, and keep…
The Race To Crack Battery Recycling—Before It’s Too Late
Every day, millions of lithium-ion batteries roll off the line at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Sparks,…
Armoured liquid marbles connected together in a chain 1.7 metres long
By Donna Lu A 1.7-metre line of liquid dropletsProf. Syuji FUJII Droplets of liquid with…
Geometry Reveals How the World Is Made of Cubes
At first, “everything seemed to work,” Jerolmack said. Domokos’ mathematics had predicted that rock shards…
Endangered Vancouver Island Marmots Are Making a Comeback
This story originally appeared on Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk…
What’s a Semi-Log Plot and How Can You Use It for Covid Data?
Just to be clear, 106 means 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10…
Does the AstraZeneca Vaccine Also Stop Covid Transmission?
Again: unpublished data, no details, no peer review, science-by-press-release. That ain’t good. But big, as…
Meet the Microbes Living on Da Vinci’s Iconic Sketches
“Of course, we found many bacteria related with the skin microbiome,” says Piñar. “So when…