Category: Science
Snapshot of a Super Sucker
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America’s obsession with lawns has 160-year-old roots
The concept of a semi-private patch where families could relax, romp, and reap the benefits of the outdoors, meanwhile, spread beyond the town’s borders. The…
George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery Deaths: The Everyday Health Harms of Racism
High-profile police shootings and deaths of black men in custody – or even while out jogging – bring cries of racism across the country. The…
HP’s new high-res VR headset aims for deeper immersion with less nausea
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Meet ACE2, the Enzyme at the Center of the Covid-19 Mystery
During the first chaotic months of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was already clear that the novel coronavirus spreading around the world didn’t affect everyone equally….
Mars Does Have a Magnetic Field of Sorts – And We’ve Finally Got Data to Map It
Unlike Earth, Mars doesn’t have a global magnetic field to protect it from the rigours of space weather – but it does have spots of…
Why only half of Americans say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine
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An Onslaught of Crises Has Created a Modern Paradox
If you’re one of the lucky modern humans, you don’t lack food or water, you’ve got access to primo health care, and you don’t have…
Cities in Poorer Countries Are at Risk as Covid-19 Spreads
From the 2017 plague in Madagascar to cholera in Haiti, recent infectious disease outbreaks have been centered in cities. The SARS virus was especially virulent…
Astronomers Just Narrowed Down The Source of Those Powerful Radio Signals From Space
Strange, powerful signals from deep space called fast radio bursts are slippery little suckers. Most of them just flash once, a mysterious huge spike in…