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…
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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…
There’s no evidence yet that the new coronavirus spreads through the air – but it’s still possible. A recent announcement by a Chinese health official…
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. Winter is upon us and so is the risk of vitamin D deficiency and infections. Vitamin D,…
Alien lifeforms probably won’t look anything like this. Life is pretty easy to recognize. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple.…
A night of revelry can mean an uncomfortable day after. Hangovers happen as your body tries to protect itself from alcohol’s toxic effects Debaucherous evening…
Anomalies in nuclear physics experiments may show signs of a new force. A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at…
Artist’s conception of two black holes entwined in a gravitational tango. Credit: NASA Do supermassive black holes have friends? The nature of galaxy formation suggests…
Google announced this fall to much fanfare that it had demonstrated “quantum supremacy” – that is, it performed a specific quantum computation far faster than…
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite makes precise measurements of Earth’s carbon dioxide levels from space. Credit: NASA/JPL Carbon dioxide makes up 0.04% of the world’s…
When is bigger better? What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw? Crocodylians are the 27 species of…