Bye-bye, burners. To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes…
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China’s Tianwen-1 blasts off. Credit: STR/EPA How times have changed since the Apollo era. Within the space of a few days, two space missions from…
A person falling into a black hole and being stretched while approaching the black hole’s horizon. Credit: Leo Rodriguez and Shanshan Rodriguez, CC BY-ND To…
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is mutating. The SARS-CoV-2 virus mutates fast. That’s a concern because these more transmissible variants of SARS-CoV-2 are now present in the…
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us…
New mathematics have shown that lines of energy can be used to describe the universe. Matter is what makes up the universe, but what makes…
The periodic table of the elements, principally created by the Russian chemist, Dmitry Mendeleev (1834-1907), celebrated its 150th anniversary last year. It would be hard…
The decoy effect is the phenomenon where consumers swap their preference between two options when presented with a third option. The decoy effect: how you…
Let’s say you’re interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but…
President Donald J. Trump works in the Presidential Suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD on Saturday, October 3, 2020, after…
President Donald J. Trump, joined by Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of Defense Mark…
A life-scene from 232 million years ago, during the Carnian Pluvial Episode after which dinosaurs took over. A large rauisuchian lurks in the background, while…
Credit: Dimitris Siskopoulos/Wiki commonc, CC BY-SA Let’s turn back the hands of time. Before extinction knocked dinosaurs off their pillar, before the “Great Dying” extinction…
Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. It’s not just something you do in yoga class – breathing this way actually provides a…
Tear gas being used against protestors in Hong Kong. In the past weeks, there have been reports of tear gas being used to control crowds…
The relationship between the coronavirus and human genetics is murky. The big idea When some people become infected with the coronavirus, they only develop mild…
Statistics and probability can sometimes yield mind bending results. Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our…
Ivermectin Is Being Tested as a Possible Treatment for COVID-19, But That’s No Reason to Buy It Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as…
1. Is herd immunity a good strategy? Herd immunity is not part of the Australian strategy for controlling the outbreak. On social media there are…
Plasma Reactor Zaps Airborne Viruses – Could Slow the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus
Plasma Reactor Zaps Airborne Viruses – Could Slow the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus
Researchers Tian Xia and Zijie Lin test a plasma prototype for preventing airborne transmission of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus at a Michigan pig…